Wissa is yet to make his Magpies debut following his summer move from Brentford as he sustained a knee injury while on international duty with DR Congo last month.

The striker has been taking part in some light training this week, and is set to step up his recovery programme in the next seven days.

Newcastle’s medical staff remain hopeful he will be able to return to action by the end of the next international break, which could mean he is available for the trip to Brighton on October 18.

“I think we’re still on track for where we were, which is after this international break coming up,” said Newcastle boss Eddie Howe.

“He hasn’t trained on the grass yet, so we haven’t seen him as part of any team training. But at the moment, that’s still the schedule, we’ll wait and see.”

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