GAMEWEEK 12: KEY INJURY UPDATES FROM FRIDAY\u2019S PRESSERSArsenal: Gabriel out for \u201cweeks\u201d, Calafiori yet to train, Arteta coy on others<\/a>Liverpool: Alisson set to return, Wirtz + Bradley muscle injuries<\/a>Chelsea: Palmer breaks toe, Enzo, Neto + Badiashile fit<\/a>Bournemouth: Iraola unsure on Semenyo, Kluivert + Doak out<\/a>Crystal Palace: Mateta, Guehi + Nketiah all passed fit<\/a>Manchester City: All available bar Kovacic + Rodri<\/a>Newcastle United: Pope fit, Gordon + Livramento \u201cvery close\u201d, Burn banned<\/a>Manchester United: Sesko + Maguire out, Mainoo to train, Amorim on AFCON exits<\/a>Tottenham Hotspur: Sarr, Bergvall + Kolo Muani available, Kudus trains<\/a>Aston Villa: Cash, Konsa + Onana to train, only Mings definitely out<\/a>Brighton and Hove Albion: Ayari, Hinshelwood + Gruda fit, Mitoma still a doubt<\/a>Fulham: Muniz sidelined till February, Robinson remains out, Lukic banned<\/a>Everton: Rohl joins the injury list<\/a>Brentford: Carvalho to miss the rest of the season<\/a>Leeds United: No injuries for the Whites<\/a>Wolverhampton Wanderers: Doherty not quite ready, Rodrigo Gomes + Bentley out<\/a>GAMEWEEK 12 PRESS CONFERENCE TIMES<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8 Friday\u2019s FPL Press Conferences!<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f 9am \u2013 Hurzeler \u2014 Fantasy Football Scout (@FFScout) November 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n ARSENAL<\/p>\n Mikel Arteta confirmed that Gabriel Magalhaes\u2018 (thigh) will be out for \u201cweeks\u201d with the injury he sustained over the international break.<\/p>\n Widespread reports suggest he is going to be out for 1-2 months<\/a> but Arteta wouldn\u2019t ratify that, only saying that further tests were needed.<\/p>\n \u201cGabi unfortunately picked up an injury with the Brazilian national team and he\u2019s going to be out for weeks.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to have another scan, I think it\u2019s next Wednesday, and then we\u2019ll have the timeline probably much more clear than we have at the moment.\u201d \u2013 Mikel Arteta on Gabriel<\/p>\n As for Riccardo Calafiori (hip), he bowed out of the Italy squad without kicking a ball. Arteta said he has yet to train since returning to north London.<\/p>\n \u201cHe wasn\u2019t available [for the international break], he\u2019s been carrying a few things and we had to bring him back. He hasn\u2019t trained yet. Tomorrow we have another training session and we\u2019ll see how he is.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s been dealing with a little issue and he played, then we rested him and took that load because of that, and when he got into the last game and had to travel with the national team, they were very understanding of that issue, and that\u2019s when they allowed him to come back.\u201d \u2013 Mikel Arteta on Riccardo Calafiori<\/p>\n Jurrien Timber suffered a cut to the knee in the first half of the Netherlands\u2019 clash with Lithuania on Monday <\/a>and required physio treatment, although he then played on until midway through the second half and his 64th-minute withdrawal came as part of a triple substitution. There was no mention of an injury for him on Friday.<\/p>\n As for the \u2018already injured\u2019 group, Viktor Gyokeres\u00a0(muscle),\u00a0Gabriel Martinelli\u00a0(muscle), Martin Odegaard\u00a0(knee),\u00a0Noni Madueke\u00a0(knee) and Kai Havertz\u00a0(knee) are all closing in on returns. Naturally, Arteta wouldn\u2019t be drawn on which of them has a chance of featuring in Gameweek 12.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve put [in] a lot of energy during the international break, with all the medical staff as well, to try to bring them as quick as possible. So tomorrow we have another training session, see how some of them are feeling, whether it\u2019s a bit too close to bring them for this game, or we feel that they can make a contribution in the game.\u00a0Tomorrow we have more clarity.