Weighting by wages changes the order. Reece James is 6.5% of Chelsea's wage bill and Sesko 5.6% of United's, but by market value Sesko (€75m) is worth more than James (€60m).
Back to the trend of the day: Likely starters and injured or banned players in this weekend's Premier League
Poly Rating · from the trend of the day
Premier League Injury Table GW7 2026-27: Stars Missing
Reece James alone costs Chelsea £230,000 a week, about 6.5% of their wage bill, while he recovers from knee surgery, a bigger share than Benjamin Sesko's 5.6% at Manchester United.
- No. 1: Liverpool
- 10 places
01Final list
The leading AIs each built their own list of ten independently. Here is one result that is easy to check: every place has a reason, a source, and the list of AIs that included it.
A bright badge means this AI put the entry on its list. A dim badge means it did not.
- 1
Liverpool
Gravenberch (€75m) is banned and Ekitike, Bradley and Leoni are out. Isak, Szoboszlai and Gakpo, worth €245m together, are each rated only 25% to play.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, DeepSeek. Did not include: Meta.In their lists: Claude: 1 · ChatGPT: 1 · Grok: 2 · Gemini: 4 · MiMo: 1 · DeepSeek: 5
What each AI noted 6
- Claudeplace 1
Four players are out, Gravenberch is banned, and Szoboszlai, Isak and Gakpo are each rated only 25% for Brentford.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 1
Gravenberch's one-match suspension meets a longer-term injury list featuring Ekitike, Bradley and Leoni; possible returns for Isak and Gakpo could radically change the cost of the absences.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 2
Ryan Gravenberch banned and three long-term outs (Ekitike, Bradley, Leoni), with key doubts on Isak, Gakpo and Szoboszlai.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 4
Ryan Gravenberch's one-match ban on top of starter setbacks shelves €175m in player valuation for Gameweek 7.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 1
Around €320m of Transfermarkt value sits in the stands at Brentford: Isak, Szoboszlai, Gakpo and banned Gravenberch — against a €1.03bn squad.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 5
Gravenberch’s one-match ban plus Ekitike’s Achilles tear removes 19.9% of squad value and 14.2% of the wage bill.
Source ↗
6 AIs put it here - 2
Arsenal
Saliba is the most valuable absentee of the weekend (€100m, £270,000 a week). Hincapie and Tzolis are also out. The club-wide share (≈15.8% of value) is only an estimate.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, DeepSeek. Did not include: Meta.In their lists: Claude: 4 · ChatGPT: 2 · Grok: 1 · Gemini: 3 · MiMo: 4 · DeepSeek: 7
What each AI noted 6
- Claudeplace 4
The champions are missing Saliba, with no return date given, ahead of the visit to Nottingham Forest.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 2
Two injured defensive options, Saliba and Hincapie, are a more serious structural concern than a larger list of missing substitutes.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 1
Missing €100m centre-back William Saliba plus two more, a high share of one of the league’s top squad values.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 3
Chasing the summit without €205m of their core XI, leaving 22.3% of the club's wage commitment unavailable.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 4
Three defenders/forwards ruled out to November — yet Arsenal still own the league's best defensive numbers, conceding just 4.7 xG.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 7
Saliba alone is valued at €100m; with Hincapié, Tzolis and Mosquera out, Arsenal are missing about 15.8% of squad value.
Source ↗
6 AIs put it here - 3
Manchester United
Sesko (€75m) earns £210,000 a week, 5.6% of United's £3.756m wage bill on his own. Ugarte, Mazraoui and Dorgu are out too.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, DeepSeek. Did not include: Meta.In their lists: Claude: 3 · ChatGPT: 3 · Grok: 4 · Gemini: 2 · MiMo: 2 · DeepSeek: 3
What each AI noted 6
- Claudeplace 3
Their striker Sesko is out, and so are three more first-team players, two of them hurt on international duty.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 3
Benjamin Sesko alone represents £210,000 a week in estimated wages — about 5.59% of United's £3.756 million weekly fixed payroll.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 4
Benjamin Sesko sidelined (~€75m valuation) alongside Ugarte (long-term) and other first-teamers.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 2
Benjamin Sesko's attacking absence combined with defensive injuries strands £745,000 every single week in the treatment room.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 2
Seven names missing against Leeds, led by Sesko (€75m) with surgery now not ruled out — the same team Opta's xPts rate as the league's best.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 3
16.5% of the wage bill is missing — the largest wage share in this ranking — led by Šeško’s £200k week and Ugarte’s knee injury.
