Newcastle will be without Sven Botman in Wednesday night’s Carabao Cup tie at Manchester United and the £35m Netherlands defender could be absent for some time.
Botman has not played since sustaining a knee injury in September’s 8-0 win at Sheffield United and Eddie Howe did not reject suggestions that the centre-half may be sidelined long-term. “There’s an issue there and we’re working through various options to try to diagnose the exact problem,” he said. “We’re still waiting for clarity on what is happening.”
