Newcastle United have been handed a potential boost ahead of their Carabao Cup clash with Bournemouth after Cherries boss Gary O'Neil admitted a virus had spread through his squad in recent days. Bournemouth arrive on Tyneside on Tuesday with a place in the quarter-final at stake for both clubs.
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has vowed to name a strong XI as he continues to take the competition seriously. However, O'Neil is sweating over the fitness of some key men.
“We’ll have to make last-minute calls on quite a few players,” he told reporters on Monday. “Some of them have missed long spells, some of them up to ten days.
