We’ll be getting team news from 13 Premier League managers on Friday as we count down to Gameweek 12.
As ever, we’ll bring you the key Fantasy Premier League (FPL) injury updates on this page.
This is a ‘live’ article, so it’ll be updated as and when manager quotes become available. Keep refreshing for the latest news!
For the headlines from the seven pressers held already, read our Thursday round-up here.
GAMEWEEK 12: FRIDAY’S KEY TEAM NEWS UPDATES
- Arsenal: White out for months, Calafiori fit, latest on Saka, Rice + Trossard
- Liverpool: Alexander-Arnold not yet training, Alisson not ready, Jota still out
- Manchester City: Kovacic sidelined, Dias still out, several players back in training
- Tottenham Hotspur: Romero joins van de Ven on the sidelines, Bentancur banned
- Bournemouth: Semenyo + Kerkez available, Christie suspended
- Newcastle United: Wilson + Trippier back in training, Burn suspended
- Aston Villa: Konsa + Onana out, Ramsey + Kamara not ready to return, Cash fit
- Crystal Palace: Lerma back, Eze not ready to return, Kamada banned
- Manchester United: No team news from Amorim yet
- Fulham: Lukic returns, Reed out for 5-6 weeks
- Ipswich Town: Hirst out for a “weeks”, Greaves back in training, Hutchinson latest
- Wolverhampton Wanderers: Bueno trains, Wolves to make “a couple of checks”
- West Ham United: Kudus banned, Fullkrug still out, two other unnamed doubts
GAMEWEEK 12: FRIDAY’S PRESS CONFERENCE TIMES
🚨 Friday's #FPL Press Conferences (GMT) ⏳
🔴 9.30am – Slot
⚫ 9.30am – Howe
🔵 12.30pm – Guardiola
🍒 1pm – Iraola
🐓 1pm – Postecoglou
⚒️ 1pm – Lopetegui
🐺 1pm – O'Neil
⭕ 1.30pm – Arteta
🦅 1.30pm – Glasner
⬜ 1.30pm – Silva
🚜 1.30pm – McKenna
👹 1.30pm – Amorim
🟣 2pm -… pic.twitter.com/vPwEEtQ19j— Fantasy Football Scout (@FFScout) November 22, 2024
ARSENAL
Ben White will be out for “months” after he underwent knee surgery over the international break.
“Ben is gonna be out for months unfortunately.
“It’s been different kinds of struggles. It’s never been the same thing but we had to make a decision, it’s not been improving the last few weeks unfortunately. We know Ben is going to push every boundary but it got to a point where we had to protect the player. We decided to do the surgery, he agreed with that. Obviously that’s going to keep him out for a few months.” – Mikel Arteta
There were vaguely positive-sounding updates on Leandro Trossard (knock), Declan Rice (toe) and Bukayo Saka (leg), meanwhile.
“Trossard seems to be OK. He trained this morning and is feeling good. He was able to do part of that session, so that’s good.
“Bukayo and Declan, as well, they have the first session today. Partial session. So, very good as well.” – Mikel Arteta
Later in the presser, Arteta namechecked Saka and co again – as well as Jurrien Timber – when discussing White’s absence.
“There’s a lot of positives as well because Declan is back, Bukayo is back. Jurrien is in a good place because he could not play the last game as well – that’s the one that was missing [from the earlier team news round-up]! Leo came back in a good place.” – Mikel Arteta
Riccardo Calafiori (knee) returns to the squad, too.
“Riccy trained today. His rehab has gone really well, he was able to do certain things last week with the physios. He trained on the pitch this week, he trained with us today as well.
“He will be in the squad.” – Mikel Arteta
One other player will be back: Raheem Sterling is available again after he was unable to face his parent club in Gameweek 11.
Kieran Tierney (hamstring) and Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee) are not quite ready to return.
“Kieran not yet. He had a couple of sessions with the team but not ready yet. Tomiyasu is going to be out as well for a period.” – Mikel Arteta
LIVERPOOL
Alisson (hamstring) and Harvey Elliott (foot) have both resumed training over the international break, although the game comes too soon for the Brazilian.
