All eyes on Anthony Gordon.
The winger subbed off on 36 minutes on Monday evening and looking out in lots of ache, when the physio was making an attempt to see whether or not he might stick with it.
After the match, Eddie Howe mentioned (see beneath) that it was a problem with the winger’s knee however that the participant had mentioned he didn’t assume the issue was brought on by one of many opposition, as an alternative, it was simply one thing that he’d felt was there throughout the match.
Tuesday noticed media experiences saying that their data was that the day after the match, the Anthony Gordon knee damage was discovered to be not as dangerous as first feared and that he can be assessed on the coaching floor this week.
Now late on Wednesday afternoon, an much more constructive replace through the media.
Craig Hope has a really respectable previous file along with his reporting on damage and health data. The person from The Mail now saying that he has been knowledgeable that Anthony Gordon seems to have prevented any severe knee damage AND he might even be okay to be concerned at Man Metropolis on Saturday with Newcastle United. The NUFC winger additionally doubtlessly okay to hitch up with the England squad, if Gareth Southgate names him in his upcoming squad.
The Newcastle United season seems now to relaxation just about on this FA Cup quarter-final on Saturday at Man Metropolis and simply our luck, apparent substitute for Anthony Gordon, Harvey Barnes lacking Chelsea with a ‘minor hamstring damage’ and an enormous doubt as effectively for this subsequent recreation. So if Gordon may very well be concerned on the Etihad, it will be an enormous enhance for Eddie Howe.
In the meantime, Gareth Southgate on Thursday names his final England squad earlier than they meet up subsequent for June heat up matches earlier than the Euros and Anthony Gordon had certainly performed himself into rivalry to be named in tomorrow’s squad, which you felt he very a lot wanted to be, if he was to make the aircraft to Germany this summer season for the Euros.
Sarcastically, it is vitally doubtless then that tomorrow’s naming of the England squad might effectively additionally inform us whether or not Anthony Gordon is ready to be okay for Newcastle United on Saturday.
It was solely final month that Gordon was pressured off with an ankle damage at half-time in opposition to Luton and left St James’ Park on crutches, carrying a protecting boot. Solely to then, with not a single journalist having a clue, flip up the next weekend at Forest and star in a 3-2 away win, taking part in the complete match till subbed after two minutes of added time on the very finish.
Eddie Howe requested after the ultimate whistle concerning the Anthony Gordon first half substitution and damage at Stamford Bridge:
“I can’t actually add an excessive amount of to it, apart from the truth that it’s a knee damage.
“It was unusual.
“There was no mechanism, or second when he felt it, it was simply there within the recreation in line with Anthony and he was in fairly a little bit of ache.
“We don’t fairly know the way dangerous it’s.
“We concern it’s not wanting too good.
“He’s in lots of ache however it’s early days.
“I believe it was fairly early within the recreation however there there was no second the place he felt the damage, simply {that a} ache was there.
“We despatched somebody over to the far aspect of the pitch as a result of he didn’t seem like he was shifting proper.
“Finally he succumbed to the damage.”
