Sentences with phrase «spaniard came»

Gibbs has been superb this season, and I assume was only rested or rotated on Tuesday, but considering his chances to play have been limited, the Spaniard came in and did an excellent job.

The second half featured the return of Pablo Hernandez, as the Spaniard came on for Hadi Sacko, and Leeds seemed to be brightened by his inclusion, driving forward and had a few chances in the first couple minutes.

There are some worrying Arsenal transfer rumours about Hector Bellerin being sought after by Barcelona, but these reports have been around ever since the young Spaniard came into the Gunners first team, so why should we believe them now?

Juan Mata was given a partial rest yesterday evening against Steaua with the Spaniard coming off the bench after sixty - four minutes of play and it is widely expected that he will return to the Chelsea team on Sunday.

With the Spaniard comes great confidence, which comes after a turbulent first season at the club in which Sir Alex Ferguson trusted him, not choosing to drop him after some questionable performances.

As usual, the Spaniard comes across as thoughtful, intelligent, and an all - round class act.

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The Spaniard has come on leaps and bounds since earning a regular starting role, even picking up the award for the PFA Premier League Team of the Year for last season.

Turkish giants Galatasaray are understood to have opened talks with Spurs concerning the Spaniard's future, and he may be set for a departure over the coming weeks.

The Gunners bought the Spaniard at the end of the transfer window with a lot of fanfare, but the Spaniard made just 11 appearances in the League, with most of them coming from the bench, and now the Spaniard is desperate to return to his hometown as we revealed yesterday...

The Spaniard has all the attributes to make it big in the English game and coming from Barcelona, especially at Arsenal.

When it comes to playing the likes of Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Man City or Barcelona, Arsenal do need more power to cope and the 32 - year old Spaniard just has not got the legs.

There have been numerous Arsenal rumours since last summer that have variously accused Hector Bellerin of demanding a transfer during the summer window, and even more recently saying that the club had decided themselves to move the young Spaniard on to fund our own spending in this coming close - season.

The Spaniard revealed that he is expected to start running within the coming week, and will hopefully be ready to train within two weeks.

Milan have made no secret of their desire to sign Deulofeu, and given that the Spaniard has barely played for Koeman so far this season coupled with the arrival of additional competition, his spell on Merseyside looks to be coming to an end.

The comments came after the Spaniard's test in a Formula E car and received a lot of backlash online including that of 2009 F1 world champion, Jenson Button.

«When my agent told me I had the opportunity to come back to England, I didn't have to think too much about it, it was an easy decision and I think it will be a great experience,» the Spaniard told Norwich's official website.

The little Spaniard is the key creative influence at City, and as he comes gradually towards the end of his 20s, he might be open to a slight modification in his role at the club as part of Guardiola's ideological approach.

A surprise name on this list, Manchester United's summer signing Ander Herrera could already be heading for the Old Trafford exit this January as the club pursue bigger names to come in and replace the Spaniard.

It's been far too long since we had some good quality youngsters coming through the youth academy and representing the club on the field of play effectively and now we appear to have six good kids coming through, five Brits and a Spaniard.

This campaign, Vidal has been involved more than compared to previous seasons, with the Spaniard making a total of 20 appearances for Valverde's side this season, with the majority of these coming in La Liga.

Interestingly, that return to form came with Alvaro Morata ruled out through suspension, with the Spaniard going six games in all competitions without a goal as the pressure ramps up on him.

THe young Spaniard is at least on the bench and that is good news with two more league matches coming up in the next week.

His initial comments came in the aftermath of the Spaniard's display at Arsenal on the opening weekend of the new Premier League season.

Despite the goal coming against a club from League One, no one can take away the technique and vision for the Spaniard to pull off this long - range shot with his back to goal.

It could even have been a penalty as ot came off the Spaniard's arm.

The Spaniard did not come out and say it, but it seems to me like he is telling the manager that Arsenal are better off with Mustafi than we were with Mertesacker and while that is great news for the Gunners and our chances of trophy success, it is bad news for the club captain.

