Sentences with phrase «league clubs spending»

The South Korean attacker was seen as a hard - working player with an eye for goal, but the price tag was considered high and an example of Premier League clubs spending over the odds.

Last summer, Premier League clubs spent around # 300 million in the final week of the window, more than they did throughout the entire January 2017 window.»

Premier League clubs spent a record # 419.5 m during the January transfer window - but how much did your team spend?

February 1 — January is supposedly never the ideal time to buy players in terms of planning yet Premier League clubs spent a record # 430 million in the winter transfer window that closed Wednesday night, according to Deloitte's Sports Business Group, exceeding the previous record set in 2011 by a staggering 91 %.

Not exact matches

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They club is too business like to overspend to get them back in like Man U did; so they'll spend the next decade wandering between midtable and the Europa League.

It has never really been about how much you spend or how much of a genius you are, it takes sustained competitiveness at the highest level and / or that extra bit of luck to have a shot at it hence my [previous] happiness at being in the top four [lots of clubs would do almost anything to get in that league], however even that can get stale, to be realistic, I think progress would be aiming for the top two now, enough of these top four stories, it ran its course now we need to aim higher, when the top two is our priority, it becomes inevitable that whoever might be in front of us is bound to slip up on a few occasions ala Bayern and Dortmund, we should now set our sights on the top four of the champions league lol

The veteran left - back spent eight years at Old Trafford, winning five Premier League titles and the Champions League in his time with the club, and becoming something of a fans» favourite with his committed performances.

The Anfield club have already spent two years outside the Champions League and finishing outside the top four for a third straight year would do significant harm to their prestige, as well as income.

Even if a club is desperate to win a league why would they spend 50 mill on near 30 year old's when they can get a much younger Le Mar for ten mill more?

So despite the fact that Arsene Wenger managed to keep the Gunners in the top four and qualify for the Champions League with a pittance to spend compared to others, there were plenty of grumpy Gooners who felt that a club like ours should be pushing for a trophy.

The 32 - year - old striker spent the best part of four years at the club after moving from rivals Manchester United in 2009, and won the FA Cup, the Premier League and the Charity Shield during his time at Eastlands.

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And based on what i see here, some ppl are actually happy about where the club stands right now, incase of moving forward, some are ok with not having any debts than actually winning the league and spend more even before, still now.

Metro have reported that Roberto Fernandez who is the sporting director of La Liga champions FC Barcelona has suggested that the Gunners may have paid way over the odds for the German defender and if that is true, in these days of crazy money being spent on players by Premier League clubs, perhaps he will not turn out to be the player we needed after all.

Pellegrini has spent an incredible # 172m on just eleven players since taking over at the Etihad Stadium, and although he won the Premier League and Capital One Cup double in his first campaign with the club, he looks set to finish trophyless this term and possibly even out of the top four after a surprisingly poor recent run of form.

«I'd like to think that some of us youngsters might do a job for him but Manchester United is a huge club and have to spend big money to compete for the Premier League title.»

Most of the papers and sports websites have focused on his comments about the Gunners not being able to beat our big Premier League rivals when it comes to spending power and his suggestions that the club's youth policy combined with an ultra careful and disciplined transfer policy will continue to be the Arsenal way.

In turn, with money seemingly not a problem having splashed out on Paul Pogba last summer, Mourinho is ready to try and convince the club to spend big on # 70m - rated Lukaku, with the Belgian international registering the most prolific season of his career to date this year with 23 Premier League goals and counting.

But I think we forget too easily just what a great job Le Prof has done to keep the club in the top echelon of the Premier League and managed to qualify for and progress from the group stages of the Champions League while having no money to spend, at the same time as our rivals were bankrolled by billionaires.

After spending a club record # 42.4 m on Mesut Ozil in 2013 the North Londoners splashed the cash once more with # 35m for Sanchez and the 25 - year - old has repaid that faith with nine league goals.

A staggering # 300m has been spent by Premier League clubs in the first week of the summer transfer window as they gear up for a big season ahead.

Money equals power, after all, and Sheikh Mansour has spent eleventy squillion pounds buying himself a football club to crush teams like Blackburn as a matter of course (and then the rest of the Premier League and a fair chunk of Europe too, if his plans come to fruition).

While it's hard to imagine the forward away from the Nou Camp, with Messi having spent the entirety of his senior career at the club, it's particularly tricky to imagine him moving to a club who can not offer him the chance to play in the Champions League.

There is no doubting what the big story of the weekend in the Premier League was — Frank Lampard's late equaliser for Manchester City against Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium, with Lampard bagging against the club where he spent 13 huge years and became the all - time leading goalscorer.

