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🧵 Pre-match press conference thread Double Gameweek 23 [Friday]

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🐦 Liverpool

📢 Jurgen Klopp on Jota, Firmino, Van Dijk: "The players are back in training, still at different stages.

"Diogo is the closest. He trains now normal, already for two days. So another three days of training..."

#fpl #dgw23 #lfc #LivEve #gw23 #teamnews #injuries

📢 Klopp on Jota: "...possible for him [Diogo]. I think he's in contention for the squad, I would say but we have to wait a little bit."

On Firmino: "Bobby, next [match, against Everton], I don't know. We have to see how..."

#fpl #dgw23 #lfc #LivEve #gw23 #teamnews #injuries

📢 Klopp on Firmino: "...that looks, how he deals with training intensity, stuff like this. Then we'll make a decision [on his involvement]."

On Van Dijk: "Virgil, I don't think is that close already but we will..."

#fpl #dgw23 #lfc #LivEve #gw23

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📢 Klopp on Van Dijk: "...work on that."

On Melo: "Arthur, probably similar to Bobby [Firmino]."

On Thiago: "He has some problems. I know the problem but I have to ask the medical department what I am allowed to say about it..."

#fpl #dgw23 #lfc #LivEve #gw23

📢 Klopp on Thiago injury: "...hip flexor, stuff like this. That's it, pretty much. He was not able to train."

On other team news, injuries: "Anybody else? Don't think so."

#fpl #dgw23 #lfc #LivEve #gw23

🏰 Newcastle

📢 Eddie Howe on Alexander Isak: "Yes, he will be [in the squad].

"He's fully recovered, no problems. Initially, he got the ball on the head and he didn't feel too bad but we had to..."

#fpl #nufc #dgw23 #BouNew #gw23

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📢 Howe on Isak: "...follow protocols. He's been good this week."

Asked if anyone is unavailable: "Matt Targett will be out, still. Javier Manquillo is getting close. And Bruno [Guimaraes] obviously, we're missing [due to suspension]."

#fpl #nufc #dgw23 #BouNew #gw23

📢 Howe on Targett: "He's close to training, I think. We haven't seen him yet.

"He's worked hard on his rehabiliation with the physios. He's getting very close to returning to us [on the training pitch]."

#fpl #nufc #dgw23 #BouNew #gw23

📢 Howe on Anthony Gordon: "Really positive debut from him last week. Really pleased.

"He's taken that confidence into training this week. He's keen. I did some one-to-one work with him on Monday. He then trained with the group..."

#fpl #nufc #dgw23 #BouNew #gw23

📢 Howe on Gordon: "...the rest of the week. He's shown some really good signs.

"His overall performance levels have been very good."

#fpl #nufc #dgw23 #BouNew #gw23

📢 Howe on Dan Burn: "Now, I look at him as a left-back. I have to. He's played there so long now - we've trained him in that position, he's worked in that position.

"Initially, we played him there with a view to bringing him back inside..."

#fpl #nufc #dgw23 #BouNew #gw23

📢 Howe on Burn: "...so he was training as a centre-half but playing as a left-back. That was only for about a week.

"Very quickly, we realised that we need to train him in his position [left-back] if he's going to play there again."

#fpl #nufc #dgw23 #BouNew #gw23

📢 Howe on Allan Saint-Maximin: "I think Maxi is someone who performs better with a consistent run of games but I would say, that [is] the case for all players. He has a window and an opportunity to impress. There were some aspects of his game..."

#fpl #nufc #dgw23 #BouNew #gw23

📢 Howe on Saint-Maximin: "...which were in a really good place last week. Most importantly, he tried to give his all for the team. I don't think there was any lack of effort from him.

"I thought West Ham managed him well in the game and..."

#fpl #nufc #dgw23 #BouNew #gw23

📢 Howe on Saint-Maximin: "...teams will always look at him as a big threat and produce their game plans on keeping him quiet.

"It's up to us and him to try and find a solution to those game plans."

#fpl #nufc #dgw23 #BouNew #gw23

🔫 Arsenal

📢 Mikel Arteta on Jesus: "Gabi is doing really well, he's already been outside a little bit. It's still the early stages.

"He keeps pushing everybody, every single day but we need to respect..."

#fpl #afc #coyg #dgw23 #ArsBre #gw23 #ArsMci

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📢 Arteta on Gabriel Jesus: "...some timelines and some processes. He's doing really well."

Date in mind for return to play?: "No, not yet. It's still too far off that..."

#fpl #afc #coyg #dgw23 #ArsBre #gw23 #ArsMci

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📢 Arteta asked if there is a date in mind for return to play re Gabriel Jesus: "...you have to see now [what happens] when you start to put some load through that knee.

"And [what happens when] you start..."

