Source: PA
Hughton hopeful over Taylor injury
Newcastle boss Chris Hughton has not given up hope of defender Steven Taylor starting the new season despite his shoulder injury.
The 24-year-old will miss Saturday's friendly at Norwich with the problem he picked up at Carlisle last weekend as medics continue to assess the extent of the problem.
However, Hughton is keeping his fingers crossed that Taylor could be available for the big kick-off.
He told the Journal: "Hopefully it is not too long out for Steven, but we want to assess it properly first and then clarify the situation.
"He will definitely be out of the Norwich game and it could be a few more weeks after that, but we are still assessing it and we are hoping to have more information by the end of the week.
"It's normal that people will be worried as he has had an injury there before, but we don't want to pre-empt anything by speculating how long he will be out for. Steven is desperate to play games because it was a really difficult time for him at the end of last season."
