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Gabriel injury latest – reports suggest 1-2 months out

15 November 2025 141 comments
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International breaks always generate an injury scare or two – and this one is no different.

Already, we’ve seen Enzo Fernandez (£6.7m), Pedro Neto (£7.1m), Mohammed Kudus (£6.5m), Benjamin Sesko (£7.3m), Anthony Gordon (£7.4m) and Nick Pope (£5.2m) withdraw from their respective national team squads without kicking a ball.

Marc Guehi (£5.1m) followed them on Friday, having reported for England duty but failing to prove his fitness.

And now, a concern over the most-owned defender in Fantasy Premier League (FPL): Gabriel Magalhaes (£6.6m).

GABRIEL INJURY – HOW AND WHEN DID IT HAPPEN?

Gabriel was featuring in Brazil’s first match of the November international break, a friendly against Senegal.

For once, he didn’t have to go far to represent Seleção – this kickabout was contested at the Emirates!

The Arsenal stopper started Saturday’s game in north London, getting through the first 61 minutes before injury struck.

It was either the stretching midfield tackle that Gabriel attempted on Nicolas Jackson or the subsequent sprint back to goal that did it, with FPL’s top-scoring defender clearly in discomfort and clutching his thigh as he hobbled towards Brazil’s penalty area.

A couple of minutes of treatment followed before he limped gingerly from the field of play, with Wesley replacing him.

WHAT DID CARLO ANCELOTTI SAY?

Brazil head coach Carlo Ancelotti faced the media after full-time, confirming that it was indeed a thigh injury that Gabriel had sustained.

“That I don’t know. He had a problem on his adductor, the medical staff has to check tomorrow. We are really sorry for this, really disappointed when a player has an injury. I hope that he can recover well and soon.” – Carlo Ancelotti on how bad Gabriel Magalhaes’ injury is

WHAT HAVE WE HEARD SINCE?

Gabriel has since departed the Brazil squad, meaning he didn’t feature against Tunisia on Tuesday.

And the usually reliable David Ornstein has claimed that the centre-back could be facing 1-2 months out – but that tests are ongoing:

WHEN WILL WE HEAR MORE ABOUT GABRIEL’S INJURY?

Mikel Arteta – not known for his open and honest team news updates – may give us the latest in his pre-Gameweek 12 presser on Friday.

Our best bet for more information, however, could be sources like Ornstein above.

NO RUSH TO TRANSFER OUT?

From an FPL perspective, there’s no immediate rush to transfer Gabriel out.

The centre-back is not anywhere near a price drop, according to LiveFPL’s price change predictions:

Price Change Predictions

Risers
Fallers
PlayerTeamPriceProgressTonight
B.FernandesMUN9.0m
91.8%
 Likely
ThiagoBRE6.9m
81.8%
 Likely
RogersAVL6.9m
99.3%
 Likely
BurnNEW5.1m
93.4%
 Maybe
SánchezCHE4.8m
84.6%
 Unlikely
CasemiroMUN5.5m
94.0%
 Unlikely
RoefsSUN4.7m
89.0%
 Unlikely
SzoboszlaiLIV6.6m
81.4%
 Unlikely
O.DangoBRE6.0m
78.2%
 Unlikely
TruffertBOU4.5m
79.2%
 Unlikely
Matheus N.MCI5.3m
77.9%
 Unlikely
MitchellCRY5.0m
76.9%
 Unlikely
Bruno G.NEW6.9m
59.7%
 Unlikely
TarkowskiEVE5.4m
65.8%
 Unlikely
AndersenFUL4.5m
63.7%
 Unlikely
CullenBUR5.0m
72.3%
 Unlikely
LacroixCRY5.1m
69.7%
 Unlikely
VerbruggenBHA4.4m
68.8%
 Unlikely
TavernierBOU5.5m
70.5%
 Unlikely
MerinoARS6.0m
63.7%
 Unlikely
LivramentoNEW4.9m
66.7%
 Unlikely
PetrovićBOU4.5m
65.3%
 Unlikely
DúbravkaBUR4.0m
62.0%
 Unlikely
GordonNEW7.2m
57.2%
 Unlikely
J.PalhinhaTOT5.5m
59.7%
 Unlikely
BallardSUN4.6m
53.1%
 Unlikely
EkitikéLIV8.4m
41.3%
 Unlikely
RiceARS7.1m
26.4%
 Unlikely
AmadMUN6.3m
53.0%
 Unlikely
RaúlFUL6.2m
37.9%
 Unlikely
GustoCHE4.9m
45.4%
 Unlikely
KingFUL4.5m
45.8%
 Unlikely
WilsonWHU5.8m
40.6%
 Unlikely
Calvert-LewinLEE5.5m
25.4%
 Unlikely
HincapieARS5.4m
35.9%
 Unlikely
CherkiMCI6.4m
34.4%
 Unlikely
SessegnonFUL5.4m
42.2%
 Unlikely
Igor JesusNFO5.8m
39.5%
 Unlikely
ChukwuezeFUL5.3m
37.4%
 Unlikely
AndersonNFO5.4m
40.1%
 Unlikely
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PlayerTeamPriceProgressTonight
SarrCRY6.5m
101.3%
 Very Likely
BotmanNEW4.9m
100.5%
 Very Likely
AkinmboniBOU3.9m
100.3%
 Very Likely
SpenceTOT4.4m
100.3%
 Very Likely
ElliottAVL5.3m
97.2%
 Likely
GruevLEE4.8m
96.8%
 Likely
KnightBHA4.5m
100.2%
 Very Likely
Gannon-DoakBOU4.9m
98.4%
 Maybe
McGillBHA4.0m
97.8%
 Maybe
CoxBRE4.0m
96.9%
 Maybe
M.BizotAVL4.3m
96.3%
 Maybe
SonneBUR3.9m
98.4%
 Maybe
PinnockBRE4.3m
98.4%
 Maybe
ReijndersMCI5.3m
88.6%
 Maybe
HatoCHE4.7m
95.1%
 Maybe
NeaveNEW4.4m
95.3%
 Unlikely
CarvalhoBRE4.8m
93.3%
 Unlikely
OkaforLEE5.5m
94.3%
 Unlikely
José SáWOL4.3m
91.5%
 Unlikely
PattersonSUN4.3m
89.3%
 Unlikely
AbbottNFO3.9m
92.6%
 Unlikely
AgbinoneCRY4.4m
94.9%
 Unlikely
SalibaARS6.0m
88.6%
 Unlikely
AznouEVE4.3m
89.2%
 Unlikely
HoeverWOL3.9m
88.7%
 Unlikely
JordanBUR4.0m
91.1%
 Unlikely
AhamadaCRY4.4m
81.0%
 Unlikely
ColwillCHE4.8m
90.3%
 Unlikely
JohnsonTOT6.6m
87.9%
 Unlikely
NalloLIV3.8m
84.7%
 Unlikely
NørgaardARS5.2m
87.3%
 Unlikely
SteeleBHA4.3m
84.3%
 Unlikely
Hee ChanWOL5.7m
82.9%
 Unlikely
MorganBRE4.4m
86.6%
 Unlikely
BergvallTOT5.4m
85.0%
 Unlikely
AdingraSUN5.0m
83.6%
 Unlikely
Fer LópezWOL5.2m
84.9%
 Unlikely
FitzgeraldMUN4.4m
87.6%
 Unlikely
TotiWOL4.3m
85.4%
 Unlikely
RobinsonFUL4.9m
83.3%
 Unlikely
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Remember that Gabriel previously had muscular discomfort against Atletico Madrid last month before making a swift recovery for the match against Crystal Palace five days later.

This injury seems more serious but it’s not 100% confirmed yet that he’s going to be sidelined.