\u201d \u2013 Mikel Arteta<\/p>\n Gabriel Jesus\u00a0(knee) has been in training for the last fortnight and Arteta says he will get \u201cexposure\u201d with some in-house games.<\/p>\n \u201cVery good, so he\u2019s doing everything with the team at the moment for the last almost two weeks.\u00a0We\u2019re going to give him some exposure as well internally with some games\u00a0so he gets that fitness. But he looks really good in training and he\u2019s going to be a big addition to the team.\u201d \u2013 Mikel Arteta on how Gabriel Jesus\u2019 recovery is going<\/p>\n LIVERPOOL<\/p>\n Alisson\u00a0(hamstring) is on course to return against Nottingham Forest, providing all goes well in training today.<\/p>\n But there\u2019s a new double blow for the Reds, with Conor Bradley and Florian Wirtz ruled out with muscle injuries.<\/p>\n Jeremie Frimpong\u00a0(hamstring), Stefan Bajcetic (hamstring), Jayden Danns\u00a0(hamstring) and\u00a0Giovanni Leoni\u00a0(ACL) are still sidelined, too.<\/p>\n Andrew Robertson isn\u2019t injured, at least \u2013 he only missed training on Thursday for \u201cprivate reasons\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cRobbo didn\u2019t train [on Thursday] for private reasons, but he will be with us today. Alisson trained last week and this week so he will be able to play tomorrow if things work out well today again.<\/p>\n \u201cBut we do have some issues after the international break, unfortunately. Conor Bradley is not able to play [and] Florian Wirtz is not able to play. That\u2019s far from ideal.\u201d \u2013 Arne Slot<\/p>\n \u201cIf he\u2019s ready to play, then he will start.\u201d \u2013 Arne Slot on Alisson<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t expect Conor to be part of the upcoming 22 days. Maybe in the end, but not in the upcoming 22 days unless something like a miracle happens, which I don\u2019t expect. Florian should be able to play after [Forest], it depends on what happens after, but that shouldn\u2019t have to be that long. Jeremie is out just as long. He\u2019s not probably going to be available in the upcoming two or three weeks as well. It\u2019s going to be interesting who all of you want to see as a right full-back.\u201d \u2013 Arne Slot on Conor Bradley and Florian Wirtz<\/p>\n Slot also lamented the lack of match fitness of some of his players who aren\u2019t injured, such as Alexander Isak.<\/p>\n \u201cThe biggest issue we\u2019ve faced until now, and [are] still facing, is the match fitness of the players and the time they\u2019ve missed in pre-season. Alex [Isak], now we were hoping [for] him to play a little bit more for the Swedish national team.<\/p>\n \u201cBut unfortunately, he was one yellow away from being suspended so for obvious reasons they didn\u2019t play him the second time. But for us it would\u2019ve been better if he would have had some more minutes in the second game. I just told you about Conor and Florian. Jeremie [Frimpong] is already out and Giovanni [Leoni], so we have at this moment in time five natural defenders \u2013 five players who have always played as a defender \u2013 available for seven games in 22 days and I don\u2019t see anyone coming back before that.\u201d \u2013 Arne Slot<\/p>\n With Bradley and Frimpong out, Slot was asked about the possibility of Dominik Szoboszlai moving back to right-back.<\/p>\n \u201cHe [Szoboszlai] is doing so well in every position. That\u2019s true. He\u2019s played really well as a full-back and played really well as a midfielder. Curtis Jones played there last season as well. Joe Gomez can play there but Joe Gomez has played, I think if I\u2019m correct, two times 90 minutes throughout the whole 2025 year. So, if we want to keep him available longer, it\u2019s maybe a bit of a risk to play him seven times in 22 days. He missed out on a training session yesterday by the way as well but we are expecting him to train today. So [it\u2019s] challenging but the good thing is we have still enough good players available and maybe one of them or two of them have to play in positions they usually don\u2019t do. That\u2019s what we have to accept.