GAMEWEEK 4: KEY INJURY UPDATES FROM FRIDAY\u2019S PRESSERSLiverpool: Slot on Isak\u2019s fitness, Frimpong trains, Jones out<\/a>Chelsea: Palmer trains, Delap out for 10-12 weeks, question mark over Pedro +_others<\/a>Manchester City: Ait-Nouri, Cherki + Marmoush out, Stones a doubt<\/a>Arsenal: Saka still out, Saliba trains, White available<\/a>Newcastle United: Wissa + Ramsey out, Gordon still suspended, Joelinton fit, Woltemade ready<\/a>Manchester United: Altay to start, Cunha, Mount + Dalot out<\/a>Tottenham Hotspur: No fresh injuries, Simons + Kolo Muani set to be in the squad<\/a>Crystal Palace: Sarr, Wharton + Nketiah timelines confirmed, Pino fit<\/a>Wolverhampton Wanderers: Strand Larsen ruled out, Hoever a doubt<\/a>Everton: Ndiaye + Mykolenko slight doubts, Branthwaite still out<\/a>Aston Villa: Four remain out, Martinez available, three new signings in contention<\/a>Brighton and Hove Albion: March + Webster out, Wieffer to be assessed, Hurzeler on his internationals<\/a>Bournemouth: Smith out for \u201cweeks\u201d, Cook trains but not 100%<\/a>Brentford: Janelt available, ill Kayode recovers, Maghoma + Nunes still out<\/a>Fulham: No fresh worries, new signings in contention to feature<\/a>Burnley: Three still out but Ekdal fine<\/a>FRIDAY\u2019S PRESS CONFERENCE TIMES<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8 Friday’s FPL Press Conferences<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f 9am \u2013 Hurzeler \u2014 Fantasy Football Scout (@FFScout) September 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n LIVERPOOL<\/p>\n Alexander Isak got his first minutes of 2025\/26 with Sweden over the international break.<\/p>\n But the striker was reduced to one cameo with his national team, and Arne Slot said on Friday that we can expect managed game-time for his new record signing over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Swedish manager, Jon Dahl Tomasson, deserves a big, big, big compliment because he gets one of the best, maybe the best, strikers in the world in and he needs to play two very important games for his country but understands that if he would play him twice for 90 minutes, then probably the player would have been injured for multiple weeks. And that\u2019s not always easy for a manager, that he takes care of the interest of the player.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will treat Alex the same as [Sweden] did. So, don\u2019t expect him to play every single game 90 minutes on the pitch, that\u2019s definitely not going to happen in the upcoming weeks. He missed a proper pre-season, I think he missed three or four months of team sessions. So, now we have to build him up gradually. With us playing so many games, hardly any training time \u2013 so that\u2019s going to be a challenge. But we\u2019ve signed him not only for the upcoming two weeks, we\u2019ve signed him for six years.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is what we have to keep in mind, and what the fans have to keep in mind, if they see that I take him off at a certain moment or I only bring him in for a small amount of minutes. That\u2019s all for the long-term fitness of the player.\u201d \u2013 Arne Slot on Alexander Isak<\/p>\n On the injury front, Curtis Jones (unspecified issue) and Stefan Bajcetic (hamstring) are the only definite absentees for the trip to Burnley.<\/p>\n Slot confirmed that his internationals had returned unscathed.<\/p>\n \u201cCurtis Jones\u2026 got injured in the last game, so he will not be available for the game against Burnley, but I think the rest of them all came back without a problem.\u201d \u2013 Arne Slot<\/p>\n Jeremie Frimpong (hamstring) wasn\u2019t mentioned by name but he has returned to training over the international break.<\/a><\/p>\n CHELSEA<\/p>\n Cole Palmer trained for the first time with his teammates on Thursday, almost three weeks after he pulled out of Chelsea\u2019s Gameweek 2 starting XI with a groin complaint.<\/p>\n Enzo Maresca said a late decision will be taken on the midfielder\u2019s involvement against Brentford.<\/p>\n \u201cCole took part of the session yesterday for the first time, not the entire session. Today in the afternoon we have one more session, we\u2019re going to try with him, if he\u2019s okay, otherwise he will be out tomorrow again.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, no [it\u2019s not about managing], it was an injury, he\u2019s recovering from the injury, so it\u2019s not managing him, it\u2019s just recovery from the injury. For sure, in the moment that he\u2019s available, we also probably need to think to manage, a little bit, him because of the amount of games.