There’s more Fantasy Premier League (FPL) injury news to come today as 11 managers face the media ahead of Gameweek 22.

Among them are Liverpool’s Arne Slot, Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta and Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola.

You’ll be able to find all the injury updates and key quotes in the article below.

We’ve already had nine pressers, with new Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior among the managers in front of the cameras on Thursday. You can read what they had to say here.

KEY GAMEWEEK 22 INJURY NEWS FROM FRIDAY

• Arsenal: “Might be” a chance of a player returning, no fresh worries
• Liverpool: No new injury concerns, Slot on Salah’s return date
• Newcastle United: Schar out for three months, Murphy sidelined
• Brighton and Hove Albion: Minteh an “option”, Baleba returns, Wieffer still out

FRIDAY’S PRESS CONFERENCE TIMES

ARSENAL

Mikel Arteta said there “might be” a chance of one of his injured players returning this weekend.

Piero Hincapie (muscle), Riccardo Calafiori (muscle), Max Dowman (ankle) and Cristhian Mosquera (ankle) were the four names.

“It might be. So, I need to meet now with the medical staff – we have a training session now – and see if somebody is available for the weekend.

“I cannot tell you because I don’t know.” – Mikel Arteta on whether there is a chance that any of his injured players could return in Gameweek 22

Given that Arteta mentioned only on Tuesday that Calafiori, Dowman and Mosquera were looking at “weeks” out, we’re assuming Hincapie is the one who is closest to a recovery.

The Arsenal head coach did confirm that there were no fresh concerns from the midweek win over Chelsea.

Away from injuries, Mikel Arteta was asked if he has to think a few games in advance with the schedule so intense.

“Well, in certain things, yes, and especially looking at the opponent and the things we’re going to be able to train that we can replicate in those games. Sometimes, ideally we want to plan, ‘Ok for this game, we think this player could be better and the load’, and some other times it’s just impossible and you have to go game by game. We have more players back now, we have better options and that’s very helpful because obviously we’ve been giving game time to almost every player.” – Mikel Arteta

LIVERPOOL

Arne Slot reported no new injury concerns for Liverpool’s clash with Burnley.

Alexander Isak (ankle), Conor Bradley (knee), Giovanni Leoni (knee), Stefan Bajcetic (hamstring) and Jayden Danns (hamstring) remain unavailable.

 “Yes, we’ve got a few injuries. We’ve got Giovanni Leoni out for the season, we’ve got Conor Bradley out for the season and Alexander Isak out for multiple months. But for the rest, I think everyone is available.” – Arne Slot

Despite Bradley being ruled out for the season, don’t expect Calvin Ramsay to challenge for right-back duties any time soon…

“When someone is really unlucky with the injuries we are having, there’s always a player that benefits from that and Calvin is one of them. So, he’s with us, but I still think I have better options to play.” – Arne Slot

This is the final league match that the Reds will be without Mohamed Salah, who contests an Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) third/fourth-place play-off with Egypt this weekend.

“Now, first of all, he needs to play another big game for Egypt on Saturday, and then he comes back to us. I’m happy that he comes back because similar to Andy [Robertson], Mo has been so important for this club, for me. So, I’m happy that he’s [soon going to be] back because even if I had 15 attackers, I still would have been happy if he would have come back. But that’s not our current situation, so happy to have him back after an important game that he still has to play.

“[He’ll be available] next week. We’re in talks with him, what is expected of him over there and what we expect over here.

“[Champions League availability] is something we are talking about together now.” – Arne Slot on Mohamed Salah

Injuries and availability aside, Slot was asked about the style of football his side is currently serving up.

“I think in the last 11 games, we’ve hardly conceded chances. But in the period before that, when we lost a lot of games, we created a lot of chances, but we conceded more chances than we are conceding recently. Those were more open games, where maybe people look back at it now [and say], ‘Please give us those open games again.’ But the results weren’t as we wanted them to be.

“So, we have to find a balance and we will because I can see the players growing, they get more and more belief again and they are getting fitter, as I’ve mentioned many times. We are just waiting for a moment – because we are doing well, like you just said – where we can kick-start our season even more than we’ve done in the recent 11 games.” – Arne Slot

NEWCASTLE UNITED

Fabian Schar underwent ankle surgery this week, with the defender set to be out until the spring.

“He had successful surgery yesterday, which is great news. Everything went according to plan. It’s difficult to give a definitive [timescale] but I think roughly around three months.” – Eddie Howe on Fabian Schar

Jacob Murphy (hamstring) has joined him on the sidelines, too. While another scan has come back clear, repeated complaints about his hamstring mean the winger will be given a period of rest.

Emil Krafth (knee) and Tino Livramento (hamstring) also remain out but Dan Burn (rib) and Will Osula (ankle) are closing in on returns.

Quotes to follow

BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION

Yankuba Minteh (dead leg) is an “option” again this weekend, according to boss Fabian Hurzeler.

Carlos Baleba is back from international duty with Cameroon, meanwhile.

“Yes, he’s back and in a good shape, in a good mood. He’s ready to play.

“Carlos needs to understand that we have more midfielders now. We have Jack Hinshelwood back after injury. We have Yasin [Ayari], we have Pascal [Gross], we have Diego [Gomez], we have Carlos. So, there’s competition and I think there are only benefits regarding the intensity in the training sessions, benefits from learning from a really good and experienced player like Pascal, who has, I think, exactly these kind of things what Carlos definitely has to improve on.” – Fabian Hurzeler on Carlos Baleba

Mats Wieffer remains out with a toe injury, along with Solly March (knee), Adam Webster (knee) and Stefanos Tzimas (knee). 

Hurzeler also reported a bout of illness but didn’t seem unduly concerned.

“Nothing new. So, Minteh will be back will be an option. Mats Wieffer still is out. We had some players who were sick during this week, but I hope we have two, three more days to recover and they will be an option for the game.” – Fabian Hurzeler on the latest Brighton team news

The Brighton boss also discussed Danny Welbeck, who has not been without his issues in the past, but for now, remains injury-free.

“He’s getting better and better, but of course, we have to modify him. We have to manage him. And I think there, we have to give like a big praise to our medical department, to everyone who’s involved in managing him, because I think he’s playing the last month an incredible amount of minutes, minutes he never played before. I think that has to be to the credit of the medical team and, of course, also for Danny because he behaves very professionally. He is preparing well for the training sessions. He does everything for good regeneration to make sure he’s ready for the next session, for the next game.” – Fabian Hurzeler on Danny Welbeck