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\nNEWCASTLE: Eddie Howe has revealed Newcastle United have received a quadruple injury boost ahead of their return to Premier League action against Fulham this weekend.<\/p>\n
\nThe Magpies travel to Craven Cottage on Saturday looking to record only their second top-flight win of the campaign \u2014 and will likely do so with four players who were rated as doubts within their ranks.<\/p>\n
\nIt is fair to say the international break has been one of worries and concerns on the injury front for head coach Howe, with strikers Alexander Isak and Chris Wood as well as Bruno Guimaraes all sent home early from national duty due to knocks.<\/p>\n
\nHowever, where the situation once seemed grim, according to Howe, the outlook is now brightening with Callum Wilson, Elliot Anderson and Guimaraes all fit to start against the Cottagers. In a further boost, Allan Saint-Maximin, missing since August, is also understood to be close to a return to the squad, while Isak\u2019s injury, picked up while with Sweden, is not thought to be serious.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWhen the doctor was calling me, I didn\u2019t want to take his calls anymore,\u201d joked Howe from United\u2019s Benton training base on Friday.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt was a stressful period for three or four days, but thankfully it\u2019s maybe not as bad as it first appeared.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nOn Wilson, Howe said: \u201cHe\u2019s trained for around 10 days with us now. He\u2019s in a good place. Every time he comes back from an injury I\u2019d say he does the work and doesn\u2019t cut corners. He\u2019s had a really long body of work with the sports science team and then trained with us. He looked good.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019ll be a huge boost for the players to have Callum in the group with his positive energy and laughter that he brings. He\u2019s a big player for us. And with Alex picking up his injury as well, it was perfect timing for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nGuimaraes, too, who has missed two Brazil friendlies in France in the past seven days as a result of a thigh problem, is understood to be fit to play from the off in southwest London.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cBruno has trained with us. I had a couple of difficult calls during the international break to say players had various things happen to various players,\u201d Howe said.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe were concerned for Bruno but he\u2019s come back and the scan was good. He\u2019s trained, and trained well. Obviously slightly disrupted for him because these two weeks were really important in terms of his training and getting his match sharpness back, but he\u2019s physically fine. He\u2019s in the squad.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nFellow United talisman Saint-Maximin has been unavailable for selection due to a hamstring injury since the 1-1 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers in August.<\/p>\n
\nAnd while he is yet to return to full training with the squad, Howe says that Saint-Maximin has a chance.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cYeah, he\u2019s doing well,\u201d he said when asked about the player.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cHe\u2019s had a period away and come back. He\u2019s close, very close. It\u2019s how we view things.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThere are a lot of moving parts with us at the moment. I\u2019m being vague because there are a lot of player situations that are slightly unclear as we go into the game. Allan will be one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nWhile Anderson has also managed to shake off a slight knock and will likely make the bench, two players who are unlikely to do so are Isak and Wood. But their problems are not likely to keep them out for too long, according to Howe.<\/p>\n
\nOn record signing Isak, Howe said: \u201cHe picked up an injury training for Sweden, so he\u2019s come back. The scan doesn\u2019t look too bad so we\u2019re not overly concerned it\u2019s a long injury, but with any muscle injury there\u2019s always a slight period where you have to be careful.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cHe\u2019s out running on grass so he\u2019s looking good at the moment.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cChris Wood came off with a rib problem. He took a knock in the game. Again, that\u2019s another player we\u2019ll make a very late decision on.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMeanwhile, the Magpies have completed their first signing of the January window, with highly rated Australian forward Garang Kuol putting pen to paper.<\/p>\n
\nAnd Howe admits he is delighted to win the race for the player who was courted by the likes of Barcelona.<\/p>\n
\nUnited are understood to have paid Central Coast Mariners about $400,000 for the Southern hemisphere star.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI\u2019m very excited,\u201d said Howe about the deal.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cHe\u2019s a young player with huge potential. It\u2019s a show from myself and the club on where we want to go in terms of signing young players and trying to develop them in our system for them to be Premier League players in the future. He\u2019s had a dramatic rise and he\u2019s in a position that excites everybody. There needs to be some patience shown.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cTouch wood we\u2019ll look after him, go out on loan and develop behind the scenes. Hopefully when he comes here, he can play a part in our future.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThe Egyptian-born teenager made his senior debut at 17 in 2021 and rose to worldwide prominence when he played a starring role as the 2022 A-League All Stars team that took on Barcelona in front of more than 70,000 spectators in Sydney earlier this year.<\/p>\n
\nKuol made his Australia debut against New Zealand during the most recent international break.<\/p>\n
\nAfter making the move, Kuol said: \u201cIt\u2019s unreal. As a young boy in Australia, the Premier League is the main thing that everyone watches but nobody actually thinks they\u2019ll reach those heights. To be one of those people, to be in the position I am, it\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cNow that I\u2019ve signed for Newcastle, I want to train hard, play hard, hopefully go to the World Cup and come back here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThe United executive who was instrumental in securing the transfer, sporting director Dan Ashworth, explained the signing and the club\u2019s new philosophy.<\/p>\n
\nAshworth said: \u201cGarang is a very promising young talent and we are excited that he\u2019ll be continuing his development as a Newcastle United player.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cOur philosophy is to invest in our academy and in exciting young players for the future, as well as in players required to make an immediate impact in the first team.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe wish Garang the best of luck in his remaining games with Central Coast Mariners and we hope to see him on the international stage again very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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