De Bruyne out for weeks
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola confirmed that the club will be without midfielder De Bruyne (£11.9m, 95pts) for their trip to West Brom.
The Belgium international limped off with a hamstring injury during City’s 2-0 win against Aston Villa last Wednesday.
After the match, Guardiola said: “The doctor said after reviewing the scan Kevin will be out for four to six weeks. It’s a big blow, but we have to move forward,”
“We’re going to miss him a lot,” Guardiola added “He’s almost irreplaceable with the quality he has. He was nominated the best player in the Premier League last season so we know how good he is.”
Vardy undergoes hernia surgery
Brendan Rodgers revealed that striker Vardy (£10.1m, 116pts) has undergone surgery to alleviate the discomfort he has felt in the region for much of this season.
“We’ve been managing him over these last number of months and he’s been fantastic, but we have a window now that allows him to have a minor operation on his hernia,” Rodgers said.
“He’s in recovery now. The earliest he can get onto the pitch is a week to 10 days.”
Marcus Rashford faces late fitness test
An injury worry for striker Rashford tainted another impressive performance from Manchester United against Liverpool on Sunday.
Speaking after the game, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed that Rashford will have a scan on his knee ahead of Sheffield United’s visit to Old Trafford on Wednesday.
“His knee was bothering him. Hopefully it’s not too bad and after the scan we’ll see where we are.”
The 23-year-old has established himself as a key figure in United’s side, with seven goals and five assists in the league this season.
Antonio boost for West Ham
The return of Antonio has been a welcome boost for David Moyes’s side.
The 30-year-old notched the winning goals for the club against both Burnley and West Ham last week after returning from a hamstring injury
Speaking ahead of their trip to Crystal Palace on Tuesday, Moyes said: “Having Michail back makes a huge difference for us.”
“I think he’s still a little way off his best, from when we came back after lockdown, and we have to get him back to that level but if he keeps getting us a goal a game we won’t be complaining, that’s for sure!
“Hopefully he can continue on his run, but I still see improvement in Mich from where he’s been and hopefully he can do that.”
Which Premier League players are currently injured?
Arsenal
- Pablo Mari (£4.4m, 14pts) — Calf
- Dani Ceballos (£4.7m, 33pts) — Calf, doubtful
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.3m, 71pts) — Personal reasons, doubtful
Aston Villa
- John McGinn (£5.5m, 57pts) — Suspended
- Wesley Moraes (£6m, 0pts) — Knee
- Kortney Hause (£4.4m, 28pts) — Ankle
Brighton & Hove Albion
- Adam Lallana (£6.2m, 27pts) — Illness, doubtful
- Jose Izquierdo (£5.5m, 0pts) — Hamstring
- Florin Andone (£4.8m, 0pts) — Knee
- Tariq Lamptey (£4.7m, 35pts) — Hamstring
- Danny Welbeck (£5.5m, 36pts) — Knee
- Aaron Connolly (£5.2m, 30pts) — Hamstring
- Steven Alzate (£4.3m, 14pts) — Illness
- Alireza Jahanbaksh (£5.4m, 13pts) — doubtful
Burnley
- Charlie Taylor (£4.5m, 52pts) — Thigh, doubtful
- Jimmy Dunne (£3.8m, 8pts) — Doubtful
Chelsea
- N’Golo Kante (£4.9m, 38pts) — Thigh
Crystal Palace
- Wayne Hennessey (£4.3m, 0pts)
