Sunderland

Alderete (undisclosed) is not expected to be available for Sunday's FA Cup match against Oxford United, manager Regis Le Bris told media Friday. "Omar struggled with his foot at the end of the Liverpool game," Le Bris explained. "He got a kick two weeks ago, I think. Probably, he will rest this weekend."

Alderete left Wednesday's clash against Liverpool after dealing with apparent discomfort in the final minutes.

Traore (knee) is set to miss around another three weeks of action as he recovers, according to Phil Smith of the Sunderland Echo. "So it's always symptom-driven, but they are both in a good place. So hopefully we'll have good news in a few weeks. Bertrand suffered an important knee injury and played with his national team in the second half. The diagnosis was that you need to rest and you need to take care of your knee if you want to have a stable knee for the end of the season and for his career as well. So we didn't rush the process and we took care of him just to make sure that he's ready to play."

Xhaka (ankle) is still two to three weeks away from making his return, coach Regis Le Bris told the media, according to the Sunderland Echo. "We don't know yet on Granit. Probably two or three weeks. We'll see according to his feeling and just wait a bit."

Xhaka (ankle) is out for this week's set of matches and remains in doubt for the Fulham game, according to manager Régis Le Bris, per Phil Smith of the Sunderland Echo. "We don't know yet on Granit. Probably two or three weeks. We'll see according to his feeling and just wait a bit."