Fresh injury blow as attacker who destroyed Manchester United ruled out of Southampton v Newcastle United

Signed for a club-record £22million from Rennes two years ago, Sulemana has been resurgent under new manager Ivan Juric. Although the Croatian has lost all five of his Premier League matches since succeeding Russell Martin last month, Sulemana’s form has been a real positive.

During the Saints’ 3-1 defeat away to Manchester United last week, Ruben Amorim admitted his side had “difficulties” stopping the Ghanaian. But Eddie Howe won’t have the same worries after Juric confirmed the 22-year-old will miss the weekend’s game because of a hamstring issue.

Meanwhile, Ramsdale, a player Howe knows well from his AFC Bournemouth days, could also miss out after picking up a knock in training.

Juric explained: “We had a problem with Rambo, the goalkeeper. He did something yesterday [Wednesday] on the training pitch, we will see if he can play tomorrow [Friday].

"Kamaldeen won’t play against Newcastle as he has a little injury. He has a little problem with his hamstring and our medical staff are really scared about that.They are worried because he had problems in the past. I think, I hope, it’s nothing and from Monday he’ll start training with the team again."

As well as Sulemana, Southampton will also be without Tyler Dibling after sustaining an ankle injury during the defeat at Old Trafford.

The initial prognosis ruled the England under-21 international out for four to six weeks, however there is hope he could be back sooner.

"In this moment, we are a little bit more optimistic,” Juric added. “We will see next week how we are proceeding. Everybody is more optimistic and we will see. Next week we can say something more."

Southampton are without a win in their last 12 league games, taking just two points from a possible 36. Newcastle, meanwhile, had won nine games in row in all competitions before losing to Bournemouth last weekend.