Another busy day of press conferences is ahead of us – and this will be the place to come to get all the big Gameweek 11 team news.
There will be as many as 14 Premier League managers facing the media on Friday, hopefully clearing up the lingering concerns we have about flagged players.
As ever, we’ll be bringing you the latest key team news updates in this ‘live’ article. Keep checking back throughout the day for the latest updates.
For the headline updates from Thursday’s six press conferences, check out this article here.
GAMEWEEK 11: KEY INJURY UPDATES FROM FRIDAY’S PRESSERS
- Arsenal: Arteta “cannot confirm” that Gyokeres + Martinelli are out, Jesus trains
- Liverpool: Isak to train on Friday, Alisson + Frimpong updates
- Manchester City: Rodri not likely to be risked
- Chelsea: Lavia joins injury list, Neto to be assessed
- Newcastle United: Gordon + Osula set to miss out, Wissa back on the grass
- Crystal Palace: Sarr “tightness” + Guehi knock but both expected to feature
- Tottenham Hotspur: Kudus “touch and go”, Bergvall concussed
- Nottingham Forest: Wood + Hudson-Odoi “improbable”, Anderson “precaution”
- Bournemouth: No injury concerns, Semenyo, Adams + Jimenez recover from knocks
- Everton: Ndiaye trains and should be available
- Aston Villa: Tielemans + Buendia fit, Mings out, Elliott available
- Sunderland: Alderete still out
- Leeds United: Calvert-Lewin + Bornaauw doubts, Gnonto available
- Wolverhampton Wanderers: Doherty + Rodrigo Gomes injured, Agbadou banned
GAMEWEEK 11 PRESS CONFERENCE TIMES
🚨 Friday's FPL Press Conferences!
🔴 9am – Slot
⚫️ 9.30am – Howe
⭕️ 10am – Arteta
🧿 10.30am – Maresca
🍒 1pm – Iraola
🐺 1pm – Collins
🦅 1.30pm – Glasner
🍬 1.30pm – Moyes
⚪️ 1.30pm – Farke
🔵 1.30pm – Guardiola
🐈⬛ 1.30pm – Le Bris
🐓 1.30pm – Frank⏳ TBC- Emery + Dyche pic.twitter.com/o3DtG7byUN
— Fantasy Football Scout (@FFScout) November 7, 2025
ARSENAL
Mikel Arteta, with a wry smile, said he “cannot confirm” that Viktor Gyokeres (muscle) and Gabriel Martinelli (muscle) will miss out this weekend.
“I cannot confirm all of that but you are not far!” – Mikel Arteta when asked if Messrs Gyokeres, Martinelli, Odegaard, Madueke and Havertz would miss out this weekend
It is thought, however, that the pair will remain on the unavailable list, along with Martin Odegaard (knee), Noni Madueke (knee) and Kai Havertz (knee).
Previous reports suggested Gyokeres and Martinelli were targeting a return in the north London derby later this month, while they have not been named in their respective national team squads.
Arteta also seemed to give the game away elsewhere in his press conference!
“No, no news. We remain the same and nobody new that can join the squad, so all the same.” – Mikel Arteta on if he had any fresh injury concerns
“Yes, because we haven’t had [our forwards] and now we don’t have Viktor and we haven’t had Kai again for three months, or many other forwards. Unfortunately, that’s becoming something that consistently is happening, so we need those options and what an option to have with Gabi.” – Mikel Arteta on if he sees Gabiel Jesus staying with the club
“Some of them. All of them – I don’t know. There are a lot of things that have to happen in the next two weeks, and everything has to be perfect, but I think we will be very close with most of them to be in a really strong position.” – Mikel Arteta on if he was expecting all/some of this injured contingent to be back after the break
Also absent from Tuesday’s victory over Slavia Prague was Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Martin Zubimendi wasn’t involved in the Czech Republic, either, but just through suspension. He did train on Monday, despite coming off in Gameweek 10 with a muscular issue of his own.
