Newcastle United £53m duo facing Premier League ban after Brighton & Man City incidents
Two of Newcastle United’s key players are walking a disciplinary tightrope ahead of the Premier League trip to Chelsea on Sunday.
Joelinton and Dan Burn are only one yellow card away from serving a one-match suspension having both been cautioned four times in the Magpies’ opening eight league matches.
The Brazilian picked up his fourth booking of the campaign in the 1-1 draw against Manchester City for a foul on Erling Haaland but has managed to avoid a card in the last two fixtures versus Everton and Brighton & Hove Albion.
Premier League rules state that any player shown five bookings in the opening 19 league matches is suspended for one match, something which impacted Bruno Guimaraes, Anthony Gordon and Kieran Trippier last season.
Joelinton and Burn must make it until matchday 20 – the visit to Tottenham Hotspur on January 4, 2025 – without picking up a yellow card if they are avoid punishment.
Geordie Journos on ShotsTV! Is Eddie Howe under pressure at Newcastle United?
“I think you have to accept it to a degree but you can’t have a destroyer, ball-winner, brilliant at second balls, duels, tackler – that force that he is in the middle of the pitch and not accept sometimes he is going to mis-time tackles and sometimes he is going to pick up yellow card,” Howe said recently on Joelinton. “You can’t have it both ways.
“Of course we don’t want to lose him to suspension, we will try and help him a bit but as I say, you can’t have it both ways.”
