NEWCASTLE, England, Dec 5 : Striker Yoane Wissa is back in training and getting close to making his Newcastle United debut, manager Eddie Howe said of the DR Congo international on Friday.

Wissa joined Newcastle from Brentford three months ago for a fee of 55 million pounds ($73.40 million) but suffered a knee injury while on international duty soon after and has not appeared for his club.

"(He's) getting closer. We did an 11 versus 11 game, sort of for him on Wednesday. That was good, more minutes for him. Around about half an hour, and he did well," Howe told reporters ahead of his side's home Premier League game with Burnley.

"We will see how he is today. He's looked good and come through everything. I always say in these situations that we have more training today and we have to mak

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