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Liverpool:<\/strong> Interesting line from Arne Slot on Alexander Isak and Dominik Szoboszlai from earlier: \u201cAlexander Isak with Sweden have 1 point out of 6 games in their group, and they still have a chance to reach the World Cup because they won Group \u2018C\u2019 of the Nations League. Meanwhile Szoboszlai\u2019s Hungary played 2 good years of football, picking up quite a lot of points, but has no chance to qualify anymore. But luckily he\u2019s used to disappointments lately here with this club [laughs].\u201d<\/p>\n

Seems Szob may be in for a new contract soon. He deserves one on current form.<\/p>\n

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Wolves:<\/strong> Ahead of his first game as manager, Rob Edwards has been speaking. \u201cI did not want there to come a moment in 10\/20 years where I look back and turned down this job,\u201d he says. His team face Crystal Palace tomorrow, and need to start winning at home or he will be back in the Championship. \u201cFeels amazing to be back. Really proud. Genuinely proud. I told staff and the players that. I will not lie, it has been an aim of mine since I got the under 18s job. It is something I\u2019ve always wanted to do. I want some clarity and to get to know the players. Interesting week with international break. Trying to get our messages across with as much clarity as possible, while trying to get to learn the lads. There\u2019s no perfect job in football. I know the scale of the task. But also really excited by the challenge as well and got full belief in group.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Handover:<\/strong> John Brewin is here to take up the cudgels, while I go for a lie-down.<\/p>\n

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Andoni Iraola: Semenyo will continue to be our player<\/h2>\n

Bournemouth: <\/strong>Andoni Iraola endured a rather miserable international break, losing his Scottish winger Ben Gannon-Doak to a serious hamstring tear and his Dutch forward Justin Kluivert to an adductor muscle injury. Bournemouth\u2019s Spanish head coach has also had to listen to \u2013 or try to ignore – no end of gossip linking Antoine Semenyo with a January move to a dizzying array of other clubs at home and abroad.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in November,\u201d he told reporters ahead of tomorrow\u2019s match against West Ham at the Vitality Stadium. \u201cAntoine is our player, he will continue to be our player. In January, you can ask me about the market but right now, I am not worried about the next market. I am not worried about the situation. In January, we will talk about whatever happened, the players we need.\u201d<\/p>\n

In slightly better news for Iraola and Bournemouth fans, both Adam Smith and Tyler Adams have been cleared to play tomorrow after undergoing concussion protocols that curtailed their training schedules during the international break.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola has little or no appetite for discussing transfer rumours linking Antoine Semenyo to other clubs. <\/span> Photograph: Matthew Childs\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a008.30 EST<\/p>\n

Paul Pogba set to return after 811 days out<\/h2>\n

Ligue 1: <\/strong>Paul Pogba is expected to return to action for the first time in 811 days when he is named in Monaco\u2019s squad to face Rennes in the French top flight tomorrow. The 32-year-old midfielder joined the Ligue1 club during the summer after having a four-year doping ban reduced to 19 months upon taking his case to the Court of Aribitration for Sport (CAS). He has spent the intervening months working on his fitness.<\/p>\n

Pogba\u2019s last competitive appearance was for Juventus in a Serie A match against Empoli in September 2023. The World Cup-winning France international and former Manchester United midfielder was due to make his Monaco debut against Lens just before the international break but had to delay his return due to an ankle injury. Monaco currently sit in sixth place in the French top flight, seven points behind leaders Paris Saint-Germain. Should Pogba get a run-out tomorrow, he will make his Ligue1 debut.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Paul Pogba poses with his new Monaco jersey after signing a two-year deal with the club in July. <\/span> Photograph: Frederic Dides\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a007.49 EST<\/p>\n