#fpl #afc #coyg #dgw23 #ArsBre #gw23 #ArsMci

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📢 Arteta asked if there is a date in mind for return to play re Gabriel Jesus: "...to get some movement and some actions that are not as controlled as the ones he's been doing - how the knee reacts..."

#fpl #afc #coyg #dgw23 #ArsBre #gw23 #ArsMci

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📢 Arteta asked if there is a date in mind for return to play re Gabriel Jesus: "...and where he's comfortable to go to the next stage."

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💠 Man City

📢 To no great surprise, there weren't any questions on team news for Pep Guardiola in the open section of his press conference. The embargo on the second part of the presser doesn't lift until 10.30pm on Saturday

#fpl #mcfc #dgw23 #MciAvl #gw23 #ArsMci

📘 Everton

📢 Sean Dyche on Dominic Calvert-Lewin hamstring injury:"We're still monitoring him. He'd be touch and go at best, I think, for the Liverpool game.

"We'll just have to monitor it and hope that it..."

#fpl #efc #dgw23 #LivEve #gw23

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📢 Dyche on Calvert-Lewin hamstring injury:"...settles down sooner rather than later.

"He's had a couple of niggly injuries, which you know. Getting on top of them, getting his body to adapt and all them things..."

#fpl #efc #dgw23 #LivEve #gw23

📢 Dyche on Calvert-Lewin: "...for the longer term, obviously.

"He put a real shift in [against Arsenal]. His stats were very good in the last game and unfortunately, he's just got a niggly hamstring. Gotta get on top of it as quick as we can."

#fpl #efc #dgw23 #LivEve #gw23

📢 Dyche asked if he thinks Calvert-Lewin will be back for Monday against Liverpool: "We'll see. Like I say, he's touch and go at best I would say."

#fpl #efc #dgw23 #LivEve #gw23

📢 Dyche on other team news: "We're okay at the minute. A few knocks and bruises but nothing too major. So we're okay.

"He [Calvert-Lewin] is the most prominent figure who - like I say - is probably touch and go at best, I would say."

#fpl #efc #dgw23 #LivEve #gw23

📢 Dyche on Michael Keane: "I spoke to him last week, about getting his true fitness.

"We had a behind-closed-doors game during the week, which was really valuable for us as a staff and the players to lock in some minutes..."

#fpl #efc #dgw23 #LivEve #gw23

📢 Dyche on Keane: "...I think he just needs that and the training. He certainly looked sharp the other day.

"He knows there's a depth to his fitness that still needs to improve. He's working hard."

#fpl #efc #dgw23 #LivEve #gw23

📢 Dyche on Calvert-Lewin: "We can't be risking too much at this stage with him. We've got to find that right balance, to get him totally fit."

#fpl #efc #dgw23 #LivEve #gw23

🌉 Chelsea

📢 Graham Potter asked if any players are coming back from injury: "No but they're all getting closer and closer.

"Wesley [Fofana] has been training with the team. Denis Zakaria has been training with the team..."

#fpl #cfc #dgw23 #WhuChe #gw23

📢 Potter on players are coming back from injury: "...we had a little setback with Raheem [Sterling], he had a kick in training. We're assessing him. He's probably doubtful for tomorrow, I would say. Got a kick in training, side of his knee..."

#fpl #cfc #dgw23 #WhuChe #gw23

📢 Potter on players are coming back from injury: "...Mateo [Kovacic] is training with the team but it will be too soon for him."

#fpl #cfc #dgw23 #WhuChe #gw23

📢 Potter on Marc Cucurella: "He's fine. He's gone about his work.

"He knows he's probably not in the best moment of form he's ever been in.

"We're trying to help him get back to a level that he can get to."

#fpl #cfc #dgw23 #WhuChe #gw23

📢 Potter on Joao Felix: "Yeah, it's great [to have him back].

"I think we all saw the impact he had in his 60 minutes before the red card.

"You can see his quality, we see it every day. He's a player that can make a difference for us."

#fpl #cfc #dgw23 #WhuChe #gw23

📢 Potter asked if he wants to test Champions League defence before Dortmund: "The most important thing is that we focus on West Ham.

"We're really happy with Benoit [Badiashile]. He's available and he's in the thoughts for West Ham..."

#fpl #cfc #dgw23 #WhuChe #gw23

📢 Potter asked if he wants to test Champions League defence: "...then we have to make another decision on Wednesday [for Dortmund - Badiashile not registered for #UCL]."

#fpl #cfc #dgw23 #WhuChe #gw23

🏮 Man Utd [embargoed from Thursday]

📢 Erik ten Hag on availability of Antony, Scott McTominay, Anthony Martial: "I don't expect [them back] but we have some days [to the match on Sunday]. I don't expect it."

