Press Conferences – GW01
Arsenal
Ruled out: Aubameyang, Lacazette, Gabriel, Partey and Nketiah.
Aston Villa
Ruled out: Douglas Luiz.
Might play: Watkins (bruised knee).
Fit: Buendia and Bailey.
“We are not too sure about Ollie (Watkins) at the moment, if he’s pain-free today, Friday, then he will train. If not, then he won’t be involved.”
~ Dean Smith
Brentford
Ruled out: Jensen and Dasilva.
Fit: Toney.
“Ivan (Toney) will start, definitely”
~ Thomas Frank
Brighton
Ruled out: Lamptey, Burn and Welbeck.
Might play: Caicedo and Karbownik.
Fit: Bissouma and Tau.
“Yes (Bissouma) is still here! He is happy and he is smiling and he wants to play … There have been interests from overseas for Percy (Tau), but nothing new to report. He is available for the game on Saturday.”
~ Graham Potter
Burnley
Ruled out: Stephens and Long.
Fit: Wood and Lowton.
“Chris (Wood) is fine. He is ready and raring.”
~ Sean Dyche
Chelsea
Ruled out: Lukaku (quarantining) and Ziyech.
Might play: Kanté.
Fit: Abraham.
“We have some issues with N’Golo (Kanté) from the Super Cup game … Tammy (Abraham) is our player. He is in the squad for tomorrow. He has the chance to play and be decisive for Chelsea.”
~ Thomas Tuchel
Crystal Palace
Ruled out: Eze, Ferguson, Olise, Gallagher (ineligible against parent club) and Milivojevic (personal).
Fit: Andersen.
Everton
Ruled out: Rodriguez.
Might play: Gomes, Gbamin and Keane.
Fit: Calvert-Lewin and Richarlison.
“We have some players who are in isolation now – with Covid-19 around, we have to be careful and some have to stay at home. James (Rodriguez) is one of them … We have five players that are in isolation; two of them are these players (Gomes, Gbamin, Keane).”
~ Rafa Benitez
Leeds Utd
Ruled out: Llorente.
Fit: Firpo and Shackleton.
“(Firpo) is available and (Llorente) is not. Llorente’s recovery is subject to evolution, but one or two more weeks.”
~ Marcelo Bielsa
Leicester
Ruled out: Evans, Justin and Fofana.
Might play: Castagne.
“ … a final decision on Timothy (Castagne) tomorrow, Friday … ”
~ Brendan Rodgers
Liverpool
Ruled out: Robertson and Jones.
Might play: van Dijk, Henderson and Thiago.
“Virgil (van Dijk) was out for a long time, is now training with the team for 3.5 weeks … I am pretty sure he could have played 90 minutes, we just did not try to do it … (Henderson) and (Thiago) started late to train, so their pre-season started last week.”
~ Jurgen Klopp
Man City
Ruled out: Foden.
Might play: De Bruyne.
Man Utd
Ruled out: Varane (transfer not complete), Cavani, Bailly and Diallo (all quarantining).
Fit: Sancho
“Jadon (Sancho) is going to be involved. He was ill after his holiday and we have lost out on a few days of training with him. But he is gelled really well with the group. Can not tell you if he is going to start or not though!”
~ Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Newcastle
Ruled out: Darlow, Dubravka and Dummett.
Might play: Willock.
“Martin (Dubravka) is not fit and Karl (Darlow) has been in hospital for over a week with Covid-19, dropped a stone in weight and it is knocked him around”
~ Steve Bruce
Norwich
Ruled out: Placheta.
Might play: Pukki and Omobamidele.
Fit: Cantwell.
“Our problem was the Covid-19 outbreak two weeks ago. Teemu (Pukki) missed a major part of pre-season and has had only 10 days training.”
~ Daniel Farke
Southampton
Ruled out: Vestergaard (transfer to Leicester ongoing) and Smallbone.
Spurs
Ruled out: Ndombele.
Might play: Kane, Tanganga, Romero and Gil.
“He joined the group today, he trained, we had a talk … He is preparing himself. We still have the session tomorrow to decide.”
~ Nuno Espirito Santo
Watford
Ruled out: João Pedro, King and Chalobah.
Fit: Deeney, Foster, Masina and Quina.
West Ham
Might play: Ogbonna and Lanzini.
“Ogbonna had a hamstring injury he suffered against Celtic. He is back in some sort of training. Lanzini had a little bit of a groin problem so we are hoping that he will be OK.”
~ David Moyes
Wolves
Fit: Jiménez.
“We worked with Raúl (Jiménez) for 6 weeks very well. Progression OK with the doctor. No problems. He is fit and ready to go.”
~ Bruno Lage
