EDDIE Howe remained coy over a potential reunion between Callum Wilson and Cherries in the Carabao Cup.

Gary O’Neil’s charges travel north on Tuesday night (kick-off 7.45pm) to face Howe’s Magpies as the season restarts, with a spot in the quarter-finals on offer.

Wilson, who missed the league meeting between the two sides in September due to a hamstring injury, reportedly picked up a minor knock whilst with England in Qatar for the World Cup.

Only recently returning to Newcastle from international duty, the striker missed the Magpies’ final friendly of the break against Rayo Vallecano on Saturday.

Asked for an update on the 30-year-old, Howe responded: "We've only seen Callum briefly, but I don't want to give too much away, to be honest."

Wilson’s fellow attacker Alexander Isak is also a doubt with a thigh injury.

Howe restarted: "With Alex, there was no fixed return date on him. I think the medical team have just tried to look at his recovery day by day, and try and get him in the best physical place he can be in the ideal time.

"We hoped to have him fit and available for the Bournemouth game, but I don’t think that’s going to look likely. We’ll just take it on a game-by-game basis. It’s a difficult one.

"We haven’t got a return date on him. He's with the medical team at the moment, and he’s working hard and making progress. "I can’t give you a return date."