Newcastle: Florian Lejeune will miss out after sustaining a cruciate ligament injury in pre-season training. Debuts could be handed to to Federico Fernández, Ki Sung-yueng, Fabian Schär, Yoshinori Mutō and Salomón Rondón.
Tottenham: Pochettino has promised not to risk players who have just returned from World Cup duty so there are doubts over the participation of Kane, Tripper, Dier, Alli, Rose, Dembele, Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen.
Benitez: I am really calm now as the window is finished. It is the time to do what we did last year and have togetherness with the fans behind us. Everything we did last year, we have to do now. I'm sure the fans will think: 'Oh, Rafa is angry.' But I try to improve my team during the window. Now that is over. We have to concentrate on the football. We must focus on Spurs, which will be a difficult game. It's been a difficult summer, but we are ready for the Premier League. The promoted teams have spent money, but we had a good team.
Pochettino: I am happy to keep all the squad together. There are many rumours during the summer about players out. I think the Club made a massive effort to try to extend contracts with people like Harry Kane. He is one example but there are many examples too.We believe a lot in our players. Now (we have) players who competed at a high level in the World Cup, now we have the captain who is the world champion, the one who lifted the trophy. That is, I think, a fantastic experience for him to translate to our team. Sure we are going to be better, no doubt about that.
Did you know?
This will be the fourth time Newcastle and Tottenham have played each other on the opening weekend.
Newcastle's last win on the opening day of a Premier League season came against Tottenham.
Spurs have lost 10 of their season-opening Premier League fixtures.
Newcastle possible XI: Dubravka, Dummett, Lascelles, Schär, Yedlin, Shelvey, Ki, Kenedy, Muto, Ritchie, Rondon
Tottenham possible XI: Lloris, Trippier, Vertonghen, Sanchez, Davies, Dier, Sissoko, Eriksen, Son, Lucas Moura, Kane