There are four more Gameweek 32 press conferences to bring you today, following on from Nuno Espirito Santo’s yesterday.
The managers of Burnley, Fulham, Leeds United and Wolverhampton Wanderers are set to face the media.
We should hear from the other 15 Premier League managers in some capacity on Friday. Until then, we’ll redirect you to our early team news round-up.
KEY GAMEWEEK 32 TEAM NEWS FROM THURSDAY
- Leeds United: Stach + Rodon could be out till May, Gudmundsson, Bijol + Okafor doubts
- Fulham: Tete, Kevin + Reed out, internationals return unscathed
- Burnley: Hannibal out, too soon for Amdouni, Laurent ban
- Wolverhampton Wanderers: Johnstone + Doherty ruled out
THURSDAY’S PRESS CONFERENCE TIMES
Thursday’s FPL Press Conferences! 🚨
🍷 1pm – Parker
🐺 1.15pm – Edwards
⬜️ 3pm – Silva
⚪️ 3.15pm – Farke pic.twitter.com/lwY97JuobZ— Fantasy Football Scout (@FFScout) April 9, 2026
LEEDS UNITED
Anton Stach (ankle) and Joe Rodon (ankle) will miss Gameweek 32 and “realistically” won’t be back till May, although Daniel Farke is retaining hope the pair might recover sooner.
Daniel James (adductor) is also sidelined.
“Not the best news today in general. Anton Stach will definitely miss the game on Monday; ankle injury after the cup game. Also, Joe Rodon will miss the game on Monday; also ankle injury for him. Daniel James will also miss the game, he had an adductor strain in the session before the cup game.” – Daniel Farke
“Difficult to say, a ligament injury in the ankle. Also, the same for Joe Rodon. Normally, you would say it’s not realistic for both of them that they will be able to help us in April and we will just have them back in May, but of course, our medical department is trying everything.
“We will try, step by step, day by day, to improve the situation. If they would be able to feature at some point in April, it would be a bonus. Right now, at the moment, realistically, we have to say we will just see them back in May.” – Daniel Farke on whether there’s a timescale for Anton Stach’s injury
Noah Okafor (back), Gabriel Gudmundsson (groin) and Jaka Bijol (knock) are also doubts for Monday but Farke is hopeful that these three will recover for the trip to Old Trafford.
“Jaka Bijol is currently struggling with a knock, he was not in team training yet during this week.
“Noah Okafor, today not in team training, he is struggling with some back problems. Some question marks behind his availability.
“Gabby Gudmundsson has made some progress, he came back with some light groin problems after the international games. He’s making light progress.
“All three of them are doubts. If we were to play the game tomorrow, all three wouldn’t be available. Thank God the game is just on Monday, so we have a bit more time. I’m hopeful that we have all three of them ready for the game.” – Daniel Farke on Daniel Okafor, Gabriel Gudmundsson and Jaka Bijol
FULHAM
The Cottagers’ internationals have all returned unscathed but Marco Silva will be without three players in Gameweek 32.
Kevin (foot) and Kenny Tete (foot), sidelined before the break, are still out.
Harrison Reed joins the injury list, too, after picking up a knock to his knee.
“Not many news from the internationals.
“The players that are going to be out… of course, with another session tomorrow, but the players that right now I can say are going to be out are Kenny, Kevin and Harrison Reed.” – Marco Silva
Kevin is back running but it’s still touch and go whether he features again this season.
“Let’s see. He is very positive but of course, we have to go step by step.
“Right now, I’m not sure about it.” – Marco Silva on whether Kevin will feature again this season
Silva’s comments above suggest that Calvin Bassey is over the minor back issue that forced him out of the Nigeria squad.
BURNLEY
Josh Laurent serves a one-match ban after his sending off at Fulham last time out.
Hannibal Mejbri hobbled out of that match with a hamstring injury, subsequently withdrawing from the Tunisia squad, and he’ll miss Gameweek 32, too.
“He’s probably a couple of weeks away. It wasn’t as bad as we initially thought, but there’s certainly a little issue there. That’s one that will take a little while longer.” – Scott Parker on Hannibal Mejbri
Long-term absentee Zeki Amdouni (knee) is back in “modified training” but is still likely a couple of weeks away from a playing comeback.
Josh Cullen (knee), Connor Roberts (Achilles) and Jordan Beyer (hamstring) also remain out but Axel Tuanzebe (Achilles) returned to action with DR Congo over the break.
“I’m hoping [he’s fit]. He’s come back. He’s not played a lot of football and he’s gone away and played 120 minutes. He’s come back in late, as well, so we’ll see obviously leading into this game. I’ll see how I see him and whether he’s selectable or not.” – Scott Parker on Axel Tuanzebe
“Amdouni is probably getting a little bit closer now. He’s with us on the grass, albeit a little bit modified, but he’s with us and I suspect it will maybe be another couple of weeks with Zeki before we see him.
“The long term ones, Beyer: no. Connor Roberts: no, he’s still a little way off.” – Scott Parker
Mike Tresor (ankle) has also been back in training for about a month now.
“Mikey [Tresor] has progressed more now. A few more weeks in training.” – Scott Parker
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Sam Johnstone (shoulder) and Matt Doherty (niggle) are Wolves’ only absentees for the Gameweek 32 curtain-raiser on Friday.
Rob Edwards later added that Johnstone could “potentially” be out for the season.
The Wolves boss also confirmed that all of his internationals have returned unscathed.
“A fully fit group, other than Sam’s shoulder issue. Sam won’t be available. Doc’s got a little bit of a niggle. He won’t be available for this one but should be alright for Leeds [in Gameweek 33].” – Rob Edwards
