Eddie Howe receives £25m boost ahead of Saturday's trip to Crystal Palace

Newcastle United are gearing up for a trip to London to face Ted Lasso's Richmond Crystal Palace in a good ol' 3pm Saturday kick-off.

We are expecting Eddie Howe to make a couple of changes to the lineup that failed miserably against West Ham on Monday night.

Dan Burn will likely walk back into his place at left centre-back after Lloyd Kelly had a nightmare evening being responsible for both of West Ham's goals in some way.

However, there have been concerns over the fitness of a couple of players after they picked up knocks on Monday night.

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Joe Willock will be part of the squad for Saturday despite the knock picked up on Monday

Bruno Guimaraes looked uncomfortable as he came off the field on Monday night and the Brazilian wasn't pictured in the training gallery yesterday leading to suspicions that the 27-year-old could miss the trip to Selhurst Park.

Meanwhile, Joe Willock didn't come out for the second half after being clattered into by Sean Longstaff on Monday.

Thankfully, Craig Hope has confirmed in his Newcastle Confidential column for the Daily Mail that Willock is fit and expected to be part of the squad on Saturday.

Willock needs a good run in the side

The £25 million signing from Arsenal has had a torrid time of it over the last year with injuries and Geordie hearts were in mouths when they saw Willock go down in a heap on Monday night.

Thankfully, Hope has confirmed that Willock has trained this week and will be involved on Saturday.

We're hoping for Willock to get a good run in the team as he gives us something going forward that no other midfielder in the ranks does.