Where are ya? The Premier League’s forgotten ones

Which players failed to make the matchday squads for their Premier League clubs this weekend, despite being fit and (just about) able…

ARSENAL
Lucas Perez – Striker wants to leave, Arsenal want him to go. The only surprise is that he hasn’t left yet.
Carl Jenkinson – Set to leave permanently after playing only one Premier League game last season.
Matt Macey – Third-choice keeper.
Mathieu Debuchy – Nice pulled out of a deal for the French full-back due to his high wages. Most interested clubs will be similarly put off.
Kieran Gibbs – Move to Watford was scrapped because the left-back didn’t want to take a cut on his £80,000-a-week wages. Fair enough.
Chuba Akpom – Injuries and a number of disappointing loans spells have left the 21-year-old way down the pecking order.
Calum Chambers – Allowed to leave after spending last season on loan at Boro but Arsenal rejected a £16million offer from Palace last month.

BOURNEMOUTH
Max Gradel – “He is very much part of our plans,” said Eddie Howe in July amid interest from Toulouse and Sunderland.
Marc Wilson – Defender has been told he is free to leave, with West Brom and Hull both linked.
Brad Smith – Failed to nail down a place after joining from Liverpool for £6million last year.
Lewis Cook – Captained England’s Under-20s to World Cup glory this summer so remains some way behind team-mates after extra time off.
Connor Mahoney – Young winger arrived from Blackburn this summer.
Baily Cargill – One of five recognised central defenders.
Aaron Ramsdale – Young goalkeeper some way off the first team.

BRIGHTON
Mathias Normann – Signed this summer from Norwegian second division so he has plenty to do before breaking into the first team.
Rohan Ince – Has been earmarked for a loan move.
Ales Mateju – Czech U21 right-back arrived earlier this month from Viktoria Plzen.
Henrik Bjordal – Striker, 20, is expected to be loaned out.
Soufyan Ahannach – Dutch winger, 21, signed late last week.
Gaetan Bong – “A key member of the squad,” said Chris Hughton after the Cameroon international signed a new one-year deal earlier this summer.
Richie Towell – Not given a squad number and likely to leave the club permanently or on loan.
Jiri Skalak – Czech winger pushed out of the picture by new arrivals.
Connor Goldson – Resuming his career after a heart operation in February.

BURNLEY
Adam Legzdins – Joined last week from Birmingham to rival Nick Pope as back-up keeper.
Phil Bardsley – New signing has missed a chunk of pre-season due to a back injury.
Tom Anderson – Academy graduate, 23, played 35 games on loan at Chesterfield last season.
Fredrik Ulvestad – Midfielder, 25, spent last season on loan in League One with Charlton.

CHELSEA
Wallace Oliveira – Likely to head out on loan again, despite struggling for game time at Gremio.
Matej Delac – Chelsea’s longest-serving player expects to be sold, with only a year left on his contract and “the chance of a work permit is zero”. He’s a goalkeeper, in case you were wondering.
Cristian Cuevas – Chile defender, 22, replaced Kenedy on the club’s pre-season tour of the Far East but that is likely to be the closest he gets to Antonio Conte’s squad.
Kenneth Omeruo – Set to leave permanently after four loan moves with the Nigeria defender, capped 31 times, having failed to make a first-team appearance at Stamford Bridge.
Eduardo – Third-choice goalkeeper that most Chelsea fans would struggle to pick out in a line-up.
Diego Costa – Feet up in Brazil.
Loic Remy – Available for transfer with one year remaining on his contract.

CRYSTAL PALACE
Kleton Perntreou – Albanian-Greek goalkeeper is set to leave on loan.
Keshi Anderson – Young striker was involved in pre-season after spending last season on loan at Northampton.
James McArthur – Played in the Under-23s on Monday after being left out of the opening-day defeat.
Yohan Cabaye – Missed a chunk of pre-season but featured for the Under-23s.
Damien Delaney – Omitted despite featuring in their final pre-season friendly last Tuesday.
Martin Kelly – Left out despite being given chances during pre-season in a back three.
Hiram Boateng – Palace are currently deciding whether to loan out the 21-year-old again this season.
Jordon Mutch – Made to play in the Under-23s during pre-season. Likely to be allowed to leave, much to the delight of many Palace fans.