“He’s back in training with the goalkeeper coach, he’s not training with the team yet but that is expected to be done soon. Let’s wait and see where he is in terms of match fitness. He’s getting better and better but not ready to play Sunday.” – Arne Slot on Alisson
“Harvey is training with us again, so that’s the positive thing. He’s been out for many weeks but he’s on the training ground again with the team.” – Arne Slot on Harvey Elliott
It’s too early for Federico Chiesa (unknown injury), too, while Diogo Jota (rib) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (hamstring) are not yet in training with their teammates.
“Trent isn’t training with us yet but he’s getting there, so we expect him to be back with us soon.
“Jota is still apart from the group, same as Federico who is coming back into the session maybe in one exercise today. They’re all expected to be back within now and a few weeks but the last part of the recovery is always the most difficult one.” – Arne Slot
Later in the press conference, Slot was asked if Alexander-Arnold, Alisson or Jota could be back for Tuesday’s clash with Real Madrid or the Gameweek 13 encounter with Manchester City.
“That is something we have to wait and see because as I just said, the last few days of recovery is always the one that is most tricky because they have to go from isolated training sessions to group training sessions. That is always the most difficult. So for me, it’s difficult to judge and tell you now that it’s going to be one, two, three days or a bit longer.
“With Alisson and Jota, I don’t expect them to be available for [the Madrid] game. With Trent, it’s going to be in between.” – Arne Slot
Virgil van Dijk, who returned to Merseyside midway through the international break, is fine.
“Virgil is all good. He’s training with us today.” – Arne Slot
There was nothing specific from Arne Slot on Alexis Mac Allister, who was at the wrong end of a robust tackle while playing for Argentina in midweek, coming off minutes later.
Slot did, however, mention his returning South Americans when discussing team selection.
“We do indeed have an incredible fixture list coming up – starting with Southampton. That is always by far the most important game and if you want to enjoy, or go into the games, against the other two mentioned [Real Madrid and City], the best thing you can do is always [go into them] with a win.
“It has no effect at all to my team selections for the other two games, but what does have an effect is the playing style of Southampton, the players coming back from South America [and] how fit they are, the injuries we have and the players coming back. That is the only thing that has something to do with the team selection [and] not at all the games that come afterwards.” – Arne Slot
“It’s a bit of everything… you talk to the players. You want to hear from the medical and the performance staff and what they feel about it. Then you listen to your own technical staff and then you look at the opponent you play and see what is the best team to select. It’s a bit of everything but that’s not different to any other game.
“The only difference there is now that you always wonder the players who have played in South America how they come back. [They] normally [have] jet lag as well. That’s the only difference maybe between team selection for now than for all the other games because in all the other games you also look at the players and get the information from your staff members and look at the opponent.” – Arne Slot on how he selects a team with players returning from the international break
MANCHESTER CITY
Mateo Kovacic has been added to the Manchester City injury list and looks set to be out for 3-4 weeks.
“Kovacic is injured.
“Will be a while, three weeks or a month, more or less.” – Mateo Kovacic
Rodri (knee) and Oscar Bobb (leg) are still absent, of course, while Ruben Dias (muscle) is not ready to return.
John Stones (foot), Manuel Akanji (adductor) and Nathan Aké (hamstring) have at least alleviated the crisis at centre-half.
“John trained good yesterday, Manu trained good yesterday, Nathan is coming back training. So, we didn’t have central defenders, now we have three. Just Ruben is out but hopefully is coming back soon.” – Pep Guardiola
Jack Grealish, Matheus Nunes, Phil Foden and Nico O’Reilly had all been carrying injuries, too. Grealish has been sidelined for weeks, while the latter three had withdrawn from their national team squads. Despite the lack of a specific mention from Guardiola, all were all spotted in training images on Wednesday.
“These 10 days, some players recover a little bit. I don’t know if they are ready to play 90 minutes or play from the beginning but to see the training session and see their faces is a really, really good boost for all of us.” – Pep Guardiola
Jeremy Doku (quad) has, according to the City website, also trained.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Spurs will have both first-choice centre-halves absent for the trip to Manchester City this weekend.
Micky van de Ven (hamstring) is still a few weeks away, while Cristian Romero (toe) hasn’t recovered after aggravating a niggly injury while away with Argentina.
“Romero won’t be right for tomorrow’s game, we’re hoping he’ll be right for next week.” – Ange Postecoglou
Richarlison (hamstring) and Wilson Odobert (hamstring) remain on the Spurs injury list, while Rodrigo Bentancur begins a seven-match ban.
