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title: "Newcastle United: Steve Bruce drops Federico Fernandez injury blow"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-steve-bruce-federico-fernandez-premier-league-injury-team-news-st-james-park-man-utd/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Newcastle United"
published: "2021-02-20T19:15:08Z"
modified: "2021-02-20T19:15:08Z"
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# Newcastle United: Steve Bruce drops Federico Fernandez injury blow

**Steve Bruce has dropped an injury blow for Newcastle United ahead of their trip to Manchester United on Sunday evening.**

Speaking in his pre-game press conference ahead of the match against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men at Old Trafford, the former Aston Villa and Sunderland boss has [confirmed](https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/latest-news/bruce-provides-injury-update-ahead-of-man-united-trip/) with regards to Federico Fernandez that ‘Man United will be too soon for him’.

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The Argentina international, who is currently earning [£45,000 per week](https://salarysport.com/football/player/federico-fern%C3%A1ndez/) at the Magpies, has missed the last [seven](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/federico-fernandez/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/85475/plus/0?saison=2020&verein=762&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=) games in total in the Premier League with a thigh muscle strain and the St. James’ Park faithful will have to try and cope without him again in what will be a very tough contest against the Red Devils.

### Fernandez a big miss to Newcastle

Fernandez is a big miss for the Tyneside club, as the central defender has won no fewer than 4.1 of his duels per match in the top flight so far in the 2020/21 term and also averaging 5.6 clearances and 1.5 tackles a game ([Sofascore](https://www.sofascore.com/player/federico-fernandez/38393)).

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The 31-year-old is a leader at the back for Steve Bruce’s men, and would have been a vital figure in terms of keeping his team organised against the likes of Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford and Edinson Cavani.

Nonetheless, the North East side will have to find a way to try and get something out of the clash without him.

[***In other news, find out what PIF claim has been dropped by Liam Kennedy here!***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/newcastle-united-liam-kennedy-pif-takeover-saudi-arabia-news-update-journalist/)