\u201d \u2013 Arne Slot<\/p>\n CHELSEA<\/p>\n Benoit Badiashile\u00a0(muscle), Pedro Neto (groin) and Enzo Fernandez (knee) are all fit for the trip to Burnley.<\/p>\n \u201cBenoit [Badiashile] is back, he can be available for tomorrow, that\u2019s great news for us. And then Enzo [Fernandez] and Pedro [Neto], they used the international break to recover a little bit of energy, also to recover from the injury, the problems they had, and they are both available for tomorrow.\u201d \u2013 Enzo Maresca<\/p>\n There\u2019ll be no Cole Palmer, however. Just as he was nearing a return from groin niggles, he\u2019s broken his toe in a \u201cfreak accident\u201d at home.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s probably not available for tomorrow for sure, Barcelona, for sure, Arsenal, for sure. Unfortunately, he had an accident at home two days ago and he hit his toe. It\u2019s nothing important, but for sure he\u2019s not back next week.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t know [how long]. It\u2019s a fracture. The only thing we know is that he\u2019s not available for this week, next week.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was very close [to returning]. He was back with us almost with the groin and it\u2019s very good news. And then again, he had this small problem and hopefully it\u2019s nothing important.\u201d \u2013 Enzo Maresca on Cole Palmer<\/p>\n Asked about Moises Caicedo playing 180 minutes for Ecuador and his late return from the Americas, Maresca said he hadn\u2019t seen his influential midfielder yet.<\/p>\n \u201cMoi [Caicedo] came back last night. I didn\u2019t see Moi yet, so I will see Moi now in a while.\u201d \u2013 Enzo Maresca<\/p>\n Romeo Lavia\u00a0(quad), Levi Colwill\u00a0(knee),\u00a0Mykhailo Mudryk\u00a0(suspended) and\u00a0Dario Essugo\u00a0(thigh) remain on the sidelines.<\/p>\n BOURNEMOUTH<\/p>\n Andoni Iraola is uncertain whether Antoine Semenyo (ankle) will be fit for West Ham United\u2019s visit this weekend.<\/p>\n The winger dropped out of the Ghana squad with a \u201cleft anterior talo-fibula ligament sprain\u201d, which was the aggravation of an injury he suffered against Aston Villa a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n Iraola said it will be up to the winger to decide how fit he is for the clash with the Hammers.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not something new that happened when he was there. It\u2019s just a matter of he was already dealing with an ankle injury. And I cannot tell you if he\u2019s going to play tomorrow or not. We have to see. We have a couple of situations with the ones that have arrived late that we have to see today if they are comfortable to help us tomorrow, but the ones that I know that they are not going to be available for sure are Justin [Kluivert] and Ben [Gannon-Doak].<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s something that appeared before the Villa game and has gone through this in the international games, but it\u2019s not like a muscle injury. That definitely takes you out. No, I think it\u2019s going to be a matter of his feelings today and we\u2019ll see. But I really don\u2019t know if he\u2019s going to be available for tomorrow or not. I hope he is because he\u2019s very important for us. But with the ankle, it\u2019s a matter of pain and how you feel yourself. And we will see.<\/p>\n \u201cHe normally plays most of the minutes and my worry right now is try to see if he\u2019s available for tomorrow and if not for next one, but try to keep him in that level of performance. \u2013 Andoni Iraola on Antoine Semenyo<\/p>\n As Iraola mentioned there, Justin Kluivert (abductor) and Ben Gannon-Doak (hamstring) are both sidelined after picking up injuries over the break.<\/p>\n Tyler Adams and Adam Smith have been following the concussion protocol following their Gameweek 11 collision and the Cherries will also make a late call on those two, although they are technically available.<\/p>\n \u201cAs you know, we have had a bad international break. Very bad.