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Sandro Tonali suffers NEW injury blow as Newcastle star left out of Italy squad
The Newcastle midfielder pulled a muscle in the warm-up and will miss Italy’s June friendlies, giving Eddie Howe extra recovery time.
- On Sunday, midfielder Sandro Tonali was forced to withdraw from Newcastle United's starting XI at Fulham moments before kick-off after feeling a muscle issue in the warm-up, with Joe Willock replacing him in the 3-5-2 formation.
- Tonali's withdrawal followed a hamstring injury sustained against West Ham on May 17, though Head Coach Eddie Howe clarified the Fulham injury was unrelated, saying 'It was a different injury' and 'not related to last week but a big blow just before kick off.'
- Before the match, Howe said 'Sandro, potentially, will be available. We will look at him again today. We dont think it is anything serious,' but after the 2-0 defeat he told The Gazette 'I think it was a shooting, he felt a muscle, I'm not 100% sure which one.'
- Newcastle fell to a 2-0 defeat with goals from Issa Diop and substitute Tom Cairney, leaving Howe frustrated with the team's disjointed performance without Tonali. His omission from Italy's June friendlies provides a seven-week recovery window before his July 13 pre-season return.
- Despite the injury setback, transfer speculation has intensified with Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City and Real Madrid linked to the 26-year-old, though CEO David Hopkinson stated 'If an Isak-like scenario presents itself again, any player under contract is going to leave on our terms,' signalling no sale without an astronomical offer.
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