\u201d \u2013 Enzo Maresca on Cole Palmer<\/p>\n Maresca added that there is also a \u201cquestion mark\u201d over Moises Caicedo, Joao Pedro, Estevao and Andrey Santos for Saturday\u2019s game because of their international commitments and late returns from South America.<\/p>\n \u201cThe three Brazilian players, they arrived yesterday. They didn\u2019t train. They did some recovery session. Moi arrived last night, so I didn\u2019t see him. I will see him today. So for all of them, it\u2019s a question mark for tomorrow. But when they play in Bolivia [as Brazil did in midweek], it\u2019s so difficult that they can be back very soon.\u201d \u2013 Enzo Maresca<\/p>\n Elsewhere,\u00a0Mykhailo Mudryk\u00a0remains suspended, while\u00a0Levi Colwill\u00a0is out long-term with a knee injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n Liam Delap (hamstring) is also now out for up to three months.<\/p>\n \u201cLiam, I think, is around 10-12 weeks. A long way to go!\u201d \u2013 Enzo Maresca on Liam Delap<\/p>\n Benoit Badiashile\u00a0and\u00a0Romeo Lavia\u00a0returned to training over the international break and we await an update on their availability.<\/p>\n Reece James started twice for England over the last week, with Maresca asked about his game-time given how carefully he has managed him at club.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the moment that any player joins the international team, he\u2019s free to play the minutes that the manager thinks that he has to play. So, it\u2019s not in my hands. When Reece is here, we try to manage him as much as we can. Since I joined the club, I\u2019m doing that with him, with Romeo [Lavia], with Wes [Fofana], with the ones that in the past, they had problems. But I think now Reece is showing that he\u2019s quite fit to play two, three games in a week.\u201d \u2013 Enzo Maresca on Reece James<\/p>\n Maresca will be able to call upon Alejandro Garnacho for the first time this weekend \u2013 but don\u2019t expect a start.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s working well. For sure, he needs to work because he arrived here probably not 100% fit. So, he needs to work. He\u2019s working well and we\u2019ll see. But hopefully, soon we can give him minutes.\u201d \u2013 Enzo Maresca on Alejandro Garnacho<\/p>\n Marc Guiu, recalled from his loan at Sunderland, might well be troubling the starting XI, however, with doubts over Palmer and factoring in Pedro\u2019s international exertions.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have the injury, for sure, now in this moment, in the number nine. The only one is [Marc] Guiu and Joao [Pedro] also can play there. Against Fulham, we use Tyrique [George] as a nine, so we can also think about him.\u201d \u2013 Enzo Maresca<\/p>\n MANCHESTER CITY<\/p>\n Omar Marmoush (knee), Rayan Ait-Nouri (unspecified) and Rayan Cherki (thigh) will all miss the Manchester derby.<\/p>\n We assume Mateo Kovacic (Achilles) is also still sidelined, despite the lack of a mention from Pep Guardiola on Friday.<\/p>\n John Stones (muscle) is a doubt, meanwhile, after withdrawing from England duty.<\/p>\n Apart from that, though, Guardiola says he has a clean bill of health.<\/p>\n That presumably means that Abdukodir Khusanov, Rico Lewis and Neco O\u2019Reilly are all fine after pulling out of their national team squads over the last fortnight. It also sounds good regarding Josko Gvardiol, Marcus Bettinelli and Savinho, who have been absent for a longer period.<\/p>\n All of those players, indeed, were seen in training over the break.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cOmar is injured, came from Egypt. Rayan Ait-Nouri, Rayan Cherki.<\/p>\n \u201cThe rest are fine \u2013 apparently.<\/p>\n \u201c[John] Stones, as well, is a doubt. It\u2019s not a big, big issue but is a doubt for Sunday.\u201d \u2013 Pep Guardiola<\/p>\n \u201cHe has to make the last tests, but a few weeks I think. Before or after the [next] international break, will be ready.\u201d \u2013 Pep Guardiola on Omar Marmoush<\/p>\n Predictably, Guardiola wouldn\u2019t be drawn on whether Gianluigi Donnarumma or James Trafford would start between the posts.<\/p>\n ARSENAL<\/p>\n Bukayo Saka remains out after picking up a hamstring injury in the win over Leeds United in Gameweek 2.<\/p>\n \u201cBukayo\u2019s out, still out, and he\u2019s trying to get back as quick as possible, but we need to respect that process.