Jamal Lewis, Isaac Hayden and Ciaran Clark won't play again for Newcastle United this season after the trio were left of out Eddie Howe's squad for the second half of the campaign.
Although Freddie Woodman and Jeff Hendrick had already gone out on loan, to Bournemouth and QPR respectively, Howe had to omit another three fringe players from his squad following the arrival of Kieran Trippier, Chris Wood, Bruno Guimaraes, Matt Targett and Dan Burn last month.
Newcastle have now confirmed that Lewis, who only completed a £15m move to St James' Park in the summer of 2020; Clark, who has made 127 appearances for the club; and Hayden, who suffered a knee injury in December, are the unlucky trio.