Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has been speaking ahead of Saturday evening's Premier League clash against Fulham at Villa Park.

On Leon Goretzka's role at Villa: "The first one is to be available to play. He started being available two weeks ago. He needs to understand our idea, and we are adapting to him too because his quality is clear."

On whether Manzambi and Jackson were rested against Bournemouth, he added: "For different reasons, not only rest. We are going to train and normally yes [they will be fine to play]."

Emery also praised Taylor Harwood-Bellis: "Very good. Taylor is a fantastic guy, very professional. He knows how he has to progress with us, understands everything and practises."

Chelsea boss Xabi Alonso on Manchester United's recent struggles and the pressure on manager Michael Carrick: "I have great respect, I have great sympathy for Michael as a manager.

"I know him because we have played against each other. We played recently in a legends game and we had a little chat. He is a good guy and one you want to be around. Aside from that, it is not for me to comment."

Does the noise around Chelsea's opponents change their approach?

"For me, it doesn't change. We need to prepare the same way. We can only control what we can control. We know they are a good team, it doesn't matter about the table. They have a good squad, good player, good manager."

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I'm not looking to sell my Arsenal players just because they face Liverpool away in gameweek nine.

David Raya (£6.2m) and Riccardo Calafiori (£6m) remain quality defensive options, but the Liverpool fixture does make a clean sheet less likely than usual.

After that, Arsenal face Hull, Newcastle, Manchester City and Brentford. There are opportunities in that mixed fixture run, and Arsenal being one of the best teams in the league makes them favourites going into the majority of games.

If you've got Arsenal defensive assets, I'd be happy to hold rather than spend transfers trying to chase fixtures. If Calafiori is injured, I'll probably just bench him against Liverpool and hope he's ready for Hull at home the following gameweek.

However, I wouldn't necessarily be buying Arsenal assets this week as several other teams offering more attractive short-term fixtures.

I'd prioritise those options before bringing in another Arsenal defender.