Source ↗
6 AIs put it here - 4
Chelsea
At £230,000 a week, James makes up 6.5% of the wage bill, the largest single-player share confirmed this weekend. His value is only €60m, so Chelsea fall on the value board.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, DeepSeek. Did not include: Meta.In their lists: Claude: 5 · ChatGPT: 4 · Grok: 3 · Gemini: 1 · MiMo: 3 · DeepSeek: 10
What each AI noted 6
- Claudeplace 5
Reece James has had knee surgery and Xabi Alonso says he will be out for several weeks.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 4
Reece James's knee surgery removes a £230,000-a-week captain, equal to about 6.48% of Chelsea's estimated fixed payroll.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 3
Captain Reece James out for weeks after knee surgery, one of the highest-paid players at ~£200-250k/week.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 1
Captain Reece James's knee surgery anchors €240m in market value and 28.4% of total payroll onto the sidelines.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 3
The captain alone costs £230k a week — roughly 6.5% of Chelsea's wage bill — for about three months of recovery after knee surgery.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 10
Reece James’s knee surgery is the headline, but Chelsea’s missing value share is only 10.6% — the lowest in this top 10.
Source ↗
6 AIs put it here - 5
Brighton & Hove Albion
Seven players are out, including Mitoma and Minteh. One estimate puts that at 27% of squad value but only 17.3% of wages.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, DeepSeek. Did not include: Meta, MiMo.In their lists: Claude: 6 · ChatGPT: 6 · Grok: 5 · Gemini: 8 · DeepSeek: 1
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 6
Seven names on the Sports Mole list, the longest of any top-four side, including Mitoma and Minteh.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 6
Mitoma and Minteh threaten Brighton's wing options while the team enters the weekend third in the league.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 5
Seven confirmed outs including quality attackers Mitoma and Minteh, disrupting a high-scoring side.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 8
Though carrying a lower gross payroll, Seagulls absentees wipe out a striking 21.5% of the club's wage structure.
- DeepSeekplace 1
27.0% of squad value is missing — the highest share in this top 10 — and Brighton have already lost 1,093 days to injury.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 6
Tottenham Hotspur
Six absentees for a winless side sitting 19th on 3 points, including Bentancur, banned until 7 Nov. Estimate: 13.7% of squad value and 12.7% of wages.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, DeepSeek. Did not include: Meta, MiMo.In their lists: Claude: 2 · ChatGPT: 7 · Grok: 6 · Gemini: 6 · DeepSeek: 9
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 2
Six absentees and a winless start (3 points, 19th): five injured, plus Bentancur banned to 7 Nov after a straight red against Manchester United.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 7
Rodrigo Bentancur's suspension adds a midfield problem to a team with only three points from six games.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 6
Multiple outs including Kulusevski and Simons, adding to season-long injury burden.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 6
Key creative and defensive starters sitting out leave Spurs missing 19.4% of weekly wages despite a lean 5-man headcount.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 9
Simons’ ACL tear, Odobert’s ACL tear and Bentancur’s suspension leave Spurs missing about 12.7% of wages and 13.7% of squad value.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 7
Newcastle United
Newcastle have lost the most days to injury in the league (1,333 by late September). Estimate: 23.1% of squad value missing, but only 13.5% of wages.
Included it: Claude, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, DeepSeek. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta.In their lists: Claude: 7 · Grok: 9 · Gemini: 5 · MiMo: 10 · DeepSeek: 4
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 7
Elanga, Ramsey and Jaouen are out and Livramento is a 50% doubt, for a young side's trip to Villa.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 9
Elanga, Ramsey, Livramento and Jaouen all confirmed out.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 5
Carrying 310 lost days this campaign, Newcastle enters the weekend with £490,000/wk in spine talent sidelined.
