Sven Botman set to miss Carabao Cup final for Newcastle United

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Daniel Wales with the latest North East and Yorkshire sport headlines, including reports suggesting that Newcastle United defender Sven Botman will miss the Carabao Cup final next week with a knee injury.

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00:00Newcastle United defender Sven Bottman is expected to miss the Carabao Cup final against

00:05Liverpool next week. According to reports, Bottman, who has not played since the semi-final

00:10second leg against Arsenal, will undergo surgery for a knee problem that will likely keep him

00:15sidelined for a number of weeks. Bottman had only returned to action for the Magpies in

00:20January following several months out with an anterior cruciate ligament tear in his

00:26other knee. Newcastle are already without winger Anthony Gordon and left-back Lewis

00:31Hall for the final, with this latest setback decreasing their chances of finally ending

00:37the long wait for major silverware on Tyneside.

00:42Sunderland head coach Regis Lebris has confirmed that winger Juan Paveda will miss the next

00:47three to four weeks with injury. This is another setback for the winger in what has been a

00:53frustrating season so far.

01:24Bradford City boss Graeme Alexander has said that there are no easy games in League 2 as

01:30his side prepare to face Gillingham next.

01:54We stay humble, we keep our egos out of everything that we've got a lot of work to do and John

02:03Coleman, Gillingham, it's not going to be easy. So we have to make sure that we approach

02:09the game in the same way we have been doing for months now.

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