Pato joined Chelsea on a six - month loan deal in January and has been included in the Blues» 25 - man Champions
League squad at the expense of Radamel Falcao, who remains a long - term absentee with a «very serious» thigh injury.
Not exact matches
As reported by The Mirror, Arsene Wenger gave his latest injury update on the Arsenal
squad in the press conference ahead of our Premier
League clash
at home with West Ham this weekend.
Newly appointed Bluebirds boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer clearly has connections
at Old Trafford following his time as both a player and coach
at the Premier
League title holders and the addition of this duo will certainly go some way to strengthening his Cardiff City
squad as he looks to pull the club away from the drop zone.
After a summer of big spending, the new arrivals certainly look likely to continue
at Old Trafford, with van Gaal attempting to revolutionise the
squad at United after their highly disappointing 7th place finish in the Premier
League last season.
I quite agree sell all the deadwoods but which player in his right mind would want to come to arsenal
at the moment, remember people man u was in the same situation under moyes but we're able to attract better player's even when not playing champions
league, the selling point from arsenal point of view is to tell players which they are trying to get what the plan is of getting back to top flight football by going for the Europa
league over the FA cup and finishing in the top six otherwise if they go for wishy - washy arsene wenger stupid attitude of we've got quality all the
squad we are competing for everything then I'm afraid We will end up with nothing
At the end of a season it played into Reals hands, they have a
squad they can rest and they play a
league that is a cake walk.
It was just a few short years ago when many Arsenal fans, myself included, believed that the Gunners would have gone on to lift the Premier
League trophy if it was not for injury problems hitting our
squad at just the wrong time, especially the loss of the Wales international midfield star Aaron Ramsey.
Alex is currently our second-most provider of assists in the Premier
League this term with four, but time and time again he has failed to star when being selected in the starting XI, and as we look
at possibly improving our
squad next month, there could be better options on the market.
While the
squad reconvened on the training pitches in recent days, Mauricio has spent the last fortnight counting down the hours to his seventh Premier
League meeting with Arsenal, his eighth overall, and plotting the Gunners» downfall in Saturday's 12.30 pm kick - off
at the Emirates.
The 25 - year - old striker scored just one goal in 16 Premier
League appearances last season and hasn't even featured in Liverpool's match - day
squad this season, with new signings Christian Benteke and Danny Ings effectively ending his career
at the Merseyside club, and is clearly a player Brendan Rodgers would happily offload.
not me mate, your making up you own arguements, which are flawed by the way.So if Coquelin were to leave where would he go?According to you theory obviously it will be to another Champions
league team, so are you saying they won't have legitimate competition in the team?Competition breeds winners, we havent had this
at Arsenal in a long time and we still don't have it upfront and in dm, we sort of have it
at CB with Gabriel, but until we correct this competition deficit in our
squad with
at least arguably WC players then we won't win the BIG trophies as usual
However, with Manchester City proving to have one of the most talented
squads in the Premier
League at the moment, Middlesborough really will be up against it tomorrow.
Roy Hodgson is hoping Joe Cole can return to his
squad in time for Sunday's Barclays Premier
League clash
at fellow top - four hopefuls Tottenham Hotspur
at White Hart Lane.
The best way to keep him
at the club: 1) make proper signings to show him that the
squad is getting better & more competitive 2) it is getting better for one objective only, winning major trophies (Premier
league, Champions
league) 3) extend Özil & Sanchez contract to show how viable the project is Xhaka is a great signing but he alone can't fix our issues that have hampered our campaigns specially in the last 2 seasons.
Likelihood is that all the other managers in the premier
league will leave, have a breakdown or they and their entire squads will be killed in some bizarre aviation accident therefore leaving the path clear for Wenger to at last claim the Premier League
league will leave, have a breakdown or they and their entire
squads will be killed in some bizarre aviation accident therefore leaving the path clear for Wenger to
at last claim the Premier
League League again!
I don't know how the fuck he managed to turn all our players to dead wood... I bet you, if it were any other coaches with same
squad as of last 3 years, we would have one the
league at least once
Chelsea won't be able to do that, man city and Liverpool will have weaker
squads, while LAUGH
AT UNITED, won't even be able to submit a champions
league squad!!
Season after season we suffer from same syndrome, if we really want to win
league aur european championships... We need To sought This issue, I mean look
at chelsea this season just look
at Leicester City previous season... Yes it is important that you have
squad depth... But if the players keep getting injured like this then that will also be of little good...
It's easy to say neither player is the best in the
league at the DM role, but they are in fact the best in our
squad.
That is why we have to judge each player as a
squad player — many want to get rid of Mertesacker for instance but if he stayed and not in the 1st X1 I would wager
at least he would be the best 4th choice CB in the
league.
Could you guys stop with these
squad Alexis should and will leave he as won everything except the premier
league and if we want to be honest with our selves we all know it won't happen
at Arsenal the big joke of a club.
