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Siem De Jong will miss Newcastle United’s clash with West Brom after suffering a fresh injury blow.

The Dutch international has only just returned from a collapsed lung but has not trained and had a scan on a thigh issue.

Head coach John Carver said: “Siem has unfortunately got an issue with his thigh and he has not done a great deal of training this week. He is another one who has gone for a scan.

“He has got a problem there he won’t be available this weekend.”

Carver will wait to see whether Rolando Aarons plays any part against the Baggies while Adam Armstrong has also suffered a knock.

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He added: “Rolando Aarons got through 45 minutes the other night. The first 15-20 minutes he was fantastic, exciting, then he had a little dip and then came again. He is in a good position, whether he will be involved this weekend I’ll have to see again.

“Even Adam Armstrong has come in this morning with a tight calf so we have got one or two things where we will have to wait until the last minute.”But there is positive news on Papiss Cisse who is likely to be on the bench, Carver said: “It’s great to have him back on the training ground. He trained with us for the first time today. That big smile of his was great and his enthusiasm.

“He never shut up when I was trying to talk to players, he was rapping away all the time. You can see everyone else has gained this confidence and this lift, the fact that Papiss is on the pitch and scoring goals in training. But let’s not get carried away here, he has only trained once with us in seven weeks.

“He might be available for selection, I’ll need to see what he is like tomorrow. But it will be the bare minimum.”