Wenger made it very clear that Bellerin was not for sale last year when he persuaded the young Spaniard to sign a new six year extension to his contract, but Barcelona just think its a ploy to get a massive transfer fee if they come in with an offer, and they think that Hector and Arsenal are more likely to be amenable to cashing in if Wenger decided not to renew in the summer.

If he can stay fit for the whole season he may even keep Cazorla on the bench when the Spaniard finally comes back.

With the news that Arsenal fans will not be seeing any action from Santi Cazorla from now until the end of the current season has come a lot of talk about the Spaniard.

The Spaniard has improved after a slow start for the Gunners and we need him to come back in top form, with our German play maker Mesut Ozil ruled out with injury until the start of next year.

It might be wise, therefore, to assume that Mauricio Pochettino will come with a plan to nullify Arsenal, in which case the extra pace and attacking threat from the young Spaniard could earn him the nod, especially if Wenger is planning to play the tireless Alexis Sanchez in front of him on the right.

I kept expecting the manager to bring Cazorla off as I assumed his inclusion was merely to help him gain fitness but halftime came and went and as the likes of Elneny, Campbell, Walcott and Coquelin were all replaced while the Spaniard remained on the pitch, our chances of winning that game looked stronger and stronger.

It comes after speculation that there was already trouble brewing after the Spaniard was left out of the squad to face Leicester City this weekend following a bust - up with his manager.

If you saw the recent comments from the Arsenal right back Hector Bellerin then you will know that the Spaniard is right on track with the recent thoughts of Arsene Wenger when it comes to the need for some more signings in the January transfer window.

The Arturo Vidal to Manchester United saga rumbles on, it would seem, with the Daily Star reporting that the Red Devils are ready to reignite their interest in the Chilean international midfielder come January by offering playmaker Juan Mata to the Turin giants in a part exchange deal, after the Spaniard was linked with a move to the Old Lady as the burning embers of the summer transfer window were extinguished.

The Spaniard really is giving Gibbs no chance to come off the bench.

Maybe Carlos Sainz Jr's friend and fellow Spaniard Fernando Alonso passed on some of his bad luck when it comes to unreliability...

Since then the Spaniard has had critics lay into him for not being Diego Costa, but like so many previous Chelsea strikers he seems to have that big - game knack, and came up with the goods on a night when Lukaku completely went missing.

Given that he is a striker, you'd expect Giroud to be one of the first to offer his services when it comes to penalties, but if Cazorla is on the pitch, you still have to listen to Wenger's instructions of letting the Spaniard have it.

Guardiola is, as some would describe, a genius, however Man United's win showed that the City manager definitely has his flaws, something that other managers should definitely look to exploit when they come up against the Spaniard's sides in the near future.

With the Spaniard just coming into a bit of form this will certainly be disappointing for Hiddink, but should see a chance handed to bit - part player Loic Remy.

David de Gea came out to challenge for the ball, but Coutinho somehow managed to chip the Spaniard beautifully.

When Campbell and the Ox came onto the right they began to link up with the Spaniard and we started to look a threat again.

The Spaniard won a place in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year for last season, and will surely hold onto the role for the coming years.

It may come as not surprise that playmaker Cesc Fabregas was the most impressive statistical debutant after his superb first half display for the Blues in their victory of Burnley, as the Spaniard controlled the game with 106 touches of the ball and made two assists.

The tall Spaniard has taken time coming to terms with the Premier League; time that Sir Alex Ferguson will now look back on as great experience for the youngster.

Maybe it was the young Spaniard himself that was lacking confidence, but that now seems to have come, helped by his very capable performance out of position at left back against Galatasaray.

The Spaniard fired towards goal mid-slip, and his effort came off the post and found it's way into the back of Willy Cabellero's goal.

But DJ came through an hour or so later with his own 66 that put his margin over the Spaniard at four shots.

It may not be until next season that the Spaniard actually comes in to take Conte's place, but the Italian is surely a dead man walking after a torrid run of two wins in Chelsea's last ten games in all competitions.