Mikey Moore is also still out with an illness.
BOURNEMOUTH
Antoine Semenyo and Milos Kerkez have pretty much been passed fit for the visit of Brighton and Hove Albion.
The pair bowed out of international duty over the break but Andoni Iraola says he hopes they are both available for Saturday.
Everyone else who has been away with their country has come back healthy, according to the Cherries’ boss.
“Everyone that has gone with their national team is available. Everyone has come back healthy and, obviously, some of them have played more minutes; they’re going to be more tired but that’s something expected. But no new injuries from that side, no.
“With Antoine, it’s very similar to Milos’ case, they are players that are playing a lot of minutes. They are still young and are playing with the club and the national team. It’s kind of a tendonitis.
“It was the only time they had to receive treatment, to stop playing for at least some days and try to solve a more chronic injury. It was not something that happened against Brentford, it’s something that he’s playing with, and with Milos it’s very similar. They needed to stop, receive the treatment and try to improve their overall condition physically to continue with the demands that are very high because we are using them a lot.
“Normally, they play all the games – every minute – and I think [the rest is] something that they needed but I think they can continue playing with this. I hope it becomes better and better, and they can forget about these things.
“Yes, yes [they are fit]. I hope they are fit, they are going to train today, so I hope they can play tomorrow, yes.” – Andoni Iraola
Ryan Christie will miss out after collecting his fifth booking of the season in Gameweek 11, however.
Luis Sinisterra (hamstring) and Alex Scott (knee) remain on the sidelines, too.
Julian Araujo meanwhile underwent hamstring surgery over the break and is set for “months” out.
Dango Ouattara (abductor) should be back but we’re awaiting confirmation of that from Iraola.
NEWCASTLE UNITED
Jamaal Lascelles (knee) and Sven Botman (knee) have been joined on the sidelines by Emil Krafth (collarbone), who will be out for 6-8 weeks.
Dan Burn is also banned after picking up five yellow cards.
Callum Wilson (back) and Kieran Trippier (hamstring) are closer to returns, although Gameweek 12 may come too soon.
“He’s doing well, we anticipate he’s going to train with the group today. Whether he’s quite there for West Ham let’s see, there’s a chance he could be involved but we need to get through the next few days of training first.” – Eddie Howe on Callum Wilson
“Slightly closer I’d say than Callum. He trained yesterday, trained well, felt good, no ill effects, looked sharp but that was his first day’s training. So again, we’re in a similar position in respect that right at the end of the rehab you’ve got to navigate the last few days well.” – Eddie Howe on Kieran Trippier
ASTON VILLA
Ezri Konsa (hip) and Amadou Onana (knee) will miss the visit of Crystal Palace but Unai Emery is hopeful that pair will be back for next week’s UEFA Champions League clash with Juventus.
Jacob Ramsey and Boubacar Kamara, who picked up hamstring injuries in Gameweek 11, remain sidelined, too.
Ross Barkley (unspecified) and Matty Cash (calf) are back, however.
“Tomorrow Konsa, Amadou Onana, Kamara and Ramsey [are out].
“We are adding other players after small injuries, like Cash and Ross Barkley included in the squad for tomorrow.
“We are going to try and feel confident with the players we have in the squad, and we are working with every player trying to be ready when the opportunity to play is coming for them.” – Unai Emery
“They both have small injuries and they have to rest and recover.
“Each day is very important, tomorrow they are not available, maybe they could come back in the next match. But we have to focus with the players we have now.” – Unai Emery on Ezri Konsa and Amadou Onana
Pau Torres (muscle) and Ian Maatsen (unspecified) both withdrew from international duty last week but have been sighted in training since.
CRYSTAL PALACE
Eberechi Eze (hamstring) is not quite ready to return but Palace do welcome back a couple of other players from injury and suspension.
Jefferson Lerma (hamstring) is available and Will Hughes returns from a one-game ban, while Cheick Doucoure built up his match fitness with a behind-closed-doors run-out over the international break.
The Eagles will however still be without Eddie Nketiah (hamstring) and Matheus Franca (groin). Daichi Kamada also begins a three-match ban.
We’ve not seen any mention yet of Chadi Riad (knee) and Adam Wharton (groin), so we assume those two are still sidelined.
