📢 Steve Bruce on Darlow and Martin Dubravka: "With Karl, it is seeing how his physical wellbeing is. How long that will be? We have known in the past we had a player..."
📢 Bruce on Isaac Hayden: "We don't think it's serious. He's sore at the moment but we don't think he's disturbed the knee he had problems with last season.
"Fingers crossed he might even be available at the weekend."
📢 Bruce on Paul Dummett: "He's trained but he only trained yesterday with the group.
"I think tomorrow [Wednesday] will be too early for him but hopefully, he'll put himself in contention for the weekend - we'll see how he trains this week."
📢 Sean Dyche on injuries: "Vyds [Matej Vydra] has got a tight groin he got at Man United [in a behind-closed-doors friendly]. Westy [Ashley Westwood] has a knock on his toe which is settling down quickly..."
📢 Dyche on injuries: "...it is a judgement call with the game coming at Leeds before a little break with the internationals, so we will have to find the balance of trying to keep players fitter for the long term - not just the immediacy."
📢 Ralph Hasenhuttl on cup selection: "There will be rotation and giving players a chance to play, for those who haven’t. I think this season we have a little bit more alternatives on the bench..."
📢 Hasenhuttl on cup selection: "...it [the squad] is bigger and gives me more alternatives and they really need to play, the guys, and we will definitely give them the chance..."
📢 Hasenhuttl on cup selection: "...I must say Yan [Valery] did a good job in the pre-season, he’s fitter and stronger. Definitely, he deserves a chance to play."
📢 Ralph Hasenhuttl on Tino Livramento: "Whenever a new player comes to our club it normally takes them a little bit of time, to be honest, with our pressing style and with the intensity we train..."
📢 Hasenhuttl on Livramento: "...when I saw how quickly he got there and how quickly he was able to deliver what we asked of him in this position, I knew that he had something very good, something very special..."
📢 Hasenhuttl on Livramento: "...he is already at a very high level and has the whole package, for his age. He is physically and mentally very strong. [But] let's allow him some time. I will protect him when I need to, give him breaks..."
📢 Mikel Arteta: "From Covid we still have Ben [White] out and Alex Runarsson who has been out and the rest of the players that are missing, hopefully..."
📢 Arteta on White: "...him back to training and start to play games with us again."
On Gabriel: "He’s getting closer. He had a couple of sessions with the team but we don’t know [if he can play v Man City]. Let’s see tomorrow how he is."
📢 Nuno on fitness concerns: "We have the problem with Joe [Rodon], he is not fit to join us and Cameron [Carter-Vickers]. We have minor ones, problems after every match..."
📢 Nuno on Romero: "Cristian is okay. He had problems in the previous leg, so we decided not to take him to Wolves. He trained yesterday, trained today and he's an option for tomorrow."
📢 Smith asked if Grealish is ready to start: "Jack is training today and then we’ll have a discussion with him after and with the medical staff to decide on the progress of his recovery..."
📢 Pep Guardiola asked if De Bruyne is available: "Yeah, he’s been training for the last two days, he feels good. Kevin is important like everyone is..."
📢 Guardiola asked if De Bruyne is available: "...everyone knows it [how important Kevin is] but everyone is at the same level - we will see his level and see if he is fit to play."