That means one of these
squads will get to
at least the Elite8 in their first Chicago Men's
League..
Picking a best XI from this season's Premier
League but with just one player allowed from each club... who gets in from Chelsea's superb title - winning
squad, and which stars stood out
at the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United?
If they can take care of business this Sunday they'd be looking
at a match - up with # 7 Team McNichols next week, a
squad that they may feel stole their BYE on the
League's final night.
At # 3 we have our first of many ZBT
squads in the
League..
The Frenchmen may also not be concerned as he has made it clear
at least during the group stage, only
squad players and a couple of youngsters will be featuring in the Europa
League.
With the highest ever attendance
at preseason, the
squad moved into term in a positive mood ready for a run of BUCS Premier
League fixtures.
For one thing it might just ease the pressure on the current
squad at a crucial stage of the season and help us to maintain a real push for the Premier
League title.
That really would be a sad turn of events for Milan, with Silva and Calhanoglu signed to be key figures in the
squad overhaul, and this would mark a complete restart with others arguably also
at risk of being shipped out to maintain a healthy financial position without Champions
League money.
After their loss to Leicester City on Monday night, the reigning Premier
League champions are just a point above the bottom three, and so it remains to be seen whether a change is made
at managerial level, or if the
squad is overhauled instead.
In turn, if any member of the
squad is carrying a knock, then it would certainly seem wise for Wenger to leave them behind with Spurs awaiting them
at the weekend in a crucial clash
at the top of the Premier
League.
Two Premier
League away games,
at West Brom tomorrow and then Norwich City next Sunday, are punctuated by a must - win home clash with Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb and with a stretched
squad that is a tough eight days of football.
klopp has made some progress with a pretty mediocre
squad but with no midweek football he will concentrate on the
league... another reason we will need to bring in 4 or 5 players next season... the whippet, ox or campbell, mert and gibbs need to go along with the retirees... ramsey too in my books but ai nt going to happen... but will the frog look
at the 350 grand a week spent on giroud walcott and welbeck, match it to one of our worst goal scoring seasons and think... hmm something does nt add up... i sadly doubt it
The 20 year old has scored five goals in nine
league appearances this term and the fact the young Hamburg forward can be used in a number of roles may well appeal to Wenger as looks
at ways to beef up his
squad.
Both sides are involved in title battles in their respective
leagues, so plenty of
squad rotation is expected
at the Emirates.
At this point, the only way Boise, or any other non-Nevada Mountain West
squad for that matter, will reach the field is by winning three or four games in the
league tournament in Las Vegas.
If Arsene made the additional signings he should have, even if we were not any better off in the
league,
at the least fans would look and say well Arsene has tried to bolster the
squad and done all he can to try ensure EPL title this season.
At the moment our
squad is no where near winning the
league il not even mention the chaps
league, on top of that the guaranteed brittle players injuries n the refusal to strengthen means the same every season.
YVR has more
at stake in the
league than us so it would be hard for me to see them field more than a A / B
squad.
Their return to the Champions
League means that Tottenham need to add depth to their
squad, which they badly lack in attacking positions
at present.
Pellegrini has already told Montenegrin striker Jovetic that he has until the end of the season to prove his worth
at the Etihad, after cutting him from his Champions
League squad for new signing Wilfried Bony.
Having been left off their Premier
League squad list, he isn't expected back until January
at the earliest, but he hasn't let that setback get him down as he was working hard
at the weekend to continue his rehabilitation.
Picking Mourinho's best - ever XI — how to fit in so much talent?Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho looks like has one of the best
squads of his career
at the moment, with the Blues starting this Premier
League season in superb fashion with four wins from their first four.
Chamberlain has been no slouch either however, and is currently second in the Arsenal assists charts in the
league with four, and could well be an important
squad player
at this tough time of year.
In turn, as they also face a battle for a top - four finish in the Premier
League along with their FA Cup hopes, Jose Mourinho will be desperate to have a full
squad at his disposal.
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.
Nevertheless, it remains to be seen whether or not Simeone gets the job and gets his wish in terms of making big changes to the current
squad in order to get them competing
at the top of the Premier
League table again.
A jaw - dropping combined XI of the two Premier
League giants.As Manchester City host Chelsea
at the Etihad Stadium this weekend, CaughtOffside takes a look
at the immense talent and depth of these two teams»
squads, in what will be an early - season contest between surely the two main contenders for the Premier
League title this season.
Rather than continue to get the very best out of the existing
squad, it's all about throwing money
at the cause to ensure that the Blues wrest the Premier
League title back from the hands of Manchester United.
But
at least Wenger managed to reduce the size of our
squad now that we have all those Europa
League games to contend with Anyway here is our full list of transfers in and out (taken from Soccerbase) Players In Alexandre Lacazette Olympique Lyon # 47m Sead Kolasinac FC Schalke 04 Free transfer