- MiMoplace 10
A fresh concern over Elanga — for the side that sits ninth in the real table and bottom of the expected-points one.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 4
1,333 days already lost and 23.1% of squad value absent — but only 13.5% of wages, so the days-lost table and the value table tell different stories.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 8
Aston Villa
Onana (knee, possibly out until mid-2027), Maatsen and Ruggeri are missing. Estimate: 17.5% of squad value but just 9.2% of wages.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, DeepSeek. Did not include: Meta, MiMo.In their lists: Claude: 8 · ChatGPT: 9 · Grok: 7 · Gemini: 7 · DeepSeek: 8
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 8
Onana and Maatsen are both out as Villa meet Newcastle with the league's lowest xG through five games.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 9
Injury concerns around Maatsen and Ruggeri complicate Villa's defensive selection, but late fitness assessments make the final cost uncertain.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 7
Amadou Onana (ACL, return mid-2027) plus Maatsen and Ruggeri missing.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 7
A bruising European turnaround sees Villa lacking €112m in market value and 18.2% of their payroll.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 8
Onana’s ACL injury and Maatsen’s ankle problem remove about 17.5% of squad value, but only 9.2% of wages.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 9
Bournemouth
The two boards disagree most here. Estimate: 28.9% of squad value missing but only 10.7% of wages, since the absentees are valuable young players rather than top earners.
Included it: Claude, MiMo, DeepSeek. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Grok, Gemini.In their lists: Claude: 9 · MiMo: 5 · DeepSeek: 2
What each AI noted 3
- Claudeplace 9
Four absentees (Scott, Kroupi, Araujo, Milosavljevic) for a side still without a win.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 5
Four players missing — and Marco Rose's side have already given away a league-high nine points from winning positions.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 2
28.9% of squad value absent but only 10.7% of wages — the value-wage mismatch is the story, not the headcount.
Source ↗
3 AIs put it here - 10
Crystal Palace
Disasi is suspended and Riad is out, while Mateta's hamstring is a late call. Estimate: 17.3% of squad value and 12.2% of wages.
Included it: ChatGPT, Grok, MiMo, DeepSeek. Did not include: Claude, Meta, Gemini.In their lists: ChatGPT: 8 · Grok: 10 · MiMo: 7 · DeepSeek: 6
What each AI noted 4
- ChatGPTplace 8
Jean-Philippe Mateta's reported absence matters more than its contribution to the injury headcount because he occupies a pivotal attacking role.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 10
Axel Disasi suspended plus Chadi Riad out; several doubts.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 7
Mateta's hamstring is a last-minute call and Tzimas is out — yet Palace sit bottom of the xG-difference table on −4.1.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 6
Disasi’s suspension and Mateta’s thigh injury remove about 17.3% of squad value and 12.2% of wages — a quietly expensive absence list.
Source ↗
4 AIs put it here
02Worth knowing
What the AIs noticed while building the list.
Gravenberch is suspended, not injured, so injury-only tables leave out one of Liverpool's most valuable absentees.
Hull list eight absentees, the most in the league, but they carry less value than Liverpool's or Arsenal's. Headcount and impact point in different directions.
The trackers disagree on who is fully fit. The False 9 lists Manchester City, Everton, Fulham and Ipswich with no confirmed absentees, while RotoWire counts 95 players out across 19 of the 20 clubs.
Wage estimates vary by source. Capology lists Sesko at £210k and a repost of the same data says £200k; Gravenberch appears as both £300k and £280k.
03How we counted
In plain words, no formulas.
1The question
Top 10 Premier League Clubs Hit Hardest by Absences This Weekend, by Value and Wages Missing, Not Headcount
2Why this topic
Injury tables count players or days, but this ranking weighs who is actually missing by value and by wages, and shows where those two weightings disagree.
3Where it applies
Premier League 2026-27, matchweek 7 (October 17–19, 2026)
4What we looked at
- Players ruled out or suspended in the official matchweek 7 team news
- Days lost to injury so far this season
- Combined Transfermarkt market value of the absent players as a share of the squad's value
- Combined weekly wages of the absent players as a share of the club's wage bill
- Sports Mole GW7 injury and suspension list — Every player out, doubtful or suspended for matchweek 7, club by club, as of 16 October
- The False 9 GW7 injuries and return dates — Return dates, doubts with fitness percentages, and bans
- Premier League predicted line-ups, Matchweek 7 — Official expected team news and likely starters
- Transfermarkt — Market value of each absent player and of each whole squad
5Who ranked
The leading AIs, each building its own list of ten independently and naming a source for every place: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, DeepSeek.
6How the places were set
The same entry written differently by different AIs was counted as one. The more AIs put an entry on their list, and the higher they put it, the higher its place. "AI agreement" shows how many of the AIs had it on their own list. Sources are only those the AIs found themselves; nothing was added by hand.
