De Boer claims that Manchester United’s Blind will be the only departed player he will miss, because De Jong’s injury record hampered their title chances last season.
Frank De Boer: “Siem hardly played (last season), so you can write that off.
“Only Daley played almost every time, so that you miss – that’s the only player (we’ll miss).”
Siem De Jong had a bad time with injuries, suffering a thigh strain, hamstring injury and collapsed lung, meaning he only started 16 league matches and in 8 of those he was substituted.
He is out of Newcastle's team with an injury picked up in training, and he will be out for four months.