Alan Pardew wants Newcastle players' data from international training - The Guardian

Alan Pardew wants national football associations to supply him with detailed information regarding the training undertaken by Newcastle United players on international duty after Fabricio Coloccini and Tim Krul returned to the club this week with injuries. Pardew wants data downloaded from GPS monitors routinely worn by leading players to be emailed to him and his staff, who would then be free to suggest amendments to training regimes.

The Newcastle manager is suffering a defensive injury crisis ahead of Monday night's Premier League game at Everton when he will be without Danny Simpson, Ryan Taylor, Krul and almost certainly Coloccini. Krul, Newcastle's goalkeeper, and Coloccini, their captain and best central defender, were injured on international duty with Holland and Argentina respectively and Pardew's squad is looking thin as it prepares for a week featuring a Europa League trip to Madeira to face Marítimo.

While Krul, who damaged an elbow in training with Holland, will miss at least three games, Coloccini returned from international duty with Argentina nursing a hamstring strain and is described as "extremely doubtful" for the trip to Goodison Park.

"We have now lost Coloccini twice after he was injured on international duty and we've lost Tim when he trained after Holland's game, which is not something we do and which we were disappointed about," Pardew said. "Therefore, we have put in a procedure now that we want all international sides to inform us exactly what our players are doing.

"With the technology we have today, GPS and everything else, we want a report back and to know what they are doing because we are handing these players over, to an extent on our pay, so we want to make sure they are looked after.

"Most of our injuries this season have been on international duty and I think that is wrong. We prepare our players properly and we expect them to be prepared properly when they go away with their countries too.

"We have lost three of our back five that started the season – that's a significant blow for us because we are not a Chelsea or Manchester United, who can bring in international players to replace them."

Newcastle's cause is further hindered by the news that a calf problem means Cheik Tioté, their key midfielder, is touch and go for the Everton game.