04Each AI's own list
🇺🇸 Claude10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by Claude alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Liverpool
Four players are out, Gravenberch is banned, and Szoboszlai, Isak and Gakpo are each rated only 25% for Brentford.
Source ↗ - 2Tottenham Hotspur
Six absentees and a winless start (3 points, 19th): five injured, plus Bentancur banned to 7 Nov after a straight red against Manchester United.
Source ↗ - 3Manchester United
Their striker Sesko is out, and so are three more first-team players, two of them hurt on international duty.
Source ↗ - 4Arsenal
The champions are missing Saliba, with no return date given, ahead of the visit to Nottingham Forest.
Source ↗ - 5Chelsea
Reece James has had knee surgery and Xabi Alonso says he will be out for several weeks.
Source ↗ - 6Brighton & Hove Albion
Seven names on the Sports Mole list, the longest of any top-four side, including Mitoma and Minteh.
Source ↗ - 7Newcastle United
Elanga, Ramsey and Jaouen are out and Livramento is a 50% doubt, for a young side's trip to Villa.
Source ↗ - 8Aston Villa
Onana and Maatsen are both out as Villa meet Newcastle with the league's lowest xG through five games.
Source ↗ - 9Bournemouth
Four absentees (Scott, Kroupi, Araujo, Milosavljevic) for a side still without a win.
Source ↗ - 10Hull City
Eight players listed, the most in the league, though headcount is exactly what this ranking tries not to reward.
Source ↗
What Claude noticed
Manchester City, Everton, Fulham and Ipswich have no confirmed absentees. The league leaders go into their home game with Ipswich at full strength.
Two Liverpool players, Isak and Gakpo, were hurt on international duty, and both were ruled out of the Manchester City game.
Phil Foden returns from suspension for Manchester City, and Fatawu for Ipswich.
🇺🇸 ChatGPT10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by ChatGPT alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Liverpool FC — Premier League 2026–27
Gravenberch's one-match suspension meets a longer-term injury list featuring Ekitike, Bradley and Leoni; possible returns for Isak and Gakpo could radically change the cost of the absences.
Source ↗ - 2Arsenal FC — Premier League 2026–27
Two injured defensive options, Saliba and Hincapie, are a more serious structural concern than a larger list of missing substitutes.
Source ↗ - 3Manchester United FC — Premier League 2026–27
Benjamin Sesko alone represents £210,000 a week in estimated wages — about 5.59% of United's £3.756 million weekly fixed payroll.
Source ↗ - 4Chelsea FC — Premier League 2026–27
Reece James's knee surgery removes a £230,000-a-week captain, equal to about 6.48% of Chelsea's estimated fixed payroll.
Source ↗ - 5Nottingham Forest FC — Premier League 2026–27
Morgan Gibbs-White's absence threatens the attacking creativity of a side already sitting 15th after six matches.
Source ↗ - 6Brighton & Hove Albion FC — Premier League 2026–27
Mitoma and Minteh threaten Brighton's wing options while the team enters the weekend third in the league.
Source ↗ - 7Tottenham Hotspur FC — Premier League 2026–27
Rodrigo Bentancur's suspension adds a midfield problem to a team with only three points from six games.
Source ↗ - 8Crystal Palace FC — Premier League 2026–27
Jean-Philippe Mateta's reported absence matters more than its contribution to the injury headcount because he occupies a pivotal attacking role.
Source ↗ - 9Aston Villa FC — Premier League 2026–27
Injury concerns around Maatsen and Ruggeri complicate Villa's defensive selection, but late fitness assessments make the final cost uncertain.
Source ↗ - 10Hull City AFC — Premier League 2026–27
Cho and Mendy are among Hull's reported absentees, a potentially more meaningful loss for squad depth than the raw count suggests.
Source ↗
What ChatGPT noticed
Sesko's £210,000 weekly fixed salary is approximately 5.59% of United's estimated £3.756 million weekly payroll — a substantial single-player financial absence.
Reece James accounts for approximately 6.48% of Chelsea's estimated fixed payroll on his own, before adding Gittens or Emegha.
Liverpool illustrate why fitness-test uncertainty matters: counting Isak and Gakpo as definitively unavailable would potentially exaggerate its financial injury burden.
Arsenal's concerns involve established defensive contributors, while Zubimendi's possible return is important enough to avoid automatically including him in the unavailable group.
🇺🇸 Grok10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by Grok alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Arsenal
Missing €100m centre-back William Saliba plus two more, a high share of one of the league’s top squad values.
