Newcastle gets unexpected injury boost as summer signing in line for debut vs. Liverpool

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The former Arsenal man was absent against Aston Villa last week but stepped up his recovery and should be in line to face the champions at St James’ Park on Monday.

Speaking in his pre-match press conference, manager Eddie Howe said: “Joe trained on Tuesday and Wednesday and trained really well.

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“When he went down in the game [in South Korea], I thought he was going to be out longer term; it didn't look good.

Credit to him - he's got back fit and looking good.”

That could mean the Magpies have no injury concerns heading into Monday’s clash, while Howe’s selection options will also be improved by the arrival of Jacob Ramsey.

The midfielder signed from Villa earlier this week for a fee of up to $53 million and could make his debut against Liverpool.

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Ramsey signed for Newcastle earlier in the week.

“We've still got training sessions to go before the game but he's in a good place and has looked really impressive in his first couple of days - really, really good technically, very intelligent and I think he'll add a lot to the team

Howe will be without Isak again on Monday