DREAM TEAM brings all you all the latest injury and suspensions news ahead of Game Week 6 in the form of one convenient whistle-stop tour.
Thomas Tuchel has revealed that Edouard Mendy (£4.6m) – owned by 16.6% of Dream Team bosses – will start against Manchester City in Saturday’s repeat of the Champions League final.
However, Mason Mount (£4.2m) will sit out after picking up a ‘minor injury’ against Aston Villa in midweek but it doesn’t sound like a long-term problem.
Pep Guardiola kept his cards close to his chest when asked about City’s five doubts: John Stones (£4.0m), Aymeric Laporte (£4.2m), Ilkay Gundogan (£3.9m), Oleksandr Zinchenko (3.3m) and Rodri (£3.2m).
“Not all of them [are in contention],” the Catalan tactician told reporters. “Some of them come back a little bit to training today, we will see tomorrow how they react.”
Michail Antonio (£4.4m) is set to return for West Ham this weekend having served his suspension.
Assistant coach Stuart Pearce confirmed that the bullish forward could have featured against Man United in midweek but simply rested ahead of the Hammers trip to Elland Road this Saturday.
Leeds will be without several key players for that fixture with their injury crisis extending to their most-popular Dream Team assets.
Patrick Bamford (£3.8m) has been ruled out with a late decision to be made on first-choice wingers Raphinha (£3.0m) and Jack Harrison (£3.2m) – Luke Ayling (£2.1m) is also a doubt.
Edinson Cavani (£4.4m) is ‘ready’ to play for Manchester United if required but the Uruguayan poacher’s status at Old Trafford is unclear – Cristiano Ronaldo (£7.8m) is very much the main man these days.
Graham Potter was ‘delighted’ to give Tariq Lamptey (£2.1m) 45 minutes against Swansea in midweek but stressed he would not rush the promising right-back into the starting line-up.
Brighton’s boss is also hopeful that key midfielder Yves Bissouma (£2.1m) will be available for Monday’s tasty meeting with Crystal Palace.
Leon Bailey (£3.1m) caught the eye during Aston Villa’s 3-0 win over Everton in Game Week 5 but won’t feature again until after the international break after picking up a muscle strain.
In compensation, John McGinn (£2.7m) is available to for selection this weekend with the Villains travelling to Old Trafford.
Trent Alexander-Arnold (£5.0m) should return for Liverpool against Brentford on Saturday – the Anfield favourite was the best defender Dream Team had to offer before he was sidelined with illness.
However, Jurgen Klopp said there was ‘no chance’ Thiago Alcantara (£2.1m) would feature and revealed Naby Keita (£1.5m) is also out ‘for sure’ leaving the Reds a little light in midfield.
Nuno Espirito Santo has stated that Steven Bergwijn (£1.7m) and Ryan Sessegnon (£1.6m) are ‘not okay’ but Lucas Moura has rejoined the squad ahead of the north London derby.
Jordan Pickford (£2.4m) and Lucas Digne (£3.0m) have trained with Everton’s first team but it’s not entirely clear whether or not they are ready to start – Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£5.7m) is definitely not available.
Richarlison (£3.8m) should be fit after the international break.
Arsenal
Injured: None
Suspended:
Aston Villa
Injured: Morgan Sanson, Keinan Davis, Leon Bailey, Trezeguet
Suspended:
Brentford
Injured: Joshua Dasilva, Mads Bech Sorensen
Suspended:
Brighton
Injured: Adam Webster, Pascal Gross (doubt)
Suspended:
Burnley
Injured: Dale Stephens, Kevin Long (doubt), Connor Roberts (doubt), Wayne Hennessey (doubt)
Suspended:
Chelsea
Injured: Christian Pulisic, Mason Mount
Suspended:
Crystal Palace
Injured: Jeffrey Schlupp, Eberechi Eze, Nathan Ferguson
Suspended:
Everton
Injured: Fabian Delph, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Jordan Pickford, Lucas Digne (doubt), Richarlison, Seamus Coleman
Suspended:
Leeds
Injured: Robin Koch, Diego Llorente, Patrick Bamford, Raphinha (doubt), Luke Ayling (doubt), Jack Harrison (doubt)
Suspended: Pascal Struijk
Leicester
Injured: James Justin, Wesley Fofana, Nampalys Mendy
Suspended:
Liverpool
Injured: Harvey Elliott, Thiago Alcantara, Naby Keita, Roberto Firmino (doubt)
Suspended:
Man City
Injured: Aymeric Laporte (doubt), John Stones (doubt), Rodri (doubt), Oleksandr Zinchenko (doubt), Ilkay Gundogan (doubt)
Suspended: Benjamin Mendy (suspended by club)
Man United
Injured: Marcus Rashford
Suspended:
Newcastle
Injured: Jonjo Shelvey, Martin Dubravka, Paul Dummett, Callum Wilson, Jamaal Lascelles, Joe Willock, Freddie Woodman
Suspended:
Norwich
Injured: Sam Byram, Christoph Zimmermann, Todd Cantwell (personal reasons)
Suspended:
Southampton
Injured: Stuart Armstrong, Jack Stephens, Theo Walcott
Suspended:
Tottenham
Injured: Lucas Moura (doubt), Steven Bergwijn (doubt), Ryan Sessegnon (doubt)
Suspended:
Watford
Injured: Kiko Feminia (doubt), Daniel Bachmann (doubt)
Suspended: None
West Ham
Injured: Ryan Fredericks
Suspended:
Wolves
Injured: Pedro Neto, Jonny, Rayan Ait Nouri
Suspended:
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