Key Burnley duo now ruled out of Monday's game - This is great news for a certain NUFC player

As confirmed by Sean Dyche, Burnley star James Tarkowski and club-record signing Ben Gibson will BOTH miss Monday's game at Turf Moor through injury - news that will be music to the ears of Newcastle's Salomon Rondon.

This will leave the Clarets short at centre-half, with Ben Mee now expected to partner Irish defender Kevin Long at the back next Monday.

On the flip side, we have a few problems of our own with Lascelles, Shelvey and Dummett ALL absent from first-team training on Thursday morning - however it's good news to hear they are without arguably their best player in James Tarkowski.

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If Salomon Rondon can produce the sort of form that saw him score two goals and dominate Bournemouth's defence two weeks ago, Mee and Long could be in for a long night.

With Burnley without a win in their last five and us coming into this after back-to-back wins, let's hope we can come out on top in what promises to be a big game for both in front of the Sky cameras next week.

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