#fpl #mufc #dgw23 #LeeMun #gw23

📢 Ten Hag on other team news: "If I can oversee it from now, I don't see any new problems coming up."

On availability of Antony, Scott McTominay, Anthony Martial for Barcelona [next Thursday]: "I think, same answer. I can't say for 100 per..."

#fpl #mufc #dgw23 #LeeMun #gw23

📢 Ten Hag on availability of Antony, Scott McTominay, Anthony Martial for Barcelona [next Thursday]: "...cent but I don't expect it."

#fpl #mufc #dgw23 #LeeMun #gw23

📢 Ten Hag on Man Utd starts in both halves v Leeds: "The routines are not there, this is obvious. We had the combination over the last few weeks on the right with Aaron [Wan-Bissaka] and Antony, it worked really well. Now it was a new combination..."

#fpl #mufc #dgw23 #LeeMun

📢 Ten Hag on Man Utd starts in both halves v Leeds: "...in the holding midfield position we have to bring in another player, because Christian Eriksen [is injured]. The whole midfield construction is new and that takes time, to get in the routines..."

#fpl #mufc #dgw23 #LeeMun

📢 Ten Hag on Man Utd starts in both halves v Leeds: "...again. That takes games. That was obvious yesterday [against Leeds]. We played quite well but both starts killed our game."

#fpl #mufc #dgw23 #LeeMun #gw23

🔫 Arsenal

📢 Mikel Arteta on injuries: "The ones that were long term like Emile [Smith Rowe], Reiss [Nelson], Gabi Jesus - they are closer. They've started to do some activities and they've been outside..."

#fpl #afc #coyg #dgw23 #ArsBre #gw23 #ArsMci

📢 Arteta on injuries: "...but they [Smith Rowe, Nelson, Jesus] are not ready yet to be contributing."

#fpl #afc #coyg #dgw23 #ArsBre #gw23 #ArsMci

📢 Arteta on Gabriel: "Not only his performances but the way he’s evolving. He’s just getting better in every phase of play and everything we demand him to do. His leadership skills, his importance to the team, his mentality as well."

#fpl #afc #coyg #dgw23 #ArsBre #gw23 #ArsMci

🐝 Brentford

📢 Thomas Frank on team news: "We are looking good and strong.

"Pontus [Jansson] and Onyeka are still just too short to be involved in the squad. Both trained - Frank has trained fully the last two days and..."

#fpl #brentfordfc #bees #dgw23 #ArsBre #gw23

📢 Frank on team news: "...Pontus [Jansson] is close to full training.

"The rest are fit and ready."

#fpl #brentfordfc #bees #dgw23 #ArsBre #gw23

🌞 Brighton

📢 Roberto de Zerbi on team news: "[Levi] Colwill, [Adam] Lallana, they can't play. We knew that before this week.

"We have another couple of doubts but we will see tomorrow morning."

#fpl #bhafc #seagulls #dgw23 #CryBha #gw23

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📢 De Zerbi on Mac Allister: "Alexis is good. He will play tomorrow in his position."

#fpl #bhafc #seagulls #dgw23 #CryBha #gw23

📢 De Zerbi asked if Evan Ferguson is okay for weekend: "Yes but I have a doubt between [Deniz] Undav and Ferguson.

"Deniz Undav played very well [against Bournemouth]. For us, the quality of play is very important..."

#fpl #bhafc #seagulls #dgw23 #CryBha #gw23

📢 De Zerbi asked if Ferguson is okay for weekend: "...because he [Undav] knows when he has to play, when he has to attack the space.

"He's different to Evan Ferguson. Evan is more of a striker. He knows better to attack the space..."

#fpl #bhafc #seagulls #dgw23 #CryBha #gw23

📢 De Zerbi asked if Ferguson is okay for weekend: "...[and] to score but in the economy of the quality of play, Undav is very important."

#fpl #bhafc #seagulls #dgw23 #CryBha #gw23

📢 De Zerbi on Joel Veltman: "He will play tomorrow."

#fpl #bhafc #seagulls #dgw23 #CryBha #gw23

🐺 Wolves

📢 Julen Lopetegui on Hwang Hee-chan hamstring [read: hwangstring] injury: "I think it will be four or five weeks we might have to wait for him [to return]."

#fpl #wwfc #dgw23 #SouWol #gw23

📢 Lopetegui on Pedro Neto: "He's going step by step and he’s better. He’s been out for four months so we have to be careful with him but now he’s ready to help us. Today, we are going to review and after we are going to make the squad list."

#fpl #wwfc #dgw23 #SouWol #gw23

📢 Lopetegui on team news: "We have had some more problems. We are going to wait and maybe we will have a couple of players who will have to stay here, because they have little problems."

#fpl #wwfc #dgw23 #SouWol #gw23

📢 Lopetegui on Mario Lemina: "He’s better. I don’t know if he’s going to be 100 per cent but he’s better, so we’ll have to take the decision tomorrow morning with him.