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had confirmed injuries of Justin [Kluivert], an adductor muscle injury. Justin is going to be out. Ben Gannon-Doak also, a hamstring injury. Especially Ben\u2019s is a bad one. He will be out for some time. Today we have a consultation with a surgeon to see if it\u2019s something that has to go through surgery, or we can go more conservative. But it\u2019s a big hamstring injury, so Ben will be out for some months.<\/p>\n \u201cWe also have others coming with knocks, kind of normal things, and we\u2019ll see today how they train. We train this evening.<\/p>\n \u201cThen we also had an incident with Adam Smith and Tyler Adams because both have been in the concussion protocol. So, they are available for the game, but it\u2019s true that during these two weeks, they\u2019ve had to go through all the process of concussion that is quite meticulous and has definitely affected the training for both.\u201d \u2013 Andoni Iraola<\/p>\n CRYSTAL PALACE<\/p>\n Oliver Glasner has confirmed that Marc Guehi (foot) and Eddie Nketiah\u00a0(hamstring) are fit for the clash with Wolverhampton Wanderers.<\/p>\n It turns out that Jean-Philippe Mateta returned from France duty with a minor knee problem but that issue too is now in the past.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cAll players are fit, fortunately.<\/p>\n \u201cMarc started training with on Wednesday, so he did now three sessions, and it\u2019s good.<\/p>\n \u201cEddie Nketiah trained the whole week, starting on Monday, so he\u2019s fine and will be in the squad.<\/p>\n \u201cJP [Mateta] came back with a minor knee issue from France, but trained today without any issues, so he\u2019s also fit. Very good news.\u201d \u2013 Oliver Glasner<\/p>\n Cheick Doucoure\u00a0(knee) and\u00a0Caleb Kporha\u00a0(back) have been absent all season, while Rio Cardines\u00a0(abductor) only had \u201ca minor issue\u201d shortly before the November break.<\/p>\n Long-term absentee\u00a0Chadi Riad\u00a0(knee) had returned to training in early November but after suffering a minor scare in training<\/a>, is yet to be involved in any matchday squad.<\/p>\n There should hopefully be no concerns about Daniel Munoz, whose departure from the Colombia squad was linked to \u201cfamily reasons\u201d rather than injury.<\/a><\/p>\n MANCHESTER CITY<\/p>\n The City team news is nice and simple: everyone is fit except for Mateo Kovacic\u00a0(ankle) and Rodri (unspecified).<\/p>\n \u201cEverybody is fit except Kova and Rodri.<\/p>\n \u201cRodri is making steps good. It\u2019s already almost three weeks since his last setback. He knows that he had to take time to recover well mentally and especially physically in the problems that he had, and to be consistent from now on until the end.\u201d \u2013 Pep Guardiola<\/p>\n NEWCASTLE UNITED<\/p>\n Eddie Howe says that Anthony Gordon (hip)\u00a0and Tino Livramento\u00a0(knee) are \u201cvery close\u201d to a playing comeback after returning to training over the break.<\/p>\n Nick Pope is fit, meanwhile: he suffered a concussion in Gameweek 11 but has since passed the recovery protocols.<\/p>\n \u201cAnt [Gordon] is very close. He\u2019s worked well during the break. He\u2019ll be touch-and-go for the game. We\u2019ll make a very late decision on him.<\/p>\n \u201cNick [Pope] has trained, no problems with that,<\/p>\n \u201c[Livramento] is very close. He\u2019s trained this international break which has been great to see. Such an important player for us, great to have him back training with the group.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s been out a while and his injury was serious enough to make sure we treated him well but he\u2019s done a lot of work. He\u2019s been very, very good professionally in terms of how he\u2019s dealt with the injury and the work he\u2019s done with the physios so I\u2019d say he\u2019s in pretty good shape.\u201d \u2013 Eddie Howe<\/p>\n Joelinton, who suffered a knock in the loss to Brentford, and Sandro Tonali, who returned home early from international duty with Italy, are also fine.<\/p>\n Yoane Wissa\u00a0(knee) and Will Osula\u00a0(ankle) remain out, however, with the former still without a return date.