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Miguel Almiron’s debut season in England has been ended due to a hamstring injury picked up during Newcastle’s 3-1 win over Southampton at the weekend.
The 25-year-old was The Toon’s record signing and has impressed since joining in January from Atalanta United.
His father suggested that he would be out for the season and now Newcastle have confirmed the news, with many fans devastated that they will now have to wait until next season to see the Paraguayan play-maker again.
Almiron has changed the way Newcastle attack, freeing up the likes of Ayoze Perez and Salomon Rondon, and the Magpies are officially safe now so this should pave the way for Yoshinori Muto to come back into the team, having missed much of the season through injury and international commitments.
The summer signing from Mainz has found game time hard to come by, making 14 appearances so far and scoring one goal.
Newcastle fans though clearly feel that they haven’t seen enough from the Japanese international and have called for him to replace Almiron for the final games, rather than Christian Atsu.
The Black and White Army responded on Twitter with numerous calls for the 26-year-old to return to the first team with one saying “come on Muto” and another pondering “now let’s see what Muto can bring to the table.”
Fans will have to wait until next season to see their record signing in action again, but the Twitter reactions down below aren’t all doom and gloom…
