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Newcastle United’s players have returned for pre-season training today – but without Ayoze Perez, who has sealed a £30million move to Leicester City.

We’ll have the latest from St James’s Park throughout the day – simply refresh the page and scroll down for new updates:

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Newcastle United are back in pre-season training
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