Gordon injury, the latest sobs + de cuyper goals

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Eddie Howe and Fabian Hurzeller are two of the ‘Squad Splitter’ at the last weekend of pre-season friendship.

Both Newcastle United and Brighton and Hove Albion competed for two warm -up matches, with their players scattered in Kickabouts.

From Alexander Isaacexistence (£ 10.5 million) Maxim de CuyperThreat (£ 4.5 million), here is a record of our scouts from the four matches.

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Newcastle United 2-2 Espanyol
Newcastle 0-2 Atletico Madrid

• Target: Targett, j murphy
• Help: Miley

Gordon injured scare, Hall + Botman was only given 45 minutes

With sobs on naughty steps, the last thing that how Howe needs is an injury to a man who might start in front of Gameweek 1: Anthony Gordon (£ 7.5 million).

Gordon limped at the closing stage friendly on Saturday, after playing in the middle for the second week.

The damage does not seem too bad, at least.

“We hope he is fine. I think he has an ankle problem. At first it might think it was a muscle problem but the good news was that I thought it was just a twist. So the initial feeling was he should be fine.” – Eddie Howe Di Anthony Gordon

Elsewhere in front of fitness, Lewis Hall (£ 5.5 million) and Sven Botman (£ 5.0 million) only given 45 minutes each. Howe confirmed their part -time withdrawal was planned.

“That is a plan with Sven. I think we have to be careful with him. He takes a little problem with the groin. He returns now. He practices yesterday for the first time, past 45 minutes, so I’m happy with him.

“Both of them [Hall and Botman are] In the same position really where they are physically fit, but they lack matching action. So, we don’t need to be in a hurry and push them too hard and then take the risk of further injury. We have a long season ahead. ” – Eddie Howe on Sven Botman

Hoping to see four backs Kieran Trippier (£ 5.0 million), Fabian Schar (£ 5.5 million), And Burn (£ 5.0 million) and Tino Livramento (£ 5.0 million) in Gameweek 1, then.

The latest sobs

Howe’s press conference after both friendship, not surprising, dominated by talks about certain Sweden people – and that is not Emil Krafth (£ 4.5 million).

“We have discussed and clearly at this time that we cannot involve him with the group. I don’t know how long it is.

“He was here and he was contracted to us so he was in that position, of course, the opportunity that he could play for Newcastle again but I did not know what would happen in the future.

“I want Alex to play today. I want him to train tomorrow. We want players with us. So, let me make it really clear. There is no part of me who doesn’t want the result.

“But I didn’t see that change before Aston Villa, the current situation where we were.” – Eddie Howe in Alexander sob

Even if the sobs remain in Newcastle on the big 2025/26 kick-offs, it will not sound like he will be brought to the field at Villa Park next weekend.

Howe’s Annual Mind Play

The annual tradition in the pre-season is howe divvying the players in the last two friendship, without the pattern seen on the line-up.

Anthony Luna (£ 7.0 million) got a nod with Gordon and Harvey Barnes (£ 6.5 million) to Atletico. Whether it makes it more likely to start from Jacob Murphy (£ 6.5 million) in Gameweek 1? It might look like that, but then consider it Bruno Guimaraes (£ 6.5 million) Involved in a different game with its usual midfield partners, Joelinton (£ 6.0 million) and Sandro Tonali (£ 5.5 million). Trippier and Livramento played the night before Schar and Burn too.

Elanga lives against Atletico, in the absence of a bona fide middle attacker as a bad factor that does not one of the five cross locked.

But then Murphy is the usual 7/10 nights too. Harrying and Newcastle led to his third goal in pre-season. There is no magpie that has more.

And is Howe might signal slower integration for Elanga here?

“I think we to know the game are a little better and for him to understand what we are doing a little better and I think we will see real players who can make differences and frighten opposition”. – Eddie Howe at Anthony Elanga

As for other Takeaways, you have an unrelected bit and bobs -really add a lot of coherence when you consider the interrupted nature of this weekend.

Joelinton missed four very good opportunities against Atletico. Aaron Ramsdale (£ 5.0 million) debuted against Espanyol and surprised no one, looking better with his feet than Nick Pope (£ 5.0 million), also stores a penalty. Lewis Miley (£ 4.5 million) ended pre-season with more minutes than other Newcastle players, helping Matt Targett (£ 4.0 million).

Many small observations, but the relevance is questionable when no XI will begin together in 2025/26.

“In the field today, you have seen the top rescue of the penalty. The distribution of the ball is very well. So that is a very good house debut from him.” – Eddie Howe in Aaron Ramsdale

Newcastle made Espanyol most of them calm outside of their long -distance opening, losing a penalty and equalized late. They were above against Atletico at first, but the Spaniards showed their class after resting and turning screws, scoring two goals.

