Sentences with phrase «rojo who»

As expected Cambridge went heavy into the challenges especially in the middle of the park but to a man United's players certainly didn't shirk away from any of them especially Marcos Rojo who was putting in a solid display at the back.

Rojo who was influential for Argentina as a full back during the World Cup currently plays as a central defender for Manchester United with Shaw covering the left back position.

But in true Liverpool style, Roberto Firmino, managed to steal possession from Phil Jones but was intercepted by Marcus Rojo who put the ball out for a corner.

Full - backs Fabricio Bustos and Nicolas Tagliafico didn't help, but it was Otamendi and Rojo who, when Spain's forwards rushed at them, seemed to just stand around like training cones.

Both players could start along with fellow new signings Daley Blind, Radamel Falcao and Marcos Rojo who are yet to make their Premier League debuts.

Goals from Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic helped United win for the second time in four days, but it was Rojo who was in the spotlight yet again after making another seemingly dangerous tackle.

Yet they bought in only Rojo who is an average player with a good world cup behind him.

Rudiger is a quality affordable cb even Man U wanted him over rojo who they end up with.this lad is got the potential to be better than kosc and has stated his love for arsenal he would also be joining a former Stuttgart Man in gnabry

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Louis van Gaal, who brought Rojo to United from Sporting Lisbon for # 16m in 2014, is under pressure and could be replaced by Jose Mourinho, The Mirror adds.

This would undoubtedly be a huge blow for United, who have little in the way of backup in this position, with central defender Marcos Rojo coming on as a substitute at the time.

A decent defender who can still improve, Marcos Rojo showed some potential in his first season in the Premier League.

The Red Devils recently brought in Marcos Rojo from Sporting Lisbon in a deal worth around # 16m, but it has been suggested that one more signing in defence could be made as van Gaal seeks to replace both Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand, who both left Old Trafford at the end of their contracts last season.

In conversation with Alan Green on the BBC's World Football Show, Carvalho has indicated that the third parties who owned shares of Rojo pressued the Portuguese club into selling on the Argentinian.

Manure have 7 defenders: Rafael, rojo, Evans, smalling, Jones, shaw, blackett, as well as blind and valencia who can both put a shift and kids vermijl and keane.

This was apparently funny to United stars Daley Blind and Marcos Rojo, who shared a little chuckle at his expense before kick off.

Let's be real about this spending money on fellani rojo and a injured falcoa and a injured luke Shaw then buying a world class south American who is likely to hate the weather of Manchester and the physical demand of the prem will not guarantee you success.

United new - boy Marcos Rojo may well go on to become a top Premier League centre - back, but at the moment it is surely the more experienced John Terry who gets the nod, with the former England captain being a great leader and inspirational performer for Jose Mourinho's side.

More ins and outs are expected at Old Trafford before the season starts for real in August and, according to Marca, Marcos Rojo is one player who could be on his way soon.

Blind and Rojo are doing a decent job and by looks of things they will turn into a typical United players who knows how to perform in big games.

Their CDM is Fletcher... They bought Rojo, Blind, Shaw, who are all LWB / LB's.

On the list are German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger — who earns # 150,000 a week according to the newspaper — Argentine left - back Marcos Rojo and Italian defender Matteo Darmian.

Di Maria will be on / off, as he was in Real, rvp will be one more year past 30 and decline more than this year, Ddg off to Real, blind, rojo and herrera arent really any better than who we have in arsenal, so i do nt worry.

Jones has been passed fit, as per The Mirror, and along with Rojo, who has looked solid after making his comeback from a long - term injury, the pair have been pivotal in United maintaining such an impressive defensive record.

Also we needed a few defensive covers in regards to CBs but who unfortunately weren't available epitomized by ManU - who are in need of more defensive cover - buying Marcos Rojo for 16 million and Liverpool buying Loveren for 20 million respectively.

Centre - back and goalkeeping futures still also lie in the balance, as Chris Smalling — who has emerged as a leader at the back — could find his position under threat if another addition were to arrive, while Blind will be sweating on game time when a natural left - sided defender in the shape of Marcos Rojo returns to full match fitness.

