The Newcastle midfielder Cheik Tioté is training back on Tyneside after being refused a visa to join the rest of the squad in the US.

The Ivory Coast international was not among the party that flew out at the weekend and the Newcastle head coach, Steve McClaren, has since confirmed the player did not travel because of an administrative issue.

McClaren told the Newcastle Chronicle: “He has had visa complications and trying to get him over the visa issue has been difficult but it wasn’t successful. He is training back home.”

People with criminal convictions sometimes have problems in securing a visa for the US. Tioté was given a seven-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, and 180 hours community service in October 2013 after admitting possession of a fake driving licence.

Then Newcastle players Joey Barton and Nile Ranger, who both had criminal convictions, were refused entry during the summer of 2011, as was Yohan Cabaye, although the Frenchman’s issue was an unpaid dentist’s bill.

Meanwhile, McClaren has also confirmed that the midfielder Sylvain Marveaux will miss the start of the new season after undergoing surgery to repair a hernia. McClaren said: “He is in for a hernia operation, if not he’s had it already. It’s four to six weeks, I think.”

The new signing Georginio Wijnaldum is due to join his team-mates on the other side of the Atlantic on Wednesday after completing his move to St James’ Park from PSV Eindhoven on Saturday.