We’ve got injury updates from three Premier League managers who held pre-match press conferences on Thursday.
The head coaches of Watford, Brighton and Hove Albion and Tottenham Hotspur all faced the media ahead of their Gameweek 34 fixtures this weekend.
So that means we’ll have a total of 17 more top-flight bosses facing reporters on Friday, after which we’ll bring you our second team news round-up of the week.
In the meantime, check out our ‘early team news’ round-up here for the clubs not listed below.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Matt Doherty (knee) and Japhet Tanganga (knee) are both out for the season and Oliver Skipp (groin) remains sidelined but Antonio Conte reported no fresh fitness concerns in his pre-match presser.
WATFORD
Cucho Hernández (hamstring) is still out and faces a race against time to be back before the end of the season, while Samuel Kalu (ankle) and Francisco Sierralta (calf) are only in “modified training” as of Thursday as they recover from minor injuries.
William Troost-Ekong (hamstring) is back in full training but the Hornets revealed that two more unnamed players are carrying knocks – that’s not the first time this season that they’ve posted an ‘anonymous’ injury update.
“Well, we’re monitoring one or two, who haven’t been able to train with us as fully as we would like during the week. But I’m expecting, strangely enough, tomorrow to have a pretty clean bill of health with everybody.
“Cuch Hernandez, everybody knows, won’t be with us. There’s a risk I suppose that one or two of these others, that I really hope and believe will be okay tomorrow, might not quite make it or might come out to the training session and decide that they need an extra week, but at the moment it’s looking pretty good in that respect.” – Roy Hodgson
BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION
Jakub Moder remains out for the long term with a serious knee injury, while Yves Bissouma serves the second game of a two-match ban.
Steven Alzate (illness) returned to training earlier this week but the game might come too soon for Shane Duffy (thigh), who has nevertheless been back on the grass.
Leandro Trossard is expected to recover, meanwhile, having sat out the trip to Manchester City with a stomach bug.
“He looks like he will be [available]. He has recovered quite well. It was just a 24-hour sickness problem. He has been lightly training today, we expect him to be training towards the end of the week and available for selection.” – Graham Potter on Leandro Trossard