Brighton:<\/strong> On the eve of his 50th Premier League game in charge (P49 W20 D17 L12) of the club, Fabian Hurzeler has been talking about what an honour it is to manage Brighton. \u201cI\u2019ve always emphasised that being the head coach of Brighton is a privilege,\u201d he told reporters this morning. \u201cSo, I am really proud and really proud of working with really good staff members, really good experts that drive a really good culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am really privileged that I work with great leaders, great personalities as players, with a really great group, a group that drives the togetherness and tries to get better every day, no matter the circumstances or adversity that they face. The biggest thing I really love about the job is to see a team developing, an individual developing, and all these kinds of things, I really enjoy doing it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always emphasised that this club is special, this club has a great identity, and I think identity is the most important. We are going to keep on trying and working hard. We are known for our great values, but we want to be known for success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brighton host Brentford tomorrow and ahead of the game, Hurzeler revealed that it isd \u201cnot easy to predict\u201d when Karou Mitoma will return from the ankle injury that has kept him out since the end of September. Solly March, Adam Webster and James Milner all remain out. Jack Hinshelwood has recovered from ankle ligament damage and should be among Brighton\u2019s substitutes after being sidelined for over two months.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Jack Hinshelwood will be on the Brighton bench tomorrow afternoon after missing his team\u2019s last nine games due to an ankle injury. <\/span> Photograph: John Walton\/PAShare<\/p>\n

Premier League clubs reject top-to-bottom anchoring<\/h2>\n

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Explainer:<\/strong> Premier League clubs have voted overwhelmingly against the introduction of controversial anchoring plans but agreed a squad cost ratio system, as the top flight moved to a new era of financial regulation, writes Paul MacInnes<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Top-to-bottom anchoring (TBA) would have tied the spending of the league\u2019s clubs to a multiple of the revenue earned by the division\u2019s bottom-placed side the previous season in central payments passed on by the league. The plan has long been opposed by the top flight\u2019s two Manchester clubs and a vote in London on Friday brought 12 votes against the measure and seven for, with Burnley abstaining.<\/p>\n

The vote on squad cost ratios proved less divisive, with the necessary majority of 14 clubs voting in favour and six against. This means that from next season clubs will be limited to spending no more than 85% of their \u201cfootball revenue\u201d and \u201cnet profit\/loss on player sales\u201d on \u201con-pitch spending\u201d, which includes player transfer fees and wages.<\/p>\n

A third measure, referred to as sustainability and systematic resilience (SSR), which will bring real-time monitoring of finances and the introduction of liquidity buffers, was approved unanimously.<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a007.31 EST<\/p>\n

Brentford:<\/strong> The west London club announced last night that Fabio Carvalho has ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament, an injury that will rule the Portuguese winger out for the rest of the season and end any hopes he might have had of staking a claim for a place in the Portugal squad for next summer\u2019s World Cup. Keith Andrews has been discussing the latest misfortune to befall the injury prone player.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a tough week for obvious reasons \u2013 it\u2019s devastating for him,\u201d he said. \u201cHe did it around a week ago in training, unfortunately. Devastating news for him. I feel for him. He\u2019s someone who I have a lot of respect for as a man. This season he\u2019s not been given as much of an opportunity as I ideally would\u2019ve liked. He knows that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were in constant communication before the injury about his development as a player and ambitions. Unfortunately, that\u2019s been taken away from him for a period. We\u2019ll support him really well as we always do. Fabio knows he\u2019ll get support from everybody at the football club during this difficult period.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/span>Brentford winger Fabio Carvalho has suffered a season-ending knee injury. <\/span> Photograph: Jordan Pettitt\/PAShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a007.03 EST<\/p>\n

Premier League rejects top-to-bottom anchoring<\/h2>\n

Football finance:<\/strong> Premier League clubs have rejected the idea of introducing top-to-bottom anchoring (TBA), which would prevent any club from spending more than five times the money earned the previous season by the league\u2019s last-placed side in central payments passed on by the league. They did, however, at a meeting on Friday agree to bring in squad cost ratio (SCR) and sustainability and systematic resilience (SSR) proposals.<\/p>\n

A league statement said: \u201cSCR will regulate clubs\u2019 on-pitch spending to 85% of their football revenue and net profit\/loss on player sales. Clubs will have a multi-year allowance of 30% that they can use to spend in excess of the 85%. Utilising this allowance will incur a levy and once the allowance is exhausted, they will need to comply with 85% or face a sporting sanction. The new SCR rules are intended to promote opportunity for all clubs to aspire to greater success and brings the League\u2019s financial system close to Uefa\u2019s existing SCR rules which operate at a threshold of 70%.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sustainability and Systemic Resilience rules assess a club\u2019s short, medium and long-term financial health through three tests \u2013 Working Capital Test, Liquidity Test and Positive Equity Test.<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a007.32 EST<\/p>\n

