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Newcastle are resigned to almost certainly being without the injured Joelinton for the remainder of the season and will review their January transfer plans at a specially convened meeting later this week.
With the Saudi Arabian majority owned club perilously close to breaching the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability rules, the board had initially planned to postpone further recruitment until the summer but Joelinton’s groin problem could alter that agenda.