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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Louise Taylor

Callum Wilson’s Euro 2024 hopes all but over with striker set for 12-week absence

Newcastle's Callum Wilson
Callum Wilson injured his pectoral muscle during Newcastle’s away win at Nottingham Forest. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action Images/Reuters

Callum Wilson’s hopes of earning a place in England’s Euro 2024 squad have been all but extinguished by a pectoral muscle problem that requires surgery.

The striker has become the latest in a long line of Newcastle players to fall victim to injury during a season in which Eddie Howe’s Champions League ambitions have been derailed by an overflowing treatment room.

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