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FPL Gameweek 10 team news and injury updates

We have had eight Premier League manager press conferences today, following on from the dribs and drabs of Wednesday and Thursday.

On top of these, we have quotes to report concerning the three sides who were in Europa League action yesterday evening.

Jurgen Klopp gave us mixed news on Trent Alexander-Arnold (virus), Joel Matip (knee) and Andrew Robertson (knock), declaring the Scotland left-back fit to play but stopping short of doing likewise with the other two.

Klopp said:

No, [Robertson] is fine. Trent is fine. With Joel, we’ll have to see.

Trent *looked* fine, if there’s no setback. Because you know how it is sometimes. He was ill, ill enough to not travel with us, which is not a good sign. Yesterday, a clearing session, if it’s as it was yesterday then he should be fine.

With Joel I don’t know, 100%. Shaq [Shaqiri] I saw this morning, spoke to him, will take time. Big muscles, unfortunately need a little bit longer to heal.

Spurs will only be without Hugo Lloris (elbow) for the trip to Anfield.

Oleksandr Zinchenko (knee) will miss Manchester City’s match against Aston Villa, meanwhile, having had knee surgery in Barcelona.

His manager explained:

He had a contact with a knee, felt something in the bone. He has to stop four weeks, five weeks, more or less. It’s not a big issue, but five weeks, six weeks, will be out.

Rodri (hamstring) is also set for a spell on the sidelines, with Pep Guardiola saying:

After the international break, maybe will be ready again.

N’Golo Kante (groin), Andreas Christensen (hamstring) and Antonio Rudiger (match fitness), Ross Barkley (ankle) remain sidelined for Chelsea’s trip to Burnley, with Frank Lampard saying on Friday:

Loftus-Cheek is well out, he’s still well into his recovery. Rudiger won’t be ready for the weekend but getting closer, is training outside. Christensen is still out and Ross Barkley is out – not majorly out, so hopefully fit for next week.

N’Golo won’t be ready, he’s training on his own, some physical work. He’s had a few issues and we need to get him right now because he’s been in and out through the season.

Asked whether Christian Pulisic deserved a start, Lampard replied:

The way he has played, he deserved a starting place regularly in the last few weeks – but so do others. It’s a nice problem that I have. It’s brilliant that he’s coming on making an impact. He’ll get his starts.

As I say, we’ve got Callum Hudson-Odoi who was top class against Newcastle last week in terms of creation. Willian, I think I declared him our best player in the great patch that we had. They’re good options for me.

Christian is getting stronger, he’s getting more in the group. Players that come here, some of them you have to give them a bit of time, particularly young players. He’s playing well, he’s certainly in strong contention.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was characteristically sketchy regarding Manchester United’s team news in quotes released this morning, saying of Paul Pogba (ankle), Luke Shaw (hamstring), Nemanja Matic (muscle) and Axel Tuanzebe (hip):

We’re working very hard to get them fit and, hopefully, we can get them back soon. I’m not going to put a deadline on it but it won’t be long, hopefully.

Solskjaer had earlier in the week ruled Pogba out of the trip to Norwich, while Shaw and Matic had missed the win over Partizan Belgrade to work on their fitness in Dubai.

Having played with wing-backs in Gameweek 9, the Red Devils were again in a 3-4-1-2 in the Europa League on Thursday.

Asked about the system change, Solskjaer said:

I think injuries have made us get into the position where the performances didn’t come and we had fit centre-backs, good centre-backs and quality centre-backs. It just made it easier to go to a back three against Liverpool and again in Serbia. It’s just injuries have made us go into this position but it’s working quite well.

On whether Marcus Rashford and the fit-again Anthony Martial could line up as a front two in the 3-4-1-2, Solskjaer said:

That could happen, definitely. I thought Marcus and Dan James caused Liverpool problems, so it depends on who’s fit. Mason could’ve played today as well. We’re looking more dangerous up front with two – at the moment.

There was also talk of formation changes in Nuno Espirito Santo’s post-Europa League presser, with Wolves having again moved from a 3-5-2 to a 3-4-3 mid-match against Slovan Bratislava.

