Bruno Guimaraes‘ long-awaited return from a hamstring injury has been delayed – this time by a bout of mumps. The Newcastle United midfielder likely won’t be back until Gameweek 34.
“Bruno [Guimares] suffered, as probably the majority of you know, from mumps on his return from Brazil, so that’s delayed his return. So, he will not be involved in this game. I think there’s probably a doubt over the Bournemouth game as well for him.
“No injury concern, more just the illness stopped him doing some key work that we needed him to do to be considered for these games. So, it may be the game after but it’s important he comes back when he’s ready.” – Eddie Howe
Speaking at Friday’s press conference, Eddie Howe added that Fabian Schar (ankle) has had his own after picking up an infection in his foot. He’ll be out for another month.
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“Fabian [Schar] unfortunately suffered an infection in his foot, so he’s been in hospital having a very small operation to get that cleaned out. So, he won’t return for around a month, we think.” – Eddie Howe
Emil Krafth (knee) is unavailable for the longer term.
At least the Magpies will have Lewis Miley (dead leg/muscle) back. And Sandro Tonali (groin), who sat out the Tyne-Wear derby, recovered to feature for Italy over the break.
Furthermore, there are some surprising reports regarding Sven Botman. He underwent surgery on a facial fracture over the break, with Newcastle saying he’d be out until “the closing weeks of the season”.
However, the latest suggestions are that he will be fit for the Crystal Palace game, wearing a mask instead. Howe didn’t mention him by name but did say “everybody else” was fine.
“On everybody else, we’re pretty good. Lewis [Miley] has trained and trained well with us, so that’s been a great thing for us to see because we’ve missed him massively. And then of course, you have Sandro [Tonali], who played during the international break anyway, with his injury from the Sunderland game. The others are in a good place.” – Eddie Howe


