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Premier League and EFL Cup final build-up EFL Cup final: Newcastle v Liverpool on Sunday (16: 30 GMT) Alexander-Arnold out of final & Konate expected to train | Hall, Botman and Gordon out for Newcastle Manager news conferences including Slot, Howe, Guardiola & Arteta Team news: Mount, Saka, Dunk, Broja, Munetsi, Bednarek & Smallbone, Traore, Araujo & Senesi Women's League Cup final: Chelsea v Man City on Saturday (12: 15) Get Involved: #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Harry Poole, Ben Ramsdale, Holly Bacon, Sarah Rendell and Karan Vinod. Edited by Murray Burnell. Thank you for joining us today. We have covered a lot of ground and heard from several managers this afternoon. Here are some of the best lines summed up for you: We will be back on Monday with all the reaction from the men and women's League Cup finals and the Premier League action from this weekend. Remember you can keep up to date on all the action on the BBC Sport website. BBC Radio 5 Live will also be bringing you live coverage of the games. You can click here for more information on that. See you soon and have a good weekend. Brighton's Tariq Lamptey is back after suspension. Wolves' Vitor Pereira has said Marshall Munetsi is "okay" for this weekend. Bournemouth's Illia Zabarnyi has returned from suspension. West Ham boss David Moyes he hopes Armando Broja will be on the bench Tottenham's Rodrigo Bentancur is available for selection after being suspended. Fulham manager Marco Silva says Adama Traore will be available this weekend. Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler says Lewis Dunk, Matt O'Riley and Joel Veltman are unavailable. Manchester United's Ruben Amorim says Kobbie Mainoo is out. Southampton boss Ivan Juric confirmed Jan Bednarek and Will Smallbone are unavailable. Kevin Danso, Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison remain sidelined through injury for Tottenham. Fulham's Sasa Lukic is suspended after picking up ten yellow cards. Chelsea's Nico Jackson and Noni Madueke remain out. Wolves' Matheus Cunha is suspended. And away from the Premier League, for the League Cup final Liverpool boss Arne Slot confirmed Trent Alexander-Arnold is unavailable. For Newcastle only Lewis Hall and Sven Botman are not up for selection. There is a huge League Cup final on Sunday but there are also plenty of Premier League matches taking place this weekend. Here are the games fans have coming up (all times in GMT): Saturday, 15 March Everton v West Ham, 15: 00 Southampton v Wolves, 15: 00 Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest, 15: 00 Manchester City v Brighton, 15: 00 Bournemouth v Brentford, 17: 30 Sunday, 16 March Arsenal v Chelsea, 13: 30 Fulham v Tottenham, 13: 30 Leicester City v Manchester United, 19: 00 Fulham v Tottenham (Sun, 13: 30 GMT) Tottenham Hotspur Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou said his squad is looking "pretty good" before the trip to Craven Cottage on Sunday. He said: "Nothing (to report) from last night. Everyone got through it well, " he said on Thursday's Europa League win over AZ Alkmaar. " Rodrigo Bentancur is available for selection after being suspended on Thursday, while Fraser Forster, Antonin Kinsky, Sergio Reguilon and Timo Werner are also all back after being ineligible in Europe. Kevin Danso, Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison remain sidelined through injury. Fulham v Tottenham (Sun, 13: 30 GMT) Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou on whether Spurs are returning to playing in the style he wants: "I think so. That's coincided with a couple of significant things. "One is getting some players back and also the ability to rotate the team and keep the team fresh. "I thought we saw evidence of that last night because our pressing was a lot better. That's because players like Sonny [Son] and Madders [Maddison] didn't play 90 at the weekend and we've got guys coming back into the team who help us with those kind of things. "I think Dom [Solanke] is a massive part of our press because of the way he works in that number nine position, we don't have anyone else who is like him really. "Then, we're getting our good ball players on the ball and looking shard in the final third. Great to get Wilson [Odebert] in there. "Those things help us play the football we want to play and hopefully we can do it more consistently now. " Everton v West Ham (Sat, 15: 00 GMT) Everton A final word from Everton manager David Moyes on facing his old club West Ham United: "I left a club that I really enjoyed and I had a great time at. After winning the European trophy and coming back - to see what the east end of London was like was fantastic. "To be fair, I haven't brought all the players into West Ham but the bulk of them were probably on my watch so I have a lot of close bonds with the players there. It will be great to see them all but a really difficult situation to be coming up against them. " Everton v West Ham (Sat, 15: 00 GMT) Everton Everton manager David Moyes on team news: "Armando [Broja] is in and around it. It's a bit like Youssef Chermiti and Seamus Coleman. They've had another 5/6 days training whereas Broja is just back amongst it so he's getting closer. Hopefully we will be able to get him on the bench for tomorrow's game. " Everton v West Ham (Sat, 15: 00 GMT) Everton Everton manager David Moyes on Jarrad Branthwaite not receiving an England call-up: "I don't pick the England squad so I can only say that if you're looking across the last six/seven weeks then Jarrad Branthwaite would be up there playing as well as any English centre-back in the country, that's for sure. "But, the big thing he needs to do is go and play for England under-21s and be the best player again and get selected for the big team. That is the instructions that I will be giving him. Lee Carsley will pass good information back to the manager and hopefully that will get him back in the big squad. "He doesn't need picking up because he's a young centre-back in the early stages of his career. He has to learn his trade, keep improving and I've told him to go and play really well for the Under-21s and show Thomas [Tuchel] that he should have taken him into the squad. " The announcement of Thomas Tuchel's first England squad dominated the news earlier today. We may have moved away from that now but we had a big live on that earlier on which you can recap here. However, sticking with that theme for a moment, Everton manager David Moyes' news conference today started with a question on the omission of Jarrad Branthwaite. Southampton v Wolves (Sat, 