Thread by @ColmVHayes

🧵 Pre-match press conference thread Double Gameweek 24 [Friday]

🔫 Arsenal

📢 Mikel Arteta on Kieran Tierney: "We have to see how the knee reacts when he starts to get a bit more load. He hasn’t done much yet. We will see in the..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #afc #gw24 #arslee

📢 Arteta on Tierney: "...next few days, the moment he starts to train with the team."

On Thomas Partey: "He felt something during the [Aston Villa] game. We didn’t think it was too bad but after the scan, looked a little bit worse..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #afc #gw24 #arslee

📢 Arteta on Partey: "...he won’t be available to play against Leeds and we will see how it evolves in the next two days but it is a muscular issue."

On Gabriel Martinelli: "He came back and did really well but then he picked up..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #afc #gw24 #arslee

📢 Arteta on Martinelli: "...another injury. It took him a while to [recover] and now it’s about getting in his rhythm and getting his place in the team, like anybody else."

On Pepe: "I think there has been a click with him, even..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #afc #gw24 #arslee

📢 Arteta on Pepe: "...even in his mentality, how he’s approaching every training session, the importance of every action in the game and how he can sustain his focus and his determination during games. I really like his attitude..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #afc #gw24 #arslee

📢 Arteta on Pepe: "...what’s he’s done in the last few weeks, I think it’s been much better. He still has a lot of room to improve and grow and he’s willing to do that so I’m expecting him to go to the next level very soon."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #afc #gw24 #arslee

☔️ Aston Villa

📢 Dean Smith on Ross Barkley: "He’s had a full week of training, which will certainly do him good.

"He played six games in 18 days [following his injury], which is a credit to his professionalism and his attitude."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #avfc #gw24 #BhaAvl

📢 Smith on team news: "Everyone came through the week fit from last week, so it’s an unchanged squad going into the game.

"Wesley’s had some manipulation on his knee, which helped. He’ll be back on the training ground next week."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #avfc #gw24 #BhaAvl

📢 Smith on Brighton: "They’ve been a little bit unfortunate to be in the position they’re in.

"I’m a believer in the expected goals ratio because it tells you about the performance levels, and they’ve been very high all season."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #avfc #gw24 #BhaAvl #xG

📢 Smith: "We’ve got a healthier squad to use. I’ve still not seen players carried from the pitch with exhaustion and I’ve not had too many of my players complaining. The performance team [behind the scenes] have been excellent."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #avfc #gw24 #BhaAvl

🌉 Chelsea

📢 Thomas Tuchel on team news: "I don't think it [Andreas Christensen's issue] was concussion related.

"Should be absolutely OK for Timo [Werner]. Maybe too soon for Kai [Havertz] and Thiago [Silva]."

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#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #cfc #CHENEW

🇦🇷 Leeds

📢 Marcelo Bielsa on Phillips: "There's no definite position at the moment on whether he will be able to play or not.

"For the moment no player [Hernandez, Koch, Llorente] comes back and Kalvin remains a doubt."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #lufc #gw24 #ARSLEE

🐦 Liverpool

📢 Jurgen Klopp: "Fabinho will not be available, by the way. He has suffered a little muscle issue, so will be out for this [Leicester] game.

"We have to find a solution. All of them had the chance this week to show..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #lfc #gw24 #LeiLiv

📢 Klopp on centre-back solutions: "...in training, who is ready. I have to make a decision tomorrow."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #lfc #gw24 #LeiLiv #Fabinho

📢 Klopp: "I spoke once about fatigue - that's all actually gone, to be honest. It does not mean that it cannot happen again, because it's a really tough situation. The only thing you can really do is to..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #lfc #gw24 #LeiLiv

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📢 Klopp: "...fight through a situation like this. You have to defend on the highest level, attack on the highest level. In between, you have to play proper football.

"There's a lot of good signs in the last few weeks that shows..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #lfc #gw24 #LeiLiv

📢 Klopp: "...me that we are not too far away."

On Naby Keita: "It was a hamstring -slightly bigger [issue]. He is back on the pitch but not with the team yet. Final stage of his rehab but still not there."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #lfc #gw24 #LeiLiv

📢 Klopp asked if Fabinho could return for Leipzig or Everton: "I don't know at the moment. We will see. I really don't know."

