Press Conferences – GW04
Arsenal
Ruled out: Xhaka (suspended) and Elneny.
Might play: Smith Rowe, Tomiyasu and Kolasinac.
Fit: Gabriel, Nketiah, Partey and White.
“He is carrying an illness, he is not been feeling good. The England national team was really positive about letting him go because everybody could see he wasn’t available. Let’s see how he is in the next couple of days.”
~ Mikel Arteta on (Smith Rowe)
Aston Villa
Ruled out: Martinez, Buendia, Chukwuemeka, Philogene-Bidace, Davis and Trézéguet.
Might play: Konsa.
Fit: Bailey, Traore, McGinn, J. Ramsey and Sanson.
“They’re quarantining now and will be back, ready to play against Everton next week. They’re training over in Croatia, we spoke to the relevant authorities and government officials to make sure it was the right thing to do.”
~ Dean Smith on (the Argentinian players)
Brentford
Ruled out: Bech Sorensen and Da Silva.
Fit: Onyeka.
“Team news is good, everyone is fit and available for selection. The returning internationals are all good to go.”
~ Thomas Frank
Brighton
Ruled out: Lamptey, Burn and Scherpen.
Might play: Connolly.
Fit: March.
“Leo (Trossard) and Jakub (Moder) are still on their way back, so we will see how they are tomorrow. But everyone else is OK. Shane (Duffy) has had a tough three matches in six days but has come through really well.”
~ Graham Potter
Burnley
Ruled out: Roberts, Long and Stephens.
Might play: Collins, Cornet.
“He’s pretty good, he’s better than we thought. We will make a decision over the next couple of days. He’s on the grass already and he’s active – not with us, with the physios. It’s favourable news, I would say.”
~ Sean Dyche on (Collins)
Chelsea
Ruled out: Kante and Pulisic.
Might play: Thiago Silva.
Ruled out: Lukaku.
“Maybe he previously had some problems. He came back two days ago: yesterday he trained with us, today he trained full – no problems at all.”
~ Thomas Tuchel on (Lukaku)
Crystal Palace
Ruled out: Schlupp, Eze and Ferguson.
Might play: Milivojević.
Ruled out: Olise.
“Michael (Olise) has been working well in the last two weeks and has trained all week with the squad. He will be involved in the game tomorrow.”
~ Patrick Vieira on (Olise)
Everton
Ruled out: Delph.
Might play: Coleman, Rodriguez, Mina, Godfrey, Davies and Calvert-Lewin.
“He was not fully fit, he was making an effort to be on the pitch, he has been training with pain, so I’m really happy to see him trying in the training sessions even when he’s not fully fit. And that is why I’m expecting even more from him.”
~ Rafa Benitez on (Calvert-Lewin)
Leeds Utd
Ruled out: Koch.
Might play: Raphinha.
Fit: James, Firpo, Klich and Dallas.
“The uncertainty wasn’t a difficulty to prepare the game and the position on whether he plays depends on what the club transmits to me.”
~ Marcelo Bielsa on (Raphinha)
Leicester
Ruled out: Fofana, Justin and Perez (suspended).
Might play: Evans and Vestergaard.
Fit: Bertrand and Pereira.
“Over the course of the next couple of weeks, they’ll be training more, hopefully, involved more in the games, and they can build their fitness up.”
~ Brendan Rodgers on (Evans) and (Vestergaard)
Liverpool
Ruled out: Minamino and Firmino.
Might play: Milner, Fabinho and Alisson.
Fit: van Dijk and Elliot.
“Bobby (Firmino) will not be available but that is because of the injury he had in the last game.”
~ Jurgen Klopp On (Firmino)
Man City
Ruled out: Steffen.
Might play: De Bruyne, Foden, Ederson and Jesus.
“Yesterday, Phil (Foden) made his first training session. Kevin (De Bruyne) trained good the last week, part alone, part with the three/four other players who were here plus the under-18s. They feel much better.”
~ Pep Guardiola
Man Utd
Ruled out: Telles and Rashford.
Might play: McTominay, Fred and Henderson.
“He’ll definitely be on the pitch at some point, that’s for sure.”
~ Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on (Ronaldo)
Newcastle
Ruled out: Wilson, Fraser, Dubravka and Shelvey.
Might play: Darlow, Dummett and Hayden.
Fit: Almiron.
“We’re not going to put a timescale on it. It’s really frustrating for Callum (Wilson) and for us. He’s got two goals in three games as well. It’s unfortunate that he’s picked up this thigh injury. We’ll just give it as long as we can.”
~ Steve Bruce on (Wilson)
Norwich
Ruled out: Zimmermann and Giannoulis.
Might play: McLean, Placheta and Sargent.
Southampton
Ruled out: Long, S Armstrong, Walcott and Smallbone.
“Longy is in self-isolation in the hotel because of a positive Covid test. The rest will arrive today and then we will have a look.”
~ Ralph Hassenhuttl
Spurs
Ruled out: Romero, Sanchez and Lo Celso.
Might play: Son, Skipp, Sessegnon, Bergwijn.
“Sonny is not so well. I don’t know if it’s serious. Let’s wait and see. The doctors will make the analysis.”
~ Nuno Espirito Santo on (Son)
Watford
Ruled out: Foster and Femenia.
Might play: Sierralta.
Fit: Joao Pedro.
“We are waiting to hear and after we will see what is the answer of FIFA. I spoke with him about this but you know, we can do nothing. Now is the moment for waiting, because we will see what happens with the result.”
~ Xisco Munoz on (Sierralta)
West Ham
Might play: Masuaku.
“I think most things are all good. I think it’s the first time since pre-season that we’ve got everybody back. I think we’re all in good shape.”
~ David Moyes
Wolves
Ruled out: Jonny and Neto.
Might play: Jimenez.
“We think we can use Raul (Jimenez).”
~ Bruno Lage on (Jimenez)
