Newcastle United news as key man teases injury return and Dan Burn looks to Man City

Here are the latest Newcastle United evening headlines on Tuesday, 3 May 2022.

Callum Wilson has teased that is nearing a return to action for Newcastle United after several months on the sidelines.

The Magpies' top scorer has not played since hobbling off with a calf issue in the 1-1 draw against Manchester United back in December. It was originally thought that Wilson would be ruled out for a couple of months, but the striker's recovery took longer than he hoped.

Wilson has travelled to Dubai and London for specialist treatment and the number nine has been working hard with the club's sports science teams in recent weeks. Although Eddie Howe confirmed that Wilson had not yet joined in with group training last week, the Newcastle head coach added that the 30-year-old was 'edging closer'.

Read what Wilson said here.

Dan Burn says that Newcastle United are looking at both Saturday's defeat to Liverpool and Sunday's clash with Manchester City as examinations of how far the Magpies have progressed in 2022.

A narrow loss to the Reds on Saturday saw Newcastle push Jurgen Klopp's side to the end without any rewards. Man City will go into Sunday on the back of a high octane Champions League semi-final away to Real Madrid.

And Burn and his team-mates are relishing the Super Sunday encounter at the Etihad Stadium, he said: "There is no shame in getting beat of Liverpool. "Them and City are probably the best two teams in the world at the moment so that's where we want to be so it was a bit of a measure to see how far away we are.”

Read more here.

Former Scotland international Frank McAvennie reckons Dominic Calvert-Lewin should opt to join Newcastle United over Champions League chasing Arsenal this summer should he leave