- Connor Wickham (£4.4m, 0pts)
- Martin Kelly (£4.1m, 0pts) — Calf/Shin
- Nathan Ferguson (£3.9m, 0pts) — Thigh
- Jeffrey Schlupp (£5.4m, 44pts) — Hamstring
- Mamadou Sakho (£4.4m, 4pts) — Thigh
Everton
- Alex Iwobi (£5.9m, 43pts) — Thigh
- Allan (£5.2m, 21pts) — Hamstring
- Fabian Delph (£4.9m, 6pts) — Hamstring
- Jean-Philippe Gbamin (£5m, 0pts) — Achilles
Fulham
- Aleksander Mitrovic (£5.5m, 35pts) — Fitness, doubtful
- Tom Cairney (£5.2m, 27pts) — Knee
- Mario Lemina (£4.5m, 14pts) — Knock
Leeds United
- Kalvin Phillips (£4.9m, 35pts) — Suspended
- Gaetano Berardi — Knee
- Adam Forshaw (£4.8m, 0pts) — Groin/hip
- Robin Koch (£4.4m, 32pts) — Knee
Leicester City
- Dennis Praet (£5.2m, 35pts) — Thigh
- Jamie Vardy (£10.1m, 116pts) — Hip
- Wes Morgan (£4.4m, 3pts) — Back
Liverpool
- Diogo Jota (£6.6m, 47pts) — Knee
- Joel Matip (£5.4m, 41pts) — Groin
- Joe Gomez (£5.2m, 10pts) — Knee
- Virgil van Dijk (£6.3m, 15pts) — Knee
- Konstantinos Tsimikas (£4.9m, 0pts) — Knee
- Naby Keita (£5.2m, 12pts) — Doubtful
Manchester City
- Sergio Aguero (£10.3m, 6pts) — Isolating
- Kyle Walker (£6.1m, 62pts) — Groin
- Nathan Ake (£5.4m, 21pts) — Other
- Cole Palmer (£4.4m, 0pts) — COVID-19
- Nathan Ake (£5.4m, 21pts) — Doubtful
- Kevin De Bruyne (£11.9m, 95pts) — Hamstring
Manchester United
- Facundo Pellistri (£5.2m, 0pts) — COVID-19
- Marcos Rojo (£4.8m, 0pts) — Calf
- Nemanja Matic (£4.7m, 21pts) —Groin, doubtful
- Brandon Williams (£4.2m, 1pt) — Knock
- Marcus Rashford (£9.6m, 93pts) — Knee, doubtful
Newcastle United
- Federico Fernandez (£4.7m, 34pts) — Muscular injury, doubtful
- Ciaran Clark (£4.5m, 26pts) — Calf
- Javi Manquillo (£4.2m, 17pts) — Late fitness test
- Paul Dummett (£4.4m, 4pts) — Thigh
- DeAndre Yedlin (£4.3m, 13pts) — Other
Sheffield United
- Sander Berge (£4.9m, 29pts) — Thigh
- Jack O’Connell (£4.7m, 3pts) — Knee
- Jack Robinson (£4.2m, 13pts) — Undisclosed
- Oliver McBurnie (£5.6m, 28pts) — Knock, doubtful
- Enda Stevens (£5m, 18pts) — Knock, doubtful
- George Baldock (£4.9m, 25pts) — Knock, doubtful
Southampton
- Jannik Vestergaard (£4.7m, 63pts) — Knee
- Nathan Redmond (£6.4m, 18pts) — Groin
- Michael Obafemi (£4.6m, 1pt) — Surgery
- Oriol Romeu (£4.5m, 42pts) — Calf, doubtful
- Moussa Djenepo (£5.4m, 30pts) — Hamstring
- Mohamed Salisu (£4.3, 0pts) — Muscular, doubtful
- Ryan Bertrand (£5m, 54pts) — Suspended
- William Smallbone (£4.4m, 5pts) — ACL
- Kyle Walker-Peters (£4.8m, 70pts) — Thigh
Tottenham Hotspur
- Giovani Lo Celso (£6.9m, 20pts) — Thigh
- Steven Bergwijn (£7.0m, 30pts) — Illness, doubtful
- Matt Doherty (5.7m, 29pts) — Late fitness test
- Dele Alli (£7.4m, 4pts) — Late fitness test
West Bromwich Albion
- Karlan Grant (£5.8m, 29pts) — Ankle
- Conor Townsend (£4.4m, 24pts) — Knee, doubtful
- Hal Robson-Kanu (£5.2m, 7pts) — Arm, doubtful
- Sam Field (£4.8m, 3pts) — Fatigue, doubtful
West Ham United
- Arthur Masuaku (£4.4m, 37pts) — Knee
- Issa Diop (£4.3m, 4pts)— Undisclosed, doubtful
Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Raul Jimenez (£8.2m, 43pts) — Head
- Marcal (£4.7m, 16pts) — Groin
- Daniel Podence (£5.3m, 57pts) — Calf
- Jonny Otto (£5.4m, 0pts) — Knee
- Willy Boly (£5.4m, 48pts) — Hamstring, doubtful
- Adama Traore (£6.1, 30pts) — Thigh, doubtful
- Pedro Neto (£5.9m, 84pts) — Knock, doubtful
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