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s see, he\u2019s evolving really well, with very specific work at the moment. The moment that we increase that load, let\u2019s see how he reacts.<\/p>\n \u201cNot yet [ruled out of upcoming games].\u201d \u2013 Mikel Arteta<\/p>\n Kai Havertz\u00a0(knee) and Gabriel Jesus\u00a0(knee) are also still sidelined but it\u2019s otherwise good news on the team news front.<\/p>\n \u201c[Kai Havertz] is looking really good, he\u2019s walking freely. He\u2019s starting to load the knee and has started to do some bits. As I said before, I think we\u2019re taking it from weeks to months. But knowing Kai, I cannot give you any timescale because I know what he\u2019s going to try to do, same with Gabi Jesus. So I think he\u2019s in a good moment. It was a very tough decision for him to go and have that procedure done. But I think it was necessary and it was the right decision from the medical team to persuade him to do that.\u201d \u2013 Mikel Arteta<\/p>\n Christian Norgaard and Ben White had already returned to training, while William Saliba (ankle) did likewise on Friday despite hobbling out of the Liverpool game a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n \u201cWilli trained today, and the rest, as usual, and Ben White as well. Ben\u2019s is okay.\u201d \u2013 Mikel Arteta<\/p>\n \u201cWilli trained today, so we\u2019ll have a decision to make whether we play him or not. Very good news.\u201d \u2013 Mikel Arteta<\/p>\n There are also no new concerns from the international break.<\/p>\n Away from injury news, Piero Hincapie could be in the Gunners\u2019 squad for the first time.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a player that we monitored for years, and he became available. Obviously we had the departure of Jakub [Kiwior], as well, and we needed another player in that position who could upgrade what we had, play in different positions, play in different formations. He\u2019s a player that obviously has a lot of experience already at his age, so very, very happy to have him.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, he\u2019s ready to go. He\u2019s trained only two days with us. He had a long travel with the national team, a very successful game at the end against Argentina. But overall, he\u2019s available.\u201d \u2013 Mikel Arteta on Hincapie<\/p>\n NEWCASTLE UNITED<\/p>\n Yoane Wissa will miss Newcastle\u2019s clash with Wolverhampton Wanderers after returning from international duty with a knee injury.<\/p>\n Eddie Howe says that the striker will need more tests before a proper diagnosis can be made.<\/p>\n \u201cUnfortunately, not [available], no. He won\u2019t make this game. I saw him for the first time yesterday and he\u2019s feeling the effects of the [knee] injury sustained just before he came off [while on international duty]. So, we\u2019re going to have to see how he is.<\/p>\n \u201cI think he\u2019ll go away for tests and maybe see a specialist to see [the extent of the issue].\u201d \u2013 Eddie Howe on Yoane Wissa<\/p>\n The Magpies will also be without Jacob Ramsey for Saturday\u2019s match: he faces a month out with an ankle issue.<\/p>\n \u201cJacob Ramsey is the only other injury concern. He\u2019ll miss the game, having suffered from that tackle against Leeds. His ankle swelled up at half-time and he had to come off.<\/p>\n \u201cUnfortunately, I think he\u2019ll be missing until the next international break, so that\u2019s a big blow.\u201d \u2013 Eddie Howe on Jacob Ramsey<\/p>\n Anthony Gordon remains suspended, too.<\/p>\n Joelinton (thigh) is at least fit again, while new signing Nick Woltemade is ready to make his debut.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s fine [for Wolves]. He\u2019s trained well and we\u2019ve been really, really pleased with how he\u2019s looked in the first couple of days. Big change for him, big opportunity for him as well. He\u2019s got a great nature, a great character. He\u2019s very calm, he\u2019s gone straight into our training and not looked out of place. He\u2019s shown his qualities. So, yeah, really pleased with how he\u2019s settled in.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we always view it very much individually [when considering whether to start a new signing straight away]. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a set formula for new players. It all depends on your need and, as you say, their fitness and form. I have no hesitation playing any of the new players currently.