Howe reveals Newcastle duo have suffered setbacks | OneFootball

Bruno Guimaraes’ return from injury has been delayed by illness, Eddie Howe has revealed.

The Newcastle midfielder has been sidelined with a hamstring injury but was expected to be fit for this weekend’s game against Crystal Palace.

But illness has forced him to delay his comeback.

“Bruno suffered from mumps on his return from Brazil, so that’s delayed his return and he will not be involved in the next game,” the Newcastle boss said.

“I think there is probably a doubt over the Bournemouth game as well for him.

“No injury concern, more just the illness stopped him doing some key work that we needed him to do to be considered for these games. So he may be the game after, but it is important he comes back when he is ready.”

Meanwhile, Fabian Schar is set for a longer period out in another blow for Newcastle, but Lewis Miley is set to return.

“Fabian [Schar] unfortunately suffered an infection in his foot so he has been in hospital having a very small operation to get that cleaned out,” Howe said. “So he won’t return for around a month, we think, so that is bad news on him.

“On everybody else, we are pretty good. Lewis [Miley] has trained and trained well with us, so that has been a great thing for us to see because we have missed him massively.

“And then of course you had Sandro [Tonali] who played during the international break anyway, with his injury after the Sunderland game, and others are in a good place.”

Sven Botman is also expected to be available after suffering a facial fracture against Sunderland.