Wissa setback extends Newcastle eight-week recovery to early November

Newcastle United’s new signing Yoane Wissa has suffered a fresh setback in his recovery from a knee injury and is now expected to miss until early November, manager Eddie Howe said on Friday. Wissa, who joined from Brentford on deadline day, has yet to make his Magpies debut after injuring his knee while on international duty with DR Congo last month.

Howe said Wissa saw a specialist for a follow-up examination and the club now anticipates an eight-week recovery window rather than the initial six weeks. The revised timetable puts a likely return around the Premier League trip to West Ham United on November 2, meaning he will miss Newcastle’s match at Brighton on October 18. Club medical staff reported he has been limited to light training this week and will increase the intensity of his rehabilitation over the next seven days. “He has not trained on the grass yet, so we have not seen him as part of any team training,” Howe said. “At the moment that is still the schedule, we will wait and see.”

Wissa joined Newcastle in a reported 55 million pound deal and was expected to bolster the club’s forward options. In his absence, fellow summer arrival Nick Woltemade has taken on greater...