23/08/2024
PRESS CONFERENCE & INJURIES REACTION
If you have Solanke - Sell him
If you have Palmer - Start him
If you have Nkunku - Start him
If you have Porro - Start him
If you have Amad - Hold him
If you have Quansah - Sell him (not for a hit)
If you have Barco - Sell him (not for a hit)
If you have Trippier - Sell him
If you have Hall - Hold him
If you have Murphy - Hold him
If you have Watkins - Hold him (fixtures from GW3 are top)
If you have Toney - Why do you have him, mate?
If you don't have Haaland - STAY CALM
If you DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO - Just roll your transfer
Injuries:
- Rodri is 'getting better' but is still not in full team training; Savinho 'feels better' and has partially trained, so he may be involved.
- Solanke will miss GW2 but the ankle injury is not deemed to be serious; Porro is fine, and so is Richarlison; Bentancur will miss out through concussion protocol.
- Tomiyasu & Tierney expected to be out for a few more weeks; Fabio Vieira sat out GW1 with a slight hip problem; Still doubts over whether Timber is fit to start
- Quansah picked up a "bit of injury" on Tuesday and missed Wednesday's training session.
- Schar is suspended; Trippier has trained despite transfer speculation; Botman, Lascelles, Tonali, Miley & Wilson remain unavailable.
- Lindelof has an issue with his toe and is not available for the weekend; Sancho was ruled out due to an ear infection in GW1.
- Sanchez to remain No.1 in PL games; Neto is unlikely to feature vs Wolves owing to managing the workload; Felix could feature; James remains suspended.
- No new updates on Elanga and Aina who came off with slight issues in GW1; Danilo will undergo surgery next week; Moreno joined on loan, but is yet to train.
- Edson Alvarez was the only notable absentee in GW1, but Lopetegui said "wait and see" when asked about other injuries.
- Tarkowski is a doubt for this GW; Young is suspended; Branthwaite, Coleman, Patterson, Garner and Chermiti remain out.
- Skipp is definitely available although Daka, Coady and Stolarczyk are unavailable.