Justin Kluivert

Kluivert (knee) is on the bench for Saturday's clash against Fulham.

Kluivert (knee) is expected to be in the squad for Saturday's clash against Fulham, according to coach Andoni Iraola, per Jack Hillman of Nerve Sport.

Kluivert is out for Sunday's match against Crystal Palace but is eyeing a return for the final three games of the season, according to manager Andoni Iraola. "I think it's very positive news for us. Justin is a very important player on our team. He has still not been training fully this week, but at a very good level. Probably, Sunday arrives too early for him, but I think he will help us in these last games of the season. He will have, I hope, quality minutes. After such a long time out, four or five months, I think everything has gone smoothly. After training, his knee is responding well, no swelling, no issues, so I think it's going to be a good help for these last games of the season. But still, for this one, it's going to be too much."

Kluivert (knee) has returned to training and could be involved against Palace on Sunday if he comes through training well, according to Mark McAdam of Soccer Saturday.

Kluivert will miss "months" and it could be more or less depending on the surgery, according to manager Andoni Iraola. " He will have surgery Thursday and depending what they decide to do, will be. But it will be months. It can be more months or less months, depending how they approach the surgery... It's the knee capsule, the patella... what I've been told is they will open, they will see what they can do and depending if sometimes they decide to repair it and it's more time, maybe if it's not as bad, they just clean it and it's less time."