Newcastle United evening headlines as Howe focus on Friday and Ginola sends transfer message

Here are your Newcastle United headlines for Sunday, April 3.

Eddie Howe admits Kieran Trippier not be back in action as quickly as he hoped, with Newcastle advised against rushing him back.

Howe, speaking after the 5-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur, said: “His injury is healing, it’s not totally healed. We will be able to start pushing him, maybe not as quickly as we initially wanted to, but I still think he’ll come back this season.

“Again, there’s no definitive date on that but he’s making good progress.”

Former Newcastle United winger David Ginola believes the Magpies' new owners have to rebuild the club 'from scratch. Ginola, speaking on Sky Sports, said he could see the boost new ownership had brought ot he city, but that a lot of work was still to come.

"The new owners seem to have given a boost to the entire city and club," said the Frenchman. "I think they are safe, that is very important. They need to rebuild everything from scratch I think, rebuild the entire club. Where they want to go, what they want to do with the players, the way they play football, not always staying around the bottom of the league and try to push forward and challenge for better positions."

Eddie Howe is already focused on Newcastle's Friday night fixture with Wolves, after his United players experienced a wake up call in the capital. The Magpies head back to Tyneside after the 5-1 defeat to Spurs, and Howe said: “I don’t think it will damage morale. In hindsight, we might look back on this as a good thing. It might realign our thoughts and get us back to the basics.

“We’re still in a huge fight to stay in the division. That’s six away games in seven. Now we return home and they’ll be massive games. After a second half like that you