Jamaal Lascelles has been pictured back in training after missing the win over Aston Villa through illness.
The club captain was unavailable for selection for Sunday’s clash with Villa.
But it looks as though the central defender is now back in good health, as he joined the rest of his teammates for full training today.
Thankfully, Newcastle were able to get the job done against Villa in Lascelles’ absence.
The man to replace him was January signing Dan Burn, who featured alongside Fabian Schar.
Burn put in a solid display on his debut, with Gary Neville describing him as the best Newcastle player by a mile as he commentated for Sky Sports.
His performance now gives Eddie Howe a big selection headache.
Burn and Schar were great together on Sunday.
But Lascelles was brilliant in the wins over Everton and Leeds and probably would have started against the Villans if not for being ill.
Matt Targett will be back available again after being ineligible to face his parent club. That will mean there is no need for Burn to play at left-back.
It’s possible that Schar could be the man to miss out. The Switzerland international would definitely have the right to feel hard done by though.
It’s definitely a healthy position for Howe to be in.
Eddie Howe has a huge call to make as Jamaal Lascelles returns to Newcastle training
All of a sudden, Newcastle have three centre-backs in great form.
Lascelles’ illness was really unfortunate, but Burn took his chance with both hands. And Schar was also solid on Sunday.
It will be fascinating to see the manager’s teamsheet come 11.30am on Saturday.
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