Press Conferences – GW02

Arsenal

Ruled out: Lacazette, Gabriel, Partey,  Nketiah and maybe Odegaard.
Might play: Aubameyang, Willian and Saka.

“The players affected by Covid-19 had some tough days, (Lacazette) still has not trained so he is not been very good, (Aubameyang) had a training session yesterday.”
~ Mikel Arteta

Aston Villa

Ruled out: Watkins, Traore, Trezeguet and Davis.
Might play: Douglas Luiz and Sanson.

“I am hopeful that he will be back for Brentford. If not, he will definitely be back after the international break.”
~ Dean Smith on (Watkins)

Brentford

Ruled out: Jensen, Dasilva and Baptiste.
Might play: Fosu.

Brighton

Ruled out: Lamptey, Burn, Welbeck and Veltman.

“No fresh concerns from the weekend. We will still be without Dan (Burn), Danny (Welbeck), Joel (Veltman) and Tariq (Lamptey) but no other concerns.”
~ Graham Potter

Burnley

Ruled out: Stephens and Long.

Chelsea

Ruled out: Pulisic (isolating).
Might play: Kanté and Ziyech.
Fit: Lukaku.

“The week was a heavy load for him because he was in the group with the late starters from our guys. We are hoping that he is on the pitch for Sunday and things look like it.”
~ Thomas Tuchel on (Lukaku)

Crystal Palace

Ruled out: Eze, Ferguson, Olise and Milivojevic (personal).

Everton

Ruled out: Rodriguez Gomes and Gbamin.
Might play: Keane.

Leeds Utd

Ruled out: Llorente.
Might play: Phillips.

Leicester

Ruled out: Evans, Justin, Fofana and Bertrand.
Might play: Castagne and Vestergaard.

“Timothy (Castagne) will be available and James (Maddison) has looked fantastic in training so he is okay”
~ Brendan Rodgers

Liverpool

Ruled out: Robertson.
Might play: Henderson, Thiago and Jones.

Man City

Ruled out: Foden.
Might play: De Bruyne.
Fit: Gundogan.

“(Gundogan) is fit, Kevin (De Bruyne), we will see tomorrow.”
~ Pep Guardiola

Man Utd

Ruled out: Rashford, Telles and Henderson.
Might play: Lingard, Varane, Cavani, Bailly and Diallo.

“Of course, he is lacking in team training, football training but he is been looking after himself. He is champing at the bit, ready to train, ready to go. Let’s see how much we can get out of him early on.”
~ Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on (Cavani)

Newcastle

Ruled out: Darlow, Dubravka, Dummett and Shelvey.
Might play / Fit: Willock.

“I would have liked him to have more minutes during pre-season but he is a young, naturally fit man and he will be in our squad.”
~ Steve Bruce on (Willock)

Norwich

Ruled out: Placheta.
Might play: Zimmermann.
Fit: Omobamidele.

Southampton

Ruled out: Smallbone.

Spurs

Ruled out: Ndombele, Rodon and Carter-Vickers.
Might play: Kane, Romero and Gil.

“He trained today, he trained well. He is going to train tomorrow and we are going to make a decision.”
~ Nuno Espirito Santo on (Kane)

Watford

Ruled out: João Pedro, Kucka and Chalobah.
Might play: Femenia.
Fit: King.

West Ham

Might play: Masuaku.

“We have got one or two knocks and niggles. We are still trying to get Arthur (Masuaku) back from a knee problem. Apart from that, I think we are pretty much okay I think.”
~ David Moyes

Wolves

Ruled out: Boly, Jonny, Mosquera, Podence and Neto.

“I have a meeting with the doctor today. I will answer that (question on injury news) at the next press conference.”
~ Bruno Lage