Celtic AGM abandoned inside five minutes<\/h2>\n

Celtic:<\/strong> The club\u2019s annual general meeting was adjourned moments after it began when board members were jeered. Directors were met with boos and dozens of red cards from shareholders as they entered the Kerrydale Suite at Celtic Park.<\/p>\n

Cries of \u201cOut! Out! Out!\u201d followed before there were cheers for interim manager Martin O\u2019Neill when he was introduced by chairman Peter Lawwell. As a season review video began to play on big screens, Celtic Trust vice-chair Jeanette Findlay approached the top table to ask that the meeting move immediately to questions. As more shouts and chants of \u201csack the board\u201d came from shareholders, Lawwell said: \u201cThis disruptive behaviour is not on. It\u2019s got to stop. We have to have respect for everyone else in the room.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amid shouts of \u201cyou respect us\u201d, Lawwell called a 30-minute adjournment before the meeting resumed shortly after 11am. The board has been under major criticism from supporters\u2019 groups over the club\u2019s summer transfer business and failure to qualify for the Champions League. Principal shareholder Dermot Desmond was not present at the meeting, which took place in a packed Kerrydale Suite. Other fans watched via video link from another function suite.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell was the subject of chants of derision at a club AGM that was hastily adjourned. <\/span> Photograph: Jeff Holmes\/PAShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a007.51 EST<\/p>\n

Cole Palmer broken toe update: <\/strong>So it turns out he stubbed it on a door. I\u2019ve done it myself, pulling the door open over an uncovered big toe and while I managed to avoid breaking mine, it doesn\u2019t half hurt!<\/p>\n

If my experience is anything to go by, I suspect that the effing and jeffing emanating from chez Palmer at the exact moment the bottom edge of the door struck his toe and started removing the skin from the knuckle could be heard from miles<\/em> around.<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a006.27 EST<\/p>\n

Brighton:<\/strong> Fabian Hurzeler plans to celebrate his 50th match in charge of Brighton with the acquisition of three points, but wants more tangible success moving forward. The 32-year-old become the youngest permanent boss in Premier League history when he was hired in the summer of 2024 and after an eighth-placed finish last season, the Seagulls are 11th with 16 points after 11 games this term.<\/p>\n

Brighton have often been talked up as one of the most innovative clubs in England for their ability to develop players and deal with constant changes to staff, but Hurzeler wants to be known for bringing success on the field. \u201cI am really proud of being head coach and really proud of working with really good staff members,\u201d he said ahead of tomorrow\u2019s match against Brentford at the Amex Stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the biggest thing what I really love of the job is to see a team developing, to see an individual developing and all these things I really enjoy. I always emphasis that this club is special, it has a great identity and identity is the most important. We try to keep on driving and keep on working hard.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the one side, we are known for great values but on the other side we want to be known for success and this is really what we live for, what we work for and we have to keep pushing to achieve it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of the job being done by his opposite number, the Brentford boss Keith Andrews, Hurzeler had this to say: \u201cYeah, really impressed. I know him a little bit and he is a great person. He had a great start with Brentford and they really understand how to win games.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/span>Fabian Hurzeler will oversee his 50th match in charge of Brighton tomrrow. <\/span> Photograph: Jacques Feeney\/Offside\/Getty ImagesShare<\/p>\n

Newcastle United:<\/strong> Having spat the dummy in a bid to get a move from Brentford to Newcastle during the summer transfer window, Yoane Wissa has yet to make his debut for his new club having missed pre-season before injuring his knee while on duty with DR Conga in the first international break of the season. Eddie Howe has been discussing the striker\u2019s fitness or lack thereof \u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cI have not got a clear, defined return date for you,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cHe\u2019s working well. He\u2019s not back training with us yet but he\u2019s close. He\u2019s working with the sports science team and almost entering a pre-season with them currently.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s doing a lot of work, he\u2019s looked good and looked better with every session. He\u2019s close to training with us but until he gets there, it\u2019s very difficult to give you a return date.\u201d<\/p>\n

Upon being asked if Wissa might be fit enough to go to play at Afcon, which kicks off on 21 Dec and ends on 18 January, Howe said: <\/strong>\u201cWell, we will wait and see what happens.\u201d DR Congo are also in the Global Intercontinental World Cup playoffs which are scheduled for March, when they will play either New Caledonai or Jamaica in Guadalajara for a place in next summer\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The only sighting of Yoane Wissa wearing a Newcastle shirt was recorded at his unveiling almost three months ago. <\/span> Photograph: Serena Taylor\/Newcastle United\/Getty ImagesShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a005.59 EST<\/p>\n