There is concern across Europe as a result of the big - spending Chinese Super League clubs, but Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino says there is nothing to worry about for Spurs fans.

The only Premier League star to make the list... and he spent more than half of the year at another club.

Candreva has spent four seasons at the Stadio Olimpico, and played a key role in helping the Rome - based club secure a Champions League berth for the coming campaign.

Liverpool have already moved to bring in one former Blue who was not given a fair shot at Premier League football in Mohamed Salah, and we may well be following suit, with the Colombian having only spent six months with the club before being allowed to return to Serie A.

FROM THE MAN HIMSELF: Arsene Wenger has claimed Arsenal are being forced to pay over the odds for players Premier League clubs have splashed the cash this summer, spending in excess of # 1billion following their new mega-money television deals.

The Hackney - born striker failed to score in 15 Premier League appearances for Norwich City between 1993 and 1994, but a reasonable record in the lower divisions encouraged Leicester City to spend a club record # 5.5 m to bring him from Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2000.

If Wenger is guaranteed the revenue from the Champions League, it not only gives him more money to spend, but it will also make it much easier to convince world - class players that they are going to club with great prospects of more trophies in the very near future.

We can sell lot of players like Poldoski, Rosisky, Arteta, Flammini Do not forger Chelsea will add, Manchester clubs will invest heavily To win the league we have to spend, to get top 4 no need Henry is right

AVB wants to spend big so that the club can prove more of a threat in the Champions League.

We play in a league where the homegrown talent is not as good as other leagues (German / Spanish), where there are 4 of the top 10 highest spending clubs of the last decade (Liverpool, United, City, Chelsea) and where we do not have a winter break.

So yes it is right to say we have not won the Premier league in 10 years and counting, BUT now that we are spending money, making 2nd or 3rd this season will be a major statement that we are improving as a club and team.

For further context, over the last ten years, Arsenal's net spend on transfers has been the fourth lowest of the current 20 Premier League clubs, spending an average of # 1.5 million per season.

Major League Soccer may be lacking the popularity that football has in Europe, but the clubs are certainly willing to spend as much as their UEFA counterparts to land some of the world's top talents.

The striker would cost Arsenal around # 35 million, and while the Wenger of old might not have been willing to spend such vast sums, the ending of Arsenal's stadium debt and the new Premier League TV deal mean the Arsenal boss has been happier to part with the club's cash in recent seasons.

Manchester United loanee Tom Cleverely hasn't seen his popularity dwindle after spending this season on loan with relegation threatened Aston Villa, as five Premier League clubs — including Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur — are reportedly vying for his signature.

The club doesn't have to spend billions to win the premier league, We just need a manager that knows what his doing!

The 23 year old midfielder has had a great season at Turf Moor and has helped the club within 90 minutes of place in the Premier League but he may well feel the need to leave Owen Coyle's side if they fail to beat Sheffield United at Wembley and a move to Goodison Park will surely tempt the player who spent five years under Sir Alex's tutelage.

Berbatov has been linked with a number of clubs on the continent, most notably Lazio and his former side Bayer Leverkusen, but having spent the past six years in England he is apparently hoping to be thrown a Premier League lifeline but does not wish to continue to warm the bench at Man United, a fact echoed by Sir Alex Ferguson who has admitted that he may well lose the talented forward.

Why spend 30 - 40 mil and stifle Coquelin's career for a player who doesn't necessarily perform in that position naturally anyway and Coquelin could potentially do a better job and knows the country, league and club well?

Not only does the massive revenue that clubs in the Premier League receive make it harder for the Gunners to sign their players, it means that all of the clubs are willing and able to spend big money on players and they are not even big name players half the time.

He also handed him his Premier League debut during their 2 - 0 victory over Hull last weekend, a long overdue debut for a player who has spent 11 years at the club.

The current situation in the Premier League and in some clubs around Europe must be hurting Arsene Wenger, because whereas Arsenal used to have to deal with just a few really big spending clubs swiping the best players, including our own top talent like van Persie, Fabregas and all, the Frenchman is now seeing huge transfer fees being splashed around by every man and his dog.

Following the departure of Raheem Sterling to Manchester City for # 49million last week, the Reds, who finished sixth in the Premier League last season, have spent the majority of that money on Benteke and will he hoping he does a better job on Merseyside than that of club record signing Andy Carroll.

La Liga champions Barcelona are willing to allow new signing Arda Turan spend the first half of next season out on - loan but president Josep Maria Bartomeu has ruled out the possibility of the player joining a club playing in the Champions League.

Atsu spent the first half of the season with new boys Bournemouth, but made just two appearances for the club in the League Cup, and there are fears that he won't play again at Stamford Bridge as he has too much competition there.