Jurrien Timber Injuries

'No, [they] are not [available]. They have some niggles... It's a good opportunity now that we make a different kind of work with them to get them in the best possible condition for the weekend, hopefully.' 'Yeah, they are OK. They have played a lot of minutes, and were carrying a few niggles, and it was a great opportunity [to rest them].'

'In the last part of the [Palace] game [on Tuesday], he felt something and could not carry on. So, he's out.'

'They both had issues from the weekend - two really bad kicks. For Jurrien, it was too early, and for Ricci, we have to manage and see if he can do some minutes.' 'It depends on how he feels today. It's a matter of days.'

'We brought Jurrien in to see if today he was better, but he was very clear that he's not fit to play.' 'They've done parts, not a complete session, so we're going to have to wait and see tomorrow if they can deal with things that they haven't done. They weren't ready to do that at the end of the week.' 'Jurrien had surgery yesterday on his ankle, so he'll be out for a few weeks as well...' 'He's been feeling that discomfort for many, many weeks. He's been navigating through the season with that issue, and it needed to be resolved. We don't know yet [on a timeframe]. It will depend on how the recovery goes. Hopefully, it will be somewhere near the pre-season.' 'Jurrien is still not there, he's not fully trained yet with us.' 'They’ve been involved in [training] the last few days, so the three of them (Calafiori, Timber and Gabriel) will be available.' 'We have to manage his load. Obviously, he’s been out for a long time again, and he comes from a long-term injury. We had a long week, we have to manage the load on that, so we have decided to take a little bit of training down.'

'Confident? At the moment, no, because he wasn't able to play here, and we play in four days. I cannot tell you [what the problem is].' 'We will assess him today, whether he can start the game or not.'

'With Jurrien as well, he was already struggling [with his knee] very early in the game. He managed to continue and at some point, he couldn't, so, that's the downside to it.' 'Let's see how Jurrien (Timber) and Ben (White) are tomorrow. There's a chance [they could be fit]. We will decide tomorrow morning on which players can play and how long.'

'Jurrien has been ill for quite a long period, but he has felt much better in the last few days, so he is available.'

'[Jorginho] was cramping when we were playing extra-time. Jurrien was exactly the same, so we had a few players struggling to finish the game. He’s fine.'

'So, they’re probably not going to be fit for tomorrow and are a doubt. I still have 24 hours to make those decisions and hopefully the right ones.'

'We done everything that we possibly could to accelerate that process, and he was so willing; the team, the medical staff have done amazing work, and we gave ourselves the chance to compete. I don't know the extent of the injury.' 'He was very tired; he had been out for a while and could not continue the game, but there is no new injury there.'

'He was unbelievable in the first half, but he felt something muscular, and he was uncertain, and I didn’t want to take any risks. He’s been out for a year, he’s played a lot of minutes, probably more minutes than we wanted in the last few weeks, and we have to manage him.' 'We had to modify training for a lot of players. We've done the same today because of the load that they had, so it's a decision to make this afternoon whether to involve them, yes or no.' 'Today we’ll have to push. We are struggling a bit with the numbers, especially on our right side.' 'It was the first session that he could have some involvement. He’s been out a while. We thought he would be further ahead.'

'Jurrien was able to take part in training today so he will be available in the squad and Ben (White) hopefully as well.'

'Jurrien had a little discomfort in his foot in the last few days, and obviously, after the amount of time he's been out, we didn't want to take any risk with him.' 'He's been doing some individual work, that's clear now. So, we expect him to be ready to train with the group in the next week because he has no reaction. So quite positive.' 'Jurrien will be in the squad tomorrow. Obviously, he had a really tough period, but he used it in a great way, I think, because he’s managed to get a lot of things done and improved in many areas except playing. He found it really helpful I think and now he’s ready and he has a chance.'

'He's been training really good. He looks ready. He needs that exposure, and after that, we'll assess whether that game comes at the right time or too fast. We’ll try to get him with us for the final games.' 'We have to make that decision tomorrow after the training session. He’s very close. I don’t know if this is too early, but he’s very close now.' 'It’s tricky because [there are] only three games to go and he’s missed eight months of football. So it's a question that has to be resolved only by throwing him on the pitch and seeing what happens.'

'The officials, the doctors, they looked at him, and they were happy to continue [after HT]. But straight away, the first action, he made a movement, so we took him straight out, and now we have to assess him to see what he has.' 'Jurrien has received extensive assessments and scans which have confirmed he has sustained a [knee] injury. He will undergo a further review with a consultant to assess the full extent of the injury.' 'Further detailed assessments confirm that Jurrien has sustained an injury to his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee [and he] will undergo surgery in the coming days.' 'He's flying, to be fair. The way he works every single day is incredibly satisfying to watch, but unfortunately, we're going to miss him still for a long time. I think he's in a really good place.' 'Unfortunately, he has a very long-term injury. He is doing really well, but he is still far from being fit to train with the team or something to compete with the team, so we don't expect him back anytime soon.' 'At the moment, he is still very, very far from competing. That's the reality of it. We're hopeful that he can have an impact at the end of the season if everything goes well, and it looks like there is a chance that that might happen.' 'I really hope [he will play again this season]. He's doing really well; he's been around some players on the pitch, and we are going to start to do some bits with us in the next week or so. Then we need to see how that evolves.' 'Jurrien is not close enough to be part of the squad on Monday. He's in a really good place, and now we have to manage the last bit of a difficult and complicated injury.' 'He's doing very well; he's back training. He's not far off, but the thing is that last step. He hasn't played any minutes, so does he need a game with the U21s. I think he has a good chance [of playing again this season].' 'He's going to play a game with the U21s, and after that, we will see better where he is. He looks really good in training, but it's that last step now.' 'Let's see how he feels today. He's been training really good. He looks ready. He needs that exposure, and after that, we'll assess whether that game comes at the right time or too fast. We'll try to get him with us for the final games.'