"We don’t know if he will play or not, because..."

#fpl #wwfc #dgw23 #SouWol #gw23

📢 Lopetegui on Lemina: "...we have had a little problem with a couple of players."

#fpl #wwfc #dgw23 #SouWol #gw23

📢 Lopetegui on Joao Gomes: "He is better, he is getting used to playing here with different weather and different environment.

"He is improving step by step and I think he is very close to being ready to start playing with us."

#fpl #wwfc #dgw23 #SouWol #gw23

🍒 Bournemouth

📢 No questions on team news, injuries, availablity [of some key players] for Gary O'Neil

#fpl #afcb #cherries #dgw23 #BouNew #gw23

🔮 Crystal Palace

📢 Patrick Vieira on James McArthur: "Macca is in a really good place. He will be a part of the squad for tomorrow.

"He has been working hard. In every single training session with the team, he was feeling better..."

#fpl #cpfc #eagles #dgw23 #CryBha #gw23

📢 Vieira on McArthur: "...physically, he is in a really good place."

On Ferguson: "The good news is that we have had Nathan training with the team for the past couple of weeks without any steps back."

#fpl #cpfc #eagles #dgw23 #CryBha #gw23

🐖 Fulham

📢 Marco Silva on Reed: "Harrison will be available for the match."

On Tom Cairney: "TC, unfortunately for us, will not be available for the match."

#fpl #ffc #cottagers #dgw23 #FulNfo #gw23

📢 Silva on availability for Forest: "The situation will be that TC [Tom Cairney] and Neeskens Kebano are unavailable for the match.

"All the others, they will be okay."

#fpl #ffc #cottagers #dgw23 #FulNfo #gw23

🐻‍❄️ Leeds

📢 Michael Skubala on Struijk: "Pascal got concussion. The medical team are following the concussion protocols, so he'll miss the game."

#fpl #lufc #dgw23 #LeeMun #GW23

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📢 Skubala on Cooper and Roca: "Liam and Mark, we're still assessing. We'll see if we can get them involved on Sunday. That's taking a bit of time."

#fpl #lufc #dgw23 #LeeMun #GW23

📢 Skubala on Sinisterra: "Luis was a slightly different injury but we think he'll be okay.

"We're still going to assess whether it's too early for him on Sunday."

#fpl #lufc #dgw23 #LeeMun #GW23

📢 Skubala asked what type of injuries Cooper, Roca, Sinisterra have: "Just some slight muscle injuries.

"For me, it's about protecting players. We don't want to take any risks with any players. There's a long season, we need to look after them."

#fpl #lufc #dgw23 #LeeMun #GW23

🔨 West Ham

📢 David Moyes on team news: "We are much the way we were at the weekend. Thilo [Kehrer] is the main one. He came off with an injury.

"After that, I don’t think we will get any more boys back compared to last week."

#fpl #whufc #hammers #gw23 #WhuChe #dgw23

📢 Moyes: "I am beginning to see Nayef Aguerd and [Lucas] Paqueta show their value, what they are worth and their ability. We’ve not got Gianluca Scamacca at the moment but we're looking forward to getting Danny Ings back into it..."

#fpl #whufc #hammers #gw23 #WhuChe #dgw23

📢 Moyes: "...as well. We are seeing a little bit more consistency from Emerson now, [he is] just beginning to get used to us as well.

"We’re just beginning to get some of the players who we brought [in] to find a little bit of form."

#fpl #whufc #hammers #gw23 #WhuChe #dgw23

☔️ Aston Villa

📢 Unai Emery on team news: "Bertrand Traore is starting to train with the team normally but this is the first day. Diego Carlos is doing his work individually. I think next week he’ll start with us, maybe, doing our work."
#fpl #avfc #villans #dgw23 #MciAvl #gw23

📢 Emery on team news: "For Sunday, we train for the last time tomorrow [Saturday] and hopefully everyone else is going to be ok to play."

#fpl #avfc #villans #dgw23 #MciAvl #gw23

📢 Emery on Young: "Ashley, yes, he’s ready."

#fpl #avfc #villans #dgw23 #MciAvl #gw23

💠 Man City

📢 Pep Guardiola: "I'm not moving from this seat. More than ever, [I] want to stay.

"What happens if we are innocent? Who's going to return our damages, what the people write, all the damage the [stories] have done..."

#fpl #mcfc #dgw23 #MciAvl #gw23 #ArsMci

📢 Guardiola: "...'they have to go, punishment, money, points deductions, go to second division, third' - I don't know how many ideas. I don't know where they come from. The opposite side, what's going to happen?"

#fpl #mcfc #dgw23 #MciAvl #gw23 #ArsMci

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