Senegal FA could prevent Cisse from facing Swansea

Newcastle were today still awaiting news of Papiss Cisse’s situation with Senegal threatening to demand he does not play against Swansea tomorrow.

The African nation’s football federation claim they did not receive details of the back injury which prevented the striker joining up with them for their midweek friendly against Niger and could invoke FIFA’s five-day rule, which would mean he is not available for the Barclays Premier League fixture.