Manchester City:<\/strong> We\u2019ve mentioned elsewhere that despite it only being November, Erling Haaland has already scored a phenomenal 32 goals for club and country this season. The 25-year-old banged in his most recent four for Norway in two World Cup qualifiers against Estonia and Italy during the international break to help his country qualify for next summer\u2019s jamoree in North America. The City striker goes into tomorrow\u2019s match against Newcastle having scored eight goals in his past five games.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has been incredible this season,\u201d said Pep Guardiola. \u201cHe has broke all the records and is breaking a lot of personal and individual records in the Premier League and for Norway.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy for him and his national team. Many of the squad from Norway were not even born when they were last at the World Cup. They have had an incredible qualification, scoring lots of goals and playing very good. He is a world class player and deserves to play in the World Cup. He is the perfect age. I am so happy for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pep Guardiola: ‘The real season starts now’<\/h2>\n

Manchester City:<\/strong> Pep Guardiola\u2019s side begin the weekend four points behind Arsenal in the title race but will reduce the deficit to just one and ramp up the pressure on their rivals ahead of Sunday\u2019s North London derby if they beat Newcastle tomorrow evening. Pep was asked for his thoughts on the strong start to the season enjoyed by Mikel Arteta\u2019s side and how he thinks his own team is getting on.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth is the team as strong as Arsenal in the last season, they have been impeccable in many things,\u201d he says. \u201cThe feeling that I have had in the past, where we have fought incredibly against Liverpool, I have had the feeling that we will not drop many points and if they can take a lot of distance it will be difficult to catch up with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the distance is too big it is more difficult but at the same time we are in November and in November, in this league, nothing is defined. What happens in February, March? Be careful. But now is the start of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, the international break is done, we have games every three or four days and the real season starts now. The important thing is to be there and to be close and after that, arrive at the end of the season with a chance that we can fight it. Winning tomorrow would be an important step for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a005.39 EST<\/p>\n

Newcastle:<\/strong> Eddie Howe on the threat Newcastle face tomorrow: \u201cManchester City have lots of threats from lots of different areas of their team so if you focus too much on one, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s right,\u201d he says. \u201cBut of course, Haaland is an outstanding goalscorer and can score all different types of goals so we\u2019re going to have to defend really well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not one way of doing it. If you press high there\u2019ll be weaknesses and if you drop low there will be weaknesses to that – you have to do what you think is right based on the players you have.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/span>We\u2019re only in November but Manchester City striker Erling Haaland will be hoping to add to his tally of 32 goals for club and country this season when he visits St James\u2019 Park tomorrow. <\/span> Photograph: Allstar Picture Library Ltd\/Richard Sellers\/Apl\/SportsphotoShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a005.24 EST<\/p>\n

Manchester City:<\/strong> Pep Guardiola faces the press ahead of Manchester City\u2019s trip to St James\u2019 Park to play Newcastle tomorrow. He says that all his players are fit and available for selection apart from Mateo Kovacic and Rodri. He also tells reports that \u201cthe real season starts here\u201d. Grrrr!<\/p>\n

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Chelsea:<\/strong> It seems Palmer\u2019s toe is<\/em> broken. Jacob Steinberg has the latest from Enzo Maresca\u2019s press conference: \u201cBad news for Chelsea fans, who have been left reeling by the revelation that Cole Palmer\u2019s comeback from a groin injury has been delayed by the forward fracturing a toe in a freak accident at home,\u201d he writes.<\/p>\n

\u201dSpeaking ahead of his side\u2019s trip to Burnley, Enzo Maresca said: \u2018He is not available for tomorrow for sure, Barcelona for sure or Arsenal for sure. Unfortunately, he had an accident at home where he hit his toe but it is nothing important but he won\u2019t be back in the next week. It\u2019s fractured.\u2019 I\u2019m reminded of this \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a005.20 EST<\/p>\n

