However, Blues fans will not see the Finland international in a Blues shirt until the home game with Fulham on September 14th.
Blues (from): Taylor, Bennett, Kenna, Clapham, Cunningham, Upson, Purse, Tebily, Devlin, Johnson, Savage, Dunn, Clemence, Cisse, Lazaridis, John, Horsfield, Morrison, Carter, Hughes, Kirovski.
Newcastle will be without striker Craig Bellamy, who has a knee injury, and defender Jonathon Woodgate who misses the game with a stomach injury.
Newcastle United (from): Given, Harper, Griffin, Bernard, Hughes, S.Caldwell, Bramble, O'Brien, Jenas, Speed, Dyer, Viana, Bowyer, Robert, Solano, Shearer, Chopra, Ameobi, LuaLua.
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