Newcastle United are unlikely to look at bringing in a new goalkeeper in the January\u00a0transfer\u00a0window despite Nick Pope being ruled out for the long-term with a shoulder injury, sources have confirmed to\u00a0<\/strong>90min<\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Pope was forced off during Newcastle\u2019s win 1-0 over Manchester United on Saturday night after he dislocated his shoulder, with backup goalkeeper Martin Dubravka coming on for the final stages of the match.<\/p>\n Newcastle\u00a0believe Pope will be back this season, but an early return date has been pencilled in for April during the latter stages of the campaign and so a decision will need to be made about their goalkeeping situation in the meantime.<\/p>\n The Magpies have been linked with Arsenal\u2019s Aaron Ramsdale, but as\u00a090min<\/em>\u00a0reported last week, he is seen as a target for the long-term and it\u2019s unlikely they will move for him in January.<\/p>\n 90min<\/em>\u00a0understands\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0have little inclination to allow Ramsdale to leave before the summer anyway, even though he is currently second-choice to David Raya.<\/p>\n Pope was forced off \/ Stu Forster\/GettyImages<\/p>\n The Magpies are also well covered in the goalkeeper department. As well as Dubravka, they also have former Liverpool stopper Loris Karius and veteran Mark Gillespie in their ranks.<\/p>\n Speaking after the Man Utd victory, Newcastle boss Eddie Howe admitted that Pope\u2019s injury was a \u2018bad one\u2019, but whether an operation would be required will be decided on this week. The 31-year-old is set to see a specialist and the injury will put his Euro 2024 hopes in some doubt having already fallen out of favour with England boss Gareth Southgate.<\/p>\n \u201cIt looks bad,\u201d Howe told\u00a0TNT Sports<\/em>\u00a0regarding Pope\u2019s injury. \u201cIt looks like a dislocation. He\u2019s done it before and had it operated on and come back successfully.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I don\u2019t know what the future holds for him, I don\u2019t know if he will need an operation or not, but we will get it checked out and fingers crossed he will be back soon.<\/p>\n \u201cIt will be a massive blow for us if he is ruled out for any length of time. It looked really innocuous, but that is usually the way and they are normally the more serious ones. You could see he was in distress and it looked like he dislocated his shoulder just diving.<\/p>\n \u201cMartin Dubravka came on in a tricky situation with 10 minutes to go, narrow lead, which is not nice for a goalkeeper, so I have to compliment him for doing so well.\u201d<\/p>\n
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