Newcastle United's players have refused to interact with the media until there is a breakthrough in their dispute with the club over bonuses for the 2018-19 season.

The Newcastle squad had been unwilling to take part in a video shoot for TV companies on Monday.

The shoot had been set up to gather 'walk up' footage to be used when displaying team lineups as part of pre-match broadcasts.

Newcastle United's players are refusing to cooperate with the media ahead of the new season

Players are taking action as part of a dispute with the Premier League club over bonuses

But owner Mike Ashley and managing director Lee Charnley have not agreed to an incentivised package with the squad for the 2018-19 season and that means they have not been giving any media interview.

That included no post-match chats with in-house channel nufcTV after pre-season games with Braga and Augsburg.

Sky Sports and BT Sport will once again share the rights to broadcast Premier League games live in the UK this season.

South Korea international Ki Sung-yueng took part in a 'walk up' shoot at Swansea last year

Journalists and camera operators were at Newcastle's Benton Training Centre on Monday but left after the players did not appear to film the walk-up shots.

The club and players were involved in a similar impasse over bonuses last season until Ashley intervened.

Newcastle's first match — at home to Tottenham on Saturday — has been scheduled to be shown live on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event.

It is currently expected that Newcastle's players will not take part in media interviews unless the dispute is resolved.