Aston Villa will host rivals Newcastle at home in their opening fixture of the Premier League. Both sides had an impressive campaign last season and will look

Alexander Isak was left out of Newcastle’s squad for its opening game of the Premier League season at Aston Villa on Saturday. The 25-year-old Sweden striker is trying to push for a move

The Italian newspaper states Roma will pay Villa a loan fee of just over €2 million (£1.7m), with the Serie A outfit having the option to sign Bailey permanently next summer for €23 million (£19.8m). Bailey is set to arrive in Rome on Monday to finalise the deal and complete his move to the Giallorossi.

However, Alexander Isak will not be in the Newcastle side who face Aston Villa on Saturday and that means a dark cloud continues to hang over the club. Here, we have pulled together some of the questions and our answers from Thursday’s season-preview live Q&A with Newcastle United correspondent Chris Waugh and senior writer George Caulkin.