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A Newcastle United training session this Tuesday morning.

Eddie Howe’s players preparing for the Athletic Bilbao match on Wednesday night.

Victory in that Champions League clash would reinforce United’s position in the top eight of the Swiss League phase.

The top eight automatically qualifying and then the next sixteen going into the play-offs.

Eddie Howe’s side currently with six points from their first three league matches, five left to go.

So what clues did this Newcastle United training session give us ahead of facing Athletic Bilbao?

Well, good news and bad news.

The media were given access to Tuesday’s Newcastle United training session and the great news is that Kieran Trippier was involved, having been badly missed on Sunday at West Ham due to illness.

Lewis Hall also featuring prominently in the training images, he returned to the matchday squad on Sunday but was an unused sub.

On the bad news front this morning, no sign of Bruno Guimaraes in any of the Newcastle United training images.

However, Keith Downie of Sky Sports has now given this update/explanation:

“Bruno Guimaraes absent from Newcastle United training this morning, as he’s been suffering from a slight illness.