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Matthias Jaissle had revealed that Joelinton will miss the start of the new season. The Newcastle United boss speaking on Saturday. United losing 2-1 at home to Bayer Leverkusen in a friendly and afterwards Matthias Jaissle revealing that Joelinton will be missing for at least a couple of weeks. Jaissle not making public what the injury issue is.

Newcastle United have now named their new club captain. An official announcement on Saturday revealing the news. Zero surprise as Newcastle United and England star Dan Burn has been given the nod. The club’s official release stating: ‘Newcastle United can confirm that defender Dan Burn has been appointed club captain ahead of the 2026/27 campaign.

Saturday afternoon ended Newcastle United 1 Bayer Leverkusen 2. Matthias Jaissle experiencing his first ever match at St James’ Park. A crowd of over 39,000 turning up to welcome the new boss. Not the greatest start to his SJP experience though, as an excellent long range effort from Ibrahim Maza gave the visitors an early lead inside 45 seconds. Lewis Hall should have maybe done better in terms of closing him down. Bayer Leverkusen going on to control the opening 25-30 minutes.

Dan Burn has had a busy summer. It was so good to see him not only make the England squad for the World Cup finals but also make some significant contributions on the pitch. The excellent win against Mexico will long be remembered, as well as the victory over Norway. Everything went wrong of course for England in the later stages of that semi-final against Argentina.

The confirmed Newcastle United team v Bayer Leverkusen has now been announced. Matthias Jaissle today taking charge of his third NUFC match. The first friendly of the summer, with Eddie Howe in charge, had been a behind closed doors 3-0 win over Darlington. Then a 1-1 draw at Gateshead, the first pre-season friendly in front of fans. The third one a 4-1 defeat at Bristol City, which proved to be Eddie Howe’s very final Newcastle United match.

Matthias Jaissle has released a personal statement a week ahead of the Premier League season kicking off. The new Newcastle United boss having only been in the job for a couple of weeks so far. Matthias Jaissle declaring via official club media: “I’d like to start with a thank you for the incredible welcome I have received since I arrived at the club last week.

The current Newcastle United owners bought the club from Mike Ashley just over 58 months ago. The 7 October 2026 will mark the fifth anniversary of the takeover. In total, 15 seasons we saw Newcastle United kick off a new season under Mike Ashley. On 23 August 2026 we will see a fifth season under the current Newcastle United owners kick off. Fair to say that this summer has been an eventful one. Amongst all the upheaval, I have noticed a new conversation amongst some Newcastle United fans.

Next weekend Matthias Jaissle will lead his Newcastle United team into a first competitive match under his management. Liverpool the visitors to St James’ Park for a 4.30pm kick-off on Sunday 23 August. Ahead of that though we have the final pre-season friendlies. This brings an extra complication that Matthias Jaissle could have done without. Thrown in at the deep end, the new manager has had a couple of weeks to work with the players on the training pitch, plus two friendlies.

Around the world, here are the channels you can watch Newcastle United v Bayer Leverkusen Live TV. The global TV listings are featured below for local (to you) coverage on Saturday (3pm (UK) kick-off). Matthias Jaissle taking charge of his third Newcastle United match. Only eight days now until the Premier League season kicks off for NUFC.

Ruud Gullit was interviewed towards the end of last season about Eddie Howe and the Newcastle United owners. That interview followed meetings on Tyneside between the Newcastle United owners and senior staff, including Eddie Howe. It was widely reported after those April 2026 meetings at Matfen Hall, that Howe still had the full backing of the owners and would continue into the 2026/27 season. The comments come with just over a week remaining of this 2025/26 season.