Eddie Howe Union S-G press conference – The key messages ahead of Wednesday | OneFootball

The Eddie Howe Union S-G Press Conference has taken place.

The Newcastle United Head Coach speaking to the media ahead of Wednesday’s game.

Newcastle United facing Union S-G (Saint-Gilloise), 5.45pm (UK time) at Anderlecht’s Lotto Park stadium.

Eddie Howe giving these key updates.

Eddie Howe on Union S-G:

“They have started the season very, very strongly; they had a great result in the Champions League against PSV.

“They are tactically interesting and they will give us a physical threat with two big strikers.

“I’ve been really impressed when watching them.

“We know it will be an important game on our Champions League journey.

“It’s going to be a tough game. This will be a good challenge for us at a time in the season where we need to perform.”

Eddie Howe on team news/availability for Wednesday:

“We will train this [Tuesday} afternoon.

“The squad is in a pretty good place, minus Tino (Livramento).

“We’re still awaiting feedback on the extent of his injury but apart from that I think we are okay.

“I’m better off waiting before giving any indication on that (Timo Livramento’s injury) because that could be a mistake. Let’s wait and see in the next couple of days.

“Fabian (Schar) is back in the squad.

“We will make a decision after training on how the players look physically.

“Arsenal was another really physical game for us, a tough game mentally, but physically it was a big output game for us so we will try and make the right decision in terms of team selection to make sure everyone is fresh.”

Eddie Howe on Nick Woltemade:

“Great to see him score with his head.

“As I said when we signed him, we know he’s a big player and that has to be a source of goals for him, with the height that he brings, and it’s something we felt he could improve.

“But the two headers are all his own work and he deserves the praise for them because they’re two outstanding moments and it shows that hopefully, once the team services him and gives him better balls in and around the box, there’s other ways he can score as well.

“It’s certainly a promising start.”

Eddie Howe on training at Lotto Park (where Wednesday’s match will be played):

“I think it all depends on lots of different things, like the journey times, how we feel about certain training sessions, how much we want to give away our preparation.