Chelsea confirm big Palmer injury blow; Slot reveals Ekitike punishment | OneFootball

The majority of Premier League managers will be speaking to the press ahead of this weekend's fascinating round of fixtures. Stay tuned to find out what they have to say!

We've got a whole host of managers coming up in the next half an hour, including Ange, Frank and Glasner.

Here's more from Pep on his love of Kyle Walker ...

Pep is also speaking and the Man City boss has been talking about Kyle Walker's brilliance ...

More from Arteta on Newcastle ...

"I always praise the work that Eddie has done. What atmosphere they create as well.

We know we're going to have to be much more efficient if we're going to win there."

On Saliba's contract ...

"Hopefully it'll be everyone in the world asking very soon. But let's leave that to the club."

On Bukayo Saka ...

"Nothing to report there, he played the game as anticipated."

Mikel Arteta is speaking now. On Odegaard ...

"Martin will be training with us the next two days, so hopefully he will be fit."

Pep on facing Kyle Walker ...

But one player will return ...

Pep confirms Man City's injury list for Burnley tomorrow ...

In case you missed it earlier, there's some bad news for Chelsea ...

For those wondering, here are the times for the press conference in GMT ...

We were supposed to hear from Mikel Arteta at 1pm but the Arsenal boss seems to be running a bit late.

Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola has addressed Lewis Cook's injury status ahead of Leeds.

There injuries elsewhere for the Blues ...

"We have Tosin injured and will probably be out until international break. He has a small problem in his calf. Wes Fofana had concussion against Lincoln, and the rest are okay. Romeo and Benoit are better. We will see if they can join us tomorrow."

And more about the English forward ...

"I don't think he needs surgery. It's a matter of managing his pain in his groin, with the amount of games, it is something that can happen."

Enzo Maresca has been speaking about Cole Palmer's injury ....

"We decided to protect a little bit Cole in terms of his injuries not getting worse. We decided to rest him for the next two or three weeks before the international break to see if he can recover 100% and be fully fit from the international break."

Some more from Slot, who was speaking earlier about Hugo Ekitike ...

We should be hearing from Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca very soon. He's due at Cobham in a couple of minutes.

Earlier this morning we heard from Arne Slot, who confirmed the worst possible news for young Giovanni Leoni ...

Welcome one and all to our usual Friday press conference live blog. We'll be hearing from Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta and the rest ahead of this weekend's round of matches.