Source ↗ - 2Liverpool
Ryan Gravenberch banned and three long-term outs (Ekitike, Bradley, Leoni), with key doubts on Isak, Gakpo and Szoboszlai.
Source ↗ - 3Chelsea
Captain Reece James out for weeks after knee surgery, one of the highest-paid players at ~£200-250k/week.
Source ↗ - 4Manchester United
Benjamin Sesko sidelined (~€75m valuation) alongside Ugarte (long-term) and other first-teamers.
Source ↗ - 5Brighton and Hove Albion
Seven confirmed outs including quality attackers Mitoma and Minteh, disrupting a high-scoring side.
Source ↗ - 6Tottenham Hotspur
Multiple outs including Kulusevski and Simons, adding to season-long injury burden.
Source ↗ - 7Aston Villa
Amadou Onana (ACL, return mid-2027) plus Maatsen and Ruggeri missing.
Source ↗ - 8Hull City
Eight or more outs including Butland and several midfield/defensive players, high volume for a smaller squad.
Source ↗ - 9Newcastle United
Elanga, Ramsey, Livramento and Jaouen all confirmed out.
Source ↗ - 10Crystal Palace
Axel Disasi suspended plus Chadi Riad out; several doubts.
Source ↗
What Grok noticed
Stars like Saliba (€100m) and James (high wages) outweigh pure headcount; Brighton and Hull have volume but lower individual values.
Liverpool and Arsenal combine high-value absentees with European commitments that have historically driven higher injury loads.
No single public table ranks clubs by combined absent market value or wage share for this weekend; rankings rely on piecing together player values and official lists.
🇺🇸 Gemini10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by Gemini alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Chelsea (2026-27)
Captain Reece James's knee surgery anchors €240m in market value and 28.4% of total payroll onto the sidelines.
Source ↗ - 2Manchester United (2026-27)
Benjamin Sesko's attacking absence combined with defensive injuries strands £745,000 every single week in the treatment room.
Source ↗ - 3Arsenal (2026-27)
Chasing the summit without €205m of their core XI, leaving 22.3% of the club's wage commitment unavailable.
Source ↗ - 4Liverpool (2026-27)
Ryan Gravenberch's one-match ban on top of starter setbacks shelves €175m in player valuation for Gameweek 7.
Source ↗ - 5Newcastle United (2026-27)
Carrying 310 lost days this campaign, Newcastle enters the weekend with £490,000/wk in spine talent sidelined.
- 6Tottenham Hotspur (2026-27)
Key creative and defensive starters sitting out leave Spurs missing 19.4% of weekly wages despite a lean 5-man headcount.
Source ↗ - 7Aston Villa (2026-27)
A bruising European turnaround sees Villa lacking €112m in market value and 18.2% of their payroll.
Source ↗ - 8Brighton & Hove Albion (2026-27)
Though carrying a lower gross payroll, Seagulls absentees wipe out a striking 21.5% of the club's wage structure.
- 9Manchester City (2026-27)
League leaders top the gross wage loss with £425,000/wk idle despite having the fewest total sidelined players (3).
Source ↗ - 10West Ham United (2026-27)
Central spine knocks tie down 16.8% of the Hammers' weekly salary outlays ahead of Round 7.
Source ↗
What Gemini noticed
Gross headcount is deeply misleading: Manchester City has only 3 players unavailable but loses £425,000/wk in wages, whereas clubs with 6 reserve injuries lose less than £180,000/wk.
Chelsea leads the Premier League with over 28% of their entire weekly squad salary sitting in the stands or treatment room entering Matchweek 7.
Suspensions like Ryan Gravenberch's one-match ban inflict an immediate single-week valuation void equivalent to long-term injuries without adding to cumulative season days lost.
🇨🇳 MiMo10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by MiMo alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Liverpoolinjury list 2026-27
Around €320m of Transfermarkt value sits in the stands at Brentford: Isak, Szoboszlai, Gakpo and banned Gravenberch — against a €1.03bn squad.
Source ↗ - 2ManchesterUnited injury list 2026-27
Seven names missing against Leeds, led by Sesko (€75m) with surgery now not ruled out — the same team Opta's xPts rate as the league's best.
Source ↗ - 3Chelseainjury list 2026-27
The captain alone costs £230k a week — roughly 6.5% of Chelsea's wage bill — for about three months of recovery after knee surgery.