\u201d \u2013 Eddie Howe on Nick Woltemade<\/p>\n \u201cJoe[linton] has trained. He\u2019s been fit and available, he\u2019s been out on the training pitch and he\u2019s looked good. Really happy to welcome him back, such an important player.\u201d \u2013 Eddie Howe<\/p>\n Howe added that Lewis Hall has \u201cbenefitted\u201d from staying on Tyneside over the September break and is in a \u201cmuch better condition\u201d\u00a0but stressed that the Magpies have to \u201cmanage him right\u201d on his return from a long-term injury.<\/p>\n The Newcastle boss will also check in with Bruno Guimaraes after the midfielder played at high altitude in Bolivia on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n MANCHESTER UNITED<\/p>\n Ruben Amorim confirmed that Matheus Cunha (hamstring), Mason Mount (unknown) and Diogo Dalot (muscle) will all miss the Manchester derby.<\/p>\n \u201cI think they are out for this game. I don\u2019t know how long it is going to take. We need those players to be a very, very competitive team, but we have very good players that are eager to play, so we will be competitive on Sunday, but they are out, they cannot help us in this game.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to say [how long they will be out]. If you talk with Cunha, if you catch Cunha outside, he will say he can play this game! So I don\u2019t know. We will manage day by day, but they are pushing hard and that is a good thing.\u201d \u2013 Ruben Amorim on Messrs Cunha, Mount and Dalot<\/p>\n Lisandro Martinez (knee) is still on the sidelines, too.<\/p>\n Despite the arrival of new goalkeeper Senne Lammens, Amorim revealed that Altay Bayindir will start between the posts at the Etihad.<\/p>\n Andre Onana departed from Trabzonspor on loan this week.<\/p>\n \u201cAltay is going to continue because it\u2019s a different league [for Lammens], it\u2019s a different country, different training, different ball, so we try to maintain that and they will fight for the position. So, for me, for this game, it\u2019s clear, Altay will start.\u201d \u2013 Rubem Amorim<\/p>\n TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR<\/p>\n Dominic Solanke (ankle) isn\u2019t fit enough to return for Spurs against West Ham United this weekend.<\/p>\n Radu Dragusin\u00a0(knee),\u00a0James Maddison\u00a0(knee) and Dejan Kulusevski\u00a0(knee) are out longer term, too.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone is fine, everyone returned from international duties well, so that\u2019s always positive. Very happy about that. Everyone seems to be in a good place. Dom will not be available still, don\u2019t expect it to be too long but he will not be available for this game.\u201d \u2013 Thomas Frank<\/p>\n It\u2019s not clear if Yves Bissouma (unspecified issue) is fit after missing out in Gameweek 3 but he is reportedly on his way out of the club anyway.\u00a0<\/p>\n Thomas Frank confirmed that Xavi Simons and Randal Kolo Muani are in contention to feature, with Simons the fitter of the two.<\/p>\n \u201cBoth of them are looking good. Both of them are definitely in contention to be ready for the squad.<\/p>\n \u201cXavi, for natural reasons, is further down the line. He just started the first game for Holland and played a few games for Leipzig.<\/p>\n \u201cIn terms of Randal, it\u2019s been a while since he\u2019s played. Last time was in the Club World Cup. Hasn\u2019t trained really with PSG. So he is not as fit as Xavi, but he looks good.<\/p>\n \u201cXavi, I see him mainly as a 10 or a left-sided player or left winger. Whereas Kolo, I can see him playing as a striker and he can play both wings, I would say.\u201d \u2013 Thomas Frank<\/p>\n CRYSTAL PALACE<\/p>\n Ismaila Sarr and Adam Wharton will miss the visit of Sunderland with muscle injuries picked up in Gameweek 3.<\/p>\n Chadi Riad\u00a0(knee), Eddie Nketiah\u00a0(hamstring), Cheick Doucoure\u00a0(knee) are still out, too.<\/p>\n The good news is that neither Sarr nor Wharton are seriously injured, while Nketiah is ahead of schedule in his recovery. All could be back in Gameweek 6, with Wharton and Nketiah potentially even returning a week sooner.<\/p>\n In a further boost, Yeremy Pino is also fine despite pulling out of the Spain squad with a knock to his ankle.<\/p>\n \u201cFortunately, all the international players came back healthy and fit so that everybody of them is available. The injured players are progressing very well.