And Bellamy, who only returned to full training with the rest of his team-mates yesterday following an absence of six games after a recurrence of knee trouble, could be in line for a dramatic recall as the Magpies go for broke in Rotterdam.

Robson admitted before putting his players through their paces at the stadium this evening that he had made his decision, and although he would not reveal it, he hinted that the the importance of victory or at least a draw could play a major part in his team selection.

“I’ve made my decision, yes, for sure,” he said. “I know what I have to do and that’s what I have to do.

“We need to get into the lead. We’re not bad coming from behind sometimes, but we can’t do it all the time.

“The team that scores the first goal psychologically has an advantage and after that, can we play well enough to not only hang on to it but build on it?

“Craig trained today with no discomfort. We haven’t brought him here not to take some part in the game.

“We have a reserve game tonight back in Newcastle and if we felt that was the best way in, that is what we would have done.

“But we have brought him here. He’s been out three weeks, but he’s trained the last something like eight or nine days anyway.

“He’s just been making good progress with his training procedures and he’s fine.”

Robson played midfielder Kieron Dyer as an auxiliary striker alongside Alan Shearer in the 1-0 Premiership defeat on Saturday, and if Bellamy was to be recalled to the frontline, he would drop back into midfield with Portuguese teenager Hugo Viana the man most likely to suffer.