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By DAILY MAIL SPORT REPORTERS Published: 22: 08 AEDT, 20 February 2026 | Updated: 03: 36 AEDT, 21 February 2026 21 View comments After an action-packed FA Cup weekend - followed by Arsenal dropping points at Wolves in what could prove crucial in the title race - attention turns to a full Premier League schedule. A host managers will be previewing the weekend's action on Friday - stay here with Daily Mail Sport for all of the latest. .. Unai Emery has hinted that Harvey Elliott is free to play for Aston Villa in Europe – despite the restrictive conditions attached to his loan deal from Liverpool. Elliott moved to Villa last summer on the basis that 10 appearances would trigger a permanent £35million move. Emery decided last autumn that he did not want to do this, which has left the 22-year-old in limbo despite talks this month between the clubs aimed at resolving the situation. Yet speaking ahead of Villa’s clash with Leeds, Emery appeared to indicate that the 10-game clause applied only to Premier League matches. If this is correct, it would allow Elliott to feature throughout Villa’s Europa League campaign, as they await their opponents for next month’s last-16 tie. Harvey Elliott has been in limbo since his move from Liverpool, playing just seven games Emery said: ‘He is going to be available more or less to play in Europe. We are now in January, trying to focus on the Premier League, trying to focus on Europe. ‘He is injured now and not available but I was so clear one month ago. I think we must carry on and of course help him as much as we can. Then, to try to make him feel comfortable here. ’ Elliott has so far made seven appearances in all competitions, with four of those in the Premier League. The nature of the terms will surely be revealed next month. With Villa suffering significant injury problems and trying to compete on two fronts, it would seem bizarre for Emery to exclude Elliott in Europe if there were no reason to do so. Tom Collomosse Igor Tudor is '100 per cent' confident Tottenham will still be a Premier League club next season. Tudor was announced as Spurs' interim head coach last Saturday after Thomas Frank was sacked on February 11 following a run of two wins in 17 Premier League matches. It has left Tottenham in 16th position and only five points above the relegation zone ahead of Sunday's north London derby with leaders Arsenal, but experienced boss Tudor has no doubt he can achieve his goal in N17. Asked how confident he was that Spurs would be in the Premier League next season, Tudor insisted: 'One hundred per cent. I'm not here to enjoy. I'm here to work. It's the first moment and there's work to do. It's a privilege to be here. ' Igor Tudor has guaranteed he will keep Spurs up, with 12 games remaining Michael Carrick says he is proud of ‘what Manchester United stand for’, and the culture of diversity and equality at Old Trafford, in the wake of Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s comments that the UK is being ‘colonised by immigrants’. Ratcliffe’s remarks at a business convention in Antwerp last week have been widely criticised, while United also issued a statement that appeared to distance the club from the minority owner’s views. Carrick was asked about the issue when he spoke to the media ahead of Monday’s trip to Everton, and insisted that United are aware of their responsibilities to their fanbase worldwide. Michael Carrick's United travel to Everton for their Premier League clash on Monday ‘Sir Jim made his statement and the club made a statement on the back of it, ’ said Carrick. ‘It is not my place to add to that. Enough has been said in that regard. What I can say is that I have been around this club many years and we always make a huge impact globally and we are really responsible for that. 'Throughout the years, as a player and member of staff and as a supporter, we are really proud of the environment and culture we’ve got at the club. ‘Equality and diversity and respect for each other is something we look to carry through every day. I have travelled the world and know what this club means to an awful lot of people. I am fully aware of the responsibility and we try to carry that out every day. I am proud of what the club stands for and has done for so long. ’ Chris Wheeler Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner thinks the club still have plenty to do to ensure Premier League survival. Palace take on Wolves on Sunday. They are eight points above the drop zone with 12 games to play and, with the FA-Cup winning boss seemingly on the brink of the exit, he said: 'I don't think Crystal Palace is pretty much safe when I see the teams behind us, when I see how they are performing, especially West Ham getting point after point and all the others as well. 'There are teams like Nottingham [Forest], who were seventh last year, teams like Tottenham who won the Europa League, teams like Brighton. Big teams with much more opportunities than Crystal Palace have. 'So I think it would be completely wrong to say we go all-in on the Conference League and forget about the Premier League. I think it's an important game now against Wolverhampton. ' Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has told in-form striker Anthony Gordon to carry on being selfish following his Champions League heroics at Qarabag. The 24-year-old plundered four goals in Wednesday night's 6-1 play-off, first-leg victory in Baku to take his tally in this season's competition to 10, making the most of his deployment as a central frontman. He completed his haul with a second penalty having waved away skipper Kieran Trippier's exhortations to allow Nick Woltemade to take it, just as Alan Shearer had done to youngster Paul Robinson as he scored five in an 8-0 Premier League victory over Sheffield Wednesday in September 1999. Asked if he wanted Gordon to have a selfish streak, head coach Howe said: 'There were really big positives to take from that incident. Moments like that get blown out of all proportion, it was a very minor issue. Dan Burn got in between Kieran Trippier (left) and Anthony Gordon (third left) during their spat . .. but the pair were all smiles afterwards at they joined up for an interview with TNT Sports 'It was great from Anthony that he's got that strong enough resolve that he wants to score in every moment - and you'd want that from any player - so I've got no issue with him. 'I've got no issue with Kieran also, trying to think of the team and trying to lead in his way and be the aspiring leader that he is in every moment. I actually thought it was a real positive on all sides. 'The good thing is we scored the penalty, so that in itself is another positive. I think it showed that all the players care and we want to do well. ' Trippier's intervention was designed to give record £69million signing Woltemade the chance to add to the goal he scored in last Sunday's 3-1 FA Cup fourth-round win at Aston Villa, which ended a 14-game drought. The 24-year-old Germany striker has taken up a midfield role in recent games and like £40m Brazilian Joelinton before him, adapted well to the transition. Howe said: 'Tactically, he's a very, very intelligent player. He's obviously been well-educated in his former clubs, so he took to it really quickly and full compliment to him for doing that. ' Woltemade's ability to play in midfield will be tested if he is asked to do a similar job at Manchester City on Saturday evening when the Magpies will renew their question for a first win at the Etihad Stadium and a first in the league, in which they have lost on their last 16 visits to City, since September 2000. Asked if he could perform in that role against Pep Guardiola's men, Howe said: 'We will see. From what I've seen in training and the way that he's taken to the work that we've done with him, I'd say yes. 'Of course, doing that in one environment is different to doing it on a matchday, with the pressure of the game and everything that entails. But I wouldn't play him there if I didn't think he could do it. '
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