Newcastle injury news: Latest Bruno Guimaraes update from Eddie Howe before Bournemouth clash

Newcastle United caput manager Eddie Howe has provided a affirmative update connected the fittingness of Bruno Guimaraes up of Saturday’s Premier League clash with Bournemouth astatine St James’ Park.

The Magpies person been without the influential midfielder for the past 12 games crossed each competitions owed to a hamstring wounded – his longest lack since joining the nine from Lyon successful January 2022.

Guimaraes sustained his wounded successful Newcastle’s 2-1 triumph astatine Tottenham Hotspur successful February earlier travelling to his autochthonal Brazil for treatment.

The 28-year-old past suffered from mumps connected his instrumentality to England and was incapable to enactment successful Newcastle’s 2-1 defeat distant against Crystal Palace past weekend.

However, Howe has confirmed that the Magpies skipper could beryllium successful contention to marque a invited instrumentality to the matchday squad against Bournemouth.

Howe confirms Guimaraes could play for Newcastle against Bournemouth

Speaking astir Guimaraes’s availability astatine a property league connected Friday, Howe said: "There is simply a accidental [he could play]. We person seen him successful training, and helium is pushing truly hard to beryllium backmost involved.

"The aesculapian squad are trying to clasp him back... I accidental clasp him back, there's ever that benignant of (situation) if the subordinate wants desperately to play, and I emotion that with Bruno. I ever person done.

"I'll marque a determination based connected what I spot successful grooming today, but determination is simply a chance."

In the lack of Guimaraes, Newcastle person lone won 5 of their past 12 games successful each tournaments, winning conscionable 1 of their past six since March 7 – that tally besides included a dense Champions League decision to Barcelona (8-3 connected aggregate) and a derby decision astatine location to Sunderland (2-1).

While Guimaraes could diagnostic against Bournemouth, chap midfielder Joelinton volition statesman serving a two-match suspension connected Saturday aft picking up his 10th yellowish paper of the play past weekend.

Centre-back Fabian Schar remains sidelined with ft corruption that required surgery, portion full-back Emil Krafth is retired for the remainder of the play aft a genu cognition earlier this year.

Howe connected Bournemouth: “We cognize what we request to bash to win”

While Newcastle’s signifier has dipped, Bournemouth are enjoying a 12-game unbeaten tally successful the Premier League, presently the longest of immoderate broadside successful the division, and Howe is expecting a hard crippled against his erstwhile side.

"They're a precise bully squad and they're connected a large tally successful the Premier League precocious arsenic well. They've got wide strengths,” said Howe.

“We cognize what we request to bash to triumph the game. Certain parts of the crippled we're going to person to relation truly well. We're nether nary illusions - this is simply a pugnacious game."

Howe has besides responded to further speculation connected his aboriginal arsenic the Newcastle boss, offering a 'fiery' statement after seeing his broadside gaffe to 14th successful the Premier League table and 10 points adrift of the Champions League places.

The Magpies, without a triumph successful 7 meetings with Bournemouth (D5 L2), could ascent to wrong 2 points of the apical 7 if they bushed the Cherries and different results spell their mode implicit the weekend.