Newcastle United given timeframe for Tino Livramento's return after picking up knee injury on Sunday
Newcastle United fans have been waiting for an update on the severity of Tino Livramento's knee injury after the England star was stretchered off the pitch during Sunday's defeat to Arsenal.
Tino Livramento fell to the floor holding his knee after a challenge with William Saliba on Sunday, and with Tino's history of spending almost a year out of action with an ACL injury not long before his move to Newcastle, it was safe to say there were some worried faces in the crowd at St. James' Park.
Those ACL fears weren't alleviated when the stretcher was brought on to carry the full-back off the field.
There was, unsurprisingly, no meaningful update on his injury after the game on Sunday, and even on Tuesday when Eddie Howe faced the media ahead of the Champions League clash with Union Saint-Gilloise, we still seemed to be no further forward.
Keith Downie has revealed how long Tino Livramento is expected to be absent
There had been talk of waiting on a second scan after the first due to the fact that the swelling on the knee still hadn't gone down, but there was a feeling that it wasn't an ACL injury.
Now Sky Sports' Keith Downie has provided an update on X, which, while not great, is still better news than we may have been expecting.
🚨 Newcastle United are seeking a second opinion on the knee injury suffered by Tino Livramento.
👨🏻⚕️ The 22-year-old went for a scan yesterday but the club are waiting on further news with the knee still swollen.
🗣️ Eddie Howe has just said in Brussels that they are "better off waiting" before giving an update, but that is expected in the coming days.
⚫️ The Newcastle defender landed awkwardly against Arsenal on Sunday and is set for a spell out.
Six to eight weeks is much better than was first feared
While Downie notes that Livramento fell awkwardly, we believe the injury was inflicted by Saliba himself. Not out of any malice, but Saliba's knee struck Livramento's, and when Tino landed, it looked like he was ensuring all the weight fell on the other leg as if he was protecting what he already knew to be a bad injury.
Whatever the reality, though, six to eight weeks isn't great when Tino has been such an important player, but when the initial fears were a year on the sidelines again, we'll take it.
Hopefully, he's able to recover quickly and get back to doing what he does best.
