Newcastle defender Livramento to miss England games

After suffering a knee injury in Sunday’s defeat by Arsenal, Newcastle United defender Tino Livramento will be out for between six and eight weeks.

The full-back will miss the World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania in October and England’s international matches against Latvia on October 9 and 14 respectively.

After landing awkwardly in his team’s 2-1 defeat at St James’ Park, Livramento was stretchered off the field.

Eddie Howe, head coach at Newcastle, described the 22-year-old’s previous anterior cruciate ligament injury as “really distressing” and called it “really distressing” to see him leave.

Newcastle are a little light at left-back, where Livramento has spent the bulk of his football career this year, despite the fact that it is understood that the injury is not as bad as initially thought.

According to Howe, “He’s such a big player for us in so many different ways: his versatility, his attitude, and his quality.”

It will be a huge blow if we miss that for any length of time.

Dan Burn, who previously played at left-back for the club, is a valuable asset for Newcastle.

Lewis Hall, who was exhausted during the Arsenal game, can also be contacted.

Howe has had to switch his side during this campaign while engaging in multiple front-fighting strategies.

However, Livramento’s constant presence is rather illuminating. No other player has started the campaign playing more minutes (646 total) for Newcastle.

Given how consistently Livramento’s performances have been, whether they are at left-back or right-back, it has reached a point where it is difficult to tell which side he is naturally.

Thomas Tuchel, England manager, has a lot of admiration for him.

Although Livramento had a chance to really stake his claim as the country’s starting quarterback in the final international competition, Livramento has already recovered from setbacks.

His right forearm has the phrase “beauty in the struggle,” which sums up his recovery from his first serious knee injury of his career.