Newcastle's Livramento set to return in pre-season after missing World Cup

[p]The 23-year-old picked ‌up the injury during [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a] squad training ‌in June and was ⁠subsequently ‌ruled out of the squad ​for the World Cup, to be replaced ​by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chalobah-trevoh/2N61AJte/"]Trevoh Chalobah[/a].[/p][p][b]"[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle United[/a] can confirm that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/livramento-valentino/fkessXOF/"]⁠Tino ​Livramento[/a] has successfully undergone a minor surgical procedure,"[/b] the club said in ‌a statement.[/p][p][b]"The defender ... is expected to return during pre-season."[/b][/p][embed guid="40279d9e-5e9c-48f4-bf4e-72a78784f73b" url="https://x.com/NUFC/status/2071882538277077105" social-type="twitter" /][p]Livramento made only 17 Premier League appearances for Newcastle, suffering two knee injuries that ruled him out for two months ‌before a hamstring injury ​in January sidelined him ‌for 15 matches.[/p][p]Newcastle begin their 2026-27 Premier League campaign against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/liverpool-lId4TMwf/newcastle-p6ahwuwJ/?mid=4xKntFxe"]August 23[/a].[/p]