Newcastle receive good & bad injury news - Yoane Wissa update after visiting specialist
As the dust began to settle on Newcastle United's 1-0 win over Wolves last night, we finally got some concrete news on Yoane Wissa's knee injury.
The 29-year-old went down awkwardly in Tuesday's 3-2 defeat to Senegal and was then ruled out of this weekend's game by Eddie Howe on Friday morning.
After a nervous wait and visit to see a specialist this week, the update is both good and bad news for Newcastle heading into a busy run of fixtures in the Premier League, Europe and Carabao Cup.
The good news is that he has NOT suffered a serious ACL injury, playing down fears that he will be missing several months less than two weeks after sealing a £55m move from Brentford on deadline day.
However, the bad news is that he is expected to miss the next 4-5 weeks, keeping him out until at least the next international break.
This will see the striker sit out our next SIX games, ruling him out of the following fixtures:
Thursday 18th September – Newcastle vs Barcelona (8pm – TNT Sports) Champions League
Sunday 21th September – Bournemouth vs Newcastle (2pm – Sky Sports) Premier League
Wednesday 24th September – Newcastle vs Bradford (7.45pm – Sky Sports+) Carabao Cup
Sunday 28th September – Newcastle vs Arsenal (4.30pm – Sky Sports) Premier League
Wednesday 1st October – Union SG vs Newcastle United (5.45pm – TNT Sports) Champions League
Sunday 5th October– Newcastle v Nottingham Forest (2pm – Sky Sports) Premier League
🚨 Yoane Wissa has been ruled out for at least next 4-5 weeks with a knee injury. 🇨🇩 The DR Congo attacker sustained the injury while on international duty, but it’s not as bad as first feared — following a scan. ⚫️ The 29-year-old is hoping to be back after the next… pic.twitter.com/2Z1iyQVU13
— Keith Downie (@SkySports_Keith) September 13, 2025