And returning to training on Thursday was long-term absentee Gabriel Jesus (knee).
Arteta gave an update on the Brazilian and Havertz, who is also nearing a comeback.
“I don’t know [when he’ll be back playing]. Now it’s about making the steps day by day in a different surrounding. Obviously, he’s been doing everything on his own; now he’s got players around him, very competitive players around him, and see how he copes with that. But he’s full of energy, I love the reaction of all his teammates when he first joined us, and, yeah, great to have him back.” – Mikel Arteta on Gabriel Jesus
“Let’s see how [Havertz] absorbs the load first when he starts to train with us and when he’s done that, obviously we’re going to have to be, especially in the first few weeks, with an eye on him to manage the amount of minutes and when we play him. But when you look at his record and what he’s done in his career, he’s played every single game, he’s almost never been injured and now he has this issue with his knee. It will be resolved and hopefully he will be back to his best.” – Mikel Arteta on Kai Havertz
- READ MORE: 4 of the best Gyokeres replacements in FPL
LIVERPOOL
Alexander Isak (groin) will return to training for the first time in over a fortnight on Friday, so he could be involved against Manchester City this weekend.
“He will train for the first time today with the team again after being three weeks out. So, I know that I said three weeks ago his pre-season has ended, so now it’s time for us to see where he is, but I have to come back to those words because if you’re three weeks only with the rehab, that doesn’t bring you back to the levels he was [at] three weeks ago.
“Our rehab team is doing an incredible job, but you cannot compare rehab with games of football or training sessions with the team. As much as we try to replicate it, that is simply not possible. Again, I have to say, give him some time.” – Arne Slot on Alexander Isak
Arne Slot, meanwhile, confirmed that Alisson (hamstring) was on course to return immediately after the November international break. Jeremie Frimpong (hamstring) is a little way behind his teammate, however.
“Alisson, for sure [will be back after the November break], and I expect Jeremie back after the international break as well, because we play from November until March!
“I don’t expect Jeremie to be fully fit for Forest but with Alisson, we expect this.” – Arne Slot
Stefan Bajcetic (hamstring), Jayden Danns (hamstring) and Giovanni Leoni (ACL) are all unavailable, while Amara Nallo is back from suspension – not that any of them would be troubling the starting XI anyway.
Away from injuries, Slot was asked about his all-new left flank of Andrew Robertson and Florian Wirtz, who both impressed in midweek.
“He started three games in seven days because he also played the [cup] game against Crystal Palace, where I also played a few starters – not many! I had to take him off in the end of the game [on Tuesday] because I felt he was tired, but we have to wait and see. We had recovery the day after. We had a day off yesterday and a two-day lead into City. So, let’s see where he is today.” – Arne Slot on if Andrew Robertson can start again this weekend
“Florian can play in more than only one position. So, he can play off the left, which he did almost all the time in Leverkusen when Xabi Alonso came and introduced this 3-4-3 system or the way you want to call that, and before that he mainly played as a 10 in the 4-3-3. So, I think it’s more about getting him in the positions where he’s good at, than we should be so focused on ‘Is he a 10, is he an 11 or is he an eight’.” – Arne Slot on Florian Wirtz
There was praise for Mohamed Salah, too – but not just because of his goalscoring.
“I like what you are saying because I’ve noticed this as well and this is something that helped the team a lot because the main focus is always on players that score a lot of goals. It is always on goalscoring, goalscoring, goalscoring.
“It’s very important for us to have Mo scoring goals but it’s also very important for us to have Mo like he played against City last season, where he also scored a goal and assisted and helped the team out a lot in his defensive work. That’s what he also did, like you said, in recent games.” – Arne Slot, when asked about Mohamed Salah’s recent off-the-ball work
MANCHESTER CITY
Mateo Kovacic (ankle) rejoined the injury list last weekend and will be out “for a while”.
