After Bournemouth host Manchester United tonight there are seven more Premier League games across the weekend – as well as the Carabao Cup final between Arsenal and Manchester City
A host of managers are taking press conferences today. Keep track of all the news here with Daily Mail Sport…
Salah ruled out of Brighton trip
Liverpool will be without Mohamed Salah for their trip to Brighton, boss Arne Slot has confirmed.
It is also a huge blow to Egypt who will be without him for their World Cup preparation friendly against Spain next week, with posters in Barcelona billing the battle between him and Lamine Yamal as a blockbuster clash.
Salah made the unusual step of asking to be substituted during Wednesday’s 4-0 rout of Galatasaray, which many dubbed as his – and the team’s – best performance of the season.
Salah’s injury is understood to be muscular and not thought to be overly serious at this stage but he will miss several weeks.
Asked if Salah was fit, Slot said: ‘ Not available for tomorrow. The good thing for Liverpool is we go to the international break and the bad thing for Egypt is he can’t go there but we are hoping with what Mo has shown in the past that he can recover faster than other players in such situations because he takes such good care of his body and history has shown he can be back earlier than others.’
Joe Gomez is also a doubt for the trip to the south coast but the defender should be available to make the substitutes bench.
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Howe responds to Bruno reports
Eddie Howe has shot down suggestions that Newcastle captain Bruno Guimaraes is set for a move to Manchester United.
Overnight reports suggested United are in ‘advanced talks’ to sign the Brazilian but ahead of Sunday’s derby clash with Sunderland the Newcastle head coach said: ‘I don’t even know how to respond to that, I don’t even think I should because it’s a waste of my energy.’
‘Bruno’s our captain, he’s fully committed, he’s injured at the moment, his only focus is coming back to fitness.
‘For me, it’s a nonsense story. Is it a problem for us? I don’t necessarily think it is a problem for us. But it is unwanted news, I suppose, is the best way to put it. You don’t want the players distracted.
‘To say our captain is in discussions with another club is totally disrespectful to Bruno more than anything else. He is totally committed here.’
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