On Jota: "Diogo is close - but not as close as Naby [Keita] for example. But he [Jota] is on the pitch..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #lfc #gw24 #LeiLiv

📢 Klopp on Jota: "...as well, individual sessions. Not the same intensity, as you can imagine after a longer time. In rehab, you have to train really intense before you go back to team training. So, Diogo, two to three weeks? Maybe..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #lfc #gw24 #LeiLiv

📢 Klopp on Jota: "...probably the medical department hits me now but I think that's kind of possible."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #lfc #gw24 #LeiLiv

🔲 Fulham

📢 Scott Parker: "We're pretty good from where we came out of the last game. We've had a rest. [Terence] Kongolo and Cairney are still making their way back. Hopefully Tom's turned a corner."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #ffc #gw24 #eveful

🔮 Crystal Palace

📢 Roy Hodgson: "Nothing new to report. The only piece of good news for me is that Joel Ward is able to come back into the squad after missing out against Leeds."

On Wilfried Zaha: "It's only one week in, it'll..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #cpfc #crybur

📢 Hodgson on Zaha: "...it'll take more time to recover. Same appplies to [James] McArthur, [James] McCarthy, [Jeffrey] Schlupp, Connor Wickham."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #cpfc #crybur

💠 Man City

📢 Pep Guardiola: "Rodri trained quite good today and I think he will be available tomorrow. Fernandinho is out.

"Ruben [Dias] came back today and Sergio [Aguero] made his second training session with us..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #mcfc #MCITOT #fantasypl

📢 Guardiola: "...except Fernandinho, Nathan [Ake] and Kevin [De Bruyne], I think the rest of the first team squad are available."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #mcfc #MCITOT #fantasypl

🫐 Everton

📢 Carlo Ancelotti asked about Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Jordan Pickford: "Both of them will not be available for the game on Sunday.

"We are looking to the next game on Wednesday where..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #efc #eveful #evemci #fantasypl #DCL

📢 Ancelotti asked about Calvert-Lewin and Pickford: "...we think, both of them will be available."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #efc #eveful #evemci #fantasypl #DCL

🦊 Leicester

📢 Brendan Rodgers on James Justin: "The scan hasn’t shown up so well, it’s a massive blow for us – it looks like he’s blown his ACL.

"He’s been incredible for us, played in so many positions and been...

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #lcfc #LivLei #fantasypl

📢 Rodgers on Justin: "...a minimum 8/10 in all of them. He’s tough mentally and physically, that’s what makes him the boy he is.

"It will make him stronger. He was upset yesterday because he’s been so robust..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #lcfc #LivLei #fantasypl

📢 Rodgers on Justin: "...he’s played nearly every game."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #lcfc #LivLei #fantasypl

🚿 Spurs

📢 Jose Mourinho on Harry Kane's fitness and if he can start vs Man City: "Yes, I believe so. He played 60 minutes [against Everton] and no negative feelings. Maybe just a little stiffness."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #thfc #MCITOT #fantasypl

🔨 West Ham

📢 David Moyes on Antonio: "Michail is doing well, he’s had some time on the grass so hopefully he’ll be close for the weekend."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #whufc #whushu #fantasypl

🫐 Everton

📢 More from Ancelotti on Calvert-Lewin: [Against Spurs in the #FACup] he only had the feeling that something wasn't good so he stopped. He only has a little problem. He can play on Wednesday."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #efc #eveful #evemci #fantasypl #DCL

📢 Ancelotti on team news: "We have back Andre Gomes, James [Rodriguez], Josh King and in the next week we think Allan will be back.

"James is fine. He trained yesterday and today and is available for the..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #efc #eveful #evemci #fantasypl #DCL

📢 Ancelotti on team news: "...game on Sunday. No problem."

On Richarlison: "I was really pleased with Richarlison’s performance against Tottenham.

“He had a lot of problems in the first part of the season..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #efc #eveful #evemci #fantasypl #DCL

📢 Ancelotti on Richarlison: "...but we can say he is back.

"We are pleased because he is a really important player for us."

On #FACup win: "After two hours against Tottenham, we are not in the best condition."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #efc #eveful #evemci #fantasypl

📢 Ancelotti on Josh King playing up front: "I think Joshua King can play in that [central striker] position but as a winger also.

"Of course, without Calvert-Lewin there is the possibility to put him in the..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #efc #eveful #evemci #fantasypl

📢 Ancelotti on King: "...first XI. It is a strong possibility, of course. His physical condition is good and his adaptation to the team is working well."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #efc #eveful #evemci #fantasypl

🚿 Spurs

📢 Mourinho on team news and injuries: "Serge Aurier, maybe he can play, I don’t know. We still have one more training session to see.

