Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe (Image: UEFA via Getty Images)

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the pre-match press conferences ahead of Newcastle United vs Benfica in the Champions League on Tuesday evening.

Magpies head coach Eddie Howe will speak to the media at 4:30pm and he will be joined in the St James' Park press room by United goalkeeper Nick Pope to preview the game.

Howe will be asked to clarify why Sandro Tonali missed open training this afternoon and will give a full injury update, as well as discussing the threat Benfica will pose them.

Benfica head coach Jose Mourinho will then be in front of the microphone at 7:30pm and we will bring you all of the updates from both managers as and when they arrive.

Stick with us for all of the build-up, updates, news, analysis and reaction from both press conferences in our live blog below.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the pre-match press conferences ahead of Newcastle United vs Benfica in the Champions League.

We will bring you live updates from Eddie Howe and Nick Pope, with the Newcastle pair facing the media in the St James' Park press...