Santo said:

It depends on a lot of things, the types of options you have, the players that you have. We have to analyse each moment we have and the players that were out and those coming in, so it depends on a lot of things.

With one shape we can get good results, good results with another shape, but what’s more important is the idea. [We changed] because what happened in the first half, we were allowing Slovan to press us and we needed width, that is why we changed.

Ryan Bennett (groin) and Pedro Neto (heel) were the two senior players to miss that win in Slovakia and we have had no update on the pair since.

Wolves are at Newcastle this weekend, with the Magpies set to be without Fabian Schar (knee) and Andy Carroll (knee).

Steve Bruce said of the pair:

They’re not serious at all.

Andy, unfortunately, picked up a groin strain last Saturday.

Schar has had a bit of a sore knee which he’s playing with for the last two/three weeks and last Saturday become too uncomfortable for him.

They’ll both miss tomorrow. They could be in contention for next week, we expect them not to be long-term.

Matt Ritchie (ankle) and Florian Lejeune (knee) have returned to training and Bruce said the pair were “close” to a playing comeback, although the club has since said they won’t be risked.

Isaac Hayden is still suspended, meanwhile.

Eddie Howe said Bournemouth had no fresh injury concerns going into Saturday’s meeting with Watford and looks set to have Jefferson Lerma (hip) available again.

The Cherries’ boss said:

I don’t think we’re too dissimilar to last week. Jeff [Lerma] has come through training this week, should be OK.

Dan Gosling (hip), Junior Stanislas (knee) and David Brooks (ankle) remain sidelined.

Arsenal take on Crystal Palace this weekend but there have been no fresh injuries reported by the Gunners.

Unai Emery made ten changes for the Europa League on Thursday, with only Joe Willock keeping his place.

Roy Hodgson said of Palace’s team news:

We’ll see tomorrow but Vicente and Martin Kelly trained today, so as long as there’s no reaction it means they’ll be both available to be selected at the weekend. But Mamadou Sakho is still out and Connor Wickham too.

Grant Hanley (groin), Timm Klose (knee), Christoph Zimmermann (foot), Ralf Fahrmann (groin) and Mario Vrancic (match fitness) remain out for Norwich, meanwhile.


A recap of Wednesday and Thursday’s pressers can be viewed here.

Predicted line-ups and more detailed information is to be found in the Team News tab.

David and Neale’s video summary of Friday’s breaking injury news can be viewed below.

989 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone risking Sterling (c)?

    Think I might.

    1. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      About 30% of people on here

      (Including me)

    2. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I decided against. Happy just to have him

    3. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Have you seen the captain poll?

    4. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Might do for next level bankwankery...

      1. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Benchwankery*

        1. Where dahoud at
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          As to be kdb, tho i see why you'd go sterling, two assists and a goal for kdb

  2. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Love how people excuse their knee jerk hits with the idea that it's a 'long term' transfer.

    Pro tip: the fact that you are removing other perfectly fine options means you aren't able to stick to a long term plan

    1. EMERGING STAR
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Agree. Long term plan is a funny concept in FPL.

    2. ppv
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      The year of the punt

    3. Lucy2019
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Cool story bro.

  3. Kalou
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Digne+Wilson >Rico +Vardy -4 hit?
    A.yes
    B.no way

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      B hold and do the transfers in next GW

  4. BENOIT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Which 2 of these transfers would you go for?

    A) Pukki ——> Rashford
    B) Cellabos —-> Martial
    C) Guilbert —> Alonso/Mendy

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      C

      1. BENOIT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        I can make two?

        1. Epic Fail
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          B

    2. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      B and C

    3. ppv
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      A and C. Pukki is a must sell. Lost his mojo with Norwich being so poor

  5. Drogba Legend
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pope
    TAA - Azpi - Ota
    Mount - Mane - KDB (C) - Lamela
    Tammy - Pukki - Kun

    Button - Rico - Lundy - Cantwell

    A) Save FT
    B) Lamela > 6.1 Mid (H. Barnes?)

