Overview
- Coach Habib Beye ruled out Mason Greenwood, Geoffrey Kondogbia and Nayef Aguerd, while he expects Leonardo Balerdi to be available.
- Beye said the international break was used to raise technical quality, with work on cleaner passing, stronger connections and deeper runs.
- He is weighing changes in attack, with Ethan Nwaneri a candidate to start on the right and a Gouiri–Aubameyang partnership under consideration.
- During the open part of training, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang took part while wearing a large bandage on his left leg.
- Amine Gouiri called the Monaco match very important rather than crucial and said keeping third place depends on the team doing its job.