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Confirmed gameweek 14 Premier League team news and manager quotes for every club

sportsmole.co.uk, 1 December 2023, 17:53
ARSENAL

Gameweek 14 opponents: Wolves (H)

Out: Thomas Partey (thigh), Fabio Vieira (groin), Jurrien Timber (knee), Emile Smith Rowe (knee)

Doubtful: None

Mikel Arteta quotes: "I don't think we are going to get anybody back still, and we didn't have any incidents, so all good.

"We have another big one to play against Wolves, a very difficult team to play against. They have shown against the top teams what they are capable of. Our preparation has been focused on understanding what we have to do to win the game.

"I think there is more levels to come. I hope so, and we have to continue to do a lot of the things we are doing well in games to earn the right to win, but I think we can still improve and be more consistent."

ASTON VILLA

Gameweek 14 opponents: Bournemouth (A)

Out: Emiliano Buendia (knee), Tyrone Mings (knee), Bertrand Traore (muscle), Boubacar Kamara (suspended)

Doubtful: Ollie Watkins (knock)

Unai Emery quotes: "[Watkins] is going to be a doubt for Sunday but we are adding other players like John Duran, Zaniolo, Ramsey getting more minutes. You can trust any player we have in the squad when there are some problems.

"[Watkins] is not completely unavailable for Sunday, we are going to wait for tomorrow and it depends if we can take a risk or not with him and what he feels for the demand we are going to face on Sunday. We are thinking only about the match on Sunday.

"It's very important when players are coming back after long injuries. Some players make an impact with good performances, like Alex Moreno yesterday and Robin Olsen as well after not playing recently.

"Jacob Ramsey was taking minutes after his injury and Jhon Duran was being consistent in 90 minutes after a long time not playing. It's a very good example for other players. It's very good for players in the squad because you have to create and build a strong structure inside and good feelings.

"Everyone has to be happy when we are winning and together when we are losing in the bad moments and then try to create a positive energy and enjoy every moment with our supporters."

BOURNEMOUTH

Gameweek 14 opponents: Aston Villa (H)

Out: Tyler Adams (thigh), Alex Scott (knee), Ryan Fredericks (calf), Max Aarons (hamstring), Emiliano Marcondes (ankle), Darren Randolph (ill), Lloyd Kelly (muscle)

Doubtful: None

Andoni Iraola quotes: "It's really bad news for Lloyd Kelly. He has a muscle injury that will keep him out for some weeks. He has been performing really well since the beginning. At centre-back he's done very well, on the side he's done very well and is a very good defender.

"Obviously you never want your best players injured but this is happening to all the teams, and we have to be ready to be solid without him and we have very good alternatives.

"The timing isn't good with a lot of games coming up, key games for us, but we hope that nothing else happens in training and we'll have the same squad available to us from the weekend."

BRENTFORD

Gameweek 14 opponents: Luton (H)

Out: Rico Henry (knee), Aaron Hickey (hamstring), Ivan Toney (suspended), Kevin Schade (adductor), Nathan Collins (ankle), Joshua Dasilva (hamstring), Mathias Jensen (adductor)

Doubtful: Mads Roerslev (knock), Mikkel Damsgaard (knee)

Club statement: "Mikkel Damsgaard, who last appeared in the Premier League in mid-August, is "touch and go" having played 45 minutes for a Brentford XI against Bournemouth on Tuesday.

"Defender Mads Roerslev is fit and available, while Mathias Jensen remains sidelined with an adductor injury and will be assessed ahead of the Bees' trip to Brighton and Hove Albion on Wednesday.

"Nathan Collins (ankle) and Josh Dasilva (hamstring) have also been ruled out of Saturday's game at Gtech Community Stadium."

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

Gameweek 14 opponents: Chelsea (A)

Out: Danny Welbeck (unspecified), Solly March (knee), Julio Enciso (knee), Mahmoud Dahoud (suspended), Pervis Estupinan (thigh), Adam Webster (knock), Tariq Lamptey (thigh), Ansu Fati (thigh), Lewis Dunk (suspended)

Doubtful: None

Roberto De Zerbi quotes: Press conference cancelled.

BURNLEY

Gameweek 14 opponents: Sheffield United (H)

Out: Lyle Foster (mental health), Jack Cork (unspecified)

Doubtful: Arijanet Muric (illness)

Vincent Kompany quotes: "Like every team that comes up, you are in that little between zone where you're pushing to become a Premier League team but there's still the threat of relegation. One thing you can't do is go and spend all of your money on players that you can't resell.

"It depends if we can find the right fit. Any club in our position has to be open to that but let's see what happens between now and the start of the transfer window.

"There is no hiding away from the results but I have to say the team has been playing really well. I always look forward to seeing the team play as they put up a real fight.