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the moment it looks like Adam Wharton, Isma\u00efla Sarr and Eddie Nketiah are available at least against Liverpool, so in two weeks. That\u2019s a great job from our medical department.<\/p>\n \u201cTomorrow, none of them are available. Millwall [in the EFL Cup on Tuesday], none of them is available, maybe Adam and Eddie have a chance for West Ham.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have 18 fit on-field players \u2013 and all the new signings will be in the squad tomorrow. There is a good chance that Yeremy [Pino] makes his starting debut for Crystal Palace tomorrow.<\/p>\n \u201cHe just needed to rest during the international break. The first week of the international break he didn\u2019t train. He had a small injury from his last game at Villarreal. But then he started preparing on Monday.\u201d \u2013 Oliver Glasner, via the Palace website<\/a><\/p>\n WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS<\/p>\n Jorgen Strand Larsen\u00a0(Achilles) will miss the trip to Newcastle United this weekend.<\/p>\n Vitor Pereira confirmed that the Norwegian striker has yet to return to training, adding that the injury is a bit more serious than first thought.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s not in condition for the game yet because the injury was a bit more serious and now he\u2019s trying to to come back.<\/p>\n \u201c[I hope he\u2019s back] as soon as possible because he\u2019s an important player for us but he\u2019s not in the training yet, he is with the medical department.\u201d \u2013 Vitor Pereira on Jorgen Strand Larsen<\/p>\n It also sounds like Ki-Jana Hoever will miss out again due to ongoing knee discomfort<\/a>.<\/p>\n EVERTON<\/p>\n Iliman Ndiaye (knock) and Vitalii Mykolenko (unspecified) face late fitness checks ahead of Everton\u2019s clash with Aston Villa.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got a concern about Ili Ndiaye \u2013 he\u2019s got a knock, so we\u2019ll need to see. We\u2019re not sure how he\u2019ll be for tomorrow.<\/p>\n \u201cMyko is around it. We\u2019ll need to see whether he\u2019s going to make it or not. Hopefully, he might be okay.<\/p>\n \u201cHe had felt something in the game against Wolves and he\u2019d made it known but he felt that he was fine to go to Ukraine. Once he got there, he felt that maybe he wasn\u2019t quite right, so he came away from it.\u201d \u2013 David Moyes<\/p>\n Jarrad Branthwaite\u00a0(hamstring) remains out, meawhile.<\/p>\n \u201cJarrad is getting closer but he\u2019s not quite there yet \u2013 but he\u2019s certainly getting closer and hopefully we get him back because he\u2019s a huge player for us. He\u2019s a player we value highly and someone we have lots of hopes for, so we\u2019re looking forward to getting him back.<\/p>\n \u201cNo idea [when he\u2019ll be back], at the moment, but I think we\u2019ll be a few weeks before we\u2019re at that stage.\u201d \u2013 David Moyes on Jarrad Branthwaite<\/p>\n Nathan Patterson\u00a0(hernia) and Adam Aznou\u00a0(ankle) are back in training, while Aznou also featured in the Under-21s\u2019 EFL Trophy clash with Doncaster Rovers last week. However, David Moyes cast doubts over whether they were truly match fit.<\/p>\n \u201c[Aznou and Patterson] are both back in training. Patto has not had any football yet, so I wouldn\u2019t put him down as sort of match-ready yet, really, but he\u2019s been back now for the best part of a week or so. Young Adam [Aznou], as well, got a game at Doncaster a week ago, so we\u2019re just beginning to get them back in and amongst it. They\u2019re back fit. Are they match-ready to play? I\u2019m not 100 per cent sure.\u201d<\/p>\n ASTON VILLA<\/p>\n Boubacar Kamara (hamstring), Ross Barkley\u00a0(personal), Andres Garcia (unknown) and Amadou Onana\u00a0(hamstring) all remain out.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have some players injured, they are close to coming back, like Andr\u00e9s Garc\u00eda, (Boubacar) Kamara and Amadou Onana.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have not available as well, Ross Barkley. He has a personal issue, and I think he will come back or he will be available soon, but not yet.<\/p>\n \u201cThe other players, they are ready, everybody.\u201d \u2013 Unai Emery<\/p>\n Emi Martinez is one of those who is available after missing out in Gameweek 3.<\/p>\n \u201cYes, he is available. Emi Mart\u00ednez, Marco Bizot, Sam [Proctor], for tomorrow, those three players, they are in the squad.