Sentences with phrase «mertesacker leaves in the summer»

Loan him out and bring him back after Mertesacker leaves in the summer.

Not exact matches

The Frenchman will surely start and that means, whether Mertesacker also starts or whether Monreal moves to the left of the back three, Arsenal can use the summer signing Sead Kolasinac as left wing back in a role that appears top bring the best out of him.

Now the latest Arsenal rumours are saying that Mertesacker will be allowed to leave in the summer with Gabriel being promoted to the starting XI on a regular basis.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger will allow Thomas Vermaelen to leave in the summer but only once he has brought in a central defensive addition to offer back - up to first choice pair Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker.

I am sure that I was not the only Arsenal fan left scratching my head and wondering whether Arsene Wenger had lost his when the Frenchman decided to give the captain's armband to our German defender Per Mertesacker in the summer.

Mertesacker's granting of the armband simply tells me that the 31 year - old will be leaving at the end of his contract next summer, especially following the arrival of Rob Holding and the thoroughly expected signing of another centre - back in the coming week.

I suppose you could say that the manager's failure to sign another defender and a defensive midfielder in the summer left us short of options, but you would still expect better from players like Flamini, Mertesacker, Welbeck, Gibbs, Chamberlain and of course Alexis Sanchez.

In the summer of 2011, Arsenal let go of Gael Clichy, to Moneybags City, while snapping up Brazilian interbational left - back Andre Santos and German centre - back Per Mertesacker.