Newcastle injury news: Latest Lewis Miley, Tino Livramento, Fabian Schar update from Eddie Howe before Nottingham Forest trip

Newcastle United caput manager Eddie Howe has issued the latest update connected the fittingness of his squad up of Sunday’s Premier League clash with Nottingham Forest astatine the City Ground.

The Magpies ended a four-game losing tally successful the apical formation with a morale-boosting 3-1 triumph at location to Brighton & Hove Albion past weekend.

Local lad Lewis Miley played the afloat 90 minutes arsenic a right-back against Brighton, but the 20-year-old volition play nary further portion this play aft fracturing his fibula during grooming earlier this week.

Speaking astir Miley astatine a property league connected Friday, Howe said: "It was a truly innocuous moment, grooming connected Tuesday. There was nary different subordinate involved. He was incapable to proceed and it was a small much superior than we thought.

"The country went well, helium present faces a fewer months out, we anticipation helium volition beryllium backmost successful and astir pre-season. It is simply a shame arsenic helium was playing well, outstanding successful caller weeks and we truly missed him.

"A existent stroke for america but besides for Lewi It's been a immense vexation for him."

Miley, who has played 23 times for Newcastle successful the Premier League this season, volition present absorption connected his betterment implicit the summertime arsenic helium bids to instrumentality successful clip for pre-season.

Livramento, Schar acceptable to miss remainder of play arsenic World Cup doubts emerge

Meanwhile, Howe has offered a caller update connected the fittingness of full-back Tino Livramento, who has missed the past 2 matches with a thigh injury.

"Tino is doing well. He is improving, backmost moving connected the grass, but I don’t deliberation helium volition beryllium backmost this season,” Howe told reporters

"We could possibly propulsion him for the Fulham game, but that would consciousness silly. We volition fto him retrieve and get a bully summertime down him."

Livramento is facing a contention against clip to beryllium his fittingness to England manager Thomas Tuchel up of the 2026 World Cup, with the Three Lions brag to sanction his authoritative squad for this summer’s tourney connected May 22.

Howe has besides suggested that Switzerland planetary Fabian Schar volition miss the remainder of the play arsenic helium continues to retrieve from a analyzable corruption successful his ft that required surgery.

"We're not 100% sure. His concern was somewhat unique”, said Howe. “He was precise adjacent to returning to afloat fittingness and got an infection.

"He's gathering up his spot and resilience again. He's looking a batch much affirmative successful his assemblage astatine the moment.

"Whether oregon not he's going to beryllium acceptable capable to instrumentality to the transportation again betwixt present and the extremity of the season, let's hold and see."

Emil Krafth is besides successful the Newcastle attraction country with a season-ending genu injury, and helium whitethorn person already played his last crippled for the club, arsenic his declaration expires astatine the extremity of June.

Howe connected Forest: ‘We cognize it volition beryllium a pugnacious game’

The remainder of Howe’s squad is disposable for enactment and the 48-year-old is hoping to decorativeness what has been disappointing play wide for the Magpies connected immoderate signifier of high, with a top-10 decorativeness inactive successful sight.

On Sunday’s opponents Forest, Howe said: "They person done precise well; they person a beardown squad of players and person responded to the challenges of home and European shot well.

"They person built immoderate bully momentum to their game. We cognize it volition beryllium a pugnacious game, ever hard going to the City Ground. We are going to person to beryllium astatine our best."

Newcastle presently beryllium 13th successful the Premier League table, but they are lone 3 points down Chelsea successful ninth spot heading into their last 3 games of the season.

After facing Forest astatine the City Ground, the Magpies volition reason the run with a location clash against West Ham United and a travel to Fulham.