Estevão: Why Not Playing Newcastle vs Chelsea?

Newcastle y Chelsea will be in charge of opening the football day this Saturday, when the faces will be seen within the framework of date 17 of the Premier League 2025-26. In what will be the first match of the day around the world, two teams with different realities measure their strength in a match involving important absences.

The most relevant loss for this meeting will be the visit: The ‘Blues’ will not be able to use Estevãowho was one of the most outstanding players at the beginning of the season. Despite his young age, the Brazilian star has had an immediate impact on the team and that has allowed him to add many minutes and show his credentials.

In this morning presentation at St James’ Park, Estevão will not have a place in the game as comes from suffering a small muscle injury. That inconvenience had already left him out of the midweek match against Cardiff, and it sidelines him again to face Newcastle. The attacker will be left out of the squad for the game.

Estevao will accompany the team, but will not play [Foto: Getty]

“He’ll probably be back for the Aston Villa game.”revealed Enzo Maresca, Chelsea manager, in the press conference prior to Newcastle. Those from London will host the ‘Villains’ in a week, so Estevão still has time to get well. These days will be key for him to recover and be available for that duel.

However, the Brazilian’s absence will not be the only one for Chelsea against Newcastle: Levi Colwill, Liam Delap, Romeo Lavia and Dario Essugo are also out in the ‘Blues’. Additionally, the suspension for Mykhailo Mudryk continues. On the ‘Magpies’ side, the situation is similar: Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier, Sven Botman, Dan Burn and Tino Libramento will miss the match due to injuries.