Kuyt and Van Persie Face Weeks On The Sidelines

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Cherki	MCI	6.6m	120.8%	Very Likely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.8m	99.8%	Likely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	98.7%	Maybe
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	98.0%	Maybe
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	94.4%	Maybe
Keane	EVE	4.7m	74.7%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.1m	79.4%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	90.1%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	87.6%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	86.8%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	74.5%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	5.9m	74.9%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.2m	66.9%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	72.1%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	69.0%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	69.7%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	68.7%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	63.8%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	63.2%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	59.6%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.1m	41.5%	Unlikely
Heaven	MUN	3.8m	55.6%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	6.0m	52.1%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	53.7%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	55.6%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	56.9%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	55.0%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.8m	52.1%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	55.8%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	54.5%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	53.0%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	53.2%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.5m	47.2%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	52.2%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.2m	41.2%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	47.6%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.7m	46.6%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	45.7%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	45.1%	Unlikely
De Cuyper	BHA	4.3m	43.3%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Eze	ARS	7.6m	93.6%	Likely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.2m	95.2%	Likely
Cucurella	CHE	6.2m	102.2%	Very Likely
James	LEE	5.3m	100.3%	Very Likely
Udogie	TOT	4.4m	100.5%	Very Likely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	100.4%	Very Likely
Enzo	CHE	6.5m	95.5%	Maybe
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	96.9%	Maybe
Trafford	MCI	4.6m	96.9%	Maybe
Yoro	MUN	4.3m	97.2%	Maybe
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	97.6%	Maybe
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	96.0%	Maybe
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	95.7%	Maybe
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	94.7%	Maybe
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	97.1%	Maybe
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	95.5%	Maybe
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	94.7%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.3m	89.5%	Unlikely
Adams	BOU	5.0m	90.3%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	93.7%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	91.9%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	93.8%	Unlikely
Johnson	SUN	3.9m	88.1%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	89.1%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	7.0m	86.1%	Unlikely
Aké	MCI	5.3m	88.1%	Unlikely
Bayindir	MUN	4.8m	87.7%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	87.6%	Unlikely
Odobert	TOT	5.3m	85.4%	Unlikely
Bellegarde	WOL	5.2m	86.5%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	86.9%	Unlikely
Seung soo	NEW	4.4m	82.8%	Unlikely
March	BHA	5.8m	80.5%	Unlikely
R.Gomes	WOL	4.4m	81.9%	Unlikely
J.Timber	ARS	6.5m	49.9%	Unlikely
Agbadou	WOL	4.3m	78.9%	Unlikely
Reinildo	SUN	3.9m	78.4%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	78.8%	Unlikely
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	78.6%	Unlikely
Ward-Prowse	WHU	5.6m	76.1%	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, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:46pm

	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, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:50pm

	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

This has not been a good day as far as injuries are concerned for two of the Premier League’s top clubs. This morning Liverpool confirmed that Dirk Kuyt will be out of action after picking up an injury in international training. This was then followed by news from the Emirates that Robin Van Persie will be out for longer than expected after sustaining an ankle knock against Blackburn last week…

Kuyt is reported to have injured his shoulder while attempting an overhead kick in practice with the Dutch squad, with Liverpool’s doctor Peter Brukner confirming…

“Dirk has damaged his shoulder at the A-C joint, which is between the collar bone and the shoulder. He is likely to be out for four weeks.”

In terms of our Fantasy squads, having only been selected by 2.9% of managers in Fantasy Premier League (FPL), this isn’t the worst news ever and will probably open up an opportunity for someone like Maxi Rodriguez or, at a push, Ryan Babel. However, given Kuyt’s injury will see him likely absent from Liverpool’s not too pleasing upcoming three fixtures (bir, mun, SUN) this may be one punt that is best kept in the holster.

As for our Arsenal compatriot, Mr. Van Persie has most recently been reported on the Arsenal website to be out of action until mid-October, leaving an opening in the Arsenal starting XI for a continued stretch of games as Robin recovers from another injury. That man is precious.

Reserved estimates would assume that the Dutch forward won’t be back until after the next international break at the earliest meaning a minimum 4 week stretch for someone to fill his boots. Step forward Marouanne Chamakh.

At only £8.2m in FPL and with relatively kind fixtures (BOL, sun, WBA, che, BIR) in their next five investment could see a sharp increase from the intrepid investors. As highlighted by my colleague Sir Paulos just last week, the Moroccan striker appears to offer large amounts of space for the currently goal happy Theo Walcott, who is priced rather nicely at £7.3m and swiftly rising.

On the plus side, Samir Nasri is expected to return to full training – ahead of schedule – in the coming days and fight for a place in the Arsenal team once more. Investment in value Emirates players all round is looking likely.

All of this before another round international fixtures kick off through the evening. Keep your eyes peeled right here for any more breaking injury news as the days roll on and Gameweek Four draws near.

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