After struggling an damage on worldwide obligation not lengthy after finishing his transfer to Newcastle United, Yoane Wissa will now be compelled to attend even longer to make his debut for the membership.
Howe “excited” by Newcastle vs Barcelona
While qualifying for the Champions League undoubtedly helped them on the monetary entrance, the explanation why the competitors is actually particular is weeks like this. For the primary time in over 22 years, Barcelona sq. off towards Newcastle at St James’ Park, with the Magpies again on the large stage and hoping to trigger fairly the upset.
There is not any escaping the standard that Barcelona have in abundance beneath Hansi Flick and which will frighten some. Eddie Howe isn’t a kind of, nevertheless. As an alternative, the prospect of squaring off towards certainly one of Europe’s greatest sides excites him, as he advised reporters.
“After we had been drawn towards Barcelona, it had a magical really feel to it. I am actually excited to pattern the ambiance – I feel it is going to be an unimaginable factor once more.
“We’ll attempt to get a optimistic consequence and put together the gamers for the sport. I am trying ahead to how we match up towards them and there’s a lot of confidence restored after profitable on Saturday.”
The final time that Newcastle had been within the Champions League, they shocked Paris Saint-Germain in Tyneside with a 4-1 thrashing. Now, two years on, they will be hoping to make use of the magic of St James’ Park to create one other historic second.
That stated, they are going to have to take action with out summer time signing Wissa. The ahead waited all summer time for his transfer earlier than lastly getting his want on deadline day. From there, he’d have been hoping to immediately function, solely to undergo probably the most premature damage blow on worldwide obligation. Now, a brand new potential debut date has been set.
When Wissa might make Newcastle debut
As confirmed by Howe, Wissa can be sidelined till after the October worldwide break, which ought to see him return by October 18. It is then that he might be in rivalry to make his Newcastle debut towards Brighton & Hove Albion in a single month’s time. Barring any setbacks, the ahead can be eager to get going as quickly as he’s match and firing.
While Howe did present some hope of a faster restoration by admitting that “it is at all times versatile”, Newcastle ought to keep away from speeding Wissa again earlier than he’s prepared. The very last thing they want is for his or her new signing to select up one other damage blow not lengthy after returning.
Within the meantime, the 29-year-old will miss video games towards Barcelona, Bournemouth, Bradford Metropolis, Arsenal, Union Saint-Gilloise and Nottingham Forest. It is from the beginning that he hoped for when he lastly put pen to paper in Tyneside.
With six video games within the subsequent month, Newcastle should additionally hope that their different new striker, Nick Woltemade, picks up the place he left off after his debut purpose towards Wolves in Wissa’s absence.
