The new signing of Newcastle Wissa Faces month on the sideline with knee injury, says Howe

Newcastle United has sustained an injury with his new striker Yoane Wissa at least four weeks offside after he had sustained a knee injury on international service at Dr. Congo, manager Eddie Howe said Friday.

Signed for 55 million pounds ($ 74.26 million) After a long -term transfersaga When Brentford rejected Newcastle’s first bids, Wissa was brought in to fill the attacking void that was left behind by the departure of Alexander Isak to Liverpool.

He is now confronted with a race by De Tijd to return for Newcastle’s 18 October match to Brighton & Hove Albion.

«Everyone wanted Yoane to be fit,» said Howe reporters prior to Sunday’s game in Bournemouth. “There is nothing personal that I would have done differently. We did everything we did as a football club to try to take care of Yoane.

“But as with every football player when they leave on international duty, you have no control over the minutes they play, and unfortunately he is injured, and now we are just dealing with the best we can do with that situation.

«We think he will be out until after the next international break. He has a kind of race to be fit for that Brighton game. Hopefully he can make it and then of course he will be such an important player for us.»

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Wissa’s injury setback Hoping extra pressure on the other selection framework of Newcastle Germany attacker Nick Woltemade, who was signed at Stuttgart in a club record deal worth a reported 69 million pounds.

Woltemade had a dream debut when he scored in the 1-0 Premier League victory on Wolverhampton Wanderers, but Howe said that the 23-year-old still had to ‘acclimatize’ to the Premier League.

«We will have to take care of Nick. It is difficult enough to get into a new competition, and you could see the physical effects he felt with wolves and then the fast turnaround here again (in a 2-1 Champions League loss for Barcelona),» Howe added.

“There is no guarantee, even by managing him that he will stay fit and play all games, but we will try to give him the best chance to stay fit and also acclimatize the competition in which he is located.

«But he made a very good start. He did well when he came up (against Barca), I was really happy with him. He was involved in the goal, so he will hopefully be in a good place.»

Published on September 19, 2025