The Newcastle midfielder will miss the rest of the season

Joelinton is less likely to play for Newcastle this season after taking a knee injury.

28-year-old midfielder, last weekend missed the victory over Ipswich and returned home to Brazil for recreation and recovery.

By entering Brighton on the weekend, Magpies sleep in a third place in the Premier League and looks good for turning to the Champions League.

Manager Eddie Howe said: “It’s never excluding him with Joe. He is very eager to try and get back.

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“We looked for expert opinion and opinion was not serious, but now he needed for a while because in Brazil.

“We will wait and see if we can return it until the end of the season, but probably not.”

Lewis Miley, Sean Longstaff and Joe Watock are among players in the dispute to replace Joelinton in the middle field.

Howe’s Defender Sven Botman had a number of positive news such as the last weekend corresponds to the feature after injury.

“Yes, he (beautiful) came,” he said. “He was taught well this week, looks good and is a great positive to get it back.”