KEY GAMEWEEK 24 INJURY NEWS FROM FRIDAYArsenal: Timber + Saliba \u201cokay\u201d, no fresh worries<\/a>Chelsea: Palmer available to start<\/a>Liverpool: Frimpong + Gomez out, Konate + Jones available, Isak latest<\/a>Manchester City: Doku + Dias latest, Lijnders on Haaland<\/a>Newcastle United: Bruno to be assessed in training. Livramento latest<\/a>Manchester United: Dorgu out for \u201cperiod of time\u201d, Zirkzee trains<\/a>Crystal Palace: Mateta won\u2019t be involved<\/a>Tottenham Hotspur: Van de Ven \u201ctouch and go\u201d<\/a>Everton: Keane returns, Grealish likely out for the season<\/a>Bournemouth: Rayan available, probably too soon for Brooks<\/a>Brighton and Hove Albion: Gomez has small issue, Gruda fit<\/a>Fulham: Bobb signs, Tete trains, Lukic + Muniz still out<\/a>Wolverhampton Wanderers: Krejci ill, Bellegarde back, Strand Larsen available<\/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) January 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n ARSENAL<\/p>\n William Saliba and Jurrien Timber are \u201cokay\u201d, despite the defensive duo missing out in midweek with niggles.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, they are okay. Obviously, they have played a lot of minutes. They\u2019ve been carrying a few niggles and was a really good opportunity for us to offload them a little bit and refresh them.\u201d \u2013 Mikel Arteta on William Saliba and Jurrien Timber<\/p>\n Mikel Arteta also said he had no fresh concerns from Wednesday\u2019s win over Kairat Almaty.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, we didn\u2019t have any surprises there, and hopefully everybody will train well today and be available for tomorrow.\u201d \u2013 Mikel Arteta<\/p>\n That leaves Max Dowman\u00a0(ankle) as the only known absentee.<\/p>\n \u201cIt will be a little bit more [serious] than Mosquera\u2019s [recent injury]. Obviously, he\u2019s growing, and we need to be very careful and a little bit more protective. It\u2019s true that he has a different schedule as well because he needs to go to school and that, so we need to respect a lot of things throughout that process. But I think he\u2019s quite close. He\u2019s on the pitch now, he\u2019s doing well and hopefully we\u2019re going to be able to see him soon.\u201d \u2013 Mikel Arteta on Max Dowman<\/p>\n The Gunners welcomed back the fit-again Riccardo Calafiori and Kai Havertz to their starting XI in midweek.<\/p>\n \u201cRiccy has been instrumental, in the way especially that we attack, and he has unique qualities to occupy spaces and to create things that, probably, the qualities of the other full-backs are different. So, when we need them, they will be there. Now he\u2019s fit, he\u2019s available, and we\u2019ll have to wait and see when we can use him.\u201d \u2013 Mikel Arteta on Riccardo Calafiori<\/p>\n \u201cHe is ready [to start more matches]. Obviously, he started the other day. It\u2019s been a long period and now we need to manage that load and the games that we\u2019re going to select for him to start. But there was no reaction to that, I think it was super positive, you could see straight away the impact that he can have in the team. So yeah, he\u2019s ready.\u201d Mikel Arteta on Kai Havertz<\/p>\n LIVERPOOL<\/p>\n Jeremie Frimpong will be out for a \u201cfew weeks\u201d with the injury he picked up in Wednesday\u2019s win over Qarabag.<\/p>\n \u201cHe will definitely not be in the squad tomorrow. He\u2019s out for a few weeks but not as bad as we thought he would be out, so something positive from something not so positive.\u201d \u2013 Arne Slot on Jeremie Frimpong<\/p>\n Joe Gomez (knock) will miss out again, too, having suffered a knee-on-knee collision with his own goalkeeper in the defeat to Bournemouth.<\/p>\n \u201cJoe will not be available. That doesn\u2019t have to take much longer any more but he will not be available for the weekend.\u201d \u2013 Arne Slot<\/p>\n Ibrahima Konate is back this weekend, however, having missed the last three matches due for personal reasons.<\/p>\n \u201cIbou has trained with us yesterday. He trains with us today, and will be in the squad tomorrow.\u201d \u2013 Arne Slot<\/p>\n And Curtis Jones has recovered from the illness that saw him miss out in the UEFA Champions League.<\/p>\n \u201cCurtis is again available. He was sick, as I said, but he is available.\u201d \u2013 Arne Slot<\/p>\n Alexander Isak\u00a0(ankle),\u00a0Conor Bradley\u00a0(knee),\u00a0Giovanni Leoni\u00a0(knee),\u00a0Stefan Bajcetic\u00a0(hamstring) and\u00a0Jayden Danns\u00a0(hamstring) remain out.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s not even on the pitch yet. I think it\u2019s called a \u2018walker\u2019, he\u2019s just out of his walker, so that tells you that he\u2019s not on the pitch and [we\u2019re] not expecting him on the pitch today or tomorrow in terms of his recovery work. That\u2019s going to take a while before he\u2019s back, as we knew.\u201d \u2013 Arne Slot on Alexander Isak<\/p>\n CHELSEA<\/p>\n Cole Palmer\u00a0came through Wednesday\u2019s game against Napoli unscathed \u2013 and according to Liam Rosenior, he\u2019s ready to start.<\/p>\n \u201c[He\u2019s] absolutely fine.<\/p>\n \u201c[90 minutes is] what he wants, that\u2019s what I want. He\u2019s available to start tomorrow, so really, really happy about that.