Rodri wasn’t involved against Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday night, with Pep Guardiola not taking any risks with the midfielder.
“We will see tomorrow but I think we will not take a risk. Now it’s the international break and afterwards we have to find the moment he feels strong, feels fit, can sustain the actions in the game properly.
“Still, we are in November and the best part of the season is ahead of us, and we need him. We are still playing without the Ballon d’Or winner of two seasons ago, a massively important player for us. We are desperate to have him back knowing that Nico [Gonzalez], right now, is becoming a really, really important good player.” – Pep Guardiola on Rodri
CHELSEA
Romeo Lavia (quad) has joined Cole Palmer (groin), Benoit Badiashile (muscle), Levi Colwill (knee), Mykhailo Mudryk (suspended) and Dario Essugo (thigh) on the sidelines.
“We don’t have an update at the moment. We need to wait still some hours to do all the checks that he needs. But for sure, yeah, at the moment, he is injured.
“He is painful, so we need to do all the checks, then we will see.” – Enzo Maresca on Romeo Lavia
Pedro Neto could be back, however. He wasn’t risked in Wednesday’s draw with Qarabag because of a “small issue” but had a “good” session with the physio yesterday and will train today.
“Pedro, he had a session yesterday with the physio outside on the pitch. It was good. Today he will try with us and then we will take the final decision.” – Enzo Maresca on Pedro Neto
As for the midweek exertions in Baku, Maresca said his squad were “okay”.
“We are okay. The players rested yesterday and we have a session this afternoon.” – Enzo Maresca on the long journey back from Azerbaijan
Inevitably, the Chelsea boss was asked about rotation after he made seven changes for the draw with Qarabag.
“I said after the Qarabag game that since I joined the club, it is my view to rotate players. No one complains [but] the moment you don’t win games, I can understand that no one agrees. When the rotation is Andrey Santos, Brazil international player, Jorrel Hato, Netherlands international player, Estevao, Brazil international player – it’s not about rotation. They are good, they are talented, they are young. For sure, when they are young, you have to give them the chance to make mistakes to be better.
“I think in this moment, football is a bit different compared to years ago in terms of physicality and intensity. For me, personally, it’s impossible to play with the same players, 65 games in one season, Champions League, Premier League.
“You need to rotate; this is my personal view.” – Enzo Maresca on rotation
“First of all, at the beginning of the season, with Levi’s [Colwill] injury, for sure we lost, I said many times, in my view, in the way we wanted to play, our best defender, in terms of build-up. From there, we tried to find solutions. We tried to solve problems. We tried to adjust things. We were playing with three at the back in the build-up. We started to play with two at the back in four or five games. We tried to find solutions, different solutions.
“Last game, we kept a clean sheet with Trev [Chalobah] and Wes [Fofana]. They just said to me this morning that last year, after 11 Premier League games, we had two clean sheets. This season, after 10 games, we have already four clean sheets. So, I don’t know.” – Enzo Maresca on if centre-half rotation is a problem
Moises Caicedo was one of the players who was meant to be rested in midweek but Lavia’s early injury saw Caicedo come on as a substitute in the eighth minute.
Maresca discussed his options in the ‘six’ role with Lavia and Essugo out.
“Absolutely, yes [it hurts our chances to rotate Caicedo].
“The other day, I think we said already, two or three times, that we have Caicedo, we have Enzo Fernandez, we have Pedro Neto, we have Joao Pedro, they are all players that are not training every day, because of small issues. So if we are able to give them some time off, rest, it’s better.
“But in this moment, you see, Moi, the other day, after five minutes, he was on the pitch. In the past, we used Andrey Santos as a six. In the past, we used also Josh [Acheampong] as a six and Reece [James] is playing as a six. But for sure, when you have more options, it’s better.” – Enzo Maresca
Estevao was a star performer on Wednesday but there are no guarantees of a start this weekend.
