William Saliba Injuries

'He turned his ankle against Chelsea. He managed to finish the game somehow, but he was too sore to play today.' 'We saw he wasn't comfortable to finish the [Chelsea] game, and after that, straight away, he didn't have a good feeling. So let's see if he recovers quickly. I doubt it [for the FA Cup tie].'

'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.' 'They are OK, obviously they have been playing a lot of minutes. They've been carrying a few niggles. It was a really good opportunity [vs Kairat] to offload them a little bit and refresh them.'

'They're not fit enough.'

'Yesterday, in training, he was uncomfortable. We need to explore what happened, but he certainly wasn't fit to be involved today. I don't think it's something major, but enough not to be involved in such a game.' 'I think [he] has another test tomorrow to see the extent of that feeling, that sensation that he had, then we'll know more.' 'He had a little niggle, so I think it’s going to be a matter of days, so let’s see if he’s able to be there tomorrow. The ankle [earlier in the season] was really random, and a very unlucky action that kept him out for a few weeks. This one as well, very bizarre, but hopefully it will be a matter of days.' 'William is still not available.' 'He hasn’t trained with us yet. Let’s see if he can be available.'

'The first one was Willy, who had to be taken out after the first half.' 'He's out. We are assessing him, but he won't be involved.' 'Saliba, we have to wait and see. The rest are getting closer, but not ready yet.'

'He twisted his ankle during the warm-up, and he came in and he said he believed that he could carry on and play, but straight away in the first two actions. I could see that he couldn't cope, and we had to get him out, unfortunately.' 'William trained today, so we have a decision to make if we play him or not. It's very good news.' 'He trained yesterday, and he did the whole session, and he was OK. I spoke to him afterwards, and he said I think I need a few more days. The turnaround has been too quick for the extent of the injury, so when a player says that - don't push it.'

'I think one of the last actions - when he was tracking back - he felt something in his hamstring, so we will need to scan and see how he is.' 'William is going to be out for a few weeks, unfortunately. He pulled his hamstring against Newcastle, so he's going to be out for a few weeks.'

'Saliba misses out with a minor issue.' 'I hope so, yes [for the City game]. He is evolving well. The last few days, he was feeling much better already, but this game comes a little bit too early for him.' 'With Myles (Lewis-Skelly), it's nothing serious. Today, we will have a meeting with the medical staff. William is something similar. They will definitely be for next week; tomorrow, we will see.'

'The Arsenal defender suffers from pain in his right big toe. He will remain available to his club to treat this chronic injury.' 'He has been carrying that for weeks now, and we have to use that time to settle. We believe that this was the best moment to do it.'

'William had a knock, and Fabio (Vieira) wasn’t involved in the last game, so we have to assess them today to see how they are.'

'William, I don't know. He had some discomfort and could not carry on, so we had to take him off.' 'We hope Willy is going to be better news, but again we have to wait until [Monday] to understand a better picture.' 'He is progressing. He still has some discomfort in his back. We are trying to manage him in the best possible way, but unfortunately, he's not going to be fit for his game.' 'There are no real changes with the rest of the players who were still injured. We have some hope with one of them tomorrow - maybe he's able to train.' 'William is still not available, but he is progressing well. We hope to have him in the next couple of weeks, but we will see. He is not far off getting back to training on the grass.' 'The picture hasn't changed from last week. We still have to wait a little bit more. He's not progressing as quickly as we hoped, and it is a bit delicate, so we want to be certain that when we push him, he's ready to absorb the load.' 'No real improvement, we are still waiting, still hopeful, but another week [has] gone by, and he was not able to train with the team.' 'Not a lot of progress, he’s feeling better every single day, but he’s still not been able to have any activity around the first team, so we don’t expect him to be with us.' 'With William, it’s for sure that he’s not going to be fit for this game, and we are doubting whether he will be fit for the next game as well.' 'I think he’s evolving in the right way. In the last few weeks, [his progress] has been much more positive than in the previous two months. We’ve been pretty conservative to give him the best possible chance to have a good pre-season.'

'Let's see. We have the data of what he's done in training and in terms of the actual minutes. When he gets back, we'll make the decision.'