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title: "Newcastle handed big injury list after Leicester defeat"
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author: "Alex Murray"
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published: "2020-01-01T21:49:16Z"
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# Newcastle handed big injury list after Leicester defeat

Newcastle have been handed a huge injury blow after the defeat to Leicester City, with several players now absent for the Magpies.

Jonjo Shelvey, Fabian Schar & Javier Manquillo have all suffered hamstring injuries, Jetro Willems has a thigh injury and DeAndre Yedlin has broken his hand.

![Nigel Roddis/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readnewcastle.com/readnewcastle/sites/20/2020/01/1196973740.jpg)

Meanwhile, Jack Colback has suffered a knee injury in training and will be absent for the next four months.

> Twitter: NUFC medical bulletin… Shelvey, Schar & Manquillo all hamstring. Willems thigh injury. Yedlin broken his hand. Oh… https://t.co/ipEL1NXyOr (@CraigHope\_DM)

The Magpies will be worried about losing several key players, including Shelvey and Schar, especially after the heavy defeat to Leicester.

Brendan Rodgers side ran out 4-0 winners at St James’ Park, with goals from Ayoze Perez, James Maddison and Hamza Choudhury securing the three points for the East Midlands side.

### Read Newcastle’s verdict

Losing some of these players is a massive blow for Steve Bruce, and will force him to use some of the fringe players.

Whilst losing Colback isn’t a loss, but the rest of the players on the injured list are all big losses for his side.

It will be interesting to see how he copes without them.