The Premier League managers will be delivering their Gameweek 27 team news to the media on Tuesday. This article will provide the key Fantasy Premier League (FPL) injury updates as and when the manager quotes become available.
## GAMEWEEK 27: FRIDAY’S PRESS CONFERENCE TIMES
Here is the schedule for the Premier League managers’ press conferences on Tuesday:
– 9am – Slot
– 9:30am – Arteta
– 9:30am – Howe
– 12:30pm – Guardiola
– 1pm – Postecoglou
– 1:30pm – van Nistelrooy
– 1:30pm – Amorim
– 1:30pm – Nuno
– 1:30pm – Potter
– 2pm – Moyes
## MANCHESTER CITY
Erling Haaland’s involvement in the midweek clash with Tottenham Hotspur remains in doubt. The striker has been plagued by knee discomfort since the Gameweek 25 win over Newcastle United, remaining an unused substitute in Madrid a week ago and missing out altogether against Liverpool on Sunday. Pep Guardiola will assess the Norwegian after training.
> “Tonight we will know it after training. I hope so but I don’t know yet. Hope he feels better but the last two games could not play. We will see tomorrow.” – Pep Guardiola on Erling Haaland
John Stones (quad), Rodri (knee), Manuel Akanji (groin) and Oscar Bobb (leg/ankle) are also on the City injury list.
Guardiola was also asked about Kevin De Bruyne after the latest sub-par showing from the ageing club legend.
> “He’s an exceptional player, was and is. Hopefully will be. What’s going to happen merely belongs to him and the club.” – Pep Guardiola when asked about Kevin De Bruyne’s future
The manager had kind words for Rico Lewis, praising the young defender’s intelligence and ball-playing ability.
> “Since he arrived in the first team he has been really, really good. He’s an exceptional defender, so smart, intelligent. Of course his physicality is not like a typical defender in this country but he’s really good, especially with the ball, he gives us a lot of good things. He makes the game better.” – Pep Guardiola on Rico Lewis
## LIVERPOOL
Arne Slot confirmed that Conor Bradley will be out for “a few weeks” with the muscle injury he picked up in last Wednesday’s draw with Aston Villa. Joe Gomez (hamstring) and Tyler Morton (shoulder) remain out, too. However, Alexis Mac Allister, who sustained a black eye in the win over Manchester City, should be fine.
> “I think [Mac Allister] will [be okay], I think he will. He will train with us today. Conor doesn’t, he’s out for a few weeks. I cannot exactly tell how many but it’s clear that he went off with a muscle injury. It’s going to take a while before he’s back.” – Arne Slot
Slot also discussed the busy schedule and the importance of giving the players a “normal week” with two games instead of three.
> “I’m not so sure if it is difficult because these players are trained for this and are used to this. If they go to a World Cup or to the Euros they have to play those amount of games in a short spell of time as well. They’re able to do so but I sometimes feel like if we have one game in between and the game starts, I’m like, ‘Hmm, they’re not as aggressive as they were’. They’re in a certain rhythm and they’ve shown this season many times already that they’re able to. But it was the reason why I changed my line-up against Plymouth so drastically because I don’t think you can do this for a whole season. You need to have once in every 4, 5, 6 weeks a normal week. What I call a normal week is two games in a week instead of three games in a week. Of course that hurt us in the FA Cup but it also means that these players are now able to play five games in a row at the highest possible level.”
## ARSENAL
Ethan Nwaneri is, as expected, okay to feature against Nottingham Forest in midweek. Gabriel Jesus (knee), Bukayo Saka (hamstring), Gabriel Martinelli (hamstring), Kai Havertz (hamstring) and Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee) remain out.
> “Ethan, he was just cramping. Obviously his load has been very different in recent weeks but he’s fine.” – Mikel Arteta
> “Bukayo and Gabi, they are progressing really well but still a bit far to come back.” – Mikel Arteta
Myles Lewis-Skelly serves a one-match ban, too, following his dismissal at the weekend.
Arteta was also asked about the possibility of using Mikel Merino up front again, as they did against Leicester.
> “Yes – in relation to the opposition and the options that we have, and then what the team generates as well. Especially attacking players, [they] depend a lot on what the team is generating, the chemistry, the fluidity, the areas we are hitting, how we interact with each other. It worked really against Leicester; it didn’t work that well the other day because there were a lot of things missing.” – Mikel Arteta
## NEWCASTLE UNITED
Sven Botman (knee) and Joelinton (knee) are both closing in on returns ahead of the trip to Liverpool. Sandro Tonali’s minor hamstring injury reduced his role to a second-half substitute on Sunday, but the Italy international came through his cameo unscathed.
> “Sven’s improving and he’s improving quickly, so we’ll see whether he makes the game or not. It’ll be close. Again with Joe, it is similar to Sven. Really improving, doing really well, pushing. Again, he is another player who will be quite close.” – Eddie Howe
> “He came through fine, I’m anticipating that he will be fully fit.” – Eddie Howe on Sandro Tonali
Jamaal Lascelles (knee) remains out. Howe was asked about the prospect of going to a wing-back system to accommodate Botman’s return.
> “Naturally when you’ve got good players you’re always thinking of ways to get your best players consistently in the team – but not to the detriment of the team. I think that’s the key point, it has to work. We felt it would work against Arsenal [in the EFL Cup], I’m sure there’ll be other games that we’ll utilise that system.” – Eddie Howe
## Tottenham HOTSPUR
Ange Postecoglou reported that his players all came through Saturday’s win at Ipswich Town unscathed. The Spurs boss is expecting a “similar squad” for the clash with Manchester City, with none of his injured players expected back, including Ben Davies.
> “Good news, everyone who played got through really well. It’s great that we could give guys like Madders and Pedro [Porro] a bit of a rest and still be able to come on and contribute, and get game time into Brennan [Johnson] and Destiny [Udogie]. They all came through really well. So, it’ll probably be a similar squad for tomorrow. We were hoping maybe Ben [Davies] got up for this game but he won’t make it. So again, we’ve got a seven-day break [after City], so, he’ll miss out.”
Micky van de Ven (hamstring), Dominic Solanke (knee), Cristian Romero (hamstring) and Richarlison (calf) should all be back by Gameweek 28, while Timo Werner (hamstring) is back in training.
> “The other lads are all tracking really well. They are all sort of similar times, hopefully in the next seven to 10 days. A couple of them are already training but over that period, we’ll start incorporating them back into matchday squads.” – Ange Postecoglou
Radu Dragusin (knee) is the only player ruled out for the season.
Stay tuned for the latest team news updates as they become available. Remember to check back frequently for the most up-to-date information.