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Newcastle United Xi V Espanyol: Ramsdale, Krafth, Schär, Burn, Targett, Miley, Bruno Guimarães, Hall (Harrison 46); Murphy, Osula, Seung-Soo (Nevea 61).

Newcastle United XI V Atletico Madrid: Pope, Ashby (Al. Harrison 61), Lascelles, Botman (A. Murphy 46), Livramento, Trippier (Shahar 87), Joelinton, Tonali, Elanga, Gordon (Neve 84), Barnes.

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Brighton and Hove Albion 2-0 Wolfsburg
Brighton and Hove Albion 2-1 Wolfsburg

• Target: Group, Sarmiento | Rutter, from Cuyper
• Assist: Good evening, Milner | Ayari, wieffer

There is no such mind game from Hurzeller?

While Howe dissolved his first team in two friendly matches, Hurzeller, for the second week, apparently sorting his players into ‘first XI’ and ‘second string’.

The side of the first team this week (clearly) only showed one change from past weeks and even came between the posts. Bart verbruggen (£ 4.5 million) returned from injury and replaced it Jason Steele (£ 4.5 million).

FPL midfielder Georgia Rutter (£ 6.0 million) again becomes a line leader, with Matt O’riley (£ 5.5 million) behind him. It see Danny Welbeck (£ 6.5 million) sent to the door kickabout closed once again.

“No, this is not a decision between him and Danny. They played last season together. [Georginio] Always a choice. He can be played in this position. ” – Fabian Hurzeller in Georginio Rutter + Danny Welbeck, via Sussex Express

Lewis DunkThe S (£ 4.5 million) race does not seem to be carried out, because he once again started at the same time Jan Paul van Hecke (£ 4.5 million). New arrival Diego Coppola (£ 4.5 million) and Oliver Boscagli (£ 4.5 million) with Welbeck and Team B glorified.

The destination of the first brighton de cuyper

The part of the stronger side on the paper was De Cuyper, who attacked his first Brighton goal on Saturday. He has been on the radar since his summer movement, what with interesting numbers in Belgium.

He seems to be settled well too. Sometimes spacious, sometimes entering and sometimes forms parts of three central defensive (we use Milos will come (£ 6.0 million) Comparison last week), he had been foamy a few cribs before Mats WiefferLow shipping (£ 5.0 million) is fostered to its way. The left back buried the opportunity.

“Yes, it is very impressed because he is integrated as a person who is fast enough and that is something that I do not often see in the soccer business. He does it in a way, I will say, in a very natural way. So, not in an artificial way and therefore you can see that he was immediately integrated in a team on the field by having a good appearance by playing a good game. – Fabian Hurzeller in Maxim de Cuyper

Good forward … not too much behind

De Cuyper has a reputation because it is more adept at going forward than in the other way before the transfer. That is something that can be said to Brighton in general.

Only last week, we wrote about their deficiencies – and they were again exhibited against Wolfsburg.

Carved open on the transition with a large cliff both in front of and behind the back line, they depend on some heroic from Verbruggen to maintain Wolfsburg in the Gulf until the 79th minute of consolation. It seems that not much has changed since last season, and Dunk won’t get more mobile phones in 33.

Carlos Baleba (£ 5.0 million) At least he could immediately offer protection: he was no longer there but Hurzeller revealed after the match that he was in training and “will return”.

At least it is in the opposite direction, with Rutter, Diego Gomez (£ 5.0 million) and Kaoru Mitoma (£ 6.5 million) was rejected on both sides of the opening taken extraordinary. Yankuba Minteh (£ 6.0 million), who captured the clamp last weekend, should score with a header and short -range shot on both sides of the rest.

In the initial match that day, Brajan Gruda (£ 5.5 million) and Jeremy Sarmiento (£ 5.0 million) netted seagulls. The game behind a closed door displays the shortest brilliant acting of Stefanos Tzimas (£ 5.5 million), one of the two Greek signing. It is quite clear now that no one will unsettled Xi early until we enter the fall.

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Brighton and Hove Albion started XI in First Friendly: Steele, Kadioglu (Lamptey 45), Boscagli (Simmonds 61), Coppola, Veltman, Sarmiento, Moran, Milner (Yalcouye 70), Buonanotte, Gruda, Welbeck (Timilas 85).

Brighton and Hove Albion started XI in a second friendly manner: Continued, Wivinger, from Hecke, Dunk, The Cuyper, Ayari, Gomez (Yalcouye 78), Minteh (Howell 74), O’rile, Mitoma, Georgino (Sima 84).