These are the greatly reduced Magpies who will appear on the lawn of the Parc des Princes this Tuesday to face PSG on the occasion of the 5th day of the group stage.
Luis Enrique is not the only one having to deal with a busy infirmary. The worries of the Parisian technician, who must cope without Warren Zaire-Emery or Marquinhos in addition to Presnel Kimpembe and Nuno Mendes, absent for a long time, ultimately even seem small compared to those of Eddie Howe, the Newcastle coach.
The former central defender in fact arrived in Paris without 14 of his players, due to injuries or because they were not included on the list of players for the Champions League. Plus one suspended, Sandro Tonali, banned from playing until the end of the season for his involvement in sports betting. While the infirmary has been full to bursting for several weeks, the list of injured players has grown a little longer in recent days.
Nine players in the infirmary
Midfielder Joe Willock was injured again in training at the end of last week and will also miss the match against PSG. And it will be the same for Sean Longstaff, scorer in the first leg and whose return was hoped for the trip to the capital. This will not be the case and the two men will find Harvey Barnes (foot), Callum Wilson (hamstring), Jacob Murphy (shoulder), Dan Burn (back), Elliot Anderson (back), Matt Targett (hamstring) and Sven Botman ( knee) to the infirmary.
If only three of the starters will be missing on the pitch at the Park, the bench is particularly impacted and Eddie Howe has had to call on many young people.
