Premier League pre-match press conferences LIVE – Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta, Ruben Amorim and Thomas Frank speaking this afternoon

Aston Villa, meanwhile, could be without Emi Martinez this weekend.

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“It is a tough moment for him and in this moment the next game is not important. We can win this game without Amad and we want to win it for him.”

Noussair Mazraoui has also been ruled out for a few more weeks. Read more here: Man Utd star Amad to miss game against Brentford as defender is ruled out for longer period

Ruben Amorim says Man Utd forward Amad will miss Saturday’s game against Brentford because of a death in his family.

Lisandro Martinez is also still out.

“It’s still not perfect but it’s moving in the right direction. When there’s a bit of pain it’s about getting it right. He wasn’t on the grass today but he was earlier in the week.”

“Latest is that everyone who was available for Doncaster is available again. Pape trained today so that’s positive. Kolo Muani is a dead leg that is just dragging on so he won’t be available.

“Dom is not available. It’s just been a little bit tricky [with him]. We’re positive it will be relatively quick.”

“It was in training. He collided with Pape Matar Sarr so I can blame Pape! No, it was just an accident. Dead legs can be quick things or they can drag on.”

“I am to start with very stable, Daniel had been here 25 years and then change came. OK, I didn’t expect that.

“Since then the Lewis family has been very good, very transparent that club is not for sale. For me personally, I feel in a very stable environment.”

“At the beginning of the season, everyone is so brave. During the season, all of us managers see the table, get scared and after that we adapt a little bit.

“We have to adapt.”

“I’m pretty sure everybody will be happy to see him. It was an unbelievable few years for us and he was the right-back who defined our time here in the last nine or 10 years. I’m pretty sure he will get the gratitude of our fans.

“Absolutely he deserves it. [He is] one of the greatest full-backs ever.”

“Rayan Ait-Nouri and Rayan Cherki, no [they are not ready]. Omar Marmoush and Abdukodir Khusanov, no [they are not ready]. Mateo Kovacic, maybe.

“[It would help] a lot to have Kova back. It’s a long injury, surgery, but he is getting ready. He is not fully ready but step-by-step.”

Pep Guardiola on Erling Haaland’s availability for the Burnley match: “He is ready.”

Arteta says William Saliba has told him of his desire to stay at Arsenal and is very happy at the club.

Arsenal are expected to announce a new contract for William Saliba at some point.

While Arteta would not confirm it, he said recent contract extensions for his key stars shows players see “Arsenal as the place to continue their careers”.

Arteta praised William Saliba for what he has already been able to achieve “at a young age” but was coy on his new deal, with the club yet to officially announce it.

On team news, Arteta says he is hoping Martin Odegaard can feature.

He adds that Bukayo Saka is feeling good. No update on the extent of Noni Madueke’s injury yet though.

Mikel Arteta paid tribute to former Arsenal youngster Billy Vigar in his press conference, who has died at the age of 21.

“It is a big boost for us to have him back, The Barcelona game was sandwiched in-between his suspension in the Premier League and I think now that is fully over he can really focus on the few games we have before the international break.

“I thought he was excellent against Bradford, he was creative and certainly he had the right attitude to the game and helped the team deliver a good performance.

“We need that attitude from everyone, we are playing big games every three or four days and he is someone who has done well in those kind of games [against teams like Arsenal] and for me he is a player that rises to the occasion.”

Howe on Woltemade:

“It is difficult to see him as a ten considering we do not play with somebody in that position. I see him as a nine.

“I see him as a nine who plays it slightly differently to other nines that we might have had in the past. You can’t compare Nick [Woltemade] to Callum Wilson for example, they are two totally different profiles of player.”

“They [Arsenal] are a different team [to last season] but likewise we are a different team.

“We are still in the moment of finding out what team we are going to be and there have been really positive signs already this season. Against Bradford there were signs of the creative side to our game and the technical side was in a really good place and we are going to need something similar [against Arsenal].”

Maresca says youngster Josh Acheampong could be a solution to Chelsea’s defensive injuries, stressing that he “trusts” him.

Axel Disasi remains a Chelsea player, albeit has not been part of the first-team squad all season, and Maresca says there are not any plans to bring him back into the fold despite his side’s injury problems in the centre of defence.

Here’s more info on that triple injury blow for Chelsea: Maresca reveals triple Chelsea injury blow with Cole Palmer set to miss several games