“For sure, he’s ready to start. But if Estevao starts, another one is on the bench. And probably the other one also wants to start. We just try to do the best for Estevao. We are helping him in terms of adapting to England. Again, last week he was complaining about it being cold. Last week was still October. Imagine December, January! He has to adapt. He’s happy. He’s doing fantastic. For sure, he’s a talented player for this club.” – Enzo Maresca on Estevao
NEWCASTLE UNITED
Anthony Gordon is a big doubt for the trip to Brentford this weekend, despite being named in the England squad.
The winger came off in the first half of Newcastle’s win over Athletic Club on Wednesday, thanks to the recurrence of a hip problem.
Eddie Howe said on Friday – shortly before Thomas Tuchel’s squad list was published – that there is “every chance” that Gordon will miss out in Gameweek 11.
“It seems like a recurrence of his hip injury that’s been plaguing him in recent weeks. So, we’ll assess that and see what damage he’s done.
“We don’t think it’s a serious injury but we’re going to get him scanned and we’re awaiting the results.
“Yeah, I think there’s every chance he might miss out on Sunday but we’ll give him every opportunity to be fit.” – Eddie Howe on Anthony Gordon
On the subject of niggling issues, Will Osula has been advised to take a period of rest to deal with his bothersome ankle problem.
“It’s something that he’s been feeling for a little bit but he’s been functional, he’s been able to train and play. But it was getting to the stage where it was affecting him a little bit more, latterly.
“We had a scan and we were awaiting the results, tied in with the game, and the scan just told us to pull back a little bit, so he’ll have a period of rest. Again, it’s not a serious injury. We expect him to be weeks, not any longer.” – Eddie Howe on Will Osula
Yoane Wissa (knee) has joined Tino Livramento (knee) in returning to the grass this week but is looking at a playing comeback on the other side of the international break.
“Yoane is working well. He’s on the grass, he’s building his fitness. I think the knee is feeling good, no problems with that. It’s more a case of looking at his fitness, sharpness, all the things that he’s going to need to put together.
“He’s in a good place injury-wise now to really kick on and push his body but we are going to need to give him time to get fit and robust enough, and in a position where he can give his best version of himself for the team. How long that takes is slightly unclear but I’m sure he’ll be worth the wait.” – Eddie Howe on Yoane Wissa
“I don’t think [the absence of Wissa, Osula and possibly Gordon] will change anything. Yes, we don’t have a lot of support for him, and that’s why I think he’s done very, very well because the focus has been purely on him, and he’s had to take that in his stride. He’s done that really well, big credit to him for that.
“It’s up to us to protect him and look after him whenever we can, try to withdraw him a couple of times to keep him fresh and keep his energy.” – Eddie Howe on how the striker injuries will impact Nick Woltemade
Elsewhere, an injury-free Lewis Hall made it off the bench in midweek in what was his first appearance in over a month.
“He’s closer [to a return to the starting XI], definitely. I think it was a really good cameo from Lewis. We have to remember he’s had very, very limited training time so I have to be careful with him. Of course, he’s very much in my thoughts because of the quality of player that he is, but he’s had a difficult period in the last few months.
“He’s such an important player, we need him fit for the long term.” – Eddie Howe on Lewis Hall
“Dan can play various positions. He’s played left-back for me since he’s been moved there. I think he’s played really well and our results have been very good with him in that position. Dan has always shown that he has got the ability to play both [roles]. Competition for places is there.” – Eddie Howe on Dan Burn
Howe confirmed that the recent illness outbreak has now subsided, meanwhile.
CRYSTAL PALACE
Oliver Glasner conducted his Gameweek 11 press conference in the aftermath of Thursday’s win over AZ Alkmaar.
While there’s always the chance that issues could rear their head between that game and Sunday’s A23 derby, Glasner was confident that his squad had come through unscathed.
