Newcastle defender Tino Livramento is facing up to eight weeks out with a hamstring injury.
Daily Mail Sport can reveal that scan results have confirmed what the club feared and they will be without the England full back during a busy period of two games per week between now and March, including both legs of the Carabao Cup semi final against Manchester City.
Livramento was forced off during the second half of Newcastle’s FA Cup tie with Bournemouth on Saturday and boss Eddie Howe said afterwards that the problem did not look good.