“Ebs would like to be involved in tomorrow’s game but I took the decision not to take him with us to Villa. It’s a little bit too risky. He trained during the week but it’s too near when it happened. When we see our schedule, we have to protect our players.” – Oliver Glasner on Eberechi Eze
“Will Hughes is back after his suspension. Chris Richards was already in the squad, so he’s available. Jefferson Lerma is back and available. Cheick Doucouré is ready to start after two weeks of very good training.” – Oliver Glasner
MANCHESTER UNITED
We’ve didn’t hear any team news from Ruben Amorim in his inaugural pre-match presser, which was dominated by wider talk about the club.
Previous absentees Kobbie Mainoo (muscle), Luke Shaw (calf), Leny Yoro (foot) and Tyrell Malacia (knee) were all spotted in training over the break.
So too were Casemiro and Amad Diallo, who suffered knocks in Gameweek 11.
Harry Maguire (muscle) looks set to remain out, however.
In terms of new issues, Lisandro Martinez and Victor Lindelof returned to Carrington for assessment after dropping out of the Argentina and Sweden squads respectively.
Speaking to club media later in the day, Amorim gave a brief update.
“We have to see; we have one more training.
“But Luke [Shaw], for example, is feeling fine, but we have to build his fitness during games, so we have to be careful. I think he’s a very good player, so I will take care of him and I want these kinds of players that are important in our squad for a long period and not just for a game.
“We have some guys returning from injury, so we had some moments together, working in that indoor pitch [on] tactical work. We have to manage the load during this week with some players from national teams [as well], but we are ready to face Ipswich.” – Ruben Amorim
FULHAM
It’s one in, one out on the injury front as Sasa Lukic (shoulder) returns but fellow midfielder Harrison Reed (knee) is set for a spell on the sidelines.
Reed needs surgery and will be out for 5-6 weeks.
The Cottagers have no other injury concerns that we’re aware of but they do have a few late returnees in Antonee Robinson, Raul Jimenez and Andreas Pereira.
“We keep assessing them and this morning was the first time that we have all of them together and to start to prepare the game. Of course, we did it before with all the others but the first time that we had all of them was this morning and yes, they look okay. Let’s see, we have to keep assessing them, keep recovering them to be ready for the game.” – Marco Silva on his returning internationals from the Americas
IPSWICH TOWN
George Hirst has joined Chiedozie Ogbene (Achilles) on the injury list after suffering another knee issue. Kieran McKenna says he’ll be out for “weeks and weeks” rather than several months, at least.
“He’s going to be out for a while. We’re not sure on the timescale yet It’s not going to be months and months, but it is going to be weeks and weeks.”
Kalvin Phillips, back from a ban, will also have to be assessed for a minor recurring issue.
Wes Burns (knock), Nathan Broadhead (groin) and Omari Hutchinson (foot) all pulled out of their national team squads over the break, with McKenna saying that the latter returned to training today.
Jacob Greaves (hamstring) and Jack Taylor (unspecified) have been back on the grass, meanwhile.
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Santiago Bueno pulled out of the Uruguay squad last week with a muscle injury but he has since trained and will travel to Fulham on Saturday.
“A few to check on but I’m hopeful that we’ll be okay. I’m confident that we’ll be able to name a strong team tomorrow. A couple of checks, I don’t want to give too much away today but I’m hopeful that we’ll be fine.
“Santi has done some work on the grass, he will travel with us and we’re hopeful that he’ll make it.” – Gary O’Neil
Pablo Sarabia was substituted with a “tight calf” in Gameweek 11, so he may be one of the “checks” mentioned above.
Hwang Hee-chan (ankle) and Bastien Meupiyou (unspecified) have been back in training for a few weeks, so only match fitness is holding them back now.
Pedro Lima (ankle), Yerson Mosquera (knee), Boubacar Traore (knee), Sasa Kalajdzic (knee) and Enso Gonzalez (knee) remain out.
WEST HAM UNITED
Mohammed Kudus serves game four of a five-match ban but Edson Alvarez returns from his own suspension.
Niclas Fullkrug (Achilles) remains out while two others are slight doubts for the trip to Newcastle.
“We have a little problem with two players but we have to check tomorrow. I hope that they are going to be ready for the next Monday challenge.
“Niclas is out, he’s improving but he’s not ready for Newcastle.” – Julen Lopetegui