15: 00 GMT) Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves boss Vitor Pereira said midfielder Marshall Munetsi is "ok for the game. " He added: "He's training with the team, it means that he is ready to help. " Pereira said there are no other injury concerns. On the importance of having a full squad, besides Matheus Cunha who is suspended: "Very important. We have more solutions and we can do something from the bench. This is important for us. " Southampton v Wolves (Sat, 15: 00 GMT) Southampton Southampton boss Ivan Juric has updated fans with team news: "[Jan] Bednarek won’t be at the game because the protocol is very strict. "He hasn't recovered as quick as I hoped, as you have to be good every day for protocol. It was Tuesday and he didn’t feel good. In England they are really strict. " Southampton will also be without Will Smallbone, who has a groin injury. Ipswich v Nottingham Forest Ipswich Town Ipswich Town boss Kieran Mckenna has given a fitness update ahead of Saturday's game against Nottingham Forest. "All came through [Crystal Palace game] ok, so that’s a positive. Nothing new so it’s been a better week from that perspective. "Sammi Szmodics has had his surgery, but that's already been published. Conor Chaplin isn’t training with the group yet as he’s had

to take a slightly different course of treatment, but we are hopeful he will be back

after the international break. " Fulham v Tottenham (Sun, 13: 30 GMT) Fulham Fulham boss Marco Silva confirmed Adama Traore will be available for selection after missing the defeat to Brighton with a knock: "Adama is going to be back. [He has] not [had a] full week with the team but the past few days he has been slowly integrated into everything we have been doing. "We have have another session tomorrow so probably he will be in contention for the game. " Silva added that "all the other long term injuries are going to be the same" and confirmed Sasa Lukic is still suspended after picking up ten yellow cards. Bournemouth v Brentford (Sat, 17: 30 GMT) Bournemouth Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola on the fact they are three Premier League games without a win: “I think we’re in a good moment, the worst game [Wolves] was different because we had 10 players. "Brighton and Spurs we played very good games against good opposition - we only got one point, but we kept the same level of performance. To win games we have to change things but I think we’re in a good moment. " On his own future: "I’m very happy - I’ve said it a lot of times. " Bournemouth v Brentford (Sat, 17: 30 GMT) Bournemouth Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola has given an update on team news ahead of their game with Brentford on Saturday evening, Julian Araujo and Marcos Senesi both haven't played since November. “Julian, and Marcos have been cleared to train with us. “They’ve been to Finland to see the surgeon, they are doing well and they have started training with us. “It’s now going to be a matter of the feelings, the shape and when we think they are ready to play with the team - both are on the right path. ” On Illia Zabarnyi who has returned from his suspension: “It’s really nice for me to have the options. “The team has done well without him but it is always an extra to have a player like Zaba. “I hope for him, it’s been some rest that he normally never gets, and that it has been good for him. ” Nick Mashiter BBC Sport football news reporter Despite Palace's letter, the commission - which agreed the three-match ban was insufficient - questioned the FA's reliance on it. The commission felt the letter did not help them and it needed to be treated with "considerable caution". It wrote: "The hyperbole within CPFC letter does not assist the Commission in assessing the evidence in an unemotional, rational and impartial manner, as “the vast majority of the CPFC letter must be treated with considerable caution as an exaggerated and partial account of events. "The FA’s reliance of the CPFC letter is, therefore, somewhat troubling. " Nick Mashiter BBC Sport football news reporter Crystal Palace accused Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts of injuring Jean-Philippe Mateta with "the most extreme and violent force", it has been revealed. The 30-year-old was banned for six games after he was sent off eight minutes into his side's 3-1 FA Cup fifth-round defeat at Selhurst Park for kicking Mateta in the head as he rushed out of goal. In the written reasons in relation to the Football Association's appeal to increase Roberts' initial three-match ban, the Premier League club submitted an emotional letter to FA which was viewed by the regulatory commission overseeing the case. Part of it read: "LR [Roberts] was fully aware of JPM [Mateta]; had time to pull out of the challenge but proceeded “with the most extreme and violent force he could possibly have mustered. " Palace's French striker was given oxygen before being taken to hospital and needed 25 stitches for a severe laceration to his left ear. Leicester v Man Utd (Sun, 19: 00 GMT) Manchester United The Europa League, and winning it, now represents Manchester United's best chance of securing Champions League football next season. But there will also be pressure on Ruben Amorim to improve the club's league position, with United 14th with 10 games to go. "Everything is important. And we need to continue with this feeling that we can win games and then games after games. It doesn’t matter what rest or the times to prepare the next game, we can do it and showed it against Arsenal, " said Amorim. "We have to be humble and forget the table and face Leicester like we faced Real Sociedad. We just need to win to improve our position in the table and the most important thing is continuing with this feeling of winning and that we are improving as a team. " Leicester v Man Utd (Sun, 19: 00 GMT) Manchester United Asked about how he will balance selection for the rest of the season, with Manchester United still competing for the Europa League, Ruben Amorim said: "With different competitions we have to rotate because are risking a little bit, for example Casemiro was so tired. "We didn’t want to risk [Manuel] Ugarte and that was a decision and he wanted to stay here. Mason Mount is going to return really slowly. Kobbie maybe will return in a few weeks, I am not sure. Harry Maguire we tried not to risk, we will see for Sunday. We need all the players. "Against Lyon it is going to be a different type of game, the physicality is more demanding in that aspect and we have a lot of difficult games in the Premier League. " Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.