EXCLUSIVE – Newcastle star Lewis Hall ruled out of Carabao Cup final – as Eddie Howe suffers another blow ahead of showpiece against Liverpool | HO

Newcastle defender Lewis Hall will miss the Carabao Cup final in yet another blow for Eddie Howe, Mail Sport can reveal.

It means the Magpies boss has lost his first choice pairing down the left-hand side in the space of just a few days, after Anthony Gordon’s red card at the weekend ruled him out of the Wembley date with Liverpool.

Hall missed Sunday’s 2-1 FA Cup defeat by Brighton – in which Gordon was sent off – after picking up an ankle issue in the 2-0 loss at Liverpool last Wednesday.

We understand the 20-year-old has seen a specialist and the news is not good.

The full extent of his absence will be known in the coming days, but he will not be available for the final on March 16.

Hall would have been tasked with keeping Mo Salah quiet at Wembley, and his injury means Tino Livramento is set to come up against the Egyptian.

Newcastle defender Lewis Hall has been ruled out of the Carabao Cup final against Liverpool

Hall’s injury is another blow to Eddie Howe with Anthony Gordon ruled out through suspension

It also denies Hall a likely place in Thomas Tuchel’s first England squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia this month.

He made his debut under Tuchel at Chelsea in 2022.