'Definitely' - Bruno Guimaraes issue ahead of Newcastle United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers

Newcastle United are assessing Bruno Guimaraes’ fitness ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Guimaraes only returned to Tyneside on Thursday, having 24 hours earlier played at an altitude of 4,088 metres above sea level as Brazil were beaten 1-0 in Bolivia.

The 27-year-old started and scored in Brazil’s 3-0 victory over Chile at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro and was the only outfield player to remain in the starting XI for the trip to Bolivia five days later.

‘Definitely’ - Newcastle United closely monitoring Bruno Guimaraes

In both games, Guimaraes played a full 90 minutes. Ahead of the visit of Wolves to St James’ Park tomorrow, Eddie Howe revealed Newcastle are closely monitoring their skipper’s fitness levels.

It comes at the start of a busy fixture list for the Magpies, who play seven matches in 27 days, with Barcelona visiting Tyneside in the Champions League on Thursday evening.

Howe told NewcastleWorld: "Yeah, definitely. We've had discussions with Bruno and we'll continue to have discussions with Bruno to see how he feels.

“Any player that enters the pitch, we have to be confident and he has to be confident that he can deliver his best for the team. And I know Bruno will share that view with us, so we'll wait and see."

Newcastle United midfield availability

If needed, Newcastle do have enough bodies to rest Guimaraes, despite the news of Jacob Ramsey being ruled out until after the October international.

Ramsey, a £39million summer signing from Aston Villa, made his debut as a substitute in the 3-2 defeat at home to Liverpool before starting the following game away to Leeds United.

However, the 24-year-old’s full debut was cut short after he hurt his ankle in a tackle with former United midfielder Sean Longstaff. The incident occurred midway through the first half, where he carried on before being withdrawn at half-time.

Howe said: “Jacob Ramsey's the only other injury concern that we have, he'll miss the game having suffered from that tackle against Leeds.

“His ankle swelled up at half time, meant he had to come off and unfortunately I think he'll be missing until the next international break so that's a big blow. “

Joelinton set to return vs Wolves

In better news, Newcastle are set to be boosted by the return of Joelinton, who missed the Leeds game due a muscle injury.

“Joe has trained during the last, I'm just trying to remember how many days he's trained, but yeah he's been fit and available. He's been out on the training pitch and he's looked good so I'm really happy to welcome him back, such an important player.”