Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez has been speaking to the media ahead of tomorrow's home tie against West Ham.

Not the best start for the newly promoted side - so far they have picked up a total of zero points...

"I have confidence the team will improve, if we keep working the way we are now. We are reducing the number of players we have, and we can keep looking for different options in the market."

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He also brings us some team news...

"Florian Lejeune is not ready, DeAndre Yedlin is still not ready and Karl Darlow (keeper) has a knock and will not be on the bench."

Jonjo Shelvey serves the final game of a three-match ban.