ANOTHER ARSENAL DEFENDER CONCERN…

Gabriel wasn’t even the first Arsenal defensive injury of the weekend.

Riccardo Calafiori (£5.8m) exited the Italy camp, along with Newcastle United’s Sandro Tonali (£5.4m), thanks to a hip complaint.

There’s reportedly not too much concern over Calafiori, however, so Gabriel is the biggest worry.

141 Comments Login to Post a Comment
  1. _Greg
    • 15 Years
    22 days, 18 hours ago

    I'm getting really sick of this 'flags changed, reset transfers out to 0' nonsense.

    It's just a system for FPL Towers for preventing big name players getting too cheap.

    For example, Allison looked to be going down recently, nope, he now stays at 5.4m. King Cole Palmer must of had unreal transfers out and change to orange flag, reset to 0%.

    I guess it's working for them but it sure takes part of the fun out of the game. You guys would of loved transfer markets in the early days, it was unbelievably volatile both ways!

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    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      22 days, 18 hours ago

      Is it a fabricated luck then yeah? 😛

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      1. _Greg
        • 15 Years
        22 days, 18 hours ago

        It's clearly a system, although in the past there's been a few dubious instances also based on the shady fpl statistics data we had at the time. If it's not transparent we can't prove it nor anticipate the algorithms.

        I think Ragabolly has got a really good grip on what's happening now.

        http://www.livefpl.net

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        1. Tonyawesome69
          • 6 Years
          22 days, 17 hours ago

          Wildcard transfers v using FTs over IB is challenging for Ragabolly.

          https://x.com/LiveFPLnet/status/1978857348929110251?t=f6eTeCEHRhE0NopX9v0n3w&s=19

          Also price drops, 49.8% accuracy this season

          https://whatthef.pl/

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    2. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      22 days, 18 hours ago

      It's pretty stupid. Meanwhile you own a fodder who's owned by 0.01% of the game and he drops if he's sold by 1000 managers

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      1. _Greg
        • 15 Years
        22 days, 18 hours ago

        Esteve is clearly a good option, I sold him just because I didn't have Richards. May buy him back at some point!

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    3. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      22 days, 18 hours ago

      I don’t like the flag piece either

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      1. _Greg
        • 15 Years
        22 days, 18 hours ago

        It makes it really difficult for high owned players to lose more than 0.2m basically. Or if Haaland got injured now, he'd probably drop 0.3m and then done.

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    4. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      22 days, 18 hours ago

      Agree. You need to sue FPL towers mate.

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      1. _Greg
        • 15 Years
        22 days, 18 hours ago

        Playing the team value mini game shouldn't be tampered with! :mrgreen:

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  2. gunnersxgooners
    • 1 Year
    22 days, 18 hours ago

    Would it be crazy to transfer Gabriel out on a wildcard, if he is only out for a week or two?

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    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 6 Years
      22 days, 18 hours ago

      Few factors to consider
      - purchase and selling price
      - how robust your WC team will be
      - future transfer plans and number of FTs

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      1. _Greg
        • 15 Years
        22 days, 17 hours ago

        Like Tony says check your purchase price on the list view in the transfers page.

        6 sell at 6.3
        6.1 sell at 6.3 but can afford one drop
        6.2 sell at 6.4
        6.3 sell at 6.4 but can afford one drop
        6.4 sell at 6.5
        6.5 no profit can afford one drop
        6.6 you need to sell for sure.

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        1. Baps Hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          22 days, 17 hours ago

          Yes^. I bought at 6.1 and since he was very close to price rise, he prolly won't drop twice fast. However, FH 13 is an issue.

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      2. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        22 days, 17 hours ago

        We all have 5 transfers come gw16 and we have to use all our transfers before that. Knowing Arteta we basically have to wait for training pics and we don't know if he is going to be eased in. I think I am selling with 97% certainty. Banking the money in case there is a set back or reoccurrence is sound strategy imo.