Source ↗ - 4Arsenalinjury list 2026-27
Three defenders/forwards ruled out to November — yet Arsenal still own the league's best defensive numbers, conceding just 4.7 xG.
Source ↗ - 5Bournemouthinjury list 2026-27
Four players missing — and Marco Rose's side have already given away a league-high nine points from winning positions.
Source ↗ - 6Brentfordinjury list 2026-27
Two starters limped off at Villa and three more are out — yet Brentford are one of only three unbeaten teams left.
Source ↗ - 7CrystalPalace injury list 2026-27
Mateta's hamstring is a last-minute call and Tzimas is out — yet Palace sit bottom of the xG-difference table on −4.1.
Source ↗ - 8NottinghamForest injury list 2026-27
Gibbs-White is a doubt for Arsenal's visit — the fixture against the one attack Forest's second-best xGA (7.2) has to survive.
Source ↗ - 9Evertoninjury list 2026-27
Three fitness calls (Mykolenko, Branthwaite, Norgaard) just as unbeaten Everton meet a Chelsea side missing its captain.
Source ↗ - 10NewcastleUnited injury list 2026-27
A fresh concern over Elanga — for the side that sits ninth in the real table and bottom of the expected-points one.
Source ↗
What MiMo noticed
Asof Friday morning, RotoWire logged 95 injured or suspended players across 19 of the 20 Premier League clubs — exactly one club has no absence at all.
Liverpool'sfour headline absentees carry roughly €320m of combined Transfermarkt value — Isak (€90m), Szoboszlai (€85m), Gravenberch (€75m) and Gakpo (€70m) — against a €1.03bn squad.
Chelseawill keep paying Reece James £230,000 a week through roughly three months of rehabilitation — about 6.5% of the weekly wage bill for zero minutes (computed from Capology figures).
Thepattern is nothing new at Spurs: they led the Premier League for days lost to injury in 2025-26, and injuries and team changes are again central to their winless 2026-27 start.
🇨🇳 DeepSeek10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by DeepSeek alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Brighton & Hove Albion
27.0% of squad value is missing — the highest share in this top 10 — and Brighton have already lost 1,093 days to injury.
Source ↗ - 2AFC Bournemouth
28.9% of squad value absent but only 10.7% of wages — the value-wage mismatch is the story, not the headcount.
Source ↗ - 3Manchester United
16.5% of the wage bill is missing — the largest wage share in this ranking — led by Šeško’s £200k week and Ugarte’s knee injury.
Source ↗ - 4Newcastle United
1,333 days already lost and 23.1% of squad value absent — but only 13.5% of wages, so the days-lost table and the value table tell different stories.
Source ↗ - 5Liverpool
Gravenberch’s one-match ban plus Ekitike’s Achilles tear removes 19.9% of squad value and 14.2% of the wage bill.
Source ↗ - 6Crystal Palace
Disasi’s suspension and Mateta’s thigh injury remove about 17.3% of squad value and 12.2% of wages — a quietly expensive absence list.
Source ↗ - 7Arsenal
Saliba alone is valued at €100m; with Hincapié, Tzolis and Mosquera out, Arsenal are missing about 15.8% of squad value.
Source ↗ - 8Aston Villa
Onana’s ACL injury and Maatsen’s ankle problem remove about 17.5% of squad value, but only 9.2% of wages.
Source ↗ - 9Tottenham Hotspur
Simons’ ACL tear, Odobert’s ACL tear and Bentancur’s suspension leave Spurs missing about 12.7% of wages and 13.7% of squad value.
Source ↗ - 10Chelsea
Reece James’s knee surgery is the headline, but Chelsea’s missing value share is only 10.6% — the lowest in this top 10.
Source ↗
What DeepSeek noticed
Brighton’s missing-value share (27.0%) is higher than Liverpool’s (19.9%) and Arsenal’s (15.8%) despite far less attention — a reminder that the injury table is not the same as the value table.
Newcastle have lost 1,333 days to injury, the most in the league, but their absentees account for only 13.5% of wages — days lost and wage value point in different directions.
Bournemouth are missing 28.9% of squad value, but only 10.7% of wages; their absences are concentrated in valuable young players rather than the top earners.
Ryan Gravenberch is suspended, not injured, yet he is Liverpool’s joint-most valuable absentee at €80m — injury-only tables understate the weekend’s true absences.