{"id":417617,"date":"2026-01-19T23:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T23:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/417617\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T23:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T23:51:10","slug":"the-latest-fpl-team-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/417617\/","title":{"rendered":"The latest FPL team news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three Premier League managers face the media on Monday ahead of UEFA Champions League matches the following day.<\/p>\n<p>All the key quotes from Thomas Frank (from 3.30pm GMT), Pep Guardiola (from 5pm) and Mikel Arteta (from 7pm) will be featured below.<\/p>\n<p>KEY TEAM NEWS UPDATES FROM MONDAYMANCHESTER CITY<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Guardiola facing the media, Manchester City<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mancity.com\/news\/mens\/travelling-squad-annouced-bodo-glimt-63904413\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> named their travelling squad for the trip to Bodo\/Glimt.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Absent due to ineligibility is Antoine Semenyo, who, of course, only signed for City earlier this month. City had named their Champions League squad back in the autumn and<a href=\"https:\/\/documents.uefa.com\/r\/Regulations-of-the-UEFA-Champions-League-2025\/26\/Article-31-Player-lists-Online\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> now can\u2019t make any additions\/removals until the knockout rounds.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The same rules will apply to Marc Guehi after he completed his move from Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a top central defender and is playing [for] the national team. Thanks to the club for bringing him here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe can play right, left.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problems that we have at the back in the next few months, it\u2019s really, really important he\u2019s here.\u201d \u2013 Pep Guardiola on Marc Guehi<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no surprise that\u00a0John Stones (thigh), Oscar Bobb (hamstring), Ruben Dias (hamstring), Josko Gvardiol (leg), Mateo Kovacic (ankle) and Savinho (thigh) are missing from the squad, either.<\/p>\n<p>Nico Gonzalez hasn\u2019t recovered from the issue that kept him out of both the EFL Cup semi-final last Wednesday and Gameweek 22, while Matheus Nunes is still sidelined with the illness that saw him miss the Manchester derby.<\/p>\n<p>Bernardo Silva is suspended in Europe but will be available in Gameweek 23.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Foden is in the travelling party, however, despite Guardiola confirming later in the day that he\u2019d broken his hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has a little bit broken his bones but he has protection and he\u2019s fine for tomorrow.\u201d \u2013 Pep Guardiola<\/p>\n<p>And also on board the flight to Norway is Omar Marmoush. He has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk\/2026\/01\/19\/salah-marmoush-more-14-players-back-from-afcon-in-gameweek-23\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">just returned from the Africa Cup of Nations,<\/a> although he didn\u2019t start in Saturday\u2019s third\/fourth-place play-off.<\/p>\n<p>He could step in for Erling Haaland, who Guardiola recently said was \u201cexhausted\u201d \u2013 but the Norwegian is at least fit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said to me he slept unbelievably, so he\u2019s fit.\u201d \u2013 Pep Guardiola on Erling Haaland<\/p>\n<p>ARSENAL<\/p>\n<p>After Mikel Arteta<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk\/2026\/01\/18\/fpl-notes-why-saka-was-benched-gabriel-outscoring-haaland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> suggested on Saturday<\/a> that Bukayo Saka had a \u201cniggle\u201d before the Nottingham Forest game (hence his benching), the winger was present in training on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Riccardo Calafiori (muscle) and Piero Hincapie (muscle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsNews\/status\/2013243749581660567\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">were again not involved, <\/a>however.<\/p>\n<p>After Cristhian Mosquera (ankle) unexpectedly made the bench in Gameweek 22, Max Dowman (ankle) was the only other absentee in training.<\/p>\n<p>Arteta confirmed with a nod in his presser that Dowman, Calafiori and Hincapie were still out.<\/p>\n<p>There are no new concerns, however.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, that\u2019s all.\u201d \u2013 Mikel Arteta when asked if he had any other fitness concerns beyond the three names above<\/p>\n<p>TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR<\/p>\n<p>Spurs have confirmed that Ben Davies will undergo surgery today after fracturing his left ankle in Saturday\u2019s loss to West Ham United.<\/p>\n<p>He joins Richarlison (hamstring), Rodrigo Bentancur (hamstring), Mohammed Kudus (thigh), James Maddison (knee) and Dejan Kulusevski (knee) on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>There are some new concerns, too. Joao Palhinha missed out in Gameweek 22, while Xavi Simons was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomBarclay_\/status\/2012586729882976367\" rel=\"nofollow\">spotted limping in the mixed zone after the match.<\/a> Neither player trained on Monday, although it sounds like Xavi will be involved against Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, we basically have 11 players, of our outfield players, available for the game, of normal first-team players. One of them is Xavi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has a swollen ankle but because he\u2019s so strong mentally, he\u2019ll play through pain tomorrow.\u201d \u2013 Thomas Frank on Xavi Simons<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo [Palhinha is not available], that\u2019s why I said we only have 11 players. So, no \u2013 when it is raining, it pours.\u201d \u2013 Thomas Frank<\/p>\n<p>Archie Gray was on the grass, despite himself coming off at half-time against West Ham United.<\/p>\n<p>Micky van de Ven can\u2019t feature on Tuesday due to a Champions League suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Radu Dragusin, new signing Conor Gallagher and Yves Bissouma are currently ineligible for European competition. Dominic Solanke, however, is back in the mix: Spurs have reversed the Champions League squad swap they made late last year, so Mathys Tel is out of contention again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve made the decision, it was not a nice decision to make, that\u2019s football so you have to make a decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way the rules are, the only option was it was either Dom or Matty in the squad, I chose Dom. I think Matty has done very well the last couple of games, that\u2019s the crazy thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I could pick from all the players that are fit, he would start tomorrow. But I can only pick between the two of them and now he\u2019s out of the squad. That\u2019s, of course, a tough one to take for Matty.\u201d \u2013 Thomas Frank<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/FFScoutEditorial\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20250820-WA0000-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"price change predictions\" class=\"wp-image-144736 webpexpress-processed\" style=\"width:600px\"  \/><\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three Premier League managers face the media on Monday ahead of UEFA Champions League matches the following day.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[146818,199737,199738,108225,403,99,80233],"class_list":["post-417617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-arsenal-team-news","tag-foden-injury-update","tag-gameweek-23-team-news","tag-man-city-team-news","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-spurs-team-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}