ROLANDO AARONS and Cheick Tiote have both been ruled out of Newcastle United's game at West Brom on Sunday.

With Gabriel Obertan having torn his thigh muscles during last weekend's win over Liverpool, Aarons had been pencilled in for a return to the starting line-up at the Hawthorns.

However, the 18-year-old winger suffered a knock in training this morning and is now extremely unlikely to be involved at the weekend, with either Yoan Gouffran or Remy Cabella expected to be recalled to the starting line-up in his place.

Tiote is also unavailable for this weekend's game as he continues to recover from a long-standing hamstring problem, and the midfielder will not report for international duty with Ivory Coast next week.

"Aarons is a worry for Sunday because he has got a knock which we are concerned about," said Newcastle boss Alan Pardew. "That (him missing the game) would be disappointing for us because his talent is there for all to see in the little cameos and roles he has had.

"We expect Cheick to have another two weeks of recovery. He won't be travelling internationally and we are going to have to keep our fingers crossed that he could make QPR (on November 22). But I think the game afterwards (against West Ham) is a good target for him."

Papiss Cisse's fitness will be assessed tomorrow, with the striker regarded as touch-and-go for the following day's trip to the Black Country.

Cisse has taken part in a number of full training sessions this week, but continues to be troubled by the lingering after-effects of his knee surgery earlier this year.

"We are monitoring Papiss at the moment with his knee," said Pardew. "I don't think he is particularly comfortable with it, but he is training hard and he is training well so I just think that's something that we need to maintain as we go along.

"If it's irritable before a game, we might not start him, or if it gets irritable during the game. But that process will end at some point. It's not something that's going to be ongoing."

Obertan has undergone surgery to repair the damage in his leg, and is expected to be out for between three to four months.

"He has torn the muscle in his thigh and will be out for some time," confirmed Pardew. "What that will be, I have no idea, but certainly not in the short term. He's had an operation and it's six to eight weeks minimum.

"He has been terrific for us. We had got him in a great place and he was playing with such confidence and thrust that it took the team forward, so it is a blow to us and although we had such a tremendous result against Liverpool, losing Gabby was the blow of the day."