Diarra Doubtful As Harry Plans For Niko Return

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	115.4%	Very Likely
Rogers	AVL	7.3m	95.7%	Likely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.0m	88.5%	Likely
James	CHE	5.6m	101.1%	Very Likely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	90.4%	Likely
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	95.2%	Likely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	99.9%	Likely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.8m	98.3%	Likely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	98.4%	Maybe
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	92.2%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	89.2%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	90.7%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	91.5%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.6m	60.0%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.1m	50.2%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	5.9m	76.8%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	73.7%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	71.4%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	65.3%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	69.4%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	67.1%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	59.9%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	63.4%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	58.9%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.2m	51.6%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	59.6%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	55.4%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	55.4%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	55.0%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	53.4%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.8m	47.5%	Unlikely
Heaven	MUN	3.8m	49.7%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	52.3%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	51.6%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	49.9%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	48.5%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	52.2%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	6.0m	41.6%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.7m	46.6%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	44.9%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	101.4%	Very Likely
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.3m	100.9%	Very Likely
Udogie	TOT	4.4m	100.8%	Very Likely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	100.4%	Very Likely
Cucurella	CHE	6.2m	99.4%	Likely
James	LEE	5.3m	99.6%	Likely
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	95.3%	Maybe
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	98.6%	Maybe
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	97.5%	Maybe
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	94.9%	Maybe
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	96.0%	Maybe
P.M.Sarr	TOT	4.6m	95.1%	Maybe
Trafford	MCI	4.6m	95.2%	Maybe
Yoro	MUN	4.3m	94.7%	Maybe
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	94.2%	Maybe
Hannibal	BUR	4.8m	93.5%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	94.6%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	94.0%	Unlikely
Welbeck	BHA	6.4m	81.6%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	92.5%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	92.0%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	92.5%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	91.4%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.5m	86.4%	Unlikely
Adams	BOU	5.0m	86.5%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.3m	87.7%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	87.3%	Unlikely
Odobert	TOT	5.3m	84.8%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	87.5%	Unlikely
Aké	MCI	5.3m	87.0%	Unlikely
Johnson	SUN	3.9m	86.1%	Unlikely
Bayindir	MUN	4.8m	87.2%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	85.7%	Unlikely
Bellegarde	WOL	5.2m	85.8%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	7.0m	79.6%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.6m	81.0%	Unlikely
Eze	ARS	7.6m	55.6%	Unlikely
R.Gomes	WOL	4.4m	81.4%	Unlikely
Seung soo	NEW	4.4m	80.5%	Unlikely
March	BHA	5.8m	80.4%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
Up	Pickford	EVE	B, Vs
Down	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
Down	Donnarumma	MCI	B, Vs, Sus
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	B, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
Up	Keane	EVE	Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
No Change	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
Down	Andersen	FUL	C
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C, Sus
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Matheus Cunha	MUN	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	A
Up	Wirtz	LIV	B, Vs
Up	Grealish	EVE	B, Vs
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Sus
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Minteh	BHA	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	C, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:54pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	A, Vs
Up	Bowen	WHU	B, Vs
Down	Thiago	BRE	C, Vs, Inj
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B, Rest

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:56pm

Portsmouth have doubts over the fitness of both Lassana Diarra and Richard Hughes going into the trip to Villa Park this weekend. Meanwhile, Redknapp has indicated the he will find a role for Niko Kranjcar on his return from injury, despite the form of both Traore and Belhadj….

First on to the injuries and Diarra has knee trouble once again. He sustained the injury against Vitoria in the UEFA Cup and has been under the watchful eye of French medical staff all week having joined up with the national squad. Diarra is due back at Fratton Park later this week but remains a doubt for Villa.

Team mate Richard Hughes is also struggling. He picked up a groin injury in training and will be assessed prior to the weekend. Should he and Diarra fail to make it, then Davies and Diop would form the likely central midfield pairing, with Little deployed on the right of midfield. Utaka apparently has a hope of challenging him for that role but he is still feeling the effects of a hamstring injury.

As for Kranjcar – he is on the road to recovery after suffering ankle ligament damage two months ago and has begun running and light training. A return by early November should be on the cards according to Harry.

“Niko is coming back, hopefully by the back end of the month, which is a big bonus for us,” proclaimed Redknapp.

The Pompey boss is already indicating that he will find a role for him in his eleven, despite the options he now has with Traore and Belhadj performing well on the left of midfield. Over to Harry once more…

‘Obviously, Armand and Nadir have done fantastic down that left for us since they came to the club, but Niko can play in other positions…He has played a lot on the left for us but he can also go on the right – he’s naturally right-footed – or he could operate behind the front two if you wanted.”

There’s a chance then that Kranjcar could be employed in a central midfield role just behind the strikers, possibly as part of a 3-5-2. That could well make him an interesting mid-price option should it materialise. It’s also worth noting that such a tactic would force Redknapp to choose between Traore and Belhadj for the left wingback role. I would say that the Arsenal man is slightly in the box seat for that one right now. One thing is for sure, Kranjcar’s return is going to shake things up in the Pompey lineup

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