Newcastle Morning Round-Up, Wednesday 28th October 2026: Jaissle's Injury-Hit Magpies Prepare for Everton Carabao Cup Test
Bruno Guimaraes and his old club drew plenty of attention overnight after Arsenal suffered a shock Carabao Cup upset at Fleetwood Town, with the Shields Gazette noting it brought back memories of a similar nightmare for the Gunners involving the Newcastle midfielder (Shields Gazette).
The focus for United, though, is firmly on Thursday's Carabao Cup fourth round trip to Everton. Chronicle Live spoke to a former player who admitted joining Newcastle from Everton was initially hard, but said the move suited his ambitions better than staying on Merseyside. Matthias Jaissle has been reflecting on the quirk of facing Everton for the third time this year following their pre-season meeting, calling it a useful marker of his side's progress (Chronicle Live). The head coach also confirmed a lengthy casualty list for the game, with seven players set to miss out and he was coy on when a couple of others might return as he plans to rotate his squad (Chronicle Live). Newcastle World added that Lewis Miley and Matias Fernandez-Pardo are among the fitness doubts after a training ground issue (Newcastle World), while Tino Livramento has been given a timeline for his comeback as Jaissle looks to handle the England full-back's recovery carefully following a difficult second half of 2026 (Chronicle Live).
Off the pitch, Jaissle gave his verdict on new Head of First Team Recruitment Tomas Amaral, insisting his transfer approach remains "pure and clear" (Shields Gazette), with the Shields Gazette also pointing to Amaral's track record including a notable £99m transfer success before arriving on Tyneside (Shields Gazette).
Elsewhere, Jaissle spoke warmly about witnessing his first Newcastle-Sunderland derby atmosphere, describing the under-21s clash at St James' Park as "something special" (Chronicle Live), while a club icon reacted with surprise to Sandro Tonali's £100million move to Tottenham (Newcastle World). In the women's game, Newcastle United Women fought back impressively against Nottingham Forest in testing, storm-affected conditions at the City Ground to keep their Super League promotion hopes alive (The Mag).
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