\u201d \u2013 Unai Emery<\/p>\n Matty Cash is also fine despite coming off at half-time of Poland\u2019s win over Finland last weekend.<\/p>\n New signings Harvey Elliott, Jadon Sancho and Victor Lindel\u00f6f\u00a0are set for involvement, with the former the fittest of the three.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cThey are in the squad. There were working with us last week, this week, the players who were here. Different circumstances, each one.<\/p>\n \u201cFor example, Jadon Sancho, he was not training with the group [at United] and physically he will need time as well, but he is training normal, and he is in the squad for tomorrow.<\/p>\n \u201cHarvey Elliott, he was playing and training consistently with Liverpool. More or less, he is fit.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd Lindel\u00f6f, he was training as well individually. He started with that two weeks ago and now he is as well available to be with us, but he will need as well, time to know our structure tactically and to know as well how we want to play.<\/p>\n \u201cBut every training session we are doing with those players, of course, (it) is very, very important to adapt as soon as possible, physically, and in our structure tactically.\u201d \u2013 Unai Emery on his new signings<\/p>\n BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION<\/p>\n Fabian Hurzeler confirmed that\u00a0Adam Webster (knee) and Solly March (knee) are his only absentees for the trip to Bournemouth.<\/p>\n \u201cI think he\u2019s not that close that we can say he will be back in two or three weeks. He\u2019s working quite hard in rehab. He\u2019s doing step after step, but he\u2019s still not on the pitch, but we see some good progress. So we are very, very convinced that we will see him back this year but I can\u2019t give a clear schedule when it will be.\u201d \u2013 Fabian Hurzeler on Solly March<\/p>\n The Brighton boss did, however, say that young Greek attacker Charalampos Kostoulas is \u201cstill not there\u201d in terms of Premier League-readiness.<\/p>\n Mats Wieffer has recovered from the minor knee issue that forced him to miss the Gameweek 3 win over Manchester City but will still need to be assessed to see if he can start.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s see how he will be. There will be a training session today and then we will see if he\u2019s 100% or not. He didn\u2019t miss so many training sessions. Of course, we don\u2019t want to take any risk. We only make things that make sense for him and for the team. So, let\u2019s see how the training sessions will go.\u201d \u2013 Fabian Hurzeler on Mats Wieffer<\/p>\n As for Brighton\u2019s returning internationals, Hurzeler downplayed their exertions and travels over the last week.<\/p>\n \u201cThey all returned in a good shape. They didn\u2019t play the full games. So, especially Minteh and Mitoma only played for 20 minutes to 30 minutes. Of course, Diego [Gomez] played a little bit longer, so you might be a little more tired than the others, but overall, they all look in a good shape and they\u2019re used to it. They\u2019re used to the long travels. So, I don\u2019t think that will be a big problem.\u201d \u2013 Fabian Hurzeler<\/p>\n BOURNEMOUTH<\/p>\n Andoni Iraola confirmed that Lewis Cook (knee) has trained with his teammates this week but did add that the midfielder was \u201cnot 100%\u201d, so a decision on his availability will be made today.<\/p>\n \u201cHe has been training with the team a little bit already, probably not 100%. We will make a decision probably today after training, let\u2019s see how he feels.\u201d \u2013 Andoni Iraola on Lewis Cook<\/p>\n Adam Smith (hamstring) has joined Enes Unal (knee) on the injury list.<\/p>\n \u201cAdam Smith, he has, as suspected, a hamstring injury and he will be out for more weeks.\u201d \u2013 Andoni Iraola<\/p>\n Iraola is yet to assess the fitness levels of some of his returning internationals, meanwhile.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are waiting for one or two situations with the internationals, they are coming. Nothing has happened like with injuries, but I want to see how they are, how they recover, how they train in the afternoon and see what level they are at for tomorrow.\u201d \u2013 Andoni Iraola<\/p>\n BRENTFORD<\/p>\n Vitaly Janelt (heel) is back in contention for the visit of Chelsea, while Michael Kayode is available despite suffering from an illness over the international break.<\/p>\n
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