The Magpies will have a much bigger squad to choose from tonight at Coventry City
Newcastle United head coach Matthias Jaissle
Newcastle head coach Matthias Jaissle(Image: Iain Buist/Newcastle Chronicle)
Matthias Jaissle has been boosted by the return of another his injured Newcastle United stars ahead of the trip to Coventry City.
The Magpies head to the East Midlands hoping to continue their winning form three weeks on since the 2-1 win over Hull City as they tackle the newly promoted Sky Blues. Jaissle will welcome back Joelinton and Nico Gonzalez for the encounter with Frank Lampard's side.
And in new footage released by the club on the eve of the game, former Aston Villa star Jacob Ramsey was spotted joining his team-mates for preparations for tonight. Ramsey suffered a thigh injury in the warm-up ahead of the 4-1 loss to Leeds United and has not featured since.
Jaissle had said last month: "Ramsey felt discomfort in his hamstring during the warm-up, so he couldn't play tonight. It's another challenge we're facing. That's how the night went, many things happened at once."
Like a number of injured stars, Ramsey has benefited from the three-week international break with many stars offered the time to recover from knocks and niggles.
Ramsey has a fight on his hand to get into Jaissle's starting line-up and has yet to start a Premier League game this season.
Jacob Ramsey of Newcastle United celebrates with Malick Thiaw
Jacob Ramsey (left) is back in contention(Image: Getty Images)
He came off the bench against AFC Bournemouth to score a valuable equaliser in the 2-2 draw at St James' Park earlier in the campaign. But he has been restricted to starts in Carabao Cup games after playing 90 minutes against West Bromwich Albion in round three then an 83-minute appearance against Millwall in the next round.
It remains to be seen whether Ramsey is back tonight and when he does return where he will play, but the £43million signing from Aston Villa opened up about his position earlier in the season. Ramsey said then: "In training, I've been playing as the 10." "I thought I trained really well this week.
"I came on a bit deeper but I think I'm comfortable on the ball deeper or in the 10. At Villa I played the left-10 position."
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