Jacob Ramsey of Newcastle United reacts during the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round match between Aston Villa and Newcastle United at Villa Park on February 14, 2026 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images)placeholder image
Jacob Ramsey of Newcastle United reacts during the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round match between Aston Villa and Newcastle United at Villa Park on February 14, 2026 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Newcastle United have issued an official update on Jacob Ramsey after he missed the Champions League win over Qarabag.
Ramsey was among seven changes from Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Manchester City in the Premier League. Malick Thiaw missed out through suspension, while Nick Pope, Lewis Hall, Joe Willock, Anthony Elanga and Anthony Gordon dropped down to the bench as Aaron Ramsdale, Sven Botman, Alex Murphy, Joelinton, Harvey Barnes, Will Osula and Jacob Murphy came into the starting line-up.
Leading 6-1 from the first-leg win in Azerbaijan, the Magpies ended up progressing 9-3 on aggregate with a 3-2 victory at St James’ Park. Sandro Tonali and Joelinton gave United a 2-0 lead before the visitors scored either side of Sven Botman’s goal.
Eddie Howe’s side will now face either Barcelona or Chelsea in the round of 16.
Eddie Howe on Newcastle United’s progression into the Champions League last 16
“I think that's the great thing now in our season,” Howe said. “There's a positive feel that whoever we get in the next round will be an amazing tie for us. I believe that we can raise our game and compete with anybody. That's what we're going to have to do, whoever we get.
“But I just think it's a massive thing for us to give our season an extra boost to get through this knockout phase and then into the next one.
“We have to believe in ourselves. I think we've seen the best of ourselves this year when we've gone into cup games and one-off games where we've been able to really rise to whatever challenge we've had in front of us. So I think we'll have to go in with that mindset again in whoever we get in the next round.
“And the challenge for us is now returning back to the Premier League is to build some consistency in our performance and our way of playing. I think we've had a really good run. I think today's the poorest performance we've had in the last group.
“But we've won four out of five, so we have to keep perspective. But we've got some big games now to start with.”
Newcastle United issue official Jacob Ramsey update
Howe mentioned that his side have some big matches coming up, and that starts with Everton’s visit to St James’ Park in the Premier League on Saturday.
Newcastle welcomed back Botman and Yoane Wissa from injury against Qarabag but were hit with another injury concern after Ramsey was left out of the matchday squad due to a tight hamstring.
The Magpies are already without a host of key players, including Lewis Miley, Bruno Guimaraes, Tino Livramento and Fabian Schar, but Howe is hopeful Ramsey can return as early as this weekend.
The 24-year-old has been one of United’s standout performers of late, putting together his best run of performances since joining from Aston Villa for £39million last summer.
Providing an update after the game, Howe said: “We hope there's nothing serious. He's just felt his hamstring, an awareness, a tightness in his hamstring. He had a scan and that came back all clear.
“Hopefully it'll be a quick improvement and he'll be back involved hopefully for our next game. But let's wait and see.”
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