Newcastle United new signing Park Seung-soo has confirmed he has picked up an injury.
Newcastle United are currently without Yoane Wissa due to a knee injury – but he isn’t the only summer signing sidelined with the same issue.
Wissa signed on deadline day for £55million from Brentford but is yet to make his debut for Newcastle after picking up an injury on international duty with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The 29-year-old won’t be available until after the October international break. By that point, Wissa would have missed seven matches for club and two games for country.
Providing an update on Wissa, Newcastle boss Eddie Howe said: “He’s here, and he’s receiving treatment, no operation needed. Yeah, I think we’re looking at the other side of the international break. We hope he can be fit and available for that first game [v Brighton on October 18].
“Yeah, it was huge [blow]. I mean, you go into the new season with your squad and you feel you’ve got your squad sort of settled and you’ve got a plan.
“And then, of course, we didn’t even see Yoane. He’s come back injured. And that was a difficult one, having outlaid the money that we have.
“We knew that Yoane was Premier League ready, as it were. You know, he knows the league inside and out and has scored goals in it. But it happened. We have to deal with it.“I think, touch wood, it’s not a long-term injury. We get through the next few games and then he’ll be back.”