Domestic mishap delays Cole Palmer’s return …<\/h2>\n

Chelsea:<\/strong> Enzo Maresca has revealed that Cole Palmer\u2019s eagerly awaited return to the Chelsea line-up following his recovery from a groin injury will be delayed because the midfielder has hurt his toe in some unspecified accident at home. The Chelsea head coach says he doesn\u2019t know whether or not the little piggy in question is broken.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wake up many times in the night to go to the toilet,\u201d he says. \u201cI hit my head and leg and everything. It can happen. He was very close. He was back with us almost with the groin, which is very good news, but he has this small problem. We don\u2019t know it\u2019s fractured. The only thing we know he is not available for this week and next week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Palmer will miss tomorrow\u2019s match against Burnley, Chelsea\u2019s midweek Champions League match against Barcelona and next weekend\u2019s visit of Arsenal to Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Cole Palmer has been ruled out of Chelsea\u2019s next three matches at least after injuring a toe in a possibly nocturnal domestic mishap. <\/span> Photograph: John Walton\/PAShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a005.05 EST<\/p>\n

Burnley:<\/strong> Scott Parker says forward Armando Broja \u201cmaybe dodged a bullet\u201d with an ankle injury he suffered against England appearing to be less serious than first feared. Broja could yet face former club Chelsea on Saturday having trained since Wednesday but that certainly had not looked like being the case when he left Albania\u2019s World Cup qualifier against England on a stretcher on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old\u2019s reaction was understandable given the number of injury problems he has faced in recent seasons, but this time the news appears to be better. \u201cIt was his ankle,\u201d Parker said. \u201cI think maybe the mechanism of the injury, I think maybe there was an element of shock for him and obviously a bit of fear there because it looked like he rolled the ankle and felt it was on an ankle that he\u2019s previously done as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure there was an element of, \u2018Oh, I\u2019ve done something serious here\u2019. But while there was initial pain, it seems to have settled down really, really quickly. There\u2019s an injury there, but it\u2019s very, very, very minor and it looks like we\u2019ve maybe dodged a bullet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burnley go into Saturday\u2019s game hovering above the relegation zone on goal difference, with Parker looking for his side to improve on a number of details in their game but generally happy with the progress shown. \u201cWe\u2019ve developed and definitely I\u2019ve seen a massive improvement from us,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re just little tiny bits at this present moment in time [we need to work on].\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/span>A visibly distraught Armando Broja left the field on a stretcher during Albania\u2019s match against England in Tirana but could be fit to face Chelsea when they visit Turf Moor tomorrow. <\/span> Photograph: Armando Babani\/Getty ImagesShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a004.51 EST<\/p>\n

Newcastle:<\/strong> Eddie Howe is rocking the mic and has some injury updates. Anthony Gordon has \u201cworked very hard over the break\u201d to recover from his hip injury and is touch-and-go for tomorrow\u2019s match against Manchester City. Tino Livramento is \u201cvery close\u201d after recovering from the knee ligament injury that has kept him sidelined since the end of September and is also in contention for tomorrow\u2019s game. Nick Pope is \u201cfine\u201d after undergoing concussion protocols, while Joelinton and Sandro Tonali are also both fit to face City.<\/p>\n

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Liverpool:<\/strong> Slot has been asked about Liverpool\u2019s title chances and in light of Andy Robertson\u2019s heartbreaking post-match admission that he spent the day leading up to Scotland\u2019s win over Denmark thinking about and crying over the tragic summer loss of his good pal Diogo Jota, has also addressed the subject of grief.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u201cI\u2019ve said many times, at this moment in time we are not thinking or talking about it,\u201d he says of Liverpool\u2019s hopes of retaining their title. \u201cSame last season when we were top of the league, it is just about the next game. The best way to judge a league table is after 38 games. The next best, in my opinion, is after 19 games. Let\u2019s see where we are then. For now, the only focus we have is on winning games of football.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Robertson\u2019s interview: \u201c\u201cWe are always judged, sometimes fair, sometimes not fair. But I saw the interview live and I know that it is an issue for us, which is completely normal. At this moment in time, I always think how must it feel for his wife and his children?<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause it is so, so, so much harder for them than it is for us. But that we will miss the player and the person is completely clear. Now we play Nottingham Forest, last season there we were 1-0 down and it only took him [Jota] one minute to score the equaliser. So now I am talking about the player that we miss for sure. That we also miss him as a person is also clear.\u201d<\/p>\n