EVERTON
Gareth Barry – Heading to West Brom.
Aaron Lennon – Linked with moves to Watford, Birmingham and Newcastle.
Joel Robles – Out of the picture after Jordan Pickford’s arrival and is set to return to Spain.
Oumar Niasse – The £13.5million flop is supposedly being eyed by Brighton.
Luke Garbutt – The 24-year-old struggled at Wigan on loan and looks further than ever from the Toffees first-team.

HUDDERSFIELD
Luke Coddington – Third-choice keeper.
Ryan Schofield – Fourth choice keeper.
Jason Davidson – Failed to secure a permanent move after spending last season at FC Groningen. Not allocated a squad number.
Dean Whitehead – The 35-year-old signed a new one-year deal in the summer though he’s unlikely to feature much.
Sean Scannell – Enjoyed a positive pre-season but opportunities look likely to be limited for Town’s longest-serving player
Joe Lolley – Impressed in pre-season after missing much of last season through injury, with Championship clubs Sunderland, Barnsley and Sheffield United all interested.

LEICESTER
George Thomas – Young attacker only arrived last week from Coventry.
Eldin Jakupovic – New arrival from Hull was left off the bench in favour of Ben Hamer.
Yohan Benalouane – Was branded “reckless” in pre-season by Craig Shakespeare, who says the defender won’t be picked unless he learns his lesson.
Leonardo Ulloa – Pushed closer to the exit by Kelechi Iheanacho’s arrival.
Ahmed Musa – Nigeria striker looks set to leave Leicester, with West Brom and Hull both linked.

LIVERPOOL
Jon Flanagan – Despite Nathaniel Clyne’s injury, the right-back was still overlooked with Trent Alexander-Arnold getting the nod instead.
Danny Ward – Third-choice keeper. Wouldn’t be a surprise to see him leave on loan closer to the deadline.
Andrew Robertson – The £10million new signing was left out of the squad at Watford, with Alberto Moreno playing instead, for reasons that have yet to become clear.
Sheyi Ojo – Heading to Fulham on loan.
Ben Woodburn – “We want to have him in and around our team,” said Jurgen Klopp during the summer, so a loan move looks unlikely.
Lazar Markovic – Fiorentiona wanted Liverpool’s forgotten man but refused to pay the £16million asking price.

MANCHESTER CITY
Oleksandr Zinchenko – Ukraine international is set to join Napoli this week.
Fabian Delph – Midfielder wants a loan move but City want to sell for £14million.
Wilfried Bony – Nowhere near the City reckoning, could return to Swansea for £13million.
Jason Denayer – Flopped at Sunderland, likely to be sold before the deadline.
Patrick Roberts – Wanted back at Celtic where he impressed on loan last season. Unlikely to feature much for City this year.
Tosin Adarabioyo – Centre-back signed a new deal and could feature this term with City short in that area.
Samir Nasri – Struggling to attract interest because of the £185,000-a-week he currently trousers at City. Probably not bothered.

MANCHESTER UNITED
Joel Pereira – Third-choice keeper but highly-rated by Jose Mourinho.
Victor Lindelof – Mourinho says he will be eased into the reckoning after a mixed pre-season.
Michael Carrick – Club captain will be used sporadically this term.
James Wilson – Striker, 23, was left out of the first-team’s USA tour, preparing for the season with the Under-23s instead.
Andreas Pereira – Hoping to force his way into the reckoning this term after a year away on loan.

