Sentences with phrase «league title challenge»

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has stated that he expects Liverpool to mount a strong Premier League title challenge next year.

Manchester United got their Premier League title challenge underway with 4 - 0 against West Ham United.

Liverpool want Roma shotstopper Becker with Jurgen Klopp targeting a Premier League title challenge next term.

Former Liverpool midfielder Momo Sissoko believes the club's «world class» attacking talent can help Jurgen Klopp's team mount a Premier League title challenge this season.

With Chelsea also enjoying similar success to Atletico so far in the domestic campaign, Falcao could be just the man Chelsea need to help mount a successful Premier League title challenge this season.

Mauricio Pochettino will be looking to keep his squad as fresh as possible to keep his side's run going in the FA Cup and Europa League, whilst mounting a decent Premier League title challenge too.

However Toure stayed at the club this season and has helped City mount a Premier League title challenge.

The international break will give the 29 - year - old some relief from his Premier League title challenge with Leicester City but with just seven games left to play before the season, Vardy will be keen to push on and continue impressing in front of goal and head into the Euros with a first league title notched firmly to his belt.

As well as Valencia, Jurgen Klopp is keen to secure a deal to bring Jese to Liverpool as he continues to build a Reds team capable of mounting a serious Premier League title challenge.

Predicted Starting XI: Mourinho to play his most - attacking side against Spurs as he keeps an eye on City ahead of possible league title challenge?

United supporters will be expecting Jose Mourinho to lead the club to a Premier League title challenge, possibly even expecting him to bring that trophy back to Old Trafford come May 2018.

Arsenal's lack of an alternative to Olivier Giroud ultimately undermined last season's Premier League title challenge.

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What is clear is that Arsenal are dead set on recruiting a world - class forward to kick - start a Premier League title challenge next season.

An underwhelming start to his career as manager of Manchester City saw Pep Guardiola's reign fail to produce a Premier League title challenge and an early elimination from the Champions League.

Vertonghen's partnership with compatriot Toby Alderweireld proved to be crucial to Tottenham's Premier League title challenge last term, which was built on a defence that was the best in the division prior to a final day collapse at Newcastle.

Suarez - Uruguay's all - time record goalscorer - also enjoyed a stunning campaign at club level, netting 31 goals in 33 games to inspire Liverpool's ultimately fruitless Premier League title challenge.

Both teams carry hopes of a Premier League title challenge and will be looking to build on last season's finishes as two of the worlds greatest managers take charge of two of England's greatest clubs.

As for Arsenal, they need to prove themselves in a big game like this to silence their critics and build belief that they can launch a Premier League title challenge this season.

Manchester United and Chelsea are both expecting a busy summer transfer window with the Red Devils looking to upgrade for a Premier League title challenge next season and the Blues wanting to rebuild just to get back into the Champions League.

There is no doubt that Arsenal are coming out of the terrible run of injuries that wrecked our Premier League title challenge last season and carried on into the beginning of this one.

Arsenal really need to get all three points against Southampton today to get our Premier League title challenge back on track.

But I think that the coach of Germany, Joachim Low, will definitely be near the top of Wenger's Christmas card list this year, as he has just handed the Gunners a huge boost to our hopes of keeping the Premier League title challenge going strong.

Judging by the way Arsenal performed in the second half of last season, you could say that Arsene Wenger already has the tools for a Premier League title challenge.

One of the main reasons why a large number of Arsenal fans and almost all of the football media have been so hard on Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players for not maintaining the Premier League title challenge this season, apart from the 12 year gap since the Gunners were last champions of course, is because the struggles of our big Premier League rivals Man City, Chelsea, Man United and even Liverpool seemed to have opened the door.

After a fantastic December and festive period, our Premier League title challenge seemed to have hit the skids with just three points taken from four EPL games and no goals in the last three.

Dier has been the rock - solid base of a Tottenham midfield in which Alli has also thrived to help Mauricio Pochettino's side towards a surprise Premier League title challenge this season.

