Sentences with phrase «gunner granit»

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The Gunners were forced to make changes in midfield with Santi Cazorla and Granit Xhaka out with injury and suspension, but were mostly unchanged, and would have expected to carry on their winning run.

Now that the arrival of Granit Xhaka has finally been confirmed by the official Arsenal website, it would appear that the Gunners have quickly moved on to their next targets.

When everyone is fit, the Englishman has to compete with Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil, Santi Cazorla, Theo Walcott, Granit Xhaka, Francis Coquelin and Mohamed Elneny for a place in the Gunners» midfield.

Arsenal are looking weak in midfield with doubts over the likes of Granit Xhaka in that position, while Jack Wilshere is heading towards the end of his contract with the Gunners.

In terms of quality, he is in the same league as new Arsenal signing Granit Xhaka, yet the Gunners have just splashed out around # 30m on him — so say Sky Sports.

The Gunners also have Francis Coquelin back after suspension and the midfield has a new look with Granit Xhaka alongside the combative Frenchman, so we should be able to cope with the physicality of the Potters.

Even a month ago the Gunners may have been in big trouble, but as the manager has been saying recently, the summer signing Granit Xhaka has really come on with his defensive work of late and that means that we should have no problem getting through the next few weeks until the return of Coquelin.

Surely he must realise that he can not be so inactive again this summer and according to a Metro report that is case, as the Gunners have reportedly already agreed the personal terms with Granit Xhaka over his summer move to London from the Bundesliga and Borussia Monchengladbach.

Arsenal brought in Granit Xhaka at the beginning of this summers transfer window, to add to a packed Gunners midfield alongside Cazorla, Coquelin, Ozil, Ramsey, Elneny, Oxlade - Chamberlain and the newly added Jeff Reine - Adelaide.

It's become a common understanding that Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger favours youth over experience when it comes to signing players and although the transfer window started off brightly with the signing of Granit Xhaka, the Gunners have since had no real luck in obtaining their targets.

Contrary to popular opinion, Arsenal have already bought three players this summer in Granit Xhaka, Rob Holding and Takuma Asano, and Arsene Wenger has (unusually for him) admitted that the Gunners still in the market for an experienced centre - back and a striker.

Well, yesterday it all looked like Arsenal's deal for Granit Xhaka was as good as done and dusted, but according to the Monchengladbach sporting director Max Eberl, the Bundesliga club won't even entertain talks with the Gunners until they come up with a more reasonable bid.

Arsenal summer signing Granit Xhaka came off the bench at Hull City to score his first Gunners goal in stunning style on Saturday before celebrating by putting his finger to his lips and telling someone to shush.

For me the first choice would be Santi Cazorla and then Granit Xhaka, but I do feel that having to play the Ox could work for Wenger and the Gunners at Stamford Bridge.

Granit Xhaka was expected to be a massive signing for the Gunners in the summer and joined the club in one of Arsenal's biggest ever transfer deals.

Even though Arsene Wenger has quite a few options for the central midfield position that the little magician has made his own, with the likes of Aaron Ramsey and Granit Xhaka, there is a real sense that none of them gives the Gunners the same as Santi.

The Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka impressed everyone on his Arsenal debut last night against the MLS All - Stars and this has once again highlighted the surfeit of midfielders now forming a crowd in the Gunners changing room.

There is no word on when he will be back from his injury though, so the manager is looking for someone to step up and do the job that the Spaniard normally does for Arsenal, and I think it is Granit Xhaka that the Frenchman has in mind as he spoke about both Gunners in a report on the Arsenal website.

For the Gunners, Granit Xhaka is recovering from a calf injury and has a «little chance» of playing this weekend, according to Arsene Wenger.

The Gunners moved quickly to bring in Granit Xhaka following the previous campaign, but after an early snub from Leicester's Jamie Vardy, their transfer activity stalled.

New signing Granit Xhaka also remains in the competition, and will have been impressing all those Gunners fans who had not known much of the midfielder beforehand.

The Gunners spent around # 89 Million to bring in four players this summer, including # 30 Million + deals to sign Shkodran Mustafi and Granit Xhaka.

If the Arsenal transfer rumours are right then the Bayern Munich and Germany international star Mario Gotze could soon be joining Granit Xhaka in boosting the midfield options of the Gunners, despite some reports in the football media suggesting that Gotze might be rejoining his former manager Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool.

After the Gunners destroyed the Norwegian side Viking FK by eight goals without reply last night, and that was without Alexis Sanchez, Aaron Ramsey and new boy Granit Xhaka playing, Wenger played down the result but talked up the importance of the pace and physical aspects of the match against a club well into their own league season.

For your information frustrated gunner Diaby was unlucky with his injuries if he wasn't so injury prone he would have been a better player than either granit or Ramsey, if you ever saw him play or the few times he did he was vieraesque, hope I'm allowed to make up my own word, but injuries destroyed his career so to me you are just someone who is clueless about football... to all you guys asking for dm and Maherz basically you are saying we need to spend another 85 mil min to get those two, we also need to swich to four at the back, ok yeah let's regress we found that 3 at the back Suits our team we have been more solid defensively but no let's revert to the old system that hasn't won us anything major in a decade even tough we won a trophy beating the pl champions with the new system, a system that Many top teams are using for your information!!

