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Antoine Semenyo: While nan Bournemouth winger is expected to move to Manchester City sooner alternatively than later this month, astatine his pre-match presser, Iraola said thing has been group successful chromatic .. yet. “No, location is thing signed,” he told reporters. “For sure, location are conversations and I understand a batch of nan sound around, but location is thing signed.
“Antoine is our player. We want to support him. He is playing very good and doing nan correct things. He is simply a apical professional, a apical guy. He wants to thief nan squad and his team-mates and I person nary doubts that he will do his best. I person nary doubts pinch him. He is being a apical master and I’m judge he will beryllium until nan past day.”
Today’s lucifer officials
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Referee: Chris Kavanagh
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Assistants: Dan Cook and Ian Hussin
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Fourth official: Lewis Smith
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VAR: Paul Tierney
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Assistant VAR: Marc Perry
Early squad news
Having missed Arsenal’s triumph complete Villa pinch a swollen knee, Declan Rice could return for today’s crippled but will look a fittingness test. “Let’s spot really he comes and really that’s feeling,” said Mikel Arteta yesterday. “The Aston Villa game was excessively early for him.” Defenders Cristhian Mosquera and Riccardo Calafiori person been ruled out, while Max Dowman, who reached nan ripe aged property of 16 connected New Year’s Eve, is besides sidelined.
Despite appearing to bid farewell to Bournemouth fans pursuing their midweek tie pinch Chelsea, Antoine Semenyo looks apt to play this evening and is besides expected to beryllium disposable for Bournemouth’s adjacent lucifer against Tottenham Hotspur connected Wednesday. “Yes, Antoine is going to play successful this match,” said Iraloa yesterday. “I deliberation nan thought astatine slightest is that he’s going to beryllium disposable for these 2 games that we person successful a very short turnaround.”
Ben Gannon-Doak, Ryan Christie, Tyler Adams and Veljko Milosavljevic person each been ruled out, while Lewis Cook will person to walk a precocious fittingness trial aft missing nan tie pinch Chelsea. “With Lewis, we are still waiting,” said Iraola. “It’s his cervix and nan symptom that he feels. He will effort to train coming and we will see. Hopefully he will beryllium disposable for tomorrow.”
Premier League Bournemouth v Arsenal
To nan Vitality Stadium, for today’s New Year conflict betwixt Bournemouth and Arsenal. Mikel Arteta’s broadside get connected nan South Coast sitting beautiful astatine nan apical of nan table, 4 points clear and buoyed by a midweek 4-1 dismantling of Aston Villa. They look hosts who are winless successful 10 apical formation matches (five draws, 5 defeats) but are somewhat of a bogey broadside for Arsenal, having pulled disconnected an awesome convention double against them past season.
Arsenal’s triumph complete Villa marked their 4th successful a statement successful nan Premier League but they person won conscionable 1 of their past 4 connected nan road, having dropped points distant astatine Villa, Chelsea and Sunderland. Bournemouth’s past triumph came complete 2 months agone against Nottingham Forest, a triumph that sent them 2nd successful nan Premier League. They person since plummeted to 15th. Kick-off coming is astatine 5.30pm (GMT) but enactment tuned successful nan meantime for squad news and build-up.
