KEY GAMEWEEK 28 TEAM NEWS FROM THURSDAYSunderland: Mukiele + Brobbey sidelined for 2-4 weeks, Ta Bi, Mundle + Cirkin also out<\/a>Tottenham Hotspur: Porro + Danso fit, van de Ven should be fine<\/a>Aston Villa: Alysson to train and return to squad, three midfielders still out<\/a>Brighton and Hove Albion: Ayari could be an option, Milner fit, March latest<\/a>Leeds United: Gudmundsson recovers, Okafor still out, everyone else fit<\/a>West Ham United: Pablo still not in training, Potts remains suspended<\/a>Wolverhampton Wanderers: Krejci banned, likely too soon from Hwang<\/a>Burnley: Tuanzebe + Broja still a \u201cfew weeks\u201d away, Foster back from illness<\/a>THURSDAY\u2019S PRESS CONFERENCE TIMES<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8 Thursday’s FPL Press Conferences!<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f 9am \u2013 Hurzeler \u2014 Fantasy Football Scout (@FFScout) February 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n SUNDERLAND<\/p>\n The Black Cats have been hit by some big injury blows this week.<\/p>\n First off, Nordi Mukiele (calf) and Brian Brobbey (groin) will be out for the next 2-4 weeks.<\/p>\n \u201cIt will be shorter for Nordi and Brian, between two and four weeks, depending on the way they respond to their treatments and the rehab. Let\u2019s wait a bit.\u201d \u2013 Regis Le Bris<\/p>\n Romaine Mundle (hamstring) and Jocelin Ta Bi (ankle) could also face a month or more on the sidelines.<\/p>\n \u201cIt might be a difficult injury [for Romaine]. He might be sidelined for a few weeks, a month. We still have some assessments to make but we\u2019ll have a clearer picture soon.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s still early to say if it\u2019s exactly the same [injury he\u2019s had before] but the feeling wasn\u2019t positive.\u201d \u2013 Regis Le Bris on Romaine Mundle<\/p>\n \u201cJocelin might be in the same position as Romaine with a different injury. He might need surgery. A couple of weeks, a month\u2026 it\u2019s still a bit early, as well.\u201d \u2013 Regis Le Bris<\/p>\n All four of the above players were injured against Fulham last weekend.<\/p>\n Having sat out that defeat to the Cottagers, Dennis Cirkin is also now confirmed as sidelined with a hamstring issue.<\/p>\n Reinildo Mandava (knee) is still unavailable, too, but Bertrand Traore (knee) is at least back after a month out.<\/p>\n \u201c[Dennis] is getting better, like Rei. We miss them but they are getting better. The timeline should be shorter, around ten days, maybe, depending on the last stage of the rehab, as well.\u201d \u2013 Regis Le Bris<\/p>\n TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR<\/p>\n The Spurs injury crisis is abating slightly, with Kevin Danso (toe) and Pedro Porro (hamstring) available again.<\/p>\n Micky van de Ven is also expected to shake off a finger injury to feature at Fulham.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, [Danso and Porro are fit]. That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n \u201cNo other issues, only small problems for Micky with his small finger but he\u2019s okay, he will be in.\u201d \u2013 Igor Tudor<\/p>\n Wilson Odobert (knee), Destiny Udogie (hamstring), Lucas Bergvall (ankle), Ben Davies (ankle), Rodrigo Bentancur (hamstring), Mohammed Kudus (thigh), James Maddison (knee) and Dejan Kulusevski (knee) remain out, however.<\/p>\n \u201cWe hope so. In this moment, I don\u2019t know.\u201d \u2013 Igor Tudor on whether Dejan Kulusevski will return this season<\/p>\n Cristian Romero also continues to serve a four-match suspension and will not be back till Gameweek 30.<\/p>\n ASTON VILLA<\/p>\n Unai Emery has confirmed that Alysson will train this afternoon and be in the squad for Friday\u2019s trip to Molineux.<\/p>\n Boubacar Kamara (knee), Youri Tielemans (ankle) and John McGinn (knee) remain out, however.<\/p>\n \u201cAlysson is coming back, I think normally he will come back in the squad for tomorrow. In case he\u2019s training this afternoon; we\u2019re going to train this afternoon.<\/p>\n \u201cThe other players, with the players we know are out, hopefully they will be available for tomorrow.\u201d \u2013 Unai Emery<\/p>\n BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION<\/p>\n Yasin Ayari (shoulder) will have his first full-contact training session today and could be \u201can option\u201d for the weekend.<\/p>\n \u201cHe will have his first training session today. He had some sessions on the pitch without any contact and now he\u2019s able to get in contact with his opponents, with his teammates. Hopefully, everything goes well and then he might be an option for the weekend.\u201d \u2013 Fabian Hurzeler on Yasin Ayari<\/p>\n James Milner is fine \u2013 he only came off last Saturday with cramp.<\/p>\n \u201cHe needs a little bit more recovery time than maybe in former times! He looked sharp again, the last two days on the training pitch. He seems to be totally fit. Therefore, definitely again an option for the weekend.\u201d \u2013 Fabian Hurzeler on James Milner<\/p>\n Solly March (knee), sidelined for a lengthy period but back in training for a while now, is pushing for involvement. Albion actually took March to Brentford last weekend but the long-serving winger didn\u2019t make the matchday squad.