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen Cole or Romeo Lavia or Enzo Fernandez are at their top level, they\u2019re top players. We want to make sure they\u2019re at their top level and I think Cole showed really good signs of that on Wedneday night.\u201d \u2013 Liam Rosenior on Cole Palmer<\/p>\n Dario Essugo (unknown), Tosin Adarabioyo\u00a0(hamstring),\u00a0Romeo Lavia\u00a0(quad), Levi Colwill\u00a0(knee) and Mykhailo Mudryk\u00a0(suspended) remain out.<\/p>\n Colwill is out on the pitch running, while Tosin is on the grass doing individual rehab.<\/p>\n More to follow<\/p>\n MANCHESTER CITY<\/p>\n Pep Lijnders took over press conference duties this afternoon, with Pep Guardiola absent due to a \u201cpersonal matter\u201d. The City boss should be in the dugout against Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n Lijnders started by giving us an update on Jeremy Doku (calf).<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a similar injury as the last one. Only at that time it was on the outside, on the lateral side, now it is on the centre. The last time it took 18 days. I presume this one will be a little bit shorter. It\u2019s in the middle one, so we have to take time, but Jeremy is a robust player. So, we\u2019ll see.\u201d \u2013 Pep Lijnders on Jeremy Doku<\/p>\n The City coach also provided us with the latest on Ruben Dias (hamstring).<\/p>\n \u201cWhat I can say about Ruben is that he will come back Monday in team training.\u201d \u2013 Pep Lijnders on Ruben Dias<\/p>\n John Stones\u00a0(thigh),\u00a0Josko Gvardiol\u00a0(leg), Mateo Kovacic\u00a0(ankle) and\u00a0Savinho\u00a0(thigh) are all still sidelined, while Oscar Bobb has moved on to Fulham.<\/p>\n City will at least be able to count on Marc Gu\u00e9hi\u00a0and Antoine Semenyo, who were ineligible to face Galatasaray in midweek. Rodri sat out that game through suspension and is available now, too.<\/p>\n Away from injuries, Lijnders gave us his thoughts on Erling Haaland\u2018s form.<\/p>\n \u201cThe first months [of the season], we spoke all the time about Erling, how decisive he was. The mentality sets him apart, in my opinion, because for a striker, the most important thing is always the next ball, the next moment, the next situation. It\u2019s about having this confidence that that will come and we know all his quality, how he can be in the box, with his head, with his feet, with his left, with his right. The scruffy goals, as well.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s for him to keep believing that it comes and yeah, it\u2019s so important that he finished off [the chance on Wednesday]. It shows quality, in that situation, the moment we were in, to put that ball over the goalkeeper. Pure quality, I would say. But we need him in good spirits, as all our front players, because only when you smile, only when you laugh, you can score these goals.\u201d \u2013 Pep Lijnders on Erling Haaland<\/p>\n NEWCASTLE UNITED<\/p>\n Bruno Guimaraes\u00a0(ankle) will be assessed in training today to see if he can feature against Liverpool.<\/p>\n The midfielder was back in Newcastle\u2019s squad in midweek but was an unused substitute, with Eddie Howe explaining that he\u2019d only had \u201clight training\u201d beforehand.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s slightly unknown at the moment. I\u2019d say he did really well to be with us in Paris \u2013 I think that was more down to the fact that he was desperate to be there and support the players. We did very, very light training and he participated in that but it was next to nothing, to be honest. He trained with us yesterday but that was more of a test, so look, let\u2019s see how he is today. This will be the day, really, where we decide.\u201d \u2013 Eddie Howe on Bruno Guimaraes\u2019 fitness<\/p>\n Fabian Schar\u00a0(ankle),\u00a0Emil Krafth\u00a0(knee), Joelinton (groin) and\u00a0Tino Livramento\u00a0(hamstring) are all still sidelined.<\/p>\n \u201cHe flew on to Barcelona after the game to get an injection into his groin. It was good news with Joe. The specialist feels he only needs one injection and that means his return could be quite quick, so we\u2019re looking at weeks, not months. Slightly unsure of the exact date yet, but it\u2019s positive news.\u201d \u2013 Eddie Howe on Joelinton<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s doing well. I believe he\u2019s having a scan today \u2013 a second scan to see the progress of his hamstring. Fingers crossed it\u2019s good news and I think if it is, he\u2019ll be back running outside. I think we\u2019re still probably five to six weeks away. We\u2019re looking at an early March return, providing everything goes well.\u201d \u2013 Eddie Howe on Tino Livramento<\/p>\n Jacob Murphy (hamstring), like Bruno, returned to the Newcastle squad as an unused substitute in midweek.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s getting there. He\u2019s made some good progress in the last few days. So, yesterday was his first full training session. Again, another player that was there \u2018with us\u2019. I was slightly reluctant to use him. I wanted to give him a little bit more time. We\u2019re in that delicate position where we\u2019ve welcomed a few players back, we\u2019ve got to make sure they\u2019re fully fit before we introduce them to the pitch. Will Osula will be in the same boat.\u201d \u2013 Eddie Howe<\/p>\n MANCHESTER UNITED<\/p>\n
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