<\/p>\n \u201cI haven\u2019t got a clear, defined return date for you. He\u2019s working well, so he\u2019s not back training with us yet \u2013 but he\u2019s close. He\u2019s working with the sports scientists, he\u2019s in that phase where he\u2019s moved past the physios. He\u2019s almost in a pre-season with them, currently.\u201d \u2013 Eddie Howe on Yoane Wissa<\/p>\n Osula will see a specialist on Monday to check on his progress but Howe ruled him out of the next few games.<\/p>\n Dan Burn serves a one-match ban.<\/p>\n MANCHESTER UNITED<\/p>\n Ruben Amorim confirmed that Benjamin Sesko would be out for \u201ca few weeks\u201d with the knee injury he sustained against Tottenham Hotspur just before the international break.<\/p>\n Harry Maguire (hamstring) is not ready to return, either.<\/p>\n In better news, Casemiro shook off a knock that he picked up in Gameweek 11 to feature for Brazil over the break.<\/p>\n Kobbie Mainoo, who wasn\u2019t available for the clash with Spurs due to a knock, is expected to train on Saturday.<\/p>\n Lisandro Martinez (knee) has been back in training for weeks after a long spell out.<\/p>\n TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR<\/p>\n It\u2019s positive news from the Spurs camp.<\/p>\n Lucas Bergvall\u00a0(concussion), Pape Matar Sarr (knock) and Randal Kolo Muani (jaw) were all declared available by Thomas Frank on Friday.<\/p>\n Mohammed Kudus (unspecified),\u00a0Archie Gray\u00a0(calf),\u00a0Koto Takai\u00a0(foot) and\u00a0Ben Davies\u00a0(muscle) have all trained, too.<\/p>\n Long-term absentee\u00a0Radu Dragusin\u00a0(knee) meanwhile featured for 45 minutes for the under-21s over the break<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are good, most of them. Pape trained today. He\u2019s ready, available. Lucas trained today. Ready, available. Kolo Muani, yes. Trained today. Available, of course has a mask he needs to play with.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cRadu, very happy. He has probably been in, for a couple of weeks now, full training, full in, everything. With the team, played his first 45 minutes in nine months, something like that, last Wednesday, I think it was. Very happy with that. Trained fully today. Now he\u2019s definitely getting very close to being able to be selected. Now it\u2019s just a matter of performance and probably just a few more game minutes to be fully available.<\/p>\n \u201cKota and Ben both trained with the team today, for the first time, so that\u2019s also positive.<\/p>\n \u201c[Gray]\u00a0trained with the team as well.<\/p>\n \u201c[Kudus] trained today as well, so that is good.\u201d \u2013 Thomas Frank<\/p>\n That leaves just Dominic Solanke\u00a0(ankle),\u00a0James Maddison\u00a0(knee), Dejan Kulusevski\u00a0(knee) and Yves Bissouma\u00a0(ankle) on the sidelines.<\/p>\n \u201cDom is not ready yet. I think he also had an article recently where he spoke about it. So we are very, as I said, the same. Very aware that when we put him out there, we want to be absolutely sure, as sure as we can be, that no setback going forward. So I\u2019m comfortable he will soon be ready, but I will not put a timeframe on it.\u201d \u2013 Thomas Frank on Dominic Solanke<\/p>\n ASTON VILLA<\/p>\n Matty Cash, Amadou Onana, Ezri Konsa and Lamare Bogarde will train tomorrow after picking up minor issues over the international break.<\/p>\n Indeed, Unai Emery said that the only definite absentee for Gameweek 12 is Tyrone Mings (hamstring).<\/p>\n More to follow<\/p>\n BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udd34 9am \u2013 Slot
\ud83c\udfc6 9am \u2013 Guardiola
\ud83d\udc1d 9.30am \u2013 Andrews
\ud83e\uddff 9.30am \u2013 Maresca
\u26ab\ufe0f 9.30am \u2013 Howe
\ud83c\udf52 12pm \u2013 Iraola
\u2b55\ufe0f 1pm \u2013 Arteta
\ud83e\udd85 1pm \u2013 Glasner
\ud83d\udc3a 1pm \u2013 Edwards
\ud83c\udf6c 1.30pm \u2013 Moyes
\u2b1c\ufe0f 1.30pm \u2013 Silva
\u26aa\ufe0f 1.30pm \u2013 Farke\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/SAMaJLg9cK<\/a><\/p>\n
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