FOOTIE FLASHES

● NEWCASTLE’S Saudi owners have announced a further investment of £70m of equity into the club, which will be used on infrastructure.

● WIGAN defender Jason Kerr will require surgery on an anterior cruciate ligament injury and will miss the rest of the season.

● SHEFFIELD UNITED duo Oli McBurnie and John Fleck are injury doubts for Saturday’s trip to Cardiff.

● MANSFIELD boss Nigel Clough says wing-back Stephen McLaughlin will be out for a “couple of weeks” with an ankle injury.