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Alan Pardew has been dealt more bad news when it comes to injuries after seeing his squad options dented by two fresh entries to the treatment room at Benton.

The Magpies boss has learned that Rolando Aarons could be out until November after scans from his hamstring injury revealed that it could take six weeks to heal.

And rookie striker Adam Campbell has also gone under the knife to cure a long-standing hernia niggle which first started troubling him during a loan stint at St Mirren last season.

The Geordie youngster had returned to Newcastle from a loan stint at League One Fleetwood but rather than sending him back to the Football League, United have opted to get to the bottom of why he isn’t hitting the heights expected of him.

He will now need a good recovery in order to prove himself with time ticking down on his contract.

Campbell - still just 19 - last appeared for the first team at Newcastle in the 1-0 loss to Arsenal in May 2013.

Yet he was part of the squad that travelled to New Zealand earlier this year and was hoping for another chance to shine under Pardew.

The blow for Aarons is a nightmare for Pardew.

The flying winger had broke into the first team in pre-season and was ready to start games.

But an injury sustained while with England Under-20s means he may have to wait until mid-November to get his chance again.