"It's that kind of fixture - there's no need to say it any different than it is. It's part of what you have to face in a career. For these players who are going to be taking to the field, these are the games that make you."

CHELSEA

Gameweek 14 opponents: Brighton (H)

Out: Wesley Fofana (knee), Ben Chilwell (thigh), Trevoh Chalobah (thigh), Carney Chukwuemeka (knee), Reece James (suspended), Marc Cucurella (suspended)

Doubtful: Malo Gusto (tendon), Christopher Nkunku (knee), Romeo Lavia (ankle)

Mauricio Pochettino quotes: "I don't believe we can recover any [injured] player but still there's one day more and we'll see what's going on tomorrow and if we can have some players available.

"Nkunku, Lavia? We need to assess tomorrow and then decide. They are close but we need tomorrow to make a decision. Maybe Lavia is the more difficult but we need to assess."

CRYSTAL PALACE

Gameweek 14 opponents: West Ham (A)

Out: Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (thigh), Dean Henderson (thigh), Eberechi Eze (ankle), Cheick Doucoure (calf), Rob Holding (ankle)

Doubtful: James Tomkins (calf)

Roy Hodgson quotes: "[Cheick Doucoure] It's bad. He's snapped his Achilles tendon, so it's a question of how long that takes [to heal]. It could take as long as the end of the season, but of course one remains optimistic.

"He's young and a quick healer, so I don't think it necessarily has to be that amount of time, but we know it's a long-term injury and we'll miss him. It's a massive blow, something we're going to have to come to terms with and find a way around.

"We should know more after [Ebere Eze] has seen the surgeon again today. He saw the surgeon at the start of the week and had his ankle put in a boot because it's a ligament problem. He's going to see him again today.

"It's a high ankle ligament which apparently is not quite as serious as it could be when you get a bad ligament injury lower down, but it's still a considerable injury. We're waiting on the advice from the surgeon again today to find out how long it will take before he gets back.

"[James] Tomkins is good, that is good injury news. But it's countered by the news that Rob Holding, who's been fantastic in training and has worked all the way through without having got any real opportunity to show what he can do, has been suffering from a grumbling ankle injury for a while.

"It turns out now he's also going to be missing for maybe as long as a month, which is very disappointing for him and also very disappointing for us going into so many fixtures in the month of December.

"Alongside Jes [Rak-Sakyi] and [Dean] Henderson [out injured], we're not quite as badly off as we once were, but we're being hit by injuries in the wrong part of the field at the moment."

EVERTON

Gameweek 14 opponents: Nott'm Forest (A)

Out: Dele Alli (hip), Andre Gomes (calf)

Doubtful: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (muscle), Amadou Onana (calf), Beto (knock)

Sean Dyche quotes: "Amadou is unlikely I think, Beto is likely, he's back, he's just got a minor kind of situation but it needed some settling down and that's settled so we're pleased with that and he certainly trained today which is good.

"Dom we're just being careful with, he's one of them who we'll just make a decision on these next couple of days. It's just a bit of tightness and as we know he's got an up and down past over the last couple of years and he's done very well recently with his fitness so therefore we're just monitoring."

FULHAM

Gameweek 14 opponents: Liverpool (A)

Out: Rodrigo Munoz (knee), Issa Diop (ankle), Adama Traore (hamstring), Tyrese Francois (unspecified)

Doubtful: None

Marco Silva quotes: "Issa Diop is still recovering but making steps forward. Adama Traore, Rodrigo Muniz and Tyrese Francois are still the same.

"[The Wolves win] was an important one, a good one from ourselves. The reaction that we wanted to see was there from the first minute."

LIVERPOOL

Gameweek 14 opponents: Fulham (H)

Out: Thiago Alcantara (hip), Stefan Bajcetic (calf), Andrew Robertson (shoulder), Diogo Jota (leg), Alisson Becker (hamstring)

Doubtful: None

Jurgen Klopp quotes: "Nothing changed [with Thiago]. We said that needs time and we will give him that time. As easy as that. [We] see him every day, he is still a fantastic guy who works hard to get back. That's all.

"The boys don't have to convince me in the games. We don't rotate. This is my squad, this is my team and they play. If somebody is not extremely awful in shape and you think, 'My god, what is going on with him?!' - and that didn't happen for a long, long time - then we just decide for the game and these kind of things.

"This is the most intense period in world football coming up now, that's how it is, for all the teams by the way. So, they all will play.

"We already have Diogo [Jota] not in and that's not helpful, so yes, we have to share these kind of minutes with different players and they have to perform, not always 90, sometimes less, but 60 or 70 and then full throttle. That's how it is.

"I am not sure we can rotate all the time.

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