Watford’s Odion Ighalo is forced off with a dead leg in the 2-0 win over West Ham. Newcastle’s problems between the posts mount up, whilst Southampton are sweating on Jose Fonte’s availability after the centre-half was forced off with a hamstring injury.
Bournemouth
Bournemouth assistant manager Jason Tindall revealed that defender Steve Cook is yet to shake off an ankle knock he sustained last Gameweek against Tottenham Hotspur:
“Cook obviously picked up an ankle injury in the last game he played. We managed to bandage him up and get him on the bench for the Liverpool [League Cup] game but his ankle’s still sore, so we feel it’s best he recovers 100%”
Everton
In his first match back from a two-month spell on the sidelines, Bryan Oviedo picked up a hamstring injury against Sunderland and is set to be assessed by Everton’s medical staff this week.
Leicester City
Christian Fuchs was ruled out of Leicester’s trip to West Bromwich Albion due to a knock, with Jeffrey Schlupp shifting back into defence to cover for the stricken Austrian.
Manchester United
On Saturday evening, Louis van Gaal explained Phil Jones’ omission from the matchday squad against Crystal Palace, saying that English centre-back was in “the red zone” with regards to fitness following his return from a lengthy injury layoff. Jones returned to training today and is now available for United’s Champions League clash with CSKA Moscow but Memphis Depay remains sidelined.
Earlier this afternoon, the United boss also revealed that Morgan Schneiderlin skipped this morning’s sessions due to personal reasons, though the Frenchman could still feature tomorrow evening.
Newcastle United
Rob Elliot suffered a recurrence of a thigh problem that kept him out of action for the second half of the previous campaign, rendering him a doubt for the Magpies’ trip to Bournemouth next weekend. With Tim Krul out for the term and Karl Darlow nursing an ankle injury, Steve McClaren is weighing up whether to field 18-year-old shot-stopper Freddie Woodman or to pursue an emergency loan transfer:
“There is a good chance (of Elliot missing Bournemouth) because it is a recurrence of the one that he has had long-term, so we don’t hold out much hope. He just got through that. He winced at the end, could have come off, but he wanted to stay on, so he is a major doubt probably for next week. We are just going to assess it now. [On the possibility of a loan move] We are certainly looking at the situation and seeing what we can do because that’s three of our senior goalkeepers injured.”
Elsewhere in the Toon camp, Daryl Janmaat had to be withdrawn after 83 minutes of their home tie against Stoke City following a hefty challenge from Marko Arnautovic. McClaren went on to reveal the nature of the Dutchman’s injury:
“A knee injury which he has had a few problems with, hopefully that is not too bad.”
Norwich
The Canaries are sweating over the fitness of Matt Jarvis, who was forced off at half-time during their narrow loss at City. After the 2-1 defeat, Alex Neil issued an update on the on-loan wide man:
“He just went in for a tackle in the first half and I think opened up his knee a little bit so we’re hoping that is not going to be too bad as he has been excellent for us,”
Southampton
Ronald Koeman is hopeful that Jose Fonte – who was replaced by Maya Yoshida at half time of Saints’ home clash against Bournemouth – will recover from a minor hamstring niggle in time to face Sunderland this Saturday:
“José had some hamstring problems and it was not the moment to take that risk to continue and I hope because we changed in half-time José that he can be fit for the next weekend.”
Stoke City
Mark Hughes admitted that Shay Given is likely to undergo knee surgery after aggravating an existing injury during training:
“He was in training the other day and unfortunately after training, his knee blew up. He’s got a little bit of loose bone in the knee which we hoped would just settle down. But obviously it’s raised his head again and it looks like he might have to have a procedure to deal with it. I’m not sure if that decision has been made as yet, but it’s probably what will happen.
Sunderland
Lee Cattermole limped off at the 37-minute mark of Sunderland’s trip to Everton after suffering a knock.
Watford
Odion Ighalo had to be substituted four minutes from time against West Ham United as a result of a reckless tackle from James Collins. In a post-match interview on Saturday afternoon, the Hornets frontman revealed he sustained a dead leg at Upton Park and expects to shrug off the problem in “two or three days”.
West Bromwich Albion
Chris Brunt was removed from the field of play in the 82nd minute of the Baggies’ home meeting against Leicester City after picking up a knock.
West Ham United
Diafra Sakho sat out the Hammers’ visit to Watford due to a thigh complaint he sustained in training. West Ham’s joint chairman David Gold assured fans that the Senegalese marksman would return for Everton’s visit to the Boelyn Ground next Gameweek:
“It’s a minor problem he picked up on the training pitch and I’m certain he will be back for the match against Everton. He’s been playing brilliantly and it was a shame he had to miss but we are not a club to take chances on players’ fitness these days.”
