Anxious Robson waits on late Bellamy fitness test

NEWCASTLE boss Bobby Robson will give striker Craig Bellamy until the last minute to prove his fitness ahead of tonight’s Champions League showdown with Feyenoord.

The 23-year-old was in the Newcastle party which flew out to Rotterdam for the crunch clash at the De Kuip stadium after making rapid progress in his recovery from a recurrence of the knee problem which caused the club such anxiety a few week’s ago.

He was included after returning to full training yesterday morning a matter of hours before Robson and his squad left Newcastle International Airport.

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