The Senegalese striker injured his knee early on in yesterday’s defeat to Swansea. And with him rumoured to be on his way in the summer ... has he played his last game for the club?
Luuk de Jong limped off in the first half, will also have a scan, and he could be returning to Germany if he is ruled out for the remaining three games.
The Dutchman hasn't a hope in hell of earning a contract at the club, having played in 11 games and failed to score.
The Chronicle's John Gibson described him as "the worst loan signing Newcastle have ever made"!
Loic Remy and Mathieu Debuchy both made their comebacks yesterday, but with the World Cup coming up, they will be keeping themselves out of mischief in the remaining three games.
Alan Pardew: “We had a few blows in the game. The injuries to Papiss and Luuk meant our game plan had to change a couple of times.
“We lost a bit of energy towards the end because we had to use our substitutes early.
"I think both Mathieu and Loic were at the maximum of what they could have managed today and we did umm and ahhh about bringing on Debuchy so early.
"Luuk looks OK, but Papiss is more serious because it looks like he has damaged his knee.
“We were on a bit of a knife edge in terms of substitutes. We needed to take some of our players off in terms of their energy levels, but we had run out of subs.
“We just have to grin and bear it. That’s really all we can do.
“It’s disappointing players are injured. The game didn’t go for us in terms of that.”