Jack Pitt-Brooke, of The Athletic, told BBC Radio 5 Live that Aston Villa seem to have "lost momentum" after making positive strides under manager Unai Emery in recent seasons: “It feels a bit like they’ve tried so hard in the last few years, Villa under Unai Emery, they’ve given him everything he’s wanted, but it feels like they’ve lost a bit of momentum and lost a bit of energy.

“They’ve been distracted by the whole Emiliano Martínez saga. Their season needs a kick start. They need a bit of fresh energy and injection of pace."

Jack Grealish's form has been a factor in Everton's impressive start to the season, as an important part of a collective effort under David Moyes.

They find themselves in fifth place in the Premier League table after following up an opening defeat at Leeds with back-to-back wins against Wolves and Brighton.

Saturday's opponents Aston Villa, meanwhile, have suffered back-to-back defeats against Crystal Palace and Brentford after claiming their only point in a goalless draw at home to Newcastle in their opening game of the season.

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Jack Grealish is, of course, going to be facing former club Aston Villa in Everton colours at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday.

Jack Pitt-Brooke, from The Athletic, spoke to 5 Live Breakfast earlier about the Manchester City player's stunning start to his loan spell at Everton: “I’ve really enjoyed watching [Jack] Grealish for Everton so far this season. I think he really needed that move, he needed a change of scenery and needed a manger and fanbase who can really get behind him and he’s rewarded Everton so far with some brilliant performances."

Jack Grealish has made a fine start to life at Everton and it has was been recognised with August's Premier League Player of the Month award.

The midfielder has four assists in three matches since joining from Manchester City on a season-long loan.

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It's been a big morning already for team news, with some high-profile absentees and injury updates.

Let's recap the main casualties:

• Newcastle boss Eddie Howe confirmed that Yoane Wissa would need tests on a knee injury he picked up on international duty and will miss Saturday's game at home to Wolves
• Fellow Magpies signing Jacob Ramsey is also not fit enough to play and is not expected to return from an ankle injury until "after the next international break" in October
• Chelsea also have injuries to key attackers. Head coach Enzo Maresca said that Liam Delap faces "10 to 12 weeks out" with a hamstring injury
• The Blues also face a wait to see if Cole Palmer is fit enough for Saturday's trip to Brentford

Annnddd breathe.

That's the first tranche of news conferences out of the way. Here is what we have from lunchtime onwards.

(all times BST)

• 12:00: Bournemouth
• 12:30: Manchester City
• 13:00: Wolves
• 13:15: Manchester United
• 13:30: Arsenal, Brentford, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Everton, Fulham, Tottenham
• 14:00: Aston Villa

Sounds mildly threatening...

Chelsea

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca on new signing Alejandro Garnacho: "He is working well. For sure, he needs to work because he arrived here not 100% fit. He needs to work. He is working well and we will see. Hopefully we can give him minutes.

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Chelsea

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca on the 74 charges: "I know from the club that they are satisfied about the process. Personally, I have nothing to add. I have no idea, to be honest. I want to focus on the pitch, something I can control.

"The rest is not in my hands."

Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport Chelsea reporter

Chelsea remain hopeful Liam Delap could return sooner at some point in November and be ready to take part in the busy festive fixture period around Christmas.

They are pleased that he avoided needing surgery on a serious hamstring injury, which would have ruled him out for even longer.

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Chelsea

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca on striking options: "For us, the only number nine is [Marc] Guiu and Joao [Pedro] can play there and against Fulham we used Ty [George]."

Chelsea

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca on Cole Palmer, who missed the win over Fulham and both England matches with a groin problem:

"Cole took part in the session yesterday for the first time, not the entire session. We have one more session this afternoon and we are going to try with him to see if he's okay, otherwise he will be out tomorrow.

"He is recovering from an injury, it's not managing him, it's recovering from an injury. When he is available, we need to manage him because of the amount of games."

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Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler on Carlos Baleba, who was linked with Manchester United during the summer transfer window:

"He demands a lot from himself. He always wants to play perfect. He always wants to do special things. But in these moments, it's very important to focus just on the basics, to focus on the things you can influence. We try to give him the right advice in that case, and then I'm sure that he will be back in the shape as soon as possible, as quick as possible, but it's very important that we don't put too much pressure under him, because I think that's not the right thing to work with."

Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler on Solly March, who has not played this season has he recovers from a knee injury:

"He's not that close that he will be back in two or three weeks. He is working hard but he's still not on the pitch. We are very convinced we will see him back in this year."

Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler on whether Brajan Gruda could make his first league start after scoring the winner against Manchester City last time out:

"Everybody who is in our squad is ready to start. And he had a very good appearance against Manchester City when he when on the pitch. We're very pleased with his development. We try to give him more game time. If it will be a start tomorrow or not, we have to make the decision. But he will be a very important player for us to the future, no matter if he starts tomorrow or not."

Full quotes from Enzo Maresca, including what he had to say about Liam Delap's injury, to follow shortly.

Next up though is Brighton's Fabian Hurzeler.

Before we dive in there is a bit of breaking news from the Seagulls: technical director David Weir has left the club.

The former Scotland defender joined Brighton as pathway development manager in 2018.

He then became assistant technical director before succeeding Dan Ashworth in 2022.

Newcastle United

A final word from Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe on Germany striker Nick Woltemade, who could make his first appearance for the club against Wolves after signing from Stuttgart in a deal worth up to £69m: "He's fine. He's trained well and I'm really pleased with how he has looked in the first days. It's a big change for him, a big opportunity as well.

"He's got a great nature and a great character. He's very calm. He's gone straight into our training and not looked out of place.

"He has shown his qualities, so I am really pleased with how he has settled in."

On whether Woltemade could start the game, Howe made a more general point on his summer signings as a whole: "I have no hesitation in playing any of the new players."

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BBC Radio 5 Live football reporter

Arne Slot is always very careful about his words but it was clear he feels Marc Guehi has been hard done by.

The Liverpool manger described the situation as a "pity" for all involved, but stopped short there, saying the England defender is "in a good place playing at Crystal Palace, winning the FA Cup and Charity Shield with a very good manager".

As for Alexander Isak - there was plenty of questions on his protracted British-record £125m transfer from Newcastle and Slot was happy to field them. I was interested to ask about how much contact they'd had up to now and it would appear, not much.

"People may not believe me but I haven't spoken to him that much." Slot said with a smile, adding "although it is very important how someone is because we have a great culture at this club... We mainly sign a player for his qualities."

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Liverpool

A bit of housekeeping as we wrap up Arne Slot's news conference, with the Liverpool boss confirming Curtis Jones will miss Sunday's trip to Burnley:

"Curtis Jones got injured in the last game and so he will not be available against Burnley but the rest of them all came back without a problem and I think that is not always the situation early in the season."