{"id":629728,"date":"2025-09-13T19:58:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T18:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=629728"},"modified":"2025-09-13T19:59:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T18:59:01","slug":"yoane-wissa-injury-update-why-was-newcastle-united-stars-debut-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/yoane-wissa-injury-update-why-was-newcastle-united-stars-debut-delayed\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoane Wissa Injury Update: Why Was Newcastle United Star&#8217;s Debut Delayed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle United&rsquo;s summer signing Yoane Wissa has been ruled out of action after sustaining a knee injury while on international duty with DR Congo. Wissa joined the Magpies from Brentford in a &pound;55 million deal. He was expected to make his debut for the club this weekend.<\/p><p>However, coach Eddie Howe confirmed that the 29-year-old forward will miss Saturday&rsquo;s Premier League clash against Wolverhampton Wanderers. And he did miss that narrow win against Wolves. Reportedly, he could also be sidelined for the club&rsquo;s Champions League opener against Barcelona.&nbsp;<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;&#9888;&#65039; Eddie Howe: &ldquo;Yoane Wissa will not be able to play this weekend, he has a knee injury but I don&rsquo;t know any more than that&rdquo;.<br><br>&ldquo;We only saw him for the first time yesterday&rdquo;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AExpQbmkrT\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/AExpQbmkrT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1966457656068976981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>September 12, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>He will see a specialist to assess the severity of the problem. Only then, the length of his time on the bench can be determined. Speaking at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcastleunited.com\/en\/news\/wissa-and-ramsey-ruled-out-of-wolves-clash-says-howe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pre-match press conference<\/a>, Howe said: <strong><em>&ldquo;Unfortunately not, no, so he won&rsquo;t make this game. I saw him for the first time yesterday.&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>He added, <strong><em>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s feeling the effects of the injury he sustained just before he came off. We&rsquo;re going to have to see how he is.&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong> The boss praised Wissa&rsquo;s resilience and career progress despite the untimely blow, saying, <strong><em>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s an established Premier League goalscorer which is very difficult to find.&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/liam-delap-injury-update-how-long-will-the-chelsea-striker-be-out-for\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Liam Delap Injury Update How Long Will the Chelsea Striker Be Out For<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>He added, <strong><em>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s got really good qualities, had an outstanding few years, and a history of scoring goals. He&rsquo;s been difficult to handle when we&rsquo;ve played against him. I admire the journey he&rsquo;s been on &ndash; it&rsquo;s not been easy, but he&rsquo;s always adjusted and made big steps. Hopefully, he can do that for us.&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jacob Ramsey Also Sidelined Besides Yoane Wissa<\/h2><p>The Magpies&rsquo; injury troubles do not end with Wissa. Fellow new signing Jacob Ramsey will also be out until after the next international break. He sustained an ankle injury during Newcastle&rsquo;s last month&rsquo;s goalless draw at Leeds United. Howe described his absence as &lsquo;a big blow&rsquo;. He noted the midfielder&rsquo;s impact since arriving.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/antonio-rudiger-injury-update-which-games-will-the-real-madrid-star-miss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Antonio Rudiger Injury Update: Which Games Will the Real Madrid Star Miss?<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>Despite these setbacks, Howe remains positive ahead of a busy run of fixtures. Newcastle registered their first league win of the season against Wolves. With Champions League football returning next week, Howe admitted his squad faces a &lsquo;storm of games&rsquo; in September. This requires squad depth.&nbsp;<\/p><p>One bright spot for the Magpies is the record signing Nick Woltemade who scored the only goal of the day. That goal helped Newcastle get their first win this season 1-0 against Wolves. The German striker joined from Stuttgart in a deal worth up to &pound;69m. He impressed Howe in training and has now been impressive in the match.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle United&rsquo;s summer signing Yoane Wissa has been ruled out of action after sustaining a knee injury while on international duty with DR Congo. Wissa joined the Magpies from Brentford in a &pound;55 million deal. He was expected to make his debut for the club this weekend. However, coach Eddie Howe confirmed that the 29-year-old [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4038],"tags":[5919,4048,8623],"class_list":["post-629728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soccer","tag-eddie-howe","tag-newcastle-united","tag-yoane-wissa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yoane Wissa Injury Update: Why Was Newcastle United Star&#039;s Debut Delayed? - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Newcastle United striker Yoane Wissa suffers knee injury, delaying his debut. 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