There was real worry in the away end at Turf Moor when Joelinton left the pitch on a stretcher clearly in real pain. With him landing awkwardly inside the first 10 minutes, there were fears it could have been serious but it the player himself has confirmed it is nothing worth worrying about.
It would have been a real blow had it been anything nasty at the very end of a brilliant season for the Brazilian maestro. Such has been his transformation at Newcastle United this season that he was awarded the club’s Player of the Season award.
He really came into his own with his regression into an advanced midfield role rather than the striker role where he spent the majority of his early United career. That is why it will come as a relief that his injury is ‘nothing serious’.