On grief: \u201cIt is good for us to remember him [Jota] at all times it is possible because of the person and player he was. It is impossible to measure what it does to the players and to our results. The last thing I would do is use it as an excuse. I don\u2019t know. What I do know is that we miss the player, that is 100% sure, and we miss the person, but I cannot measure the impact that has on our results. That is impossible for me to say and we will never use it as an excuse.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/span>Diogo Jota celebrates scoring Liverpool\u2019s equaliser against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground in January. The Liverpool forward was killed alongside his brother, Andre Silva, in a car accident in July. <\/span> Photograph: Liverpool FC\/Getty ImagesShare<\/p>\n

Bradley, Wirtz and Frimpong all out for Liverpool<\/h2>\n

Liverpool:<\/strong> Hurzeler and Howe must be watching the cricket, because it\u2019s Arne Slot who is the first managerial cab off the rank. He comes bearing mixed tidings for Liverpool fans ahead of their match against Nottingham Forest at Anfield tomorrow.<\/p>\n

A quick summary: Alisson has fully recovered from his hamstring injury, but Conor Bradley and Jeremie Frimpong will be out for at least three weeks. Florian Wirtz is also unavailable, while Joe Gomez missed training yesterday but should be OK for today. However, Slot is reluctant to risk him for 90 minutes. \u201cMaybe one or two players have to play in positions they normally don\u2019t do,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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Premier League press conferences:<\/strong> I don\u2019t have today\u2019s schedule to hand but it\u2019s normally a toss-up between early birds Fabian Hurzeler and Eddie Howe to see who is first out of the traps. It\u2019s a state of affairs that ensures football reporters on the Brighton and Newcastle beats have to be up with the lark on Friday mornings.<\/p>\n

Brighton\u2019s form this season has been up and down like an Eiffel Tower elevator but their home form is good, so you\u2019d fancy their chances this weekend against a Brentford side who aren\u2019t great on the road under Keith Andrews.<\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t been paying close attention to Newcastle, it may come as a shock for you to learn they could finish this weekend in the relegation zone if they lose at home to Manchester City and results elsewhere don\u2019t go their way. It\u2019s an unlikely scenario but not one that\u2019s totally inconceivable.<\/p>\n

The omens for the Mags aren\u2019t great because Howe\u2019s record against Pep Guardiola in the Premier League is little short of dismal. In 18 attempts to mastermind a league win against him as Bournemouth or Newcastle manager, he\u2019s drawn twice and lost 16 times.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Eddie Howe will be hoping to mastermind his first Premier League win over Pep Guardiola this weekend at the 19th time of asking. <\/span> Photograph: John Walton\/PAShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a004.12 EST<\/p>\n

Not football:<\/strong> They\u2019re still playing in the final session of the Ashes series opening day in Perth, where England\u2019s seam bowlers have helped their team mount a stirring recovery following a depressingly chaotic and kamikaze first innings with bat in hand. The doyen of over-by-over reporting that is Rob Smyth has the latest from Western Australia, mate \u2026<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a003.58 EST<\/p>\n

Premier League fixtures<\/h2>\n
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    Wolves v Crystal Palace (3pm)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Brighton v Brentford (3pm)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Fulham v Sunderland (3pm)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Newcastle v Man City (5.30pm)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur (4.30pm)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Man United v Everton (Mon 8pm)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    <\/span>Kyle Walker, Alexander Isak and Antoine Semenyo are all likely to be in action for their respective teams this weekend. <\/span> Composite: Getty ImagesShare<\/p>\n

    Preamble<\/h2>\n

    And just like that, a chaotic, emotionally charged and often wild international break is over. Selected highlights: Troy Parrott knocking Portugal and Hungary off their respective perches, Erling Haaland propelling Norway to the World Cup, a magnificent seven from Wales, and Scotland sealing their place in the tournament courtesy of a bonkers, late-night, six-goal Hampden Park thriller against Denmark.<\/p>\n

    After all that excitement it\u2019s back to the weekly grind. The Premier League returns this weekend, kicking off its twelfth match-week with all the glorious, high-stakes drama we love. The big questions, as always: whose star players have survived the past fortnight unscathed.<\/p>\n

    We\u2019re here to filter through the noise so you don\u2019t have to. The Guardian\u2019s Friday Football blog is open for business, bringing you all the pithiest quotes, rambling monologues and pertinent team news from today\u2019s pre-match press conferences. We\u2019ll be flagging up every significant injury scare, tactical hint, and managerial mood swing ahead of kick-off tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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