Leicester City attacker Ayoze Perez takes on Newcastle United today.
Newcastle United are back in action this evening, taking on Leicester City in the Carabao Cup after beating Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.
The Magpies had lost their opening two games of the season before remarkably pulling off a win in North London, with Joelinton scoring the only goal of the game.
Steve Bruce must now look to pull off another surprise result tonight, as Newcastle host Leicester in the second round of the Carabao Cup.
Bruce has a whole host of injuries and knocks to deal with, as well as the return of attacker Ayoze Perez, who may well feature for Leicester.
Newcastle sold Perez to Leicester over the summer, after the Foxes agreed a £30million deal back in July according to Sky Sports.
The Spaniard had spent five years with Newcastle, scoring 48 goals in 195 games for the Magpies, with last season's tally of 12 his best campaign in front of goal.
Perez, 26, has yet to really impress for Leicester having been used in a right-sided role by Brendan Rodgers, and it's unclear whether he will start tonight with squad rotation likely.
Perez took to Twitter last night to send an emotional message ahead of the game, suggesting that it will be a special day for him to return to his former club, prompting Newcastle fans to beg him not to score against them tonight.
Training hard this week We begin a competition and we do in Newcastle, it will be a special day for me! pic.twitter.com/Rqd6eqF7DY
— Ayoze Perez (@AyozePG) August 27, 2019
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