Manager Rafael Benitez says it is "business as usual" on the football side at Newcastle United, despite Wednesday's off-field investigations by Revenue & Customs.

HMRC's tax fraud investigation emerged just two days after Newcastle confirmed promotion back to the Premier League.

Managing director Lee Charnley was arrested, but released without charge as part of the raids.

"We are trying to concentrate on football," Benitez told BBC Newcastle.

"It's a pity that all the issues about the investigation, about something that happened four or five years ago, but we can concentrate on our usual football business.

"The first day after the day off we were trying to concentrate on football and that's what we have done. We were training, normal things, set-pieces and tactical adjustments.

"I was even talking to Lee today about pre-season which will start on 3 July. We have no control of the other things. We are trying to do what we have to do."