Plenty to ponder for Steve Bruce as he picks a team after coronavirus outbreak

Steve Bruce is trying to pick a team. Picture: Stu Forster/PA

Steve Bruce is optimistic that Newcastle have curtailed the outbreak of coronavirus at the club’s training ground but will be without “a big chunk” of first-team players for Saturday’s Premier League clash with West Brom.

Bruce would not reveal the identities of those players who will be missing from the game due to positive tests or associated protocols, but said new cases have arisen at the club in tests carried out on Monday and Wednesday.