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title: "Newcastle United: Jordan Cronin stunned by Joelinton injury"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/burnley-1-2-newcastle-joelinton-injury/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Newcastle United News"
published: "2022-05-22T17:15:10Z"
modified: "2022-05-22T17:15:10Z"
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# Newcastle United: Jordan Cronin stunned by Joelinton injury

**[Newcastle United](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/) journalist Jordan Cronin was left stunned by the injury suffered by Joelinton away at Burnley in the [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/).**

### The Lowdown: Revelation

Joelinton has been nothing short of a revelation for the St James’ Park faithful this season.

[Newcastle news!](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/web-stories/newcastle-news-6/)

Reborn as a central midfield player, he has only missed one game this campaign in where he has been available for selection, scoring four goals and supplying one assist in the top flight ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joelinton/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/333241/plus/0?saison=2021&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=)), and being a key part of the team that dug themselves out of relegation trouble under Eddie Howe.

### The Latest: Injury

Joelinton was forced off injured in the opening few minutes of their 2-1 win away at Burnley this afternoon, and Cronin gave his instant reaction on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/jordancronin_/status/1528393115798740992).

He observed: *“Joelinton departs on a stretcher. Jacob Murphy on. Horrible to see, especially after the season he’s had. All fingers crossed it isn’t serious.”*

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### The Verdict: Shame

It is certainly a shame to see Joelinton go off in that manner, and Newcastle will now be sweating on his fitness ahead of their pre-season schedule.

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It did look like a nasty one for the Brazilian, so he may not be able to recover as quickly as he would like.

Nonetheless, at least competitive football is over for a while now, which should help Joelinton in his recovery, as he will no doubt be a key player on Tyneside once again next term.

[***In other news, find out what ‘brilliant news’ has now emerged for Howe here!***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/eddie-howe-contract-premier-league/)