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Gabriel Martinelli only landed yesterday, again, Arteta says "we'll have to see".
Summary
News conferences as Premier League returns
Fairytales and lies surrounding future, but 'convinced' of success - Ten Hag
Howe says he wasn't approached for England job
Arteta on injuries: Saka, Odegaard, Havertz, Martinelli
PL team news & FPL tips: De Bruyne, Liverpool, Wilson & Isak, Arsenal, Man Utd, James, Hee-Chan, Shaw & Malacia, Son & Richarlison, Kamara & Mings
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'The noise is only coming from the media' - ten Hag
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Kai Havertz has "had a few issues, but we are dealing with that". Arteta says if he trains well today he might be included.
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Arteta is here now. He says Bukayo Saka's injury is not serious. "We are hopeful" he says.
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Good morning to you too, Joe.
I can tell you that Mikel Arteta is not quite ready just yet. A room full of journalists at Arsenal's training are staring at an empty chair and table.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 10:02 British Summer Time 18 October
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Good morning sport lovers, Arsenal fan here! Extremely tentative and nervous waiting for Mikel’s team news. Timber, Partey, Zinchenko, White, Odegaard, Saka, Martinelli and Kai 🤞🏼 I have massive faith in Mikel to manage the injuries like we have so far though so perhaps a massive chance for Ethan Nwaneri, Lewis-Skelly, Jesus and Sterling!
Joe
Postpublished at 09:59 British Summer Time 18 October
Arsenal and Fantasy Football fans around the country are tuning in to get injury updates on Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz...
Arteta about to speak to the mediapublished at 09:58 British Summer Time 18 October
Next up on our bumper day of Premier League news conferences, Arsenal and their manager Mikel Arteta.
get involved Get Involved - Howe says he wasn't interviewed for England jobpublished at 09:56 British Summer Time 18 October
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Well, that's Eddie Howe's press conference done. Not much team news to report, just the big story that, according to him, he wasn't interviewed for the England job by the FA.
Right call? Let us know.
Howe to 'manage' Wilson's reintroductionpublished at 09:54 British Summer Time 18 October
Eddie Howe on Callum Wilson being back fit and available: "I'm very hands on with everybody and Callum is no exception. It has been great to see him back on the training pitch. It has given all the players a lift to see him back with the group but we have to manage his reintroduction the right way."
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Cheers Dan. Both of Forest's league victories this season have been away from home, against Southampton in August and Liverpool in September.
That home win though, as you say, elusive....
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 09:49 British Summer Time 18 October
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Ready for the league back this week! Forest fan here and really happy with the start we’ve made but hoping we can pick up an elusive home win against Palace on Monday. The short week has me a little rattled though, Monday this week and Friday next week is never my favoure schedule to see.
Dan, Nott’m.
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Eddie Howe was asked by a journalist if he was interviewed for the the England job. He said: "no I wasn't, no". He was then asked if he was ever approached by the FA and simply replied with: "no".
'England have to do what is right for them'published at 09:45 British Summer Time 18 October
More on Howe about the England job and whether it bothers him that he wasn't contacted: "England have to do what is right for them and only they will know the processes they have gone through and the decisions they have made and I am certainly not the type of person that is going to analyse that.
"For me it's about Newcastle and trying to win games and it's hard enough to do that if you are 100% focused and I will always remain that way to my work. If you drop your levels then the job becomes impossible and at no stage have I allowed myself to do that."
'I hope Tuchel leads England to many trophies'published at 09:43 British Summer Time 18 October
Newcastle United v Brighton & Hove Albion (Sat, 15:00 BST)
Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe on Thomas Tuchel: "I've got a relationship with Thomas and I was lucky enough to go and see him work at Chelsea when I was out of work. What a brilliant guy. What a great person. What a great coach. I had two days with him and thought he was fascinating and I wish him well. I think he's a great appointment and I hope he leads England to many trophies.
"My preference would have been for an English coach but if you are going to go foreign then go for the best and Thomas is certainly that."
Howe on England jobpublished at 09:40 British Summer Time 18 October
In his Newcastle news conference Eddie Howe has just said he wasn't interviewed or contacted by the FA around the England job.
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Thanks for the message Rich. Chelsea have completely surprised me this season and - like Opta earlier - I reckon they're probably the fourth-best team in the country.
But, as you say, the fixtures next up are tough. The Blues take on Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle and Arsenal before the next international break.
Six points from those games? Nine? Twelve?
get involved Get Involved - Chelsea to get testedpublished at 09:37 British Summer Time 18 October
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Hi Chelsea fan here, Looking for an encouraging performance against Liverpool this weekend. We’ve made a promising start under Maresca but a truer insight will come in the next month with some tough fixtures. Win or lose I would like to see that we can trouble the top sides.
Rich in Oxford
Alexander Arnold 'very good' for Liverpoolpublished at 09:35 British Summer Time 18 October
Liverpool v Chelsea (Sun, 16:30 BST)
Liverpool boss Arne Slot on Trent Alexander-Arnold: "Trent has been very good for us. He was and is important in our attacking part of the game, I also like the way he has defended until now in the game he's played for us. He made a step up I think, he's done well for us and England, if I'm correct in the tour matches he's played [for England], he got man of the match three times."
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News conference one of 14 is nearly done.
Next up is Eddie Howe and Newcastle from 09:30 BST. Then it's Mikel Arteta and Arsenal's turn at 10:00 BST.
'Bright future' for Bradleypublished at 09:29 British Summer Time 18 October
Liverpool v Chelsea (Sun, 16:30 BST)
Liverpool boss Arne Slot on Conor Bradley: "I think it's going to be a bright future for him because he is a very good player and very good players is what we need here at Liverpool. He's done, last season especially, really well when he had to replace Trent and now Trent has played a lot but he is a very good player. Although he has big competition from Trent, normally very good players find their way on to the team and that is what I also expect of him, in the future at this club."