"Sergio Reguilon, no chance. Gio Lo Celso, no chance. I would say..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #thfc #MCITOT #fantasypl

📢 Mourinho on team news and injuries: "...Reguilon has a chance to play Europa League next week. No new injuries.

"Gareth [Bale], we have a training session in the afternoon to see if he feels ready or not."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #thfc #MCITOT #fantasypl

📢 Mourinho on Erik Lamela: "In this moment he's fit but of course a player with his history...he played 90 minutes against West Brom I think.

"Honestly I'm going to ask him, 'can you play again from the start'..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #thfc #MCITOT #fantasypl

📢 Mourinho on Lamela: "...because if he feels he can of course I'm going to play him.

"He wants to assume responsibility. He never hides. He wants the ball. He's a little bit chaotic sometimes but it's a positive..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #thfc #MCITOT #fantasypl

📢 Mourinho: "...reason to be chaotic because it's, 'I want to play, I want the ball, if the ball is not arriving to me I have to arrive to the ball'. A good Lamela, I love. He is the kind of player that I like very much."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #thfc #MCITOT #fantasypl

🐦 Liverpool

📢 Klopp asked if Ozan Kabak and Ben Davies are ready to face Vardy if required: "Jamie is obviously a proper challenge in this league, the way he plays, the way he gets set up by his mates, so that’s a..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #lfc #gw24 #LeiLiv #fantasypl

📢 Klopp asked if Kabak and Davies are ready to face Vardy if required: "...proper job to do. But you can only do it always with the whole team, that’s how we always try to do it. You have to avoid the passes to him..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #lfc #gw24 #LeiLiv #fantasypl

📢 Klopp: "...Jamie is a player, a world-class player for sure, in a specific area of the pitch and with his speed that’s really tricky.

"With the boys, obviously we had now some sessions together where we really could..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #lfc #gw24 #LeiLiv #fantasypl

📢 Klopp: "... work on this defensive set-up and that’s very, very important. But we have, as well and on top of that, other players available - Nat Phillips did really well, together with Hendo [and] together with Fab."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #lfc #gw24 #LeiLiv #fantasypl

🦊 Leicester

📢 Rodgers on Justin: "He’ll just get away now. He’ll more than likely have the operation very soon, then get back on his recovery and then we’re all fighting for him between now and the end of the season."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #lcfc #LivLei #fantasypl

📢 Rodgers asked if there's a timescale on Justin's absence: "No, nothing at the moment. Every player is different in how they recover.

"I don't want to put any time on that. These are injuries, if you look at Ricardo..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #lcfc #LivLei #fantasypl

📢 Rodgers asked if there's a timescale on Justin's absence: "...Pereira's timeframe, it's probably going to be shorter or around that same time.

"As I said, we're getting full consultation with the specialists on it."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #lcfc #LivLei #fantasypl

📢 Rodgers on Castagne and Wesley Fofana: "Timothy’s not available but he’s out on the pitch. He will rejoin training on Monday and then he’ll be another week. Fofana is still a number of weeks away."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #lcfc #LivLei #fantasypl

📢 Rodgers on Maddison's form: "I think what we’ve talked about with James and Harvey [Barnes], it’s about efficiency. You have to have numbers.

"You can’t be a creative player and only get a couple of goals and a..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #lcfc #LivLei #fantasypl

📢 Rodgers on Maddison's form: "...couple of assists. He had a few niggles early on in the season and he’s either creating or scoring every game now."

On Jamie Vardy: "We wanted to give him game time on Wednesday..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #lcfc #LivLei #fantasypl

📢 Rodgers on Vardy: "...he and Wilf [Ndidi] are ready for 90 minutes. Ayo [Perez] is fine."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #lcfc #LivLei #fantasypl

🔨 West Ham

📢 Moyes on Ogbonna: "It is a big blow because he’s been magnificent in the games he has played and his leadership has been really important to us as well.

"I don’t have a timeframe [on how..."

#fpl #whufc #CHpressers #dgw24 #WhuShu #gw24

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📢 Moyes on Ogbonna: "...long he will be unavailable] just now and I wouldn’t want to put one on it either, even if I got it, because obviously we want to get him back quickly.

