Fantasy Premier League managers will need to lock their teams by 6:30pm on Friday evening, and the fixture for the second round will progress when Chelsea travels to West Ham 90 minutes later. Popular captain options Mohamed Sarah and Erling Haaland were delivered for supporters last weekend as Liverpool and Manchester City are on a league campaign with victory.
Going to the second weekend of the match, Cole Palmer is the most popular player in the game despite the fact that Chelsea teammate Joan Pedro and Manchester City star Tijani Rayjunders are also very much in possession last weekend. However, a string of top players have gone missing through injuries this weekend. And Express Sport is watching the latest fitness news on five players that managers might want to choose.
Jeremy Frimon
Jeremy Fripon was kicked out just before time as Liverpool overcame Bournemouth a week ago.
Reds boss Arne Slot later revealed that the right back struggled with hamstring issues, and the Dutch confirmed that the former Bayer Leberkusen player was not available for long periods of time.
“The medical team was totally right to tell me about Jeremy that he had to strip him because he was out until the end of the international break and that happened in the game,” Slot said this week.
“I said it had nothing to do with how he played right after the game, but he felt there was a problem with his hamstring.
Kai Havertz
Kai Herberts got off the bench for the final 30 minutes as Arsenal beat Manchester United 1-0 last Sunday.
However, when Gunner held an open training session at the Emirates on Wednesday, the Germans were missing. Habertz reportedly suffered a knee injury and further testing is needed to clarify the scope of the issue.
Josco Gvaldior
Josko Gvardiol was a popular FPL pick last season, with the player scoring an incredible 153 points. However, he missed the opener against the Wolves against the Manchester City opener last weekend, with citizen boss Pep Guardiola explaining he is “not ready.”
According to Fourfourtwo, the city’s clash with Tottenham at lunch on Saturday would be too early for the defender to return.
Philforden
Phil Foden was another city absentee for the wolves after missing out on his part’s final pre-season friendliness against Palermo.
England International was spotted in Molyneux’s stands last weekend and was seen walking through the stadium.
And he may want to return for a clash with Tottenham. Guardiola explained a week ago:
Antony Robinson
Fulham’s left-back Antony Robinson was a jewel in the FPL last season, earning 10 assists and five clean sheets.
However, he missed the preseason after undergoing knee surgery in the summer and was not available in his side’s Premier League opening match against Brighton last weekend.
And Fulham boss Marco Silva said on August 14th, “I’ll see him in the game’s fight.”
