Rice, Gabriel & Cucurella: Latest FPL injury news for Gameweek 20 before Arsenal take on Bournemouthplaceholder image
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The latest Fantasy Premier League injury news - with updates on Declan Rice, Gabriel, Marc Cucurella and many more.
The New Year fixtures are coming thick and fast and for Fantasy Premier League players, that means Gameweek 20’s deadline is almost upon us – and as always, there are a whole host of injury problems to fret about before Saturday 11:00 GMT, by which time all of your transfers will have to have been made.
Declan Rice, Gabriel Magalhães and Marc Cucurella are among the key FPL players who are either out or doubts ahead of the latest round of Premier League matches, and to help you out we’ve checked in on the latest media reports and listened in to the managers’ pre-match press conferences to compile the latest FPL injury news.
Will Declan Rice and Gabriel play vs Bournemouth?
Declan Rice, Riccardo Calafiori & Gabriel Magalhães: Widely-owned midfielder Rice was left out of Arsenal’s squad for the 4-1 win over Aston Villa and remains a doubt due to a knee injury. In an unusually open statement about one of his players’ injuries, Mikel Arteta told the press on Friday that the swelling around his knee had not yet come down and that his availability would depend on whether he made it through training on Friday. It didn’t sound promising and we suspect that Rice will be out.
Elsewhere, Arteta confirmed that Riccardo Calafiori would miss Saturday’s match against Bournemouth through injury, but it looks as though fellow defender Gabriel Magalhães will be fine to play after limping off in midweek. That seems to have been no more than a bout of cramp.
Marc Cucurella: The Chelsea left-back is among the most popular defenders in the game but has a worrying yellow flag next to his name this week, the result of a hamstring injury which kept him out of the midweek draw with Bournemouth.
Chris Richards: Crystal Palace’s defensive contribution magnet was a heavy doubt heading into the weekend and doesn’t seem likely to be involved for a little while longer – The Athletic report that Richards could be out for another three matches due to a foot injury.
Newcastle stars among other Fantasy doubts this weekend
Sven Botman, Tino Livramento and more: Newcastle’s defence has been ravaged by injuries of late but it seems as though a few players are getting close to comebacks – Eddie Howe told the media on Friday that Livramento and Kieran Trippier are “close” to a return, Botman and Anthony Elanga are “very close,” and Lewis Hall should be fine. None of which is wildly helpful, but it suggests that people eyeing Livramento should probably wait another week.
Yankuba Minteh & Mats Wieffer: Winger Minteh sustained a thigh injury during the recent draw against West Ham but is “fine” to play against Burnley this weekend, according to Fabian Hürzeler. Wieffer, however, is out due to a “small” toe injury which doesn’t sound like a long-term problem.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall & Michael Keane: Ahead of Everton’s last match, David Moyes bluntly told reporters that he wouldn’t be giving them any information about when injured players like Dewsbury-Hall and Keane would be back in action – and unless he changes his tune in Friday afternoon’s presser then we’ll have to defer to the best guesses of LiverpoolWorld, whose reporter believes that Keane is a doubt but could well play, and that Dewsbury-Hall is likely out for another couple of weeks.
Maxime Estève: Burnley’s budget enabler was a major doubt heading into the midweek match against Newcastle but did ultimately start – only to be substituted 15 minutes into the match. We still don’t have any clarity on his status this weekend, but Scott Parker will hopefully offer some clarity during his lunchtime press conference.
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