"My understanding is it doesn’t need surgery at..."

#fpl #whufc #CHpressers #dgw24 #WhuShu #gw24

📢 Moyes on Ogbonna: "...the moment so that’s a good thing, but it’s getting checked by the specialist and I might know more in the next few days."

On other team news and injuries: "[Andriy] Yarmolenko has a got a little bit of a..."

#fpl #whufc #CHpressers #dgw24 #WhuShu #gw24

📢 Moyes on other team news and injuries: "...knee injury we’re going to assess, so we know exactly what that is.

"[Fabian] Balbuena actually picked up a bit of a calf strain in the warm-up [on Tuesday] and that’s the reason we..."

#fpl #whufc #CHpressers #dgw24 #WhuShu #gw24

📢 Moyes: "...we didn’t use him [Balbuena] in the game. I’m not sure at the moment yet [if he'll be OK for Monday].

"Jarrod [Bowen] was fine. We had to make a tactical switch because of what we had at the time, losing Issa [Diop]..."

#fpl #whufc #CHpressers #dgw24 #WhuShu #gw24

📢 Moyes: "...so we changed things around tactically. Jarrod is all fine. Issa is fine and was fine immediately after. He actually came in and did some training the next day, so I've no problem with Issa as far as that concern goes."

#fpl #whufc #CHpressers #dgw24 #WhuShu #gw24

🏮 Man Utd

📢 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: "Paul [Pogba] is still out. Eric [Bailly] has been training. He has trained for a couple of days so he'll be available for selection. So that's a positive. Apart from that, no-one else is back."

#fpl #mufc #CHpressers #dgw24 #WBAMUN #gw24

📢 OGS: "We’ve had a rare opportunity to do a bit of training and actually some recovery. You’ve got Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and not a game until Sunday, that has been a rarity for us really."

#fpl #mufc #CHpressers #dgw24 #WBAMUN #gw24

💠 Man City

📢 Pep Guardiola on Rodri: "He adapted quick. He adapted immediately. He is still young. There are some issues he still has to learn and he will learn it. But he is a really important player for us.

"When he plays..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #mcfc #MCITOT

📢 Guardiola on Rodri: "...for the other players and not for himself - this is the best holding midfielder. Thinking about what is going on, what is happening, correcting mistakes and not playing for highlights.

"The best holding..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #mcfc #MCITOT

📢 Guardiola: "...midfielders don't appear in the newspapers or front pages.

“They hide behind the team but when the team plays good it is because they are outstanding."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #mcfc #MCITOT

🛍️ West Brom

📢 Sam Allardyce: "Grady [Diangana] is back in training now. Obviously it’s been a while, so he’ll need a bit more training perhaps, on a more regular basis, then we’ll put him back into the..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #wbafc #boingboing #fantasypl #WBAMUN

📢 Allardyce: "...squad. As far as I know, everyone else is okay but I’ll be having a meeting after this press conference with the medical staff to see how everyone is."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #gw24 #wbafc #boingboing #fantasypl #WBAMUN

🇦🇹 Southampton

📢 Hasenhuttl [embargoed from Thursday] on Forster and Alex McCarthy: "It is always important to have a duel in every position. This is always good.

"Fraser wants to stay in the cup, that's for sure..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #saintsfc #fantasypl #souwol #gw24

📢 Hasenhuttl on Forster and McCarthy: "...he [Fraser] wants to play a few more games and now, here we are.

"Give us the clean sheets and then we are set up to score.

"I've not reassured Alex because I didn't have..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #saintsfc #fantasypl #souwol #gw24

📢 Hasenhuttl on McCarthy: "...the feeling it was necessary. I have someone [goalkeeping coach Andrew Sparkes] who speaks about things with him [Alex] and gives him advice for the future..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #saintsfc #fantasypl #souwol #gw24

📢 Hasenhuttl on McCarthy: "...there has been a big development in [Alex's] game this season but the line is not always going straight up.

"There are moments when it goes through a valley and you have to work..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #saintsfc #fantasypl #souwol #gw24

📢 Hasenhuttl on McCarthy: "...through them but this is normal in sport.

"We are going through a phase where every mistake we make is being punished – so we have to make fewer mistakes, be more compact and give the..."

#fpl #dgw24 #CHpressers #saintsfc #fantasypl #souwol #gw24

📢 Hasenhuttl on McCarthy and Forster: "...opposition fewer chances to score."

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