CaughtOffside understands that move by the Emirates Stadium board is also looking to appease the club's fan - base, who are growing restless after seemingly seeing their Premier League title challenge derailed in recent weeks.

Additions to the Stamford Bridge playing staff that could help Blues mount genuine Premier League title challenge.

Arsenal are preparing for an extensive squad shake - up as Arsene Wenger looks to mount a genuine Premier League title challenge next season.

Even a point will be enough to take the Gunners back to the top of the table but obviously a win will make our Premier League title challenge look that much stronger.

Arsene Wenger did not come out and directly criticise some of the Arsenal players that have been struggling recently, but you do not need a microscope to read between the lines of what the manager was talking to Arsenal Player about as the Gunners prepare to head south to take on AFC Bournemouth, desperately needing a win to get our Premier League title challenge rolling again.

And the report claims that these plans have convinced the likes of Ozil and our Chilean forward that Wenger is the man to spearhead a progression at the club and a more sustained Premier League title challenge next season.

Both Premier League sides could well do with fresh central midfield options and the lack of a signing of this type over the summer may well have left both clubs well short of mounting a genuine Premier League title challenge.

Following this declaration from the Reds boss, it gives greater significance to tomorrow's Capital One Cup Semi-Final Second Leg at Chelsea with his side looking unlikely to mount a Premier League title challenge.

The most important thing for Arsenal today was to get the win and the three points we needed to get our Premier League title challenge back on track and keep pace with the pace setters Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea who all won yesterday.

The result will be good news for Citizens boss Manuel Pellegrini though, with it possibly alleviating some of the pressure on him after a non existent Premier League title challenge.

There is a theory that having no miweek European games whatsoever could be a helping hand for a Premier League title challenge, but Arsenal are highly unlikely to find out, at least not in the next year anyway.

I wonder if Roman Abramovich is now regretting his decision to let Arsenal sign the Czech Republic international number one to Arsenal, despite the advice from then Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho and their captain John Terry suggesting how much difference Petr Cech could make to our Premier League title challenge.

The 32 year old saw his side's Premier League title challenge fade last night, Man City slumping to defeat at Crystal Palace, though his Etihad Stadium employers will apparently fight to keep hold of the Ivory Coast international.

Arsenal may not have played at our top level against Sunderland, well let's be honest and say we were nowhere near it, but we did get the three points that we needed to keep the Premier League title challenge going strong.

While Wrighty understands and shares the frustration of fans about yet another faltering Premier League title challenge, he reckons we should have much more respect for the famous old piece of silverware.

Our neighbours are enjoying their best Premier League title challenge since the competitions creation in 2013, but the international break broke up their momentum, and I firmly expect us to return to our rightful place above them in two weeks.

After the size and manner of the loss in Munich this week following on from the vanishing of yet another Premier League title challenge, Alexis is likely to call it a day in the opinion of the former midfielder and now football pundit Danny Murphy.

With a Champions League berth all but secured Louis van Gaal should be able to lure top talents to Man United this summer as the veteran manager looks to improve his squad sufficiently to mount a Premier League title challenge in 2015/16.

So will today be an important day for the Premier League title challenge as well as our defence of the FA cup trophy?

I am not trying to absolve Arsene Wenger of all the blame for what looks like being a most frustrating Premier League title challenge for Arsenal this season, as the unfancied Leicester seem to be the ones that will make the most of the poor performances of the usual suspects Man City, Chelsea and Man United, but you have to admit that the Frenchman has had some pretty rotten luck with injury problems once again, while Claudio Ranieri has been able to name his strongest 11 players in almost every match.

The Gunners have subsequently mounted their strongest Premier League title challenge since 2007 - 08 and remain very much in the title race in mid-March.

One of the biggest concerns for everyone connected with Arsenal right now is the possibility that our injury problems will have the same effect on our Premier League title challenge as they did when we were last in this position.

A look at ten players Chelsea could be set to sell in the summer transfer window as Jose Mourinho looks to keep things fresh for another Premier League title challenge next year...