Sentences with phrase «arsenal as a youth player»

Ozyakup is no stranger to English football having played for Arsenal as a youth player before joining Besiktas for # 350,000 in 2012.

Born in Hebburn, County Durham, George joined Arsenal as a youth player in August 1961.

The Ivorian midfielder took part in trials at Arsenal as a youth player, only to be denied a work permit.

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Good news for Arsenal's future and with the current team including such amazing players as Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez and some real promise in the youth system, who is to say how bright that future will be?

I love the fact that Arsenal is a family orientated club where no matter what happens everyone will get a fair chance to prove themselves, be it because of a loss of form or recovery from long term injury or even when trying to break into the 1st team from the youth setup However I feel that new high profile signings such as Cech, Reus, (you add who you like) would lift the moral of the entire team and give many players the confidence in their teammates that is needed when going into big games.

Wilshere has that «local boy» thing going for him (since Arsenal has not really been producing anything exceptional as players) and Wenger obviously rely on him a lot since he is one of his «findings» (youth disastrous policy)...

With transfer fees continually on the rise and this summer seeing some crazy prices paid for players, such as the signing of rumoured Arsenal transfer target Gonzalo Higuain by Italian champions Juventus and the crazy money set to be shelled out by Manchester United for their former youth star Paul Pogba, is this why Arsenal have made just one big transfer so far?

It is amazing that Arsenal have let such a promising (and prolific) young striker as Benik Afobe be sold this season, and could be construed as very strange behaviour from Arsene Wenger, considering that the Frenchman sets high store on bringing hot young English players through the youth system.

We have in our possession one of the most over rated (especially over rated as he might the worse player in the squad first team and youth included... A total liability) and overpaid football player in the history of Arsenal football club: Theo Walcott.

Cup games Arsenal and Arsene have always given as an opportunity for fringe players and youth to put pressure on the first - team and show why they deserve a run.

If Crowley was to stay at Arsenal for the upcoming season, it was likely we may have seen him in the early rounds of the domestic cup competitions, but aside from that, he would've been stuck amongst the youth ranks and sadly the youth team isn't known for giving players that professional edge that they need when developing as a youngster.

his showing signs of his youth days when he was amazing, so why not let him kick the ball a few times to see after all he still is a Arsenal player, nothing gained nothing lost as they say

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

Bentley started his career as a youth player at Arsenal, and for a while was thought of as one of the club's most exciting prospects, though he failed to break into the club's first team at the time due to vast competition for places from the likes of world class players such as Dennis Bergkamp, Robert Pires and Freddie Ljungberg.

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Our very own little Spanish playmaker Santi Cazorla has revealed to Arsenal fans that he has always intended to go back to his original club Real Oviedo, who were his local club as a youth player.

The 20 year old is in real danger of falling further down the pecking order at Arsenal, especially with the introduction of more first team signings and youth players such as Jeff Reine Adelaide overtaking him.

With the Arsenal defender currently on international duty with Spain at Euro 2016, you can bet that the many Barcelona players in the squad will have been in his ear about going back to the club where he spent eight years in the youth system, just as they did a few years ago with Cesc Fabregas, even going as far as forcing him to wear a Barca shirt.

One of the latest Arsenal transfer rumours is claiming that the Spanish giants FC Barcelona are offering three of their current crop of players to the Gunners as part of the deal they want to make which would see our speedy young right back Hector Bellerin go back to Catalonia where he spent his youth in the academy at La Masia.

I strongly believe that Iwobi should go to the olympics to continue his development as a young player, However, i understand the reason why he wants to stay with arsenal and i do not think it has anything to do with the players we have out from the various tournaments, but as to do with the chance he may lose his spot in the squad to one of the other youth stars

yes get rid most of the players we have as most of them are not fit enough or good enough to wear the Arsenal shirt with pride, and yes a manager who will build a great first team, that everyone will fear, and have a great youth set up.

Even with the serious money coming from ticket, sales, merchandise, endorsements, stadium naming rights etc, that small Chelsea has the same wage bill as arsenal, with their youth team and players on loan costing as much as our entire first team.

As one blogger stated Arsenal have not developed that much — the youth system is hardly churning out top quality home grown players is it?

An immensely popular player at West Ham, Jack Collison had signed as a seventeen year old from the Cambridge youth setup and made his Hammers debut in a game against Arsenal in January 2008.

Islington - boy Dermot joined Arsenal as a youth team player in 1976.

They have an excellent youth setup, one of the best in the world, and a number of players from the academy will be on show, such as Arsenal target Julian Draxler and teenager Maximilian Meyer to name just a few.

As part of their youth reconstruction programme, Arsenal are looking to recruit a number of promising young players from other sides, in this case one of the younger players could be seen as a first - team additioAs part of their youth reconstruction programme, Arsenal are looking to recruit a number of promising young players from other sides, in this case one of the younger players could be seen as a first - team additioas a first - team addition.

As the preseason comes to an end, we're taking a quick look at Arsenal's standout youth players.

However, it seems clear that the club have been impressed by his work at youth level this season and it will be intriguing to see whether he becomes less hard - hitting in his analysis of Arsenal's senior players as he edges closer to the first - team set - up.

By giving these players an early chance in the team (he argued) he would then become known as the manager who gives youth its chance — making the players more likely to come to Arsenal than go anywhere else.