Steve Bruce issues Yoshinori Muto update at Newcastle United

Muto, in the final year of his contract at St James’s Park, is not in head coach Bruce’s plans for the coming season.

And the 29-year-old forward has been linked with a move to Greek club Aris Thessaloniki.

Bruce told BBC Radio Newcastle: “There was a possibility of a loan move, but whether that’ll materialise, I’m not so sure, because he’s only got a year left with us.

"We’ll see what happens in the next week or so.”