Matthias Jaissle drafts in 'amazing' 17y/o to Newcastle United first-team amid injury crisis
Newcastle United’s depleted squad were boosted by several Under-21s players for training this week.
We went behind the scenes at The KNOX for Newcastle United’s first-team training session during the international break.
Just six outfield first-team players were involved in Tuesday’s training session due to injuries and international duty. Joelinton and Nico Gonzalez were involved despite missing the 2-1 win over Hull City due to respective injuries.
But there was no sign of Fabian Schar on the grass, while Tino Livramento, Will Osula, Anthony Elanga, Dan Burn, Amar Dedic and Jacob Ramsey remain sidelined due to injury.
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The Magpies were also without Lewis Hall, Yoane Wissa, Aladji Bamba, Malick Thiaw, Sean Steur, Bazoumana Toure, Matias Fernandez-Pardo, Lukas Hornicek, Ewen Jaouen and Lewis Miley due to international duty. It takes Newcastle’s first-team absentee list to 17 players.
As a result, five Under-21s players were drafted into the first-team training session. 17-year-old Mason Miley, 18-year-old pair Matheos Ferreira and Henry Johnson, 20-year-old Dylan Charlton and 21-year-old Miodrag Pivas were all part of the 11-man outfield training group.
After handing Miley a start for Newcastle in the 2-1 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen in pre-season, Jaissle said: “Mason did an amazing job. I just mentioned that in the locker room, that this is the attitude we need. Really suffering till the end, till the tank is empty. Great, great attitude. So I'm really happy for him.”
All of the aforementioned Under-21s players got minutes for Newcastle’s first-team in pre-season but have not played any competitive minutes for the club. Pivas and Miley were recently included on the bench for Newcastle in their previous Premier League match against Hull City along with Vakhtang Salia and Michael Mills, who are currently away on international duty.
Newcastle still have just under two weeks before they return to Premier League action at Coventry City on Monday, October 12. The side went into the first international break having lost just one of their opening five league matches while also progressing to the last-16 of the Carabao Cup.