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After spending £124m on Yoane Wissa and Nick Woltemade this summer, Eddie Howe is finally on the verge of fielding both players together.
Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe has admitted that he is already considering how best to integrate Yoane Wissa into his starting lineup once the forward is fit to play.
The DR Congo international is back in light training and steadily progressing towards his long-awaited debut following his £55 million transfer from Brentford.
Newcastle are hopeful that Wissa will be ready to feature either in the upcoming away fixture against Everton or in the home match against Tottenham Hotspur early next month.
Wissa has yet to appear for the Magpies after sustaining a knee injury in September while representing DR Congo against Senegal.
As his recovery continues, Howe is contemplating whether to deploy Wissa alongside Nick Woltemade in the frontline.
Speaking to NBC Sports, Howe expressed his excitement about what the new signing will offer: “Yoane will bring a lot.
He has so many strong attributes we want to take advantage of. He’s quick, he knows how to score goals, and he links play extremely well.
When you add someone like Jacob Ramsey to that mix, the future looks very promising.”
When asked whether he could provide an early indication of how Wissa and Woltemade might operate together as Newcastle transition away from the Alexander Isak era, Howe suggested that a natural evolution is already underway. “Things will change organically,” he said.
“We grew accustomed to Alex—his touches, his movement, the way he liked the ball played. Now we work on new patterns.
Players must quickly learn the tendencies of the new faces coming in and understand where they want the ball and what their biggest strengths are.
“We’re in the middle of that process, and the tough part is we’re doing it in real matches rather than on the training ground.
Things will shift again once Yoane is fully fit and we can start incorporating him properly. It will be interesting to see how we use him.
Nick has been excellent—he was thrown in unexpectedly, and despite limited training due to our packed schedule, he has handled it very well.”
Despite Newcastle’s struggles this season, Woltemade has still managed to score five goals, and Wissa’s return—after netting 20 times for Brentford last year—could significantly reshape Newcastle’s campaign.
