Injuries & suspensions update ahead of Gameweek 19: Late call on Kieran Trippier and more

DREAM TEAM brings you all the latest injury, suspension and availability news ahead of Gameweek 19 in one easily digestible dose.

The first thing to note in regards to availability is that dozens of Premier League players have been called up to play in either the Asian Cup or Africa Cup of Nations.

Son Heung-min (£4.7m), Mohamed Salah (£6.5m) and Mohammed Kudus (£4.9m) are the biggest names to have already departed.

Andre Onana (£3.8m) will stay with Manchester United through to the end of Gameweek 20 so his backers have more time to identify a replacement.

We haven’t listed AFCON/Asian Cup players as either injured or suspended in the lower section of this article so Dream Team bosses should ensure they’re aware of any relevant absentees.

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Kieran Trippier (£4.9m) faces a late fitness test ahead of Saturday’s Tyne-Wear derby.

Speaking about Callum Wilson’s (£4.3m) issue, Eddie Howe said: “It’s not too bad but it’s enough to keep him out of this game and next game. We’ll hopefully have him back for Aston Villa.”

Dominik Szoboszlai (£3.8m) is expected to miss both of Liverpool’s Gameweek 19 fixtures but Jurgen Klopp hopes he’ll be fit again the following week.

Pep Guardiola told reporters that John Stones (£3.5m) “is not training” but “progressing well”.

When asked about Erling Haaland’s (£7.9m) availability, Manchester City’s decorated tactician said: “I don’t know about Sunday, maybe Newcastle.”

Kevin De Bruyne (£6.7m) was an unused substitute against Sheffield United but Guardiola suggested the Belgian’s comeback would not be rushed.

Jeremy Doku (£4.1m) supposedly feels “really, really good” so it wouldn’t be a surprise if the tricky winger got some minutes against Huddersfield this weekend.

Vladimir Coufal (£3m) and Lucas Paqueta (£4.2m) have returned to West Ham training but late calls will be made on both ahead of the Hammers’ trip to Bristol City on Sunday.

Ben Chilwell (£3.8m) and Carney Chukwuemeka (£1.6m) resumed Chelsea training this week but Saturday’s FA Cup meeting with Preston comes too soon for both players.

However, the duo may be in contention in midweek when the Blues face Middlesbrough in their Carabao Cup semi-final first leg.

Mauricio Pochettino “doesn’t know” when Romeo Lavia (£2.4m) will be available again after the midfielder suffered a setback upon his return to action.

Roberto De Zerbi told journalists that he doesn’t expect Ansu Fati (£3.5m) or Julio Enciso (£2.2m) to be available again until early February.

Ange Postecoglou said he’s glad to have Micky van de Ven (£2.9m) in contention for Tottenham’s squad to face Burnley on Friday night.

“Obviously, he’s missed a fair bit, so we’ll have to be careful with him,” the Australian coach told reporters.

Spurs will also be able to call upon Dejan Kulusevski (£3.4m) after his one-game suspension.

Oleksandr Zinchenko (£3.5m) is said to be “progressing well” but Mikel Arteta will make a late decision on the Ukraine international’s involvement against Liverpool.

ARSENAL

Injuries: Jurrien Timber, Thomas Partey, Fabio Vieira, Mohamed Elneny, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Oleksandr Zinchenko (doubt)

Suspensions: None

ASTON VILLA

Injuries: Tyrone Mings, Emi Buendia, Bertrand Traore, Robin Olsen, Youri Tielemans, Matty Cash (doubt), Pau Torres

Suspensions: None

BOURNEMOUTH

Injuries: Ryan Fredericks, Emiliano Marcondes (doubt), Tyler Adams, Lloyd Kelly, Hamed Traore, Antoine Semenyo (doubt), Milos Kerkez

Suspensions: Marcos Senesi

BRENTFORD

Injuries: Aaron Hickey, Rico Henry, Kevin Schade, Bryan Mbeumo, Kristoffer Ajer, Shandon Baptiste (doubt)

Suspensions: Ivan Toney, Ben Mee

BRIGHTON

Injuries: Julio Enciso, Solly March, Tariq Lamptey, Adam Webster (doubt), Ansu Fati, Joel Veltman, Igor Julio (doubt)

Suspensions: None

BURNLEY

Injuries: Jack Cork (doubt), Luka Koleosho, Jordan Beyer (doubt), Hjalmar Ekdal

Suspensions: None

CHELSEA

Injuries: Trevoh Chalobah, Wesley Fofana, Carney Chukwuemeka (doubt), Romeo Lavia, Ben Chilwell (doubt), Lesley Ugochukwo, Reece James, Marc Cucurella, Robert Sanchez

Suspensions: None

CRYSTAL PALACE

Injuries: Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Cheick Doucoure, Joel Ward, Rob Holding, Sam Johnstone, Michael Olise

Suspensions: None

EVERTON

Injuries: Dele Alli, Seamus Coleman (doubt), Ashley Young (doubt), Abdoulaye Doucoure, Dwight McNeil

Suspensions: Dominic Calvert-Lewin

FULHAM

Injuries: Adama Traore, Tim Ream

Suspensions: None

LIVERPOOL

Injuries: Thiago Alcantara, Stefan Bajcetic, Andy Robertson, Kostas Tsimikas, Joel Matip, Dominik Szoboszlai, Ben Doak

Suspensions: None

LUTON

Injuries: Dan Potts, Reece Burke (doubt), Tom Lockyer, Marvelous Nakamba

Suspensions: None

MANCHESTER CITY

Injuries: Jeremy Doku (doubt), Erling Haaland (doubt), John Stones

Suspensions: None

MANCHESTER UNITED

Injuries: Tyrell Malacia (doubt), Lisandro Martinez, Casemiro, Mason Mount, Harry Maguire (doubt), Victor Lindelof, Anthony Martial (doubt), Luke Shaw

Suspensions: None

NEWCASTLE

Injuries: Javier Manquillo, Harvey Barnes, Jacob Murphy, Elliot Anderson, Matt Targett, Joe Willock, Nick Pope, Callum Wilson, Kieran Trippier (doubt)

Suspensions: Sandro Tonali

NOTTINGHAM FOREST

Injuries: Taiwo Awoniyi, Felipe (doubt)

Suspensions: None

SHEFFIELD UNITED

Injuries: Daniel Jebbison, John Egan, Chris Basham, Tom Davies

Suspensions: Anel Ahmedhodzic, Gustavo Hamer

TOTTENHAM

Injuries: Ivan Perisic, Ryan Sessegnon, Alfie Whiteman, Manor Solomon, James Maddison, Micky van de Ven (doubt), Alejo Veliz, Cristian Romero

Suspensions: None

WEST HAM

Injuries: Lucas Paqueta (doubt), Michail Antonio, Vladimir Coufal (doubt)

Suspensions: None

WOLVES

Injuries: None

Suspensions: None

Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk