Adam Clery Football Column. A newsletter that unpacks the absurdities and oddities of the beautiful gameThe ACFC newsletter: unpacking football’s absurditiesUnpack football’s oddities with the ACFC newsletterNewcastle’s Dan Burn suffered a “fractured rib and damaged lung” According to reports, Burn spent the night in hospital after his heavy collision with Sunderland’s Nordi Mukiele during the first half at Stadium of Light. England international Burn spent the night in hospital after being taken there in an ambulance following his heavy collision with Sunderland’s Nordi Mukiele during the first half at the Stadium of Light. The 33-year old defender tried to continue playing but was unable to do so. Accordingly, both Sky Sports and the Daily Mail report that he could be sidelined for an extended period of time as a result. open image in galleryBurn has been an ever-present for Newcastle this season (Getty Images)Newcastle boss Eddie Howe is set to give an update on Tuesday ahead of his side’s Carabao Cup quarter-final at home to Fulham, as the holders continue their trophy defence. Howe might only have four first team defenders available to him, with Nick Pope and Kieran Pope out of the picture. Kieran, Sven, and Emil Krafth will all be sidelined. “Unfortunate for us, we’re losing players in one area of the pitch and our back line is stretched,” Howe said after Newcastle’s 1-0 defeat. “We’ve got a number of absentees and so to lose another one in the colossal presence that Dan is, was a big one today. I don’t know quite how serious it is. It looks like a rib problem.“He’s gone to hospital to get them checked. But that was a big blow for us because Dan’s been an ever-present player.”
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