A move to Russia likely wouldn't be such a shock for Rojo, who spent 18 months with Spartak Moscow between 2011 and 2012.

Daley Blind is set to be Manchester United's sixth summer signing following the arrivals of Ander Herrera, Luke Shaw, Vanja Milinkovic - Savic (who has been sent back to Vojvodina on loan), Marcos Rojo and Angel di Maria.

As a result, Marcus Rashford, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Luke Shaw, Matteo Darmian, Ander Herrera and Marcos Rojo are among those who could all come into contention.

However, Blind was one player United did not need, according to Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher, who points out that the Dutchman, Rojo and Shaw all are left - backs.

In the 25th minute of the match, a moment the home fans applauded for Ryan Mason who suffered a fractured skull at the weekend, Rojo gave a corner away, which threatened United with a shot on goal, which De Gea deflected then Hull were given another free - kick, which came to nothing.

With both Chris Smalling and Marcos Rojo prone to mistakes under pressure from the first press and Bailly's injury lay - off it would have been a handy solution for Mourinho to sort his defence out and turn his unit more on the offensive yet the manager never really took the option, instead often played a three - man back line with two wing - backs in a pragmatic setup with the extra midfielder being McTominay or Fellaini — who are not inventive going forward.

Juan Mata, Marcos Rojo, Daley Blind and Bastian Schweinsteiger have all been deemed surplus to requirements by United's new manager, who wants to trim the size of the dysfunctional squad inherited from Van Gaal in order to make space for what he describes as «fundamental» and «supplementary» recruits.

The injury, which was pretty serious, kept Rojo out of the UEFA Europa League final in Stockholm, along with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who also suffered a season - ending knee injury on the same night, a double blow for United.

Marcos Rojo, who is nursing a hamstring injury will also be unavailable for the fixture.

However, the deal was eventually put on halt for the season with Jose Mourinho impressed by the central defensive partnership of Marcus Rojo and Phil Jones, who had taken the club on a long unbeaten league run.

A big ask for United who had suffered some bad injuries in that period of time; losing Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo with severe knee injuries, and many others along the way.

Luke Shaw and Marcos Rojo, two of the players who have played in the left - back role over the last season or so are both injured but have travelled to the USA, so with the club short of left - backs, Mitchell may feature a lot of the time.

At centre - back, we have Jones, Smalling, Rojo and Evans (who may soon be off to Everton), and possibly Blind, who was tested in this position during the US tour.

United have players like Darmian, Shaw, Rojo and Blind who can play in the left back position.

The Dutchman might be the only experienced recognised central defender on Thursday evening with Eric Bailly, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo and Chris Smalling all likely out of action, although nothing has been confirmed regarding Bailly, who could be part of the travelling squad on Wednesday.

And Rojo, who is happy in Manchester, was delighted when Van Gaal assured him that he was still in his plans.

The last change of the night for United was the substitution of Rojo for Ashley Young who came on to make his 100th appearance for the Red Devils after being out injured.There was still time in the match for Smalling to make a customary mistake and give the ball away in a dangerous area, which thankfully led to nothing.

Ramsey to Özil who gives it to Giroud who can work himself past Rojo but he then had to stretch too much and De Gea can block his effort.

Cazorla with a great ball to Ramsey who lobs it over De Gea but Rojo can clear in front of the open goal.

Add to this Rojo, who should hopefully improve in his second season, and that allows two decent left footed CBs to battle it out as Smalling's partner.

Eric Bailly has unquestionably made the United defence more solid since his injury comeback, and he may once again partner Chris Smalling, who continues to get the nod over Marcos Rojo and Victor Lindelof at the heart of the backline.

McNair was making a better go at crossing than Rojo with one nice cross to van Persie who headed wide.

United will still be without Eric Bailly, who is on Africa Cup of Nations duty with Ivory Coast, and there are question marks surrounding Marcos Rojo's fitness.

Whilst Rojo seems to be happier playing in the same position, we paid # 30 million for Luke Shaw, who from what I have seen to date is a much better player at left - back than Rojo.

Marcos Rojo, who missed out on the pre-season tour after failing the renew his passport, is still not match fit, meaning Daley Blind will play in the centre of defence again.