Sentences with phrase «champions league successes»

Boasting 12 Premier League titles, five FA Cups and two UEFA Champions League successes, Sir Alex Ferguson's time at Manchester United FC is unparalleled in English football.

But, having guided the Red Devils to 12 league championships, five FA Cups and two UEFA Champions League successes in just over a quarter of a century in charge, Sir Alex probably merits it.

Twice UEFA Super Cup losers after UEFA Champions League successes — and now once as UEFA Europa League winners — Manchester United have won only one of their four appearances.

Inter have seen a dramatic fall from the heights of their Champions League successes of 2010 under Jose Mourinho, barely scrapping into the Europa League this season.

The Argentina international is widely thought of as one of the finest footballers of all time, and played a key role in helping Guardiola to his two Champions League successes with Barca.

Pochettino said it would be «fantastic» to win the FA Cup, but that only Premier League or Champions League success would be regarded as taking a step up.

PSG have been spending huge sums to help make the Parc des Princes side not only domestic title challengers but also a side able to compete for Champions League success.

Having helped Porto to Champions League success in 2004 under manager Jose Mourinho, the coach then bought the centre - back with him when he took charge at Stamford Bridge.

If we get a manager of Simeone's quality, then we really have a great chance of league and Champions League success next season.

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri has proven the doubters wrong with his side's Champions League success.

The big question is whether or not the appointment of Howe would satisfy the fans who are desperate for Premier League or Champions League success.

With most owners who want to succeed the manager would have been sacked if he had failed to bring Champions League success or even Europa League, but no for the past 14 or so years we have continually failed to get further than the 4th round, and yet he is still manager.

But despite their petrodollar spending, they have just one Champions League success between them: Chelsea's penalty shootout victory against Bayern Munich in 2012.

Toronto FC's recent CONCACAF Champions League success provided a rare early bye week for D.C. United, but the time off came...

The Portuguese had only just arrived in English football then, having been appointed the Chelsea manager in the summer of 2004 following Champions League success with FC Porto.

Another league title, another Champions league success, and another Copa del Rey victory, some if not all, might be under our belts.

Potentially losing two world - class attackers in a week's time would doom most teams, especially one whose success or failure depends on Champions League success, but PSG shouldn't throw in the towel just yet.

That period of success for Dortmund would come to an end rather suddenly as Sammer would only play three more games after the Champions League success due to a serious knee injury.

It only makes Champions League success even more important this term.

And that, coupled with any further Champions League success with this current team would earn, makes a goodbye to a key player in this squad - for some fans - only more difficult to swallow.

Juventus on the other hand pretty much settled as Italian champions once again but Champions League success if their priority and this will be as good a chance as they are going to get in near future.

And, while a title defence is off the cards, 13 points behind Barça in La Liga, few would bet against the 33 - year - old delivering a third straight Champions League success for Madrid.

Paris St - Germain would be willing to let Neymar join Real Madrid, but only if he delivers Champions League success to the French side.

However, he has yet to emulate his predecessor at the Allianz Arena, Jupp Heynckes, in experiencing Champions League success.

Not exact matches

As the unexpected success of Leicester City and Tottenham in the Premier League this season has shown, England's top clubs face an increasingly difficult job finishing high enough to secure entry to the lucrative Champions League.

However, whether it's financial reasons or Arsenal's lack of success on the pitch as they look to have fallen short in the Premier League and Champions League again this season, the former Barcelona and Udinese man looks set to move on.

With the team competing in the Champions League next time round they will likely need to upgrade their back line if they are to have any chance of success.

Wenger often opts for the Gunners second choice keeper to play Champions League matches and for Champions League winner Steven Gerrard, he feels that's where Wenger's going wrong in his quest for success.

He also lifted the Champions League three times, winning his first title in 2000, while also playing his part in the club's tenth European Cup triumph — the «Decima» success of 2014.

Sadly, with Wenger in charge we will never progress beyond a top four finish, the odd domestic cup success and a last sixteen exit in the Champions League.

Still, Mourinho is extremely pessimistic about English success this season, telling the Daily Mirror: «I don't think so because I always say the Champions League only starts in February and in February, the English teams are after December and January where we can play 20 matches over two months and the Germans, the French, the Spanish, the Italians, they all come from a winter break.