    Cheers

    1. user.n
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Not sure about Lamela, rest look good

      1. Drogba Legend
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers, Lamela needs to go but could save it this week and play him or Rico. Barnes or James would probably be my replacements.

  6. Where dahoud at
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Does this look ok?

    Pope
    Pereira, taa, lundstram, dunk
    Kdb(c), sterling(vc), salah
    Haller, Jiménez, abraham

    Bench, McGovern, cantwell, simpson, hayden

  7. bitm2007
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pope
    TAA, Otamendi, Digne, Soyuncu
    Salah, Sterling, James, KDB
    Abraham, Wilson (c)

    Button, Lundstram, Dendonker, Greenwood

    0.1m ITB, 0 FT

    Should I Lundstram ? Is so, who for ?

    1. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I'm playing Lunn over Soy cos of attacking potential.

      Leicester dont concede many goals but they concede.

      Not sure I'd captain Wilson.

      1. bitm2007
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Captain is KDB (Wilson was last weeks captain)

  8. EMEA
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lund or Rico starts? Dilemma

    1. Boz
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Lundy

  9. Bavarian
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Play Lundstram or Soyuncu?

    1. Boz
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Lundy

  10. Fnug
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Wow, I’ve never felt so lost in whole Fantasy career. 2 FT and 0,2 ITB, with nowhere to go. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Pope
    TAA, Otamendi, Lundstram, Tomori
    Salah, KdB, Sterling (c)
    Wilson, Abraham, Pukki
    (Cantwell, Douglas Luiz, Mings)

    1. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Can't think of anything. Might as well do Mings to Rico or something.

      1. EMERGING STAR
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        I would do the same l. Get a cheapie and save use money when needed. Other 4 defenders are enough

    2. Alisson WondHaaland
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Pukki to Jimenez

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

      Otamendi -> Stones

      1. YuvalFPL
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        you confident stones is ahead now?

        1. jomikijiq
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          yeah

          1. CARROW ROAD
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Ota made a much better cameo than stones Wednesday

      2. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Seems terrible. Stones is even worse than Ota

    4. wijohnson85
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Salah to mane, pukki to vardy possible?

    5. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I would look at leaving the Pukki party.........

    6. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Cantwell -> Dendoncker
      / Saka to free up 0.5 instead of wasting a transfer.

    7. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Your captain and Pukki to Aguero (c) and Hudson-Odoi

    8. Cash'nBurn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I was in a very similar position.

      I’ve gambled a little by doing Otamendi -> Fredericks to free up some cash.

      I fancy Villa to score, SheffUtd/Newcastle struggle to do so.

    9. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Remove Pukki or Cantwell

  11. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Best defender 4.8m>?

    TAA Tomori Soyuncu Hanley* ××××

    1. Boz
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Lundy. Get on the train

      1. Dynamic Duos
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        But I wouldn't want him away at west ham

    2. jomikijiq
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Lund or Rico

    3. Legohair
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Chambers

      1. wijohnson85
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        How long til Bellerin takes over?

        1. Legohair
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          He wasnt even bench against sheffield and chambers is been great so i guess bellerin wont starting soon

  12. Alisson WondHaaland
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    A) Vardy + James
    B) Rashford + Maddison

    1. BENOIT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Martial?

      1. Alisson WondHaaland
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Is he nailed?

  13. Slitherene
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Wrong players benched or G2G?

    Heaton
    Digne Lascelles Diop
    Salah KdB D.Silva Mount
    C.Wilson Rashford Vardy
    Pope Soyuncu Tomori Stephens

  14. zotter
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Captain Kun or Kdb

    Would do Kun but worried about a benching

    1. Boz
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Kun

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Kun

    3. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Maybe play safe with Kdb

    4. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      That’s the game

      Think if you own Kun you have to captain

    5. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      kun 100%

  15. Boz
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pukki + Son ➡

    A) Kun + Dilva
    B) Raul + Sterling

    1. EMERGING STAR
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      B

    2. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      B

  16. EMERGING STAR
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone with me starting Tomori - Rico - Lunds backline.