“All others look fine. A few knocks. Marc [Guéhi] had one at the end, but he said he’s fine. At the moment, it looks like all players who were involved in today’s squad will be available.” – Oliver Glasner
That presumably includes Ismaila Sarr.
You may have seen quotes flying around about Sarr suffering from “tightness” but a reminder that the Senegal international had complained of that before the AZ game, and he still lasted an hour.
This is what Glasner said last night:
“He mentioned yesterday, very, very small tightness in his hamstring and the doctor told me and then I said, “Hey, we have a game on Sunday as well”. Then he plays for Senegal, fortunately here in London. So yeah, again, we have to manage the minutes. This is what we could do today.” – Oliver Glasner on Ismaila Sarr
Adam Wharton returned from illness to make the bench on Thursday night, getting on as a second-half substitute.
“He is still feeling his chest. He’s not completely free. Sometimes you need to cough it out. I hope this will happen now, let’s see. It was good for him to play 30 minutes [against Alkmaar].
“Also, for me, he felt a little bit rusty at the beginning, moving a little bit slow. That’s why we wanted him to play the 30 minutes because, again, we will have just recovery in the next two days. Therefore, it was important for him to raise his heart frequency and get a little bit of intensity.
“I think he did better and better during the game. If it’s enough to start against Brighton, I don’t know at the moment.” – Oliver Glasner on Adam Wharton
Rio Cardines (abductor) sat out the UEFA Conference League game with a minor issue, while Eddie Nketiah (hamstring), Cheick Doucoure (knee) and Caleb Kporha (back) are still unavailable.
Long-term absentee Chadi Riad (knee) is back in training.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Mohammed Kudus is “touch and go” for the visit of Manchester United.
“Everyone came through [the Copenhagen game] well. The ones that had been out for a small spell, Cuti [Romero] and Destiny [Udogie], responded well, so fit and available. Kudus is touch and go for tomorrow – we’ll see.” – Thomas Frank
Lucas Bergvall (concussion) will be unavailable in Gameweek 11, meanwhile.
Dominic Solanke (ankle), James Maddison (knee), Radu Dragusin (knee), Archie Gray (calf), Koto Takai (foot), Dejan Kulusevski (knee), Yves Bissouma (ankle) and Ben Davies (muscle) are still sidelined.
“I think the international break will be the big deciding factor because we have two weeks there to push in the next steps. As I say, it’s going forward. Just to take it instead of the questions every single time because it was clearly that he was not ready before the international break. It’s more, we look after the international break, that’s what we’re aiming for. I think we always want to get it right, but I think it’s important to get it right so he’s out there, can help the team and we need him back.” – Thomas Frank on Dominic Solanke
NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Sean Dyche was another manager to conduct their Gameweek 11 press conference immediately after a European fixture on Thursday night.
The Forest boss pretty much confirmed that Callum Hudson-Odoi (dead leg) and Chris Wood (knee) will miss out again this weekend.
“I think it’s improbable, unfortunately. Maybe after that. Maybe after the Leeds game, there’s a stronger chance. I still think we’re going to be pretty threadbare but we’re waiting on news. Hopefully, the game against Sturm Graz didn’t offer any more new injuries, so we’re hopeful on that.” – Sean Dyche on Chris Wood and Callum Hudson-Odoi, via the Nottingham Post
Douglas Luiz (hamstring) joined Dilane Bakwa (unspecified), Oleksandr Zinchenko (muscle), Ola Aina (hamstring) and Angus Gunn (knee) on the injury list earlier this week.
As for Elliot Anderson, he wasn’t risked against Sturm Graz as a precaution.
“He’s been carrying a number of injuries. Not too… obviously, he’s been managing to play. He’s had a heavy game schedule, has been carrying knocks, and we’re like, ‘Well, hang on. We can’t just keep going and keep going and keep going’. At some point, he’ll break if we’re not careful. So, we had to make a judgment call on him. All the others are injured.” – Sean Dyche on Elliot Anderson
BOURNEMOUTH
Andoni Iraola says he has no serious injury concerns ahead of Sunday’s game at Aston Villa.
