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Fantasy community fixates on Aguero fitness ahead of Watford trip

Sergio Aguero (£11.4m) looks unlikely to start for Manchester City when they face Watford at Vicarage Road on Tuesday night.

His fitness is the primary concern for Fantasy managers with the Gameweek 15 deadline looming large.

You can read the latest injury news and predicted line-ups in our TEAM NEWS tab above, or watch our latest Conference Call video, which can be found at the foot of this article or on our YouTube channel.

Manager Pep Guardiola admitted he did not know if Aguero would be fit in time for Gameweek 15 in his Monday press conference, but the Fantasy Premier League community has been in overdrive ever since in their attempts to find out more.

Pictures emerged of a training session on Monday in which Aguero was not clearly seen although there were plenty of attempts to find him in the background.

On Tuesday morning images emerged of Manchester City travelling by train to Watford and the Manchester Evening News reported that Aguero and team-mate Oleksandr Zinchenko (£4.8m) were not spotted with the group. There are now reports in the media that Aguero has suffered an injury setback but nothing has been confirmed on this front yet.

That is probably good news for the large number of Fantasy managers moving Aguero on for Harry Kane (£12.4m) or Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.1m) in time for Tuesday’s deadline.

As per usual, there were no real indicators from Guardiola over who else might be in and out of the City team. Fabian Delph (£5.3m) and Gabriel Jesus (£10.1m) feel the most likely to start given the reported injuries in their positions.

We could see some rotation at Liverpool as well as Jurgen Klopp provided some updates on Sadio Mané (£9.8m) and Andrew Robertson (£6.5m). The former has a cut on his foot and would apparently miss the trip to Burnley if it was taking place on Tuesday. That makes him quite unlikely to start Gameweek 15 while Robertson’s dead leg is not considered to be too serious.

“Sadio (Mané) and (Andrew) Robertson we have to have another look today. Sadio has an awful cut on his foot so it needed to be stitched. He’s okay, he’s walking around here now but in flip-flops. We don’t play in flip-flops. With (Robertson) it’s not that serious, like with Sadio, but we need to have a look.” – Jurgen Klopp

Maurizio Sarri explained that Marcos Alonso (£7.1m) suffered a back injury in Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Fulham at the weekend. However, in the same press conference that the injury was revealed in, the Blues’ manager confirmed he would be ready to play in Gameweek 15. The same was the case with Mateo Kovacic (£5.8m), while Ross Barkley (£5.8m) was indirectly given the all-clear when Sarri explained there were no injuries for him to worry about.

“I spoke with the doctor ten minutes ago, but we have no injuries at the moment. We have a little problem with Kovacic and Alonso in he last match, but they are ready to play.” – Maurizio Sarri

The return of Kieran Trippier (£6.1m) could be a potential game-changer for Fantasy managers looking to jump in on Spurs’ fixture-swing. It was confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that the right-back was available for selection against Southampton. Whether he will start is another matter but his return to fitness does allow another route into Spurs’ attack in the coming weeks and at £6.1m he is under half the price of popular Gameweek 15 transfer target Kane. Anyone buying the talismanic strike can also feel confident with Trippier back in the side as he is a regular provider of assists for him.

Meanwhile, Erik Lamela (£6.3m), Davinson Sánchez (£5.8m), Mousa Dembele (£4.9m) and Victor Wanyama (£4.9m) were all ruled out of Gameweek 15.

“We’re going to play a lot of games. Some players we cannot rotate for different reasons. Some maybe need to rest. It’s so important the health of the squad and we believe we can win with anyone on the pitch.” – Mauricio Pochettino

There was no such detailed update from Manchester United where Jose Mourinho was reticent to provide much injury information. There are several defenders with yellow flags to their name ahead of Gameweek 15, including Luke Shaw (£5.0m), Chris Smalling (£5.7m) and Eric Bailly (£5.1m) while Victor Lindelöf (£4.8m) is out for some weeks and Ashley Young (£5.7m) misses out on Arsenal through suspension.

“No. I don’t want to update you, Arsenal TV make the same questions but they don’t they hide everything from the inside, so why should I answer to you so why should I give anything to you.” – Jose Mourinho

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2,767 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Pep spotted on the coach

  2. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    My body is ready

  3. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Richard Dunne and Ireland on the bench 🙁

  4. R.C
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Ederson starts!!

    1. Fpl Old Guard
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      link or get out

    2. Fpl Old Guard
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      ban

  5. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    My angus isn't peppered for this.

    1. LarryDuff
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      The steaks are too high

  6. Begbie.
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Got a strange feeling the bald fraud is gonna outdo himself here and somehow Aguero will be starting...

  7. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    So there

  8. some witty pun
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Roque Santa Cruz!

  9. SoShy
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Aguernooo

  10. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Looks like gundo, sterling and mahrez starting... gg to whoever brought in gundo as a differential

  11. My Name Is Pepu
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Kolarov playing CB tonight, Laporte rested.

  12. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Ahhhh come on Sterling, please start.

  13. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    1 minute to go

  14. Emiliano Sala
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Last moment

  15. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Omg Pep ... that’s my season finished ... how very dare you 🙂

  16. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    I'm screwed.
    No Balbuena and Robbo likely to be benched
    Duffy and Bennet on bench with Bennet a non starter 🙁

  17. Ode
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Aguero on -698 at fplstatistics lol

    1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Dropping to 10.7 tonight

    2. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      As already posted umpteen times.

      1. Ode
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Sorry I’m not on this site 24/7

  18. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    OMG Kane

    x3 tomorrow

  19. R.C
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Line ups?

  20. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    no sterling
    no laporte

    1. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Knew it

  21. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Laporte 😀

  22. Valar(Keith)
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    This has to be one of the most exciting GWs and it's not even started yet

  23. Yome
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sterling benched

    1. Pieterke30
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      As expected

  24. +
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sterling benched.

  25. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sterling benched, Sane starts

    1. Pompel
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      😎

  26. SoShy
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Get in!

  27. Jimmy Boy
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Laporte benched wtf

    1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      As rumoured

  28. Mysterion
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Ban TRIFFIC

  29. Feanor
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Why doesn't the the FPL have the deadline after the team sheets come out?

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Wouldn't be a level playing field would it

    2. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Because that spoils it. In any form of game, there has to be jeopardy.

  30. SPorting
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sterling benched

    1. FPL_Gyarados
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Sane and D.Silva on so I'm happy 🙂
      Just got Sane for Mane

    2. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Da fuq?

      This was a top of the page post!!!!!