Wissa club v country row looming as Howe avoids questions on Afcon availability

DR Congo star has not played for Newcastle since moveInjury recovery should allow forward to feature at AfconYoane Wissa could become embroiled in a club v country row after Eddie Howe declined to confirm whether he would be happy for Newcastle’s £55m striker to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in this winter’s Africa Cup of Nations.Wissa is sidelined with a posterior cruciate ligament injury sustained on international duty with the Leopards in September and has not kicked a ball for Newcastle since his summer transfer deadline day move to St James’s Park from Brentford. The 29-year-old has only just begun light running on grass and is still receiving intense physiotherapy on his knee before a prospective first team debut in mid-November. Continue reading...

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