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Eddie Howe reveals Callum Wilson injury damage and updates supporters on fitness of four others

Callum Wilson will only be missing for a fortnight after suffering a hamstring injury. The Newcastle United striker went for a scan last week with Eddie Howe not concerned about a long lay off.

Wilson missed the League Cup win at Tranmere Rovers and is expected to sit out of the trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Howe said today: “We don't believe it to be serious, we are hopeful Callum will only be out for a couple of weeks.

“But naturally, we acted slightly off that in terms of we were always looking for an attacking player but it changed our focus slightly on the type."

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