Newcastle United confirm Anthony Gordon scan results as striker ruled out of Chelsea & Arsenal
Newcastle United are set to make a late call on Anthony Gordon ahead of Wednesday night’s Carabao Cup tie against Chelsea.
The 23-year-old travelled with the squad to West London on Sunday but watched on from the sidelines because of a groin compliant as Newcastle lost 2-1 - a result that extended their winless run in the Premier League to five matches.
Howe confirmed after the game that Gordon was due to undergo a scan on Monday. And the results have revealed “nothing serious”.
Newcastle’s head coach said: “He has been for a scan and we're hopeful the injury isn’t serious, we didn’t think it was when we initially did it. Let’s see how he is today.
“It was in training on, I think, Friday but it didn’t become necessarily obvious to us until Saturday. Nothing serious, it’s one of those things you can sometimes get from time to time that players can play with or not play with and he just felt it was too much on Sunday.
“Yeah there is [a chance he could play this week] but of course we have to make the right decision. We have Arsenal coming up very quickly so it’s just about making sure we don’t do any further damage.”
Meanwhile, the Magpies remain without striker Callum Wilson, who is yet to feature this campaign because of a back and hamstring issue. He will also miss the visit of Arsenal this weekend.
“We’re going to lose Callum for the next three games definitely,” Howe said last weekend “He’s just had some tightness in his body and just felt like he can’t kick on to that last part needed.
“He had trained with us and had looked really good but with Callum we are, and he is, hypersensitive to any reaction to the work. He’s got no injury as such, he just isn’t ready to play.”