Newcastle will be hoping to build on last season’s impressive fourth place finish in the Premier League while also competing in the Champions League for the first time in over 20 years.
The majority of United’s first-team squad returned to training on Sunday with the exception of players on international duty in June, bar Kieran Trippier who returned as usual, and a few select others.
Newcastle welcomed several players back from injury at Darsley Park too though goalkeeper Nick Pope is not currently training with his hands after undergoing surgery on his fingers back in May.
Here we have assessed Newcastle’s published training gallery from Sunday, July 9 to see which players were involved on the first day of pre-season training and which players may not have been.
As a disclaimer, a player not featuring in the club gallery is not a guarantee they did not train on any given day.
But a players presence or absence can be an indicator for potential team and injury news heading into upcoming matches.
Here’s Newcastle’s squad based on whether they were pictured in training this week or not...
1. Nick Pope - pictured
Pope was back at Newcastle’s training ground but is still recovering from hand surgery.
3. Martin Dubravka - not pictured
Given extra time off following international duty with Slovakia last month.
4. Karl Darlow - pictured
Back following his loan spell at Hull City. Photo: Stu Forster/Getty Images