Eddie Howe has rued the rule change which means £62.5million Manchester City signing Antoine Semenyo can line up against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup semi-final.
The 26-year-old Ghana international, who joined City from Bournemouth last week, is available to face the Magpies in Tuesday night’s first leg at St James’ Park despite having already played as a substitute in the Cherries’ 2-0 second round defeat by Brentford in August.
