London Premier League injury news: White, Eze, Lukaku and Gil update

The last 10 days has seen London Premier League clubs play almost every three days, with short turn overs due to fixture congestion.

Five of the seven sides have progressed to the quarter finals of this season’s Carabao Cup, while three of them still play in Europe.

Then there are the league games, so players are beginning to feel the effects of less recovery time leading to fatigue and potentially injuries.

With the weekend now within touching distance, here are the players who are currently doubts for their various clubs.

Brentford

Brentford will have to find a way to continue their impressive start to life in the Premier League without goalkeeper David Raya, who suffered ligament damage against Leicester last weekend.

The 26-year-old has kept three clean-sheets and has been instrumental in the club’s start to the Premier League.

He is likely to be out for more than four months, and fellow Spaniard Alvaro Fernandez is now in line to take over the starting place.

Striker Bryan Mbeumo is also in a race against time to be fit for this weekend’s game after picking up a hamstring issue against Leicester last week.

Ethan Pinnockis also struggling with a hip injury but his chances of recovering has improved over the last few days.

Yoane Wissa, Vitaly Janelt, Mads Sorensen, Joshua Dasilva and Shandon Baptiste are all long term absentees.

Crystal Palace

Wilfried Zaha was fit enough to play half an hour against Newcastle United last weekend and, with Palace being one of the few teams without a Carabao Cup game, he should be fit and fresh to face Manchester City this weekend.

Exciting winger Eberechi Eze is back in full training while young defender Nathan Ferguson is also just starting field work with the physio.

West Ham

Everything seems to be working perfectly for West Ham, with no first team player out at the moment.

David Moyes’s side are currently buzzing after another headline grabbing penalty shoot-out win against Carabao Cup holder’s Manchester City.

Watford

The Hornets picked up their first three points under new manager Claudio Ranieri last weekend, but the Italian manager could be without six players against Southampton.

Peter Etebo, Francisco Sierralta Carvallo, Christian Kabasele are all nursing injuries will rule them out of the weekend game against Southampton. 

Kiko Femenia and Danny Rose are also being monitored ahead of the 3pm kick-off on Saturday.

Arsenal

The Gunners are currently on a eight-game unbeaten run and comfortably dispatched Leeds United on Tuesday night in the Carabao Cup.

Injuries are piling up though for Mikel Arteta, with Ben White having to be replaced.

However initial assessments say he will return for the visit to Leicester.

Martin Odegaard hasn’t felt great in the last few days but trained with the squad on Thursday, the club is currently monitoring his recovery.

Kieran Tierney is improving after missing the last two games due to a foot injury while Granit Xhaka is a long term absentee.

Tottenham

Nuno will hope that exciting youngster Bryan Gil will recover in time for the visit of Manchester United at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium on Saturday.

He was replaced against Burnley due to a suspected hamstring injury, but initial reports are that the pain is not as bad as initially suspected.

Ryan Sessegnon is definitely out of the game as he continues his recovery.

Chelsea

Chelsea are top of the Premier League table and have just knocked off Southampton out of the Carabao Cup.

Thomas Tuchel’s side are winning games but they are also having to deal with a huge amount of injuries.

N’Golo Kante, César Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Christian Pulisic, Timo Werner and Romelu Lukaku are all doubts for this weekend’s trip to Newcastle.