If we had the best coach and players our money could buy and a board who wanted success on the field above everything else then we would have won the Champions League.

While his performance and sending off against Real Madrid in the Champions League in midweek did raise further questions about his ability to make an impact on the big stages in Europe, there is no denying that the Argentine forward is a quality individual who is integral to Juve's future success.

Visitors Athletic, meanwhile, suffered a disappointing Champions League defeat to BATE Borisov in Belarus this week and are six games without a win in all competitions, since a 3 - 0 success over Levante at the end of August.

A young coach, who knows how to win and manage success, should be able to attract world class players but his task will be made easy if there a chance of the players competing in the Champions league.

This means the west London giants are more than likely to miss out on Champions League football for a second time in three seasons in what looks like becoming a spectacular collapse given the success of Conte last season.

Phil i agree get to the game but i think the majority have enjoyed finishing top four playing beautifully entertaining attacking football and winning fa cups making it to another final this year also emirates and invincible a champions league final we sadly lost but hey made it there and wengers success is legendary hes a club legend somone arsenal fams will tell there kids and grand kids about but lets win and make it to the final they are special go arsenal

Real have of course enjoyed success in the Champions League this week after a stunning first - leg performance against Juventus in Turin.

Guardiola first made a name for himself at Barcelona, winning the treble in his first season in charge and going on to enjoy even more success with further La Liga title wins and another Champions League triumph in 2011.

Arsene Wenger has made an early foray into transfer market after buying just one player, Petr Cech, in the entire summer last year, which suggests that the 66 - year - old may be feeling the pressure to deliver success in the next campaign.The Gunners extended their Premier League title drought to 12 seasons as they finished behind champions Leicester City by 10 points.

This explains why Wenger is so highly regarded by the club, A. he works within the financial constraints imposed by the board B. has delivered, in the boards eyes, success with recent FA Cup wins and champions league football every year C. has maintained the support of fans as measured by financial returns on ticket sales and merchandise.

42 year old Lambert, who won the Champions League as a player with Borussia Dortmund and enjoyed eight years of success at Celtic, may have felt that he had achieved as much as he could with his East Anglian side and despite Aston Villa's recent struggles the Midlands side is considered by many as a «Sleeping Giant» who could be awakened under the right management.

Though Mata finished the last two campaigns as Chelsea's Player of the Year Mourinho initially preferred to use Eden Hazard and Oscar as his creative midfield talents and when the former Valencia man has been used he has failed to hit the heights that saw him play a pivotal role in the West London club's Champions League and Europa League successes.

Mignolet has proved a huge success at Sunderland and Rodgers will hope that he can help keep things tight at the back as the Liverpool manager looks to put together a squad that can mount a genuine push for a coveted Champions League berth next term.

What is clear at this stage is that the Chelsea boss undoubtedly needs to bolster his attacking options ahead of next season, as he can't merely rely on Diego Costa alone to fire them to success domestically and in the Champions League.

As a collective they have looked dour and uninspired, and are clinging onto the Champions League as a way of garnering a modicum of success to show for their lacklustre efforts in the Premier League.

If confirmed, it will end a seven - year stint at the Nou Camp for the 33 - year - old, where he has made 332 appearances for Barca while collecting quite the trophy haul with four La Liga titles and two Champions League trophies to go with two FIFA Club World Cup successes amongst many others.

First of all, if it was a decent excuse, then Leicester wouldn't have won the league, Atletico Madrid wouldn't be performing so well in recent years, Wigan wouldn't beat money bags City to win the cup, Porto never would have won the Champions League, and so on, and so on... Secondly, and most importantly, why haven't Arsenal improved then, if success is all down to finleague, Atletico Madrid wouldn't be performing so well in recent years, Wigan wouldn't beat money bags City to win the cup, Porto never would have won the Champions League, and so on, and so on... Secondly, and most importantly, why haven't Arsenal improved then, if success is all down to finLeague, and so on, and so on... Secondly, and most importantly, why haven't Arsenal improved then, if success is all down to finances?

The versatile 25 - year - old, who can play on either side of a back four or in midfield, has been key to his side's recent success, which included qualifying for this year's Champions League.

Keeping the club a champions league club, with the constant quality players looking for success elsewhere once they'd established themselves as stars under Wenger's guidance is very much overlooked.