Newcastle United training ground boost as Jason Tindall delivers update

Eddie Howe will take Newcastle United training on Friday, despite 'feeling a little under the weather', assistant coach Jason Tindall has revealed.

Howe sat out of his usual Friday press conference due to illness but was present at the club's Benton HQ and is expected to be in the dugout for Saturday's Premier League clash against Luton Town at St James' Park.

Tindall spoke to the media for around 40 minutes and the first question he faced was an update on Howe. Tindall said: "Eddie’s feeling a little bit under the weather. He didn’t feel able to come out to do the press, so it’s me with you guys today. We expect him to be okay for tomorrow. He’s here working today."

Tindall added: "We expect him to be okay for tomorrow. He’s here working today. Eddie will certainly be out there [on the grass] today and take some part of training at least for sure. Then I imagine he'll go home and rest up and make sure he's in the best physical condition for tomorrow's game."

Newcastle head into clash against Luton hoping to build on Tuesday's 3-1 win at Champions League chasing Aston Villa. The Hatters beat United 1-0 at Kenilworth Road in December.

“It was really important [the win at Villa]," said Tindall. "We needed to get back on track, and we did that with a good result at a really difficult place to go.

"It’s a very difficult place to go and get a result, as we’ve seen with their unbeaten record at home recently. To perform the way we did and get the result was great for us, and gives us confidence going into the next game this weekend. “Since they’ve [Luton] played us, over the last few games, they’ve shown some really good form and got some really good wins. They’re a dangerous team.

"We’re looking at how we played against Aston Villa and focusing on ourselves. It should be a really good game, and hopefully we’ll deliver another good performance.