Newcastle United head coach Steve Bruce named new boys Jetro Willems and Allan Saint-Maximin on the bench for today’s friendly encounter with St Etienne.
Notably though Martin Dubravka made a return between the posts to .
Brazilian number 9 Joelinton led the line against the Ligue 1 side while there were also places for Isaac Hayden, Sean Longstaff and Rolando Aarons in the opening XI.
Christian Atsu returned to the squad and took his place on the bench but there was still no sign of calf injury victim Dwight Gayle.
Bruce said before the game: “We’re delighted to have Jetro and Allan and we’ll take a look at them today.
“We will just have to throw them straight in.”
UNITED : Dubravka, Schar, Lascelles, Fernandez, Manquillo, Shelvey, Longstaff, Hayden, Aarons, Almiron, Joelinton
Subs : Darlow, Sterry, Clark, Dummett, Willems, Ki, M. Longstaff, Murphy, Atsu, Saint-Maximin, Mutō.