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    2. Sarri-ball
      • 16 Years
      22 days, 18 hours ago

      Maybe crazybl i no form

      But im going Gabriel to vvd for next 4 then swap back when get the 5 swaps

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      1. _Greg
        • 15 Years
        22 days, 17 hours ago

        If I bought Gabriel at 6m or 6.2m I'd sell, otherwise I'd probably not bother.

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        1. Baps Hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          22 days, 17 hours ago

          Different teams, different situations. I have to sell two out of Gabriel, Semenyo, Enzo, Sarr or Woltemade if I want to get Mbeumo. Original plan was Woltemade and Sarr, but Wolte has TOT and BUR home after FH13.

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      2. GCHILD2K16
        • 9 Years
        22 days, 14 hours ago

        Wait til Wednesday to see out come of test. Your def should be robust enough to rest him for 1 week. He is more likely due a price rise if injury minor than a drop.
        UTTER MADNESS TO BE CONSIDERING SELLING GAB and not for vvd whilst liv are playkng so badly

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    3. mookie
      • 12 Years
      22 days, 17 hours ago

      If it's 2 weeks, will they need to rush him back for Brentford at home? Villa away 3 days later.
      If it's 3 weeks, will they need to rush him back for Wolves at home?

      Not that you'll get a timeline from Arteta anyway.

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      1. _Greg
        • 15 Years
        22 days, 17 hours ago

        Mosquera has shown to be more than capable. I reckon he's out for three weeks, misses an additional week to be sure.

        GW16 back for the return of the Wolves I reckon.

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    4. GCHILD2K16
      • 9 Years
      22 days, 14 hours ago

      Wait til Wednesday to see out come of test. Your def should be robust enough to rest him for 1 week. He is more likely due a price rise if injury minor than a drop.
      UTTER MADNESS TO BE CONSIDERING SELLING GAB and not for vvd whilst liv are playkng so badly

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  3. One for All
    • 7 Years
    22 days, 17 hours ago

    Already made 2 transfers and confirmed.

    If I free hit would this cancel the 2 transfers made?

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    1. mookie
      • 12 Years
      22 days, 17 hours ago

      yeah

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      1. One for All
        • 7 Years
        22 days, 17 hours ago

        Thanks

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    2. Tonyawesome69
      • 6 Years
      22 days, 17 hours ago

      Yes FH would cancel the used FTs

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      1. One for All
        • 7 Years
        22 days, 17 hours ago

        Nice time to free hit

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  4. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 9 Years
    22 days, 17 hours ago

    With all the Gabriel doubt does Gabriel + Rodon to VVD + O'Reilly make sense?

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    1. Punned It
        22 days, 17 hours ago

        I'm actually considering something along these lines to keep TV going. Got Gabriel at 6.2, VVD is bound to go up. Fancy O'Reilly or Nunes anyway from GW13. But might also keep cool, wait till GW13, and eat the price drops.

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      • GCHILD2K16
        • 9 Years
        22 days, 14 hours ago

        Not unless the club confirms he is out for 3 week or more. If just 1 wk then keep him. Find another way to bring in oreilly or nunes. Would wait til game wk 13 before touching liverpool to see if they are back to being solid or continue conceding goals.

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    2. Ask Yourself
      • 9 Years
      22 days, 17 hours ago

      BB this week so need to replace Gabriel either way. Aside from VVD and other Arsenal defenders, who is the best replacement ? x

      A) Bradley (NFO)
      B) Senesi (WHU)
      C) De ligt (EVE)

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      1. Ask Yourself
        • 9 Years
        22 days, 17 hours ago

        D) other x

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    3. Capocannonieri
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      20 days, 17 hours ago

      Gabriel and others- players are tired of playing so many games. You have a full calendar and champions league ... then you have silly and unwatchable games versus Senegal.

      They just pretend to be hurt so they can go home and enjoy the week.

      You also have the December blitz of games. Awful timing for garbage games.

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