Premier League Press Conference Summaries

Last updated on November 8th, 2024

ARSENAL

 

RULED OUT: Raheem Sterling (ineligible to face parent club), Riccardo Calafiori (knee), Kieran Tierney (hamstring), Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Kai Havertz (head), Declan Rice (toe), Mikel Merino (illness)

 

AVAILABLE: Martin Odegaard (ankle)

 

“We have to wait until tomorrow to see how they react. Kai was quite a nasty cut and he could not continue, we had to take him off. With Mikel, since the day before to be fair he wasn’t feeling great and we decided to sub him at half-time.” – Mikel Arteta on Mikel Merino and Kai Havertz

 

“Everybody that is in the squad is going to be fit and available to start the game. Then, it will be a decision whether it’s too early or the right moment for him to make that step again.” – Mikel Arteta on Martin Odegaard

 

ASTON VILLA

 

RULED OUT: Ross Barkley (knock)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Matty Cash (calf), Youri Tielemans (knee)

 

BOURNEMOUTH

 

RULED OUT: Alex Scott (knee), Luis Sinisterra (hamstring), Dango Ouattara (abductor)

 

AVAILABLE: Kepa Arrizabalaga (muscle)

 

I think the only player we’ll recover is Kepa – Dango [Ouattara] is doing well but I think it’s too early for him. It’s just one week, is small, but I think it’s going to be safer to leave him to recover in the national team break. [Sinisterra’s] is worse because he has tried and he has had like a small setback, so it will probably take a bit more time than Dango’s. That’s all, I think.” – Andoni Iraola

 

BRENTFORD

 

RULED OUT: Rico Henry (knee), Kristoffer Ajer (foot), Aaron Hickey (hamstring), Igor Thiago (knee), Josh Dasilva (knee), Gustavo Nunes (back)

 

BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION

 

RULED OUT: Adam Webster (hamstring), James Milner (hamstring), Solly March (knee)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Joao Pedro (ankle), Lewis Dunk (calf), Yankuba Minteh (muscle), Matt O’Riley (ankle), Yasin Ayari (ankle)

 

“Some of them for sure will return. So, I think especially, Joao Pedro and Matt O’Riley, they have a big chance. With Minteh and Lewis Dunk, we have to see the next days. For Solly [March], it’s too early. [Ayari] will train today, so I think he might be an option for the weekend.” – Fabian Hurzeler

 

CHELSEA

 

RULED OUT: Omari Kellyman (hamstring)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Cole Palmer (knock), Jadon Sancho (knock)

 

“He is better, he is getting better. If he can walk and have dinner (Palmer was spotted at Stamford Bridge on Thursday doing just that) it doesn’t mean that he is completely fit. He is getting better and we still have two days, tomorrow and Saturday, to prepare the game. Hopefully, we can have him for the session – at least on Saturday – and then we take a decision.” – Enzo Maresca on Cole Palmer

 

CRYSTAL PALACE

 

RULED OUT: Eberechi Eze (hamstring), Eddie Nketiah (hamstring), Will Hughes (suspended), Adam Wharton (groin), Jefferson Lerma (hamstring), Chadi Riad (knee), Matheus Franca (groin)

 

AVAILABLE: Joel Ward (knock), Chris Richards (hamstring)

 

“We have suffered several injuries. Let’s start with the long-term: Chadi Riad and [Matheus] França are still out. Then it’s Ebere Eze who is out, Adam Wharton after his surgery is still out, Jefferson Lerma is out and Eddie Nketiah is out with a hamstring injury.” – Oliver Glasner

 

EVERTON

 

RULED OUT: Armando Broja (foot), James Garner (back), Tim Iroegbunam (foot), Seamus Coleman (hamstring), Youssef Chermiti (foot)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Abdoulaye Doucoure (knock), Dwight McNeil (knee)

 

“The margins are getting tighter though. He’s [Beto] coming on, he’s affecting games. Dom [Calvert-Lewin] has had chances, hasn’t scored, consistency a bit up and down, so it’s getting tighter.” – Sean Dyche

 

“If I was playing well and doing the job then I expected to get a chance to keep playing. It’s not always about that, Jarrad’s [Branthwaite] a very good player. He knows that. [Keane’s] done really well this season and is a very good player.” – Sean Dyche on whether Michael Keane retaining his place sends out a message in terms of playing well and keeping the shirt

 

FULHAM

 

RULED OUT: Sasa Lukic (shoulder)

 

“No fresh concerns, it’s going to be just Saša Lukić, as you know. Okay, we have another session as well, but until now, and let’s hope it continues in the same way, it’s just going to be Sasa Lukic out.” – Marco Silva

 

IPSWICH TOWN

 

RULED OUT: Jacob Greaves (hamstring), Kalvin Phillips (suspended), Axel Tuanzebe (thumb), Chiedozie Ogbene (Achilles), Jack Taylor (unspecified)

 

AVAILABLE: Harry Clarke (back from suspension)

