Newcastle defender Livramento to miss England games

Newcastle United defender Tino Livramento is group to beryllium retired for betwixt six and 8 weeks aft suffering a knee wounded successful Sunday's conclusion by Arsenal.

The full-back will miss England's internationals against Wales connected 9 October and Latvia connected 14 October, arsenic good arsenic nan World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania adjacent month.

Livramento was stretchered disconnected nan section aft landing awkwardly successful his side's 2-1 conclusion astatine St James' Park.

The 22-year-old antecedently suffered an anterior cruciate ligament wounded during his clip astatine Southampton, successful 2022, and Newcastle caput coach Eddie Howe said it was "really distressing" to spot him carried off.

It is understood nan wounded is not arsenic bad arsenic first feared but Newcastle, arsenic a result, are a small ray astatine left-back, wherever Livramento has played nan mostly of his shot this season.

"He's specified a large subordinate for america successful truthful galore different ways - his versatility, his attitude, his quality," Howe antecedently said.

"If we're going to miss that for immoderate magnitude of time, it is going to beryllium a immense blow."

Newcastle do person Dan Burn, who has antecedently played astatine left-back for nan club.

They tin besides move to Lewis Hall, who missed nan Arsenal crippled done fatigue.

Hall made back-to-back starts past period successful nan games against Bournemouth and Bradford City aft putting a ft rumor down him.

This has been a play wherever Howe has had to rotate his broadside while fighting connected aggregate fronts.

But it is alternatively telling that Livramento has been adjacent to an ever-present. In fact, nary different subordinate has played much minutes (646) for Newcastle successful nan opening weeks of nan campaign.

Such has been nan consistency of Livramento's performances, whether it is astatine left-back aliases right-back, it has sewage to nan shape wherever it is difficult to show which is his earthy side.

No wonderment England head Thomas Tuchel is an admirer.

The last world windows of nan twelvemonth felt for illustration a chance for Livramento to really liking his declare for a starting spot for his country, but Livramento has bounced backmost from setbacks before.

The words "beauty successful nan struggle" are tattooed connected his correct forearm, which sum up his journey, aft he recovered from nan first superior knee wounded of his career.

Do not stake against him coming backmost stronger.