Newcastle United have been handed an damage enhance forward of their journey to Southampton – however it isn’t all cheer for Eddie Howe.
The Magpies should bounce again from their 4-1 defeat towards Bournemouth with a win on the south coast if they’re to maintain the flames alight beneath their high 4 push.
Information out of the Southampton camp this week has given Toon additional hope towards the aspect rooted to the underside of the Premier League.
Southampton sensation and reported Toon goal Tyler Dibling picked up an ankle damage towards Manchester United that’s anticipated to maintain him on the sidelines for between 4 and 6 weeks.
The fearless winger has been the Saints’ standout participant this season and is commonly their largest menace along with his ball carrying expertise from the proper second to none. Nonetheless, they’ll be with out him for Saturday’s 3pm kick-off at St. Mary’s.
Dibling was substituted off after 63 minutes with damage towards Ruben Amorim’s aspect after enjoying a key half within the video games opening aim as {the teenager}’s header was was Manuel Ugarte’s personal internet. After that, the Saints collapsed and misplaced 3-1 due to a late Amad Diallo hat-trick.
Dibling was consequently overlooked of the squad for the next sport towards Nottingham Forest with the severity of the damage now changing into clearer and proving he’ll miss not less than an additional trio of Prem fixtures – together with towards Newcastle this Saturday.
The short-term achieve of Dibling’s damage for Newcastle might concurrently put an finish to our slim hopes of signing {the teenager} in what stays of the January window.
If the information that he’s out for as much as six weeks rings true, I’d be shocked if we now pursued the winger who could also be lacking for the rest of January and February, with a summer season scramble extra probably between numerous golf equipment.
A Miguel Almiron departure might nicely have opened the door for us to get forward of the curve and get our enterprise concluded promptly, however it appears unlikely we make the leap now if we couldn’t get use out of our funding till March.