The number of Newcastle United players missing due to injury has been a nightmare in the opening stages of this season.

Some individuals carrying injuries and/or recoveries into the new 2026-27 season that pre-existed from last season.

For others there were new issues picked up in pre-season.

With then for a growing number of other Newcastle United players, Matthias Jaissle then had new injured stars every week after the season kicked off, or at least it has felt like that.

The United boss finding himself reach a ‘peak’ when nine first team squad players were unavailable for the win over Hull, then following that we have seen some return to the matchday squad for the last couple of games but still yet to be fully fit and ready to start games according to Matthias Jaissle.

Ahead of Crystal Palace on Sunday, there has been an update on a number of Newcastle United players.

Craig Hope at The Mail is usually very reliable when it comes to hearing what is the case with injured players and their recoveries, now he has given this insight below.

Tino Livramento saw injury ruin his 2026 World Cup finals and the start to this Newcastle United season.

The full-back eventually came back and was a 90th minute sub against Bournemouth, got longer second half spells off the bench against Millwall and Leeds, before then disappearing once again for the most recent next three games.