 

LEICESTER CITY

 

RULED OUT: Jakub Stolarczyk (ankle)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Patson Daka (ankle), Hamza Choudhury (shoulder), Bobby De Cordova-Reid (wound)

 

LIVERPOOL

 

RULED OUT: Diogo Jota (rib), Alisson (hamstring), Harvey Elliott (foot), Federico Chiesa (unknown)

 

“He will be back one or two weeks after the international break.” – Arne Slot on Diogo Jota

 

“I think we have two very good full-backs and we play many, many, many games. I think both of them need their games because it’s also a position where a lot of effort is being asked.” – Arne Slot on competition between Andrew Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas

 

“To be honest I liked especially the last idea, I think every Liverpool supporter did with Lucho (Diaz) scoring three goals, two as a nine and one as a winger. So, that is always interesting to see.” – Arne Slot on using Luis Diaz up front

 

MANCHESTER CITY

 

RULED OUT: Rodri (knee), Ruben Dias (muscle), John Stones (foot), Jack Grealish (unknown), Oscar Bobb (leg)

 

“No, no good news. The same like I think in Lisbon. The same guys that travel, still they are there.” – Pep Guardiola

 

MANCHESTER UNITED

 

RULED OUT: Luke Shaw (calf), Leny Yoro (foot), Kobbie Mainoo (muscle), Harry Maguire (muscle), Tyrell Malacia (knee)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Amad Diallo (knock)

 

AVAILABLE: Mason Mount (knock), Christian Eriksen (unknown), Antony (foot)

 

Amad [Diallo] was assessed. We’re still working on him, to get him ready for Sunday. Hopefully, it will work. Kobbie [Mainoo] is also progressing in his injury, he’s making the right steps, but is not yet with the team, though. That needs a bit more time.

I have to say, yesterday, we had a lot of benefit from Christian [Eriksen] playing 30 minutes, obviously Ugarte and Mason [Mount] making his first minutes again.” – Ruud van Nistelrooy

 

NEWCASTLE UNITED

 

RULED OUT: Kieran Trippier (hamstring), Callum Wilson (back), Sven Botman (knee), Jamaal Lascelles (knee)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Matt Targett (eczema), Jacob Murphy (hamstring)

 

“Jamaal [Lascelles] will be some time after Sven [Botman]. Sven is making good progress. We hope he can begin light training with us in the next few weeks but there’s still a jump from training to playing, so we still need to be patient with him. If we see him before the end of the year, that would be a bonus, but we’re probably looking more January with him.” – Eddie Howe

 

NOTTINGHAM FOREST

 

RULED OUT: Danilo (ankle), Ibrahima Sangare (hamstring)

 

AVAILABLE: James Ward-Prowse (was ineligible to face parent club)

 

SOUTHAMPTON

 

RULED OUT: Ross Stewart (hamstring), Will Smallbone (hamstring), Gavin Bazunu (Achilles)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Ryan Fraser (illness)

 

“No, I think it’s pretty much as is. [Fraser] has trained the last couple of days but it’s probably a bit too early for him to be back in the squad. He needs to build himself back up again. Everyone else seems to be good.” – Russell Martin

 

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

 

RULED OUT: Micky van de Ven (hamstring), Richarlison (hamstring), Timo Werner (groin), Wilson Odobert (hamstring), Mikey Moore (illness)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Cristian Romero (toe), Djed Spence (groin)

 

“We’re just managing his minutes, building him up. He got a good 55 at the weekend, he got 45 last night. Hopefully we can continue to build that up. Ultimately for us, it’s about making sure that we get him back and keep him back because we can’t afford any more injuries in that position.” – Ange Postecoglou on Son Heung-min

 

“Cristian Romero is the one that we will just see how it goes, training today and tomorrow and we’ll make a call on him. Mikey [Moore] unfortunately will still miss out the weekend and Timo Werner is likely to miss out as well, so really it’s only Cristian that has a possibility to come back in.” – Ange Postecoglou to Spurs’ in-house media

 

“Yeah, it will be after the international break. When after, it will just be dictated by his progress during that time. The end of the international break is about four weeks, so it’ll be some time after that.” – Ange Postecoglou on Micky van de Ven

 

WEST HAM UNITED

 

RULED OUT: Mohammed Kudus (suspended), Edson Alvarez (suspended), Niclas Fullkrug (Achilles)

 

“Fullkrug is out. He’s not ready, he’s not working with us. I think that he is going to be out for a lot of time more. We have two little issues but we have to assess, to check tomorrow, to look if they are going to be able or not to arrive to the match.” – Julen Lopetegui

 

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS

 

RULED OUT: Yerson Mosquera (knee), Sasa Kalajdzic (knee), Boubacar Traore (knee), Enso Gonzalez (knee)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Hwang Hee-chan (ankle), Bastien Meupiyou (knock)

 

AVAILABLE: Sam Johnstone (illness)

 

 

 

 

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