    Benched Kelly and Pieters

    1. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      That’s is one cheap back 5

      1. EMERGING STAR
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Yeah. Enabled me to get a strong attack
        Salah Mane KDB Sterling CHO
        Pukki Abraham

        1. sminkypinky
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          You still have Pukki. Time to rid IMHO.

        2. TheDragon
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Awesome 🙂

  17. AzzaroMax99
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Should I save FT?
    G2G?

    Pope
    TAA*, Ota, Soy
    Salah, Sterling(C), Yarmo, Cantwell
    Auba, Tammy, Wilson

    Butt, Lunds, Hayden**, Hanley**

    1. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Save but play Lundy before Cantwell.

  18. Jebiga
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Who is he best defender up to 4.5 for next 5-7 gws? (Have Lundstram already)
    Rico, Chambers, or someone else?

    1. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Rico has the stats.

    2. Boz
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Rico atm

    3. Jebiga
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Thanks

  19. Sgt Frank Drebin
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Sooo what's look like a better option? Both scenarios assume transfering Mane in.

    A) Son -> Mane, Digne -> Tomori/Willems/Souyuncu
    B) Son -> Mane, Pukki -> Conolly/Mousset/Greenwood (Pukki's falling tonight or soon) and playing Lundstram

    1. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      A but for someone else. I went for Tomori but now he takes up CHO’s place in my team.

      1. Sgt Frank Drebin
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Yep that's why I don't want him that much

  20. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Right. It became like this:
    Pope
    Taa Rico Lundy Ota
    Salah Kdb (c) Raheem Mount
    Wilson Tammy
    Heaton Tomori Cantwell Fodder

    Gtg??

    1. Jebiga
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Tomori on the bench???

    2. Boz
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I’d start Tomori over Rico

      1. Jebiga
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        This ^
        Maybe over Lundy too

        1. sminkypinky
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Naaahhh... you’re both dead wrong! 😉

  21. Reckoner.
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Start one an Bench order of the other 2:

    1) Rico (Away to Watford)
    2) Lundstram (Away to West Ham)
    3) Soyuncu (Away to Southampton)

    1. Boz
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      213

  22. Give Me the Mane
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Thinking of taking a -4 hit. Need to ship out Kane and Pukki. Options:
    1.Auba+Jimenez
    2.Vardy+Jimenez
    3.Vardy+Wilson

    1. AzzaroMax99
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      2. looking nice

  23. Merlinho
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Start two from Rico, Soyuncu, Lundstrum?

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Ric Soy

    2. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Lund and rico

    3. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Ric Lund

  24. wijohnson85
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pope Button

    Ota TAA Soy Lund Digne

    KdB Sterling Mount Cantwell Yarmalenko

    Auba Abraham Pukki

    2FT

    Digne and Pukki out for vardy and janmaat (or other 4.5?)?

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I would just do Pukki to jiminez

  25. zotter
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    How’s this baby looking??

    Pope
    Trent. Ota. Lund
    Mount. Cho. Salah. Kdb
    Aguero c. Jimi. Abraham

    Button. Rico. Cantwell. Peters

  26. Union_Jacks
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Play Lundstram or Connolly?

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Lund

  27. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    whats the goss from pep's press conference ?

  28. Teror
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    I have 2FTs. 0ITB and need am looking to get rid of Digne and Pukki. But for whom?

    Wilson & Tomori? Jiminez & Boly? Rico & someone else? Let me know, ladz.

    1. Peter Ouch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Jimenez and Lascelles

    2. Jebiga
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Rico and Wilson

  29. melvinmbabazi
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    What to do? 0.5 ITB 1FT
    Thinking of getting rid of Mahrez since his not nailed?

    Pope. McGovern
    Otamendi. Tomori. TAA. Aurier. Lundstram
    Son. Mahrez. Mount. Cantwell .Hayden
    Aguero. Auba Abraham

    Thanks

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      You got WC?

  30. Peter Ouch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pope
    Lundstram taa rico
    Sterling (C) Kdb Mahrez Mane
    Abraham Vardy Connolly

    Tomori Saka soynucu.

    I am going against the template and I am loading for the next 2 weeks city.

    Is the bench order right?