It looked like the Gunners had weathered the storm and were dominating the ball and creating chances ourselves, and our attack looked better once Bellerin came on as Gabriel had to move inside to replace the injury hit Mustafi, when we had the setback of a contentious penalty awarded for a foul on Joe Allen by Granit Xhaka.

Okay the Gunners paid over # 30 million to bring in the Swiss international midfield star Granit Xhaka from Borussia Monchengladbach and he does look a proper player, but after that we only have a reported # 2 million swoop for the young Bolton centre back Rob Holding and the signing of the unheard of Japanese youngster who is not even allowed to play football in England.

Everyone and his dog in the media is aware that the Gunners have been deep in negotiations with Borussia Munchengladbach about the move of Granit Xhaka to the Emirates this summer, but as usual there is not a peep out of any Arsenal sources as to whether the talks have been a success or not.

The Gunners have been forced to leave Jack Wilshere sidelined due to an ankle knock, meaning Aaron Ramsey gets the nod to play alongside Granit Xhaka in midfield, but a couple of unforced changes have also been made for the tie.

The Frenchman now finds himself behind the likes of Granit Xhaka, Mohamed Elneny and Aaron Ramsey in the pecking order of the Gunners midfield and with Santi Cazorla and Jack Wilshere set to come into the picture next season, the future does not look very bright for Coquelin.

The 25 year - old is believed to favour a central role in the Gunners side, but with Francis Coquelin, Jack Wilshere, Mohamed Elneny, Granit Xhaka, Santi Cazorla, and Mesut Ozil vying for central roles also, that looks a big ask to hold down regularly.

Granit Xhaka was handed his first start in an Arsenal shirt as he looks to make his mark in the Gunners midfield, while Holding was given another opportunity to impress in the heart of the defence.

When Granit Xhaka signed for the Gunners early on in the 2016 summer transfer window, Arsenal fans loved being able to watch their new powerhouse drive in midfield for the Swiss National Team at Euro 2016.

Two central midfield stars are believed to be close to joining the Gunners, with Granit Xhaka said to have already agreed personal terms, and N'Golo Kante said to have «decided» to move to the Emirates also.

It was only last week that Arsenal secured their first new signing of the summer, with the Gunners getting Granit Xhaka to sign on the dotted line.

But even though the Gunners did splash some cash and add Granit Xhaka, Lucas Perez and Shkodran Mustafi, as well as the promising young defender Rob Holding, I can not help but feel that we may have been a bit too hasty in allowing some of the other Arsenal squad members to leave.

It is lucky for the Arsenal fans, Arsene Wenger and especially the Swiss international midfield star Granit Xhaka that the Gunners were in fine flowing form yesterday, because I can only imagine what the backlash would have been like had Arsenal slipped to another away defeat or even just come back from Goodison Park with only a point.

Granit Xhaka was only involved in two of those comebacks as he did not feature in the Carabao cup win over Norwich City, but he was one of the Arsenal stars who spoke after the Swansea game about the character of the Gunners, Sky Sports reports.

That is why a lot of Arsenal fans are so upset right now and why we wanted some serious transfer action after the shaky start, but Granit Xhaka has offered a different take on the early stages of the new season, reports Metro, suggesting that apart from the below par showing against Liverpool at Anfield, the Gunners have not been as bad as painted.

Schar, who has been linked with a move to north London by the Daily Mirror, also impressed during Euro 2016, starting all four of Switzerland's games alongside the Gunners» new midfield recruit Granit Xhaka.

Ozyakup, will be a good signing for the Gunners and could replace Granit Xhaka in the midfield after recent flaws.

The Gunners have actually seen the City Ground fairly recently — they played there in 2016 in the league cup and beat Forest 4 - 0, with Granit Xhaka scoring one of his 30 - yard rocket goals.

Over recent weeks, the Gunners have been heavily linked with a move for Granit Xhaka, with the media reporting him as one of Arsene Wenger's top transfer targets.

The Gunners looked the better side during the first period, and they made it count after the break with goals from Granit Xhaka and former Red Devil Danny Welbeck.

When Granit Xhaka joined Arsenal from Borussia Monchengladbach in the summer, it was widely anticipated that the Switzerland international would walk straight into the Gunners» starting line - up.

The latest win... More Gunners grind out the win after Granit's strange red

Arsenal's signing of Kelechi Nwakali may have largely flown under the radar this summer, especially as the Gunners brought in high profile name such as Shkodran Mustafi, Granit Xhaka and Lucas Perez but the young Nigerian is most certainly very highly rated by the Gunners.

Granit Xhaka and Mohamed Eleny may be two of the smartest signings made by the Gunners in recent seasons yet Cazorla remains unique, and uniquely important to the way Arsenal play.

As for Granit Xhaka, who joined the Gunners for over # 34million last summer, could really do with sitting in at some after - school revision sessions.

The Gunners are extremely short on midfielder with Granit Xhaka starting a four - game ban after he was issued a red card in Sunday's 2 - 1 victory against Burnley while Mohamed Elneny is away on international duty with Egypt and Santi Carzorla out with an Achilles problem.