Antoine Semenyo, Tyler Adams and Alex Jimenez have all recovered from the minor knocks they suffered at Manchester City last Sunday.
The only player Iraola namechecked as being injured is Matai Akinmboni, who features more for the under-23s.
“Everyone is available. The only one we could say is Matai Akinmboni, who normally trains with us, plays with the development squad. He has a muscle injury again and is recovering. All the players who normally play with us, everyone is available. It’s going to be a matter of team selection and headaches!” – Andoni Iraola
EVERTON
David Moyes says Iliman Ndiaye has trained fully today, having hobbled out of the draw with Sunderland on Monday. He should be fit to face Fulham.
“He’s fine. He’s trained today, so hopefully everything is okay.” – David Moyes on Iliman Ndiaye
Jarrad Branthwaite (hamstring) and Nathan Patterson (foot/hernia) remain out.
ASTON VILLA
Emiliano Buendia (foot) and Youri Tielemans (calf) returned to training this week and indeed were involved against Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday.
“Yesterday, he came back and he played a very good 10 or 15 minutes, and he is progressively getting better, fit, and avoiding some risk to have again one injury.
“Today morning we trained, tomorrow we will train, and on Sunday, if everything is going well, he will be available to be with the team and maybe he can start in the starting XI. It depends.” – Unai Emery on Youri Tielemans
As for the rest, Tyrone Mings (hamstring) has joined the injury list and may be out until 2026.
Andres Garcia (unspecified) is still “weeks” away.
Loanee Harvey Elliott will return in Gameweek 11: he couldn’t face his parent club last weekend.
SUNDERLAND
Omar Alderete (head) will again miss out in Gameweek 11: he has had to take a “step back” in his recovery from a concussion because of lingering symptoms.
“He had to step back because of a residual symptom. It’s not really serious but the concussion protocol is really strict and we followed it. So, he won’t be available this weekend. Probably he will be able to get some minutes with his national team progressively and get ready for Sunderland against Fulham.
“Now, I think he’s in a good place and to get fit again, it will be necessary to play. So, I think it will be nice for him and for us [if he gets some minutes for Paraguay].” – Regis Le Bris on Omar Alderete
Elsewhere, Dennis Cirkin (wrist) and Romaine Mundle (hamstring) are nearing returns, with the former in action for the academy side on Friday night. Leo Hjelde (Achilles) is also back in training.
“Dennis will probably play with the under-21s soon.
“Romaine is close to playing as well, so we wanted to delay a bit Romaine’s return because of his injury. A hamstring injury is a little bit different so we wanted consistency across two or three weeks where he could be in full training, and he’s in a good place now. So he could be close for the Fulham game.” – Regis Le Bris, via the Sunderland Echo
Aji Alese (shoulder) and Habib Diarra (groin) remain on the injury list.
LEEDS UNITED
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (adductor) faces a “tight race” to be back for the weekend.
Both the striker and defender Sebastiaan Bornauw (knee) are “question marks” for Sunday’s game.
Daniel Farke otherwise said his squad was fine, suggesting Jayden Bogle (illness) is okay after he was forced off in the defeat at the Amex last Saturday.
Wilfried Gnonto (calf/hernia) has been back in training for two weeks, so his inclusion in the matchday squad is now just a question of team selection, rather than anything injury-related.
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Caretaker Wolves boss James Collins confirmed what we already knew: that Matt Doherty (knee) and Rodrigo Gomes (groin) are out.
Wolves announced earlier this week that Gomes will be out until 2026.
Emmanuel Agbadou serves a one-match ban this weekend, meanwhile.
Collins, an under-23 coach at the club, also hinted that some of his academy products may feature, with Tawanda Chirewa, Mateus Mane and Enso Gonzalez namechecked.
