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Rafa Benitez has confirmed that DeAndre Yedlin is fit to play for Newcastle United against Chelsea this weekend.

The US international hobbled off against Tottenham Hotspur in the season opener at St James’ Park and missed the 0-0 draw with Cardiff City.

Yedlin, however, is back in contention for the important encounter with the Blues - and Javier Manquillo has also recovered well from a leg issue after a poor challenge from Josh Murphy last week.

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United boss Benitez said: “ Yedlin has been training so he’s fine.

“Manquillo is better than we are expecting, but Yedlin is fine.”

Benitez was also asked about his options at right-back after failing to sign a new one in the summer window.

He said: “We had a meeting before to decide the squad.

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“We spoke about Yedlin but he was a risk.

“We decided to go with Manquillo with Hayden as a back up.

“We lost both, but that’s football.”

Newcastle could off-load two more players before the month is out with Henri Saivet on the brink of a move to Bursaspor in Turkey, while Achraf Lazaar could also go before deadline day with clubs in Europe still able to do business.

“Lazaar is still around because we did not have time to do it with Genoa,” Benitez added.

“Saivet is getting closer but we are still waiting for a resolution in Turkey before it is confirmed. We are still working on it.”