Rafael Benitez is expected to be back in the Newcastle dugout for Saturday's Premier League clash with Stoke.
The 57-year-old Spaniard finally returned to Tyneside on Monday evening having three times had to abandon the journey from his home in the north-west as he continued his recovery from surgery.
He was back behind his desk on Tuesday as the players enjoyed a day off, and is due back on the training pitch on Wednesday to start the process of plotting a third successive top-flight victory.
Benitez was an armchair spectator on Sunday as the Magpies won 1-0 at Swansea days after he underwent a procedure to address an infection resulting from an earlier hernia operation.