Eddie Howe reveals double injury boost ahead of Newcastle United v West Ham

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Joe Buck brings you all the latest news from Eddie Howe's press conference ahead of Newcastle United's clash with West Ham on Monday night. Callum Wilson and Kieran Trippier could both be available.

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00:00So Eddie, I was spoken to the media ahead of Newcastle United's game with West Ham on

00:05Monday night and I think the biggest news of the day was that Kieran Tribbia and Callum

00:09Wilson both are in contention to potentially make their return to the squad. Tribbia hasn't

00:14featured for Newcastle since injuring a hamstring against Everton back in early October and

00:19of course Wilson hasn't featured since the end of last season, he was injured in pre-season.

00:23He's had multiple return dates sort of knocked back but there's a chance that he could play.

00:27It's now revealed that he's going to train today for the first time, so we'll see how

00:30he comes through that. Of course he's got a brilliant record against West Ham in his

00:33career, 12 goals in 14 games. So it'll be a big boost to see him back and hopefully

00:37they can try and keep fit. It's been really frustrating to see him not being able to make

00:42a match today's squad but if they get him back and compete with Alexander Isak that'll

00:46be a big boost for Newcastle. Emile Craft is out for 6-8 weeks, I think that was expected

00:53after his injury, so he'll be out for a couple of months. He missed the whole festive period

00:56and it'll be 2025 before we see him back in action. That was about it from the injury

01:02news. I think Newcastle go into that game against West Ham full of confidence, of course

01:07three wins before the international break, but they're against a good team Eddie Howe

01:09said as such. West Ham's form might have been up and down this year but they'll be a difficult

01:15team Eddie Howe suggests that. Obviously we all remember that game last year, Harvey Barnes

01:19as last minute winner to give Newcastle a 4-3 win after being 3-1 down. Monday night

01:25under the lights against West Ham, it sets itself up for a fantastic game. That said

01:29I think the main three bits from Eddie Howe this morning was that Calum Wilson and Kieran

01:34Shibuya could be back for that game and obviously Emile Craft won't be. I did ask how if Wilson's

01:40record against West Ham would be something that forced their hand but he was a bit coy

01:43on that and of course I said that they would do whatever's right to make sure Wilson can

01:47play not just that game but in the long term. And yeah, Monday night will be a good game,

01:52of course Dan Byrne will be missing it as well, he threw suspension but Eddie Howe will

01:55resist. He's got a lot of good players to cover for him so that'll be one that they

01:59can hopefully adapt to because Newcastle's defensive record hasn't been really good this

02:03year but they'll have to adapt without Byrne there. But yeah, that's the main news. Calum

02:06Wilson and Kieran Shibuya potentially back for Newcastle United on Monday night.

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