Dutchman Vurnon Anita will have to wait for his Newcastle United debut in the Premier League against Tottenham Hotspur at St James’ Park this evening as Newcastle manager Alan Pardew put his new signing on the bench.
Newcastle will also be without their captain Fabricio Coloccini after the Argentine international was ruled out through injury, meaning that his compatriot Jonas Gutierrez will take the armband as Newcastle’s captain.
James Perch will deputise in the centre of the Newcastle defence alongside the retuning Steven Taylor, who himself missed much of last season through injury.
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Here is the Newcastle United starting eleven in full:
Tim Krul; Danny Simpson, James Perch, Steven Taylor, Davide Santon; Yohan Cabaye, Cheick Tiote, Jonas Gutierrez; Demba Ba, Hatem Ben Arfa, Papiss Cisse
Here is the substitute’s bench:
Steve Harper, Ryan Taylor, Mike Williamson, Vurnon Anita, Dan Gosling, Gabriel Obertan, Shola Ameobi
Tottenham Hotspur line-up is as follows…
Brad Friedel; Kyle Walker, William Gallas, Younes Kaboul, Benoit Assou-Ekotto; Jake Livermore, Sandro, Aaron Lennon, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Gareth Bale; Jermain Defoe
Here is the substitute’s bench:
Carlo Cudicini, Kyle Naughton, Jan Vertonghen, Jermaine Jenas, Andros Townsend, Rafael Van der Vaart and Harry Kane
Predictions?
