🧵Gameweek 9 press conference embargo thread

Jurgen Klopp, re Liverpool’s centre-back crisis: Fabinho was part of that [full training]. What we make of that, we will see because I don’t know yet how he reacts...

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and all that stuff. But Fabinho was part of the normal team training."

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Klopp on Thiago: "If he could have played before [now] he would have played before, but he couldn’t. But he is out there on the pitch, he is running, he is doing a lot of stuff, so it will not be too long anymore."

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Jose Mourinho on plans to rest/rotate Harry Kane: "There will be some matches where I will play Vinicius and will protect Harry. That’s the way it is. But he is of course a very important player for our team...

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and when he feels good we will try to keep that momentum going."

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More Mourinho on Kane: "We are giving him in these two days everything we can give him to have him in top condition for tomorrow. And of course tomorrow he is going to play."

https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/harry-kane-tottenham-rest-mourinho-19319493

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Jose Mourinho has a plan in place to rest Harry Kane and start Carlos Vinicius

Jose Mourinho is aware he needs to manage Harry Kane's minutes after playing so much football for club and country over the past few years

https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/harry-kane-tottenham-rest-mourinho-19319493
Mourinho on Doherty testing positive for Covid-19: "He is isolated, we are taking care of him medically – nutritionist, sports science – and now he feels good but we have to follow protocols so normally after a negative test next week he should be back."

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Moyes on Balbuena: "There is a concern with how long he has been away and he wasn’t arriving back until very late in the afternoon (Thursday) so it is something we need to look at. It is a consideration, how much sleep...

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we can get him, how much rest we can get him, get him prepared. The good thing is that we have an extra day to prepare.

"But if not I have Issa Diop fit, I have Craig Dawson fit, so if there are any reasons not to do it then I have got those players available."

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Ancelotti on James Rodriguez: "He doesn't have a lot of responsibility defensively. I don't want to give him a lot of responsibility.

"Of course, he has to work, as the striker has to work. I don't give a lot of responsibility to Dominic [Calvert-Lewin]..

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"I don't give a lot of responsibility defensively to Richarlison. I think there are other players who have to be more focused defensively."

#fpl #gw9 #pressers #efc #fuleve #fantasypl https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/james-rodriguez-everton-ancelotti-news-19318007
Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti makes James Rodriguez defensive admission

Everton have been targeted down their right hand side in recent games

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/james-rodriguez-everton-ancelotti-news-19318007
More from Ancelotti: "We had problems in the last few games on the right-hand side but as I said before, if it is also James' problem to defend from that side you have a midfielder, you have a defender and so you can side more with the defence...

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"Never has it been an individual problem where you don't defend well.

"When you don't defend well it means the block or the team is not defending well."

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Pep's embargoed quotes are predictably on Mourinho comments re Sterling

Guardiola: "I’m not going to answer anything about Jose. I said the doctor because he accused us of something we have done that is not true...

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"You have to speak to the doctors about these other things, don’t ask me."

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-pep-guardiola-mourinho-19318447

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Pep Guardiola responds to Jose Mourinho's Man City accusation

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho had a thinly veiled dig at Manchester City on Friday over Raheem Sterling's absence from England duty.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-pep-guardiola-mourinho-19318447
Solskjaer on Pogba: "Paul is the same [versatile like Bruno, Rashford, Martial], he can do the role and he has the qualities to do many things. Sometimes it’s an 8, sometimes a 10, sometimes in off the left in a diamond...

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"...sometimes one of the two, he can do everything. And now, the fitter he gets the more he can do. That’s the same with all of our players; they look stronger and fitter and he’s the same."

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-united-news-pogba-position-19318074

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Manchester United have four positions for Paul Pogba to play in

Paul Pogba has been starting on the bench for Man United a lot recently but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes he can play in four different roles.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-united-news-pogba-position-19318074
Arteta on the leak of Ceballos/Luiz story: "I will find out where it is coming from and if that is the case, that goes completely against what I expect from each other, the privacy and the confidentiality that we need, and there will be consequences."

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More from Jurgen Klopp on defensive crisis: "We have [players aged] 18, 19, 23 and then we have more experienced players and we will see. Everyone has a chance.

"We have midfielders [who can play at centre-back]. Not at the moment...

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"...but hopefully in a couple of weeks midfielders who can play a more defensive role as well.

"So these are the solutions at the moment that we think about. If we can do something [in January], I have no idea, if we want to do something, I have no idea."

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