Press Conferences – GW20

Brentford

Ruled out: Rico Henry (hamstring), Christian Norgaard (suspension), Vitaly Janelt (Covid), David Raya (knee), Kristoffer Ajer (hamstring), Mathias ‘Zanka’ Jorgensen (hamstring), Charlie Goode (hamstring) and Joshua Dasilva (hip).
Might play: Bryan Mbeumo (calf).

Brighton

Ruled out: Lewis Dunk (knee) and Jeremy Sarmiento (hamstring).
Might play: Leandro Trossard (hamstring), Joel Veltman (fatigue) and Shane Duffy (Covid).
Fit: Yves Bissouma (back from suspension).

“He just had a tightness in his hamstring. [His availability for Chelsea] will depend on the recovery, so we’ll see how the next 24, 48 hours go. We’ll have to make a last-minute decision.”
~ Graham Potter on (Trossard)

Burnley

Ruled out: Ashley Barnes (thigh).
Might play: Maxwel Cornet (thigh), Dale Stephens (Covid) and Connor Roberts (illness).

“Maxwel [Cornet] is on the grass, he’s a maybe but he’s had a muscle injury and COVID in between.”
~ Sean Dyche

Chelsea

Ruled out: Ben Chilwell (knee).
Might play: N’Golo Kante (knee), Thiago Silva (hamstring), Kai Havertz (Covid), Timo Werner (Covid) and Ruben Loftus-Cheek (ankle).

“N’Golo [Kante] is very painful on exactly the same spot where he had his injury versus Juventus. Thiago [Silva] came off with hamstrings, hopefully, he went out before it became an injury. From there we try to continue and find a new squad and strong squad on Wednesday.”
~ Thomas Tuchel

Crystal Palace

Ruled out: Wilfried Zaha (suspension).
Might play: James McArthur (hamstring), Christian Benteke (unspecified), Michael Olise (unspecified), Eberechi Eze (unspecified), Vicente Guaita (unspecified), Nathaniel Clyne (unspecified) and Luka Milivojevic (unspecified).

Everton

Ruled out: Richarlison (calf), Andros Townsend (foot) and Yerry Mina (calf).
Might play: Tom Davies (knee).
Fit: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (thigh) and Lucas Digne (illness).

Leicester

Ruled out: Patson Daka (hamstring), Caglar Soyuncu (hamstring), James Justin (match fitness), Wesley Fofana (leg), Harvey Barnes (knock), Danny Ward (knock), Ricardo Pereira (leg) and Ryan Bertrand (knee).
Might play: Jamie Vardy (hamstring) and Jonny Evans (hamstring).

“Patson [Daka] will be three weeks, Soyuncu will be out for three weeks and Ricardo Pereira will be six to eight weeks. That’s so frustrating for him with how hard he has worked. For the referee not to see that, it’s a fractured fibula and he’s lucky it’s not worse. Ryan (Bertrand) twisted his knee in the warm-up, which was disappointing.”
~ Brendan Rodgers

Liverpool

Ruled out: Andrew Robertson (suspended), Nathaniel Phillips (cheekbone), Harvey Elliott (ankle) and Adrian (calf).
Might play: Divock Origi (knee).
Fit: Virgil van Dijk (Covid), Fabinho (Covid), Curtis Jones (Covid) and Thiago (Covid).

“The boys who had Covid are back – Fabinho, Virgil [van Dijk], Curtis [Jones] and Thiago. Thiago was the latest, he came back and trained the first time yesterday with the team. We have one young player who is now isolating and two staff. Every morning when you come in, it’s a little bit like a lottery. You hope it’s all fine, then one case and ‘oof, OK’. That’s the situation. But apart from that, we are fine.”
~ Jurgen Klopp

Man City

Ruled out: Ferran Torres (foot).
Might play: Kyle Walker (lack of fitness), Rodri (lack of fitness) and John Stones (knock).

Man Utd

Ruled out: Paul Pogba (thigh).
Fit: Aaron Wan-Bissaka (knee), Raphael Varane (hamstring), Victor Lindelof (chest), Edinson Cavani (tendon), Juan Mata (illness), Nemanja Matic (illness) and Anthony Martial (knee).

“Today we have 25 players, so quite apart from Paul Pogba, he’s the only one who’s still missing out, everybody was on board. The development of the last week was extremely positive. As far as I could see today in training, they are all in good shape. From what I saw, I can say most, if not all, of them might be available.”
~ Ralf Rangnick

Newcastle

Ruled out: Jamal Lewis (hamstring), Federico Fernandez (thigh) and Paul Dummett (calf).
Might play: Emil Krafth (illness), Javier Manquillo (illness) and Jonjo Shelvey (muscle).

“I don’t think it will be too long. It’s not a major injury but it’s enough to keep him out of the festive period and some games in early January. Hamstring strains are usually 3-4 weeks minimum. I think that’s probably where he’ll be.”
~ Eddie Howe on (Lewis)

Norwich

Ruled out: Tim Krul (Covid), Milot Rashica (groin), Grant Hanley (shoulder), Christoph Zimmermann (ankle), Andrew Omobamidele (back) and Mathias Normann (pelvic).
Might play: Lukas Rupp (Covid).

Southampton

Ruled out: Alex McCarthy (hamstring), Jack Stephens (Covid) and Lyanco (Covid).
Might play: Nathan Tella (Covid).
Fit: Che Adams (thigh), Stuart Armstrong (calf) and Adam Armstrong (calf).

“[Nathan] Tella has a chance to play. He has tested negative now and by then will have had a whole week out. We may see him on the bench. We invested a lot against West Ham and I must have a real look at how many changes I can make. I think every team will be thinking about substitutions.”
~ Ralph Hassenhuttl

Spurs

Ruled out: Cristian Romero (hamstring) and Ryan Sessegnon (hamstring).
Might play: Giovani Lo Celso (knock).

“I tried to give a rest to Harry and Son. Especially Harry because he plays every game but he is such an important player it is difficult to think about keeping him on the bench.”
~ Antonio Conte

Watford

Ruled out: Ben Foster (groin), Ismaila Sarr (knee), Nicolas Nkoulou (hamstring), Christian Kabasele (knock), Peter Etebo (thigh) and Kwadwo Baah (ankle).
Might play: Adam Masina (thigh).
Fit: Francisco Sierralta (hamstring).

West Ham

Ruled out: Declan Rice (suspension), Kurt Zouma (hamstring) and Angelo Ogbonna (knee).
Might play: Aaron Cresswell (back).
Fit: Ben Johnson (hamstring) and Ryan Fredericks (groin).