De Jong, who has captained Hansi Flick’s facet in current weeks, will likely be sidelined for 5 to 6 weeks after injuring the distal biceps femoris in his hamstring, the membership confirmed on Thursday.
It should imply that the midfielder will miss each legs of Barca’s final 16 tie, in addition to the second leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final in opposition to Atletico Madrid, the place they’re 4-0 down on combination.
He might additionally miss the league journey to the Wanda Metropolitano in April.
Each the Magpies and the present Champions League holders booked their place within the final 16 with play-off victories over Qarabag and Monaco respectively on Wednesday.
Barcelona and Chelsea are seeded fifth and sixth within the competitors bracket, and, forward of the draw, it implies that they each sit on the identical two branches of the match tree.
That subsequently implies that whichever facet Barcelona get drawn in opposition to, then Chelsea will tackle the opposite crew in that equation.
Therefore, if Barca draw Paris, then Newcastle will meet Liam Rosenior’s facet in an all-Premier League showdown.
The way to watch Champions League draw
TV channel: Within the UK, the draw will likely be dwell on TNT Sports activities 1.
Stay stream: You too can watch the draw on-line through the Discovery+ app and web site with a subscription, in addition to on the TNT Sports activities YouTube channel. The draw additionally will likely be streamed dwell on UEFA’s web site, YouTube channel and the Champions League app.
