Obafemi Martins, Mark Viduka and Emre could all be back for Newcastle's home game against Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.
But Stephen Carr's hamstring injury looks like ruling him out.
Striker Martins has not featured for almost two months, after suffering an ankle injury at the African Nations Cup.
He is back in training and has a better than 50-50 chance of being fit.
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