NEWCASTLE
Jesus Gamez – Has failed to impress since joining Newcastle but a lack of cover means he can’t go anywhere for now.
Tim Krul – Set to leave after spending all last season out on loan.
Siem de Jong – Hoping to put injury problems behind him after 26 appearances in three years.
Henri Saivet – Spent last season on loan at Saint-Etienne and is free to leave again.
Emmanuel Riviere – Newcastle agreed a deal with Metz to get rid but the striker didn’t fancy it.
Jack Colback – Trained away from the first team last week after reportedly falling out with Benitez.
Mohamed Diame – On the fringes despite playing 37 times in the Championship last season.
Grant Hanley – Newcastle are open to offers for the centre-half but his wages are putting off Championship clubs.
Achraf Lazaar – Has been told he can leave.
Massadio Haidara – Happy to let the final year of his contract run down given he would have to take a pay-cut elsewhere.
Curtis Good – Nowhere near the first-team reckoning, with a trial spell at PEC Zwolle coming to nothing.
Freddie Woodman – Highly-rated young keeper is currently third choice, with Newcastle keen to arrange a loan move, but Palace and Everton are also said to be interested in the England Under-20 World Cup winner.

SOUTHAMPTON
Jeremy Pied – Battling for his Saints future after missing almost the entirety of last season through injury.
Jordy Clasie – Moving closer to the St Mary’s exit.
Virgil van Dijk – You may have heard: he wants to leave too…
Sam Gallagher – Could be set for a loan move, with Derby heavily linked.
Matt Targett – England Under-21 left-back signed a new long-term deal over the summer.
Josh Sims – Could be allowed to leave on loan to gain first-team experience.
Paulo Gazzaniga – Linked with a move to Tottenham as back-up under old boss Mauricio Pochettino.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg – Yet to fully assert himself at St Mary’s since joining from Bayern Munich last year.
Florin Gardos – Set to allowed to leave after making only 11 Saints appearances.

STOKE
Julien Ngoy – Much is expected of the 19-year-old, who was even linked with Monaco this summer if Kylian Mbappe was to leave.
Thibaud Verlinden – Highly-rated 18-year-old winger is expected to push for a first-team place.
Philipp Wollscheid – Sent out on loan last season and looks no closer to the first-team picture under Mark Hughes.
Stephen Ireland – Finally closing in on a return to fitness but not yet ready.
Bruno Martins Indi – Only rejoined Stoke late last week.
Jakob Haugaard – Third-choice goalkeeper.
Giannelli Imbula – Has been up for sale all summer but seemingly no one is interested, at least not at the price Stoke want for their record signing.

SWANSEA
Erwin Mulder – New keeper started the season as third choice. No sign of Scully either.
Mark Birighitti – Australian goalkeeper is expected to move on.
Gylfi Sigurdsson – Sat on his behind while Everton and Swansea haggle over a few quid.
Stephen Kingsley – On the fringes but Swansea knocked back an offer from Wolves for the Scotland defender.
Mike van der Hoorn – Last Premier League start came in Bob Bradley’s final game as manager. Draw your own conclusions.
Matt Grimes – Failed to break into the Leeds side during a loan spell at Elland Road last year. Unlikely to be in Paul Clement’s plans, much to the fury of his mum, probably.
Kenji Gorre – The 22-year-old struggled to make an impression during a loan spell at Northampton last season and appears to be out of the picture.

TOTTENHAM
Georges-Kevin N’Koudou – The winger offered some encouragement in pre-season but the 22-year-old could still be shipped out before the deadline.

WATFORD
Adrian Mariappa – Started six Premier League matches towards the end of last season but remains very much on the periphary.
Giedrius Arlauskis – Romanian keeper all set to return home to join Cluj.
Brice Dja Djedje – Bought last summer but has yet to make his Premier League debut.
Daniel Bachmann – Third-choice keeper arrived from Stoke this summer.
Tom Hoban – Defender was loaned to Blackburn last season and appears no closer to making the breakthrough at Watford.
Jerome Sinclair – Silva said last week that he had yet to make a decision whether Sinclair would go out on loan after seeing plenty of action in pre-season.
Will Hughes – Silva may be giving the new boy more time to prepare for the new season after his involvement in England’s European Under-21 Championship campaign.
Isaac Success – Started only two Premier League games last season and has been pushed further out of the reckoning by the Hornets’ summer recruitment.

WEST BROM
Callum McManaman – Set to leave Albion before the deadline after being overlooked by Tony Pulis.

WEST HAM
Robert Snodgrass – Set to leave the club for Aston Villa only eight months after joining from Hull.