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s very important that he definitely gets game-time in the right moments. He needs game-time to get back to his highest level but it\u2019s also about timing, it\u2019s about not forcing it. The last week he had a really good training week, he continued this so far this week. Hopefully, he has a good session today, as well. It will be a big session for him, and then he\u2019s getting closer and closer to the squad.<\/p>\n \u201cI took him with the team [to Brentford] because I like having him around the other lads, having him around in this environment, because he\u2019s a very experienced player. He\u2019s a player who has a good knowledge of football, of knowing what it [takes] to win a Premier League game.\u201d \u2013 Fabian Hurzeler on Solly March<\/p>\n Matt O\u2019Riley didn\u2019t make last week\u2019s squad, either, but Fabian Hurzeler confirmed that it was a tactical decision, rather than fitness-related.<\/p>\n Unless there are any issues that Hurzeler failed to disclose (it has been known), that leaves only long-term absentees Adam Webster (knee) and Stefanos Tzimas (knee) on the sidelines.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, nothing new. No new injury concerns and I think that\u2019s quite positive, to go with this availability of players into the final part of the season.\u201d \u2013 Fabian Hurzeler<\/p>\n Lewis Dunk is playing through knee pain but again seems to be available for selection.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the moment, what he\u2019s doing I think it\u2019s difficult to describe in words because he\u2019s feeling pain. We know it but he\u2019s suffering for the club. He\u2019s there for us, for the club, for his teammates. And he\u2019s not only there, he\u2019s performing. He\u2019s performing well. I think he\u2019s playing at the minute at his highest level.\u201d \u2013 Fabian Hurzeler on Lewis Dunk<\/p>\n LEEDS UNITED<\/p>\n Gabriel Gudmundsson has recovered from the illness that forced him off at half-time of the Aston Villa game last weekend.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s recovered. Good news.\u201d \u2013 Daniel Farke on Gabriel Gudmundsson<\/p>\n That means that only Noah Okafor (hamstring) is out for the visit of Manchester City.<\/p>\n \u201cJust Noah is out and will miss this game. All the others are ready, available, in training and in a good mood, and also want to play.\u201d \u2013 Daniel Farke<\/p>\n WEST HAM UNITED<\/p>\n Pablo Felipe is expected to miss out again for West Ham\u2019s trip to Liverpool.<\/p>\n The striker has sat out the last three matches in league and cup with a calf issue, with reports suggesting<\/a> he\u2019ll be out for 4-6 weeks \u2013 although Nuno Espirito Santo hasn\u2019t confirmed that timeline.<\/p>\n \u201cHe didn\u2019t join us yet. He\u2019s starting his individual programme, so improving day by day. Like I said, we\u2019ll keep assessing him to see when he can return.<\/p>\n \u201cIt all depends on him [when he\u2019ll return], depends on how he now adapts to the loads again. Hopefully, soon \u2013 we miss him.\u201d \u2013 Nuno Espirito Santo on Pablo<\/p>\n Otherwise, it\u2019s the usual knocks and niggles that Nuno has to check on.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know how it is, always knocks, things to assess. Training session tomorrow and then we travel.\u201d \u2013 Nuno Espirito Santo<\/p>\n On the suspension front, Freddie Potts continues his three-match ban after his straight red card in the FA Cup.<\/p>\n WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS<\/p>\n Ladislav Krejci serves a one-match ban after being sent off for two bookable offences last weekend.<\/p>\n Hwang Hee-chan (calf)\u00a0is back in training but Rob Edwards says the game likely comes too soon for him.<\/p>\n Edwards said striker Tolu Arokodare is \u201cokay to play\u201d despite being subjected to racist abuse on social media this week.<\/p>\n BURNLEY<\/p>\n There was no team news in the broadcast section of Scott Parker\u2019s presser.<\/p>\n However, in the written press section, we did get some updates.<\/p>\n Armando Broja (unspecified) and Axel Tuanzebe (Achilles) look set to remain unavailable for selection, with both a \u201cfew weeks\u201d away.<\/p>\n \u201cAxel is probably still a few weeks away. He goes in for another injection, I think tomorrow, so he\u2019s a little bit away.<\/p>\n \u201cArmando\u2019s probably on that same course. He\u2019s just coming out of the back of some injections, so he\u2019s just low level at the moment. He\u2019ll pick up his work, but he\u2019ll be a few weeks away as well.\u201d \u2013 Scott Parker, via the Burnley Express<\/a><\/p>\n Lyle Foster should be back, however, after missing Gameweek 27 through illness. The bug also affected Kyle Walker, Bashir Humphreys and Lesley Ugochukwu\u00a0during the matchday.<\/p>\n \u201cLyle\u2019s trained this week. He\u2019s back up to speed and had a good week\u2019s training, so we\u2019ll see how he is leading into the weekend and whether he\u2019s selected.\u201d \u2013 Scott Parker, via the Burnley Express<\/a><\/p>\n Of the long-term absentees, Mike Tresor (ankle) and Zeki Amdouni (knee) are back on the grass and closing in on returns but are thought to still be some distance from a recovery.<\/p>\n Josh Cullen (knee), Jordan Beyer (hamstring) and Connor Roberts (Achilles) are still out.<\/p>\n
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