The striker was sent home from the club's pre-season
tour of the US with a knee injury and is yet to recover, with Steve
McClaren and his team "investigating" the problem
The club have not yet seen the best of 25-year-old, who arrived on Tyneside from Monaco just over a year ago and endured a disappointing first season at the Premier League club.
Riviere scored just once in 23 league games and his hopes of catching the eye of new boss McClaren suffered a blow after suffering an injury during the club's pre-season tour of the United States.
"I think Manu Riviere's knee was painful after training." the former Derby boss told the Chronicle.
"So he might have to have surgery. We are investigating that."
With Riviere missing Newcastle's opening game of the season, a 2-2 draw with Southampton, Papiss Cisse led the line and scored, while new signing Aleksandar Mitrovic came off the bench to make his debut.
McClaren, though, was able to offer positive news of Paul Dummett and Remy Cabella, who are set to return to full training this week.
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