Newcastle United‘s journey plans for his or her Premier League conflict towards Southampton could possibly be affected by Storm Eowyn, supervisor Eddie Howe admitted on Friday.
Report excessive winds from Storm Eowyn have battered components of the UK on Friday. A crimson warning — the very best alert degree — was issued by the UK Met Workplace for components of Scotland whereas an amber warning is in power for the North East of England, with many flights cancelled out of Newcastle Airport.
The Newcastle group are on account of fly out of the airport right down to Southampton, on the South Coast, on Friday afternoon. They kick off at St Mary’s on Saturday at 3 p.m. GMT (10 a.m. ET).
“We’ll see how immediately goes,” Howe mentioned on Friday. “Our plan is to journey immediately however we’re looking for recommendation from authorities and the airport if it is protected to fly.
“If it isn’t, we may find yourself travelling [Saturday] morning.
“We have now travelled on the day earlier than to a 5.30 p.m. kick-off, you might be in and also you’re out. It is barely uncommon for a 3 p.m. kick-off however simply one thing we must adapt to.”
Newcastle may journey by coach, however that brings its personal complexities.
“We have now to watch out [with that] because the wind may flip an 8-9 hour journey right into a 12-13 hour one,” he defined. “It’s a lengthy journey, and likewise there is not any assure with the wind and the situations.”
Newcastle, who’re sixth within the Premier League following final weekend’s defeat to Bournemouth, nonetheless need to practice on Friday regardless of the situations forward of the sport towards bottom-of-the-table Southampton.
“It is windy I’ve to say, I struggled to get in,” Howe mentioned. “We have to discover someplace sheltered sufficient, and we do have a dome we will use however it’s whether or not that’s protected as a result of that is the strongest winds I’ve seen right here.”
