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Team News August 8

The headline FPL team news from Thursday’s press conferences

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There were nine Premier League manager press conferences held on Thursday ahead of the start of the 2019/20 campaign.

The headline team news came from Liverpool, where Jurgen Klopp provided fairly positive news on Sadio Mane (£11.5m) ahead of Friday’s encounter with Norwich City.

Klopp said:

Looks fit. Yesterday was his first session with the team. Yesterday now with the team first time, looks absolutely OK, in good spirits. Yes he’s an option, but we will see.

The Reds’ boss said of James Milner (£5.5m):

Millie trained yesterday with the team, 100%. He will be fine.

The Reds opponents have problems at centre-half, with stoppers Christoph Zimmermann and Timm Klose (£4.5m) sidelined for Gameweek 1.

Defensive midfielders Alex Tettey and Ibrahim Amadou (both £4.5m) are also unavailable for tomorrow’s encounter.

On the subject of newly promoted clubs, Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder revealed a clean bill of health at today’s presser.

Dean Smith only ruled out James Chester (£4.5m), meanwhile, as Villa prepare to take on Spurs.

Robbie Brady (£5.5m) looks set to miss out for Burnley against Southampton, whose manager Ralph Hasenhuttl didn’t disclose any injury concerns.

Gerard Deulofeu (£6.5m) was passed fit by Javi Gracia but Danny Welbeck (£6.0m) won’t be ready to feature against Brighton.

The Seagulls will be without Jose Izquierdo (£5.5m) and Yves Bissouma (£5.0m).

Mark Noble (£5.0m) hasn’t recovered from a dead leg in time to face Manchester City but Lukasz Fabianski (£5.0m) is fit to face the reigning champions.

We’ll have updates on Friday’s 11 press conferences in advance of the 19:00 BST deadline.

 


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  1. amit1964
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    any draft game i join?

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  2. Gabbiadini
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    any of the new transfers worth finding a spot for?

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    1. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Cancelo after some time looks good for City at 5.5m

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      1. Gabbiadini
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        wow, very surprised he's 5.5 thought he could've been priced at 6.5

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  3. llopesso19
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Pope;
    Robertson, Dijk, Walker, Digne;
    Salah, Sterling, Sigurdsson, Martial;
    Jota, King;

    Button, Rico, Dendoncker, Greenwood;

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    1. Shrimpy
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Nice.

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  4. Shrimpy
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Recommend Pope or Ryan? Note I am rotating Diop and Montoya in defence so would be a double up on Brighton.

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    1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Pope

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    2. Schliegs
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Ryan

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  5. Schliegs
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    A. Wilson, TAA, Locadia
    B. Kane, Walker-Pieters, Greenwood

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    1. Georgecarter37
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      A) but with King (pens and 1.5m cheaper) and spend elsewhere

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  6. Georgecarter37
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Any advice on this team?

    Pope;
    Robertson, VVD, KWP, Digne;
    Salah, Sterling, Fraser, Trossard;
    Vardy, King;

    Button, Lundstram, Dendoncker, Greenwood;

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    1. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      King. > Jota

      Trossard over hyped. Perez better choice.

      But that's just my humble opinion.

      Lund > Rico has been mooted.

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  7. lugs
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    and for something completely different, i think i'll start with this team, there's no Pool defense, but there is decent rotating options here that can somewhat fill the gap for the first few weeks, the strong bench is also a safety net for when the likes of KWP gets drooped or rotated, and which point i can just buy his replacement for the same price 🙂

    Ryan
    Digne, KWP, AMN
    Salah, Rich, Moura, Martial
    Auba, Jimmy, Haller

    Button, Drinkwater, Zouma, Fredericks

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    1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      You need Liverpool defender imo

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    2. Johnny Leghorn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      They've leaked goals all summer. Worth a punt to go without for a while with an easy plan to get one in. Like the different thinking!

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      1. lugs
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        that's exactly my thinking, cheers 🙂

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  8. 007 [RoboKlopp]
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Hi, anyone here have Moura?

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    1. Jay Dal
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yep

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  9. Budgies
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Alisson
    TAA, Zinchenko, KWP, Digne
    Salah, KDB Perez, Siggy
    Jiminez, King

    (Button, Rico, Martial, Greenwood)

    Thoughts?

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  10. Stoler6
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    I'm wondering whether Iwobi could be a good 6 m value at Everton? Surely will have more starting opportunities than at Arsenal? Worth keeping an eye on

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  11. Kalou
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Re post for more feedback

    Rmt
    Ederson
    Taa/robbo/vvd/laporte/zinch/
    Perez/siggy/
    King/auba/kane(c)

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  12. Jay Dal
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Trossard & Locadia
    or
    Dendoncker & King/Jota

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    1. Jonny HOW SON?
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      second

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  13. Newsman70
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Heaton Pope
    Robertson Coleman Dunk Wanbisaka Diop
    Salah Sterling Zaha Neves Dendoncker
    Kane Jota Long
    Thoughts please !

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    1. Jay Dal
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Can’t imagine Zaha will be playing this weekend

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  14. Schliegs
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    A. Martial, King, Zinchenko
    B. Dendo, Wilson, Robbo

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  15. gaurava1216
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Hi guys- Started an instagram page purely for fun on all things Fantasy football- just for the love of the game!
    Last season 2,105 OR with 2xtop10k finishes and 4xtop 50K finishes.
    Happy to help with teams/questions and give my advice if needed.
    follow me on: mr_fantasyfootball

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  16. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    A Lundstram or
    B Rico
    as 4 m 5th defender mostly on bench

    1Guilbert
    2 Montoya or
    3 Balbuena
    as best 4.5 m 4th defender largely for bench but may play on occasions

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  17. RohanVaswani
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Vvd Zouma

    Or

    Taa/Rob Dunk?

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  18. RohanVaswani
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Tielsman or Pérez?

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    1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      P

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    2. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Perez for moi

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  19. Igz08
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Start one:

    A) Zinchenko

    B) Haller

    If B, worth downgrading Zinch to Lundstram?

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    1. Swanremainsthesame
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      If one of them has to start on the bench then yeah, one of them needs to be sold for a budget.
      Otherwise we only likely know the answer a few games in

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  20. Sourav_07
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    GTG? TIA

    Pickford (4m)
    Zinchenko - Gomez - Rico - Zouma - Dunk
    Salah - Martial - L.Moura - KDB - (4.5m)
    Auba - King - Kane

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  21. Bullhorn_11
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    KWP vs AMN ?

    Currently on AMN as diffetenital.

    Aby thoughts? Better 5.0 options?

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  22. Taegugk Warrior
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    A. Sigurdson King
    B. Fraser Jota

    Note : Vardy is my other forward

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  23. _nod
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Salah owners all very smug at the moment, as if picking the most expensive player in the game and captaining him against at team hotly tipped to go back down somehow makes them FPL geniuses.

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    1. Annie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Who have you captained?

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    2. Maddi Son
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Ah you're like my mate. When he loses he can pull out the "Yeah but I didn't have Salah" card.

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  24. West Hammered
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Moment of silence for those that tried to cover Sterling with De Bruyne

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    1. West Hammered
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Or worse Bernardo Silva

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  25. Red Devil Swede
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Well Sterling won't score a hat-trick every GW 🙂

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  26. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    need Trossard to come on for at least 30mins please

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  27. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Average?

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  28. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Pool boys bailed that GW out

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