Sentences with phrase «vermaelen in»

It feels good having Campbell and Vermaelen in there too — this could be our year.

Koscielny misses the trip to Craven Cottage, but Djourou could recover in time for the game to partner the fit - again Thomas Vermaelen in the centre of the defense.

On the back of Koscielny's injury over the weekend (no pun intended), Wenger was forced to call on Djorou to partner Vermaelen in central defense.

My dream Man United XI would be Foster in nets, with Gallas, Gibbs, Clichy and Vermaelen in defence.

You need players like Vermaelen in the team, and I'm glad that Wenger bought him.

The game turned on its head when M'bia got straight red for his idiotic lunge on the Arsenal captain Vermaelen in the 80th minute.

Laurent Koscielny was declared fit and took his place along side Thomas Vermaelen in the heart of defence.

Another formation is the Ox in lone striker, not CF. Vermaelen in DM / CM, Podolski slightly on the left as CF, Ozil and Cazorla behind the Ox and Wilshere to roam at CM.

All things considered I suggest the manager will opt for a team consisting of Manuel Almunia in goals, William Gallas and Thomas Vermaelen in the centre of defence and Sagna and Eboue starting on the right and left respectively.

However, with a lack of real quality and depth behind Samuel Umtiti and Gerard Pique, with the inexperienced Yerry Mina and injury - plagued stalwart Thomas Vermaelen in reserve, the Catalan giants could certainly do with better cover in that department to continue to compete on various fronts.

Arteta took over the captains armband from Thomas Vermaelen in 2014, when the Belgian left the Gunners for Barcelona.

We did nt have to buy 5 players if we had given contracts to Fabianski, Sagna and Vermaelen in the beginning of last season.

Umtiti has established himself as a pivotal figure at Barcelona, and the Catalan giants will undoubtedly be desperate to avoid losing him as they will suffer with a lack of quality and depth in that department with Yerry Mina and Thomas Vermaelen in reserve.

Yeah luckily we do not have Vermaelen in our squad.

It's an area that arguably needs attention, as beyond Samuel Umtiti and Gerard Pique, Barca have an inexperienced Yerry Mina and ageing stalwart in Thomas Vermaelen in reserve.

Serie A giants AC Milan will make a move for out - of - favour Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen in January if they fail to land Nemanja Vidic from Manchester United, CaughtOffside understands.

Manchester United could be set to make a shock loan move for former Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen in January.

According to Sport, Liverpool have already submitted a formal offer to Barcelona for Vermaelen in the area of # 7.5 million.

Remember when all people here were crying to put Vermaelen in the CDM position after the game at Anfield.

Then why sell Vermaelen in the 1st place?

Not exact matches

But as I write this 2 days before the transfer window closes the Gunners have so far spent approx 10 million on Debuchy (a direct replacement for Sagna), 4 million on Ospina (who takes Fabianski's place) while the Vermaelen money was used to bring in Chambers.

Our last captain Thomas Vermaelen also left in recent years, and Xhaka could play a big role for our side, although I have no doubt that he will not take the armband for the new season.

Manchester United missed out on the likes of Mats Hummels and Thomas Vermaelen this summer, and their lack of a world class centre back has been exposed on several occasions already this season, no more so than in Sunday's 5 - 3 thrashing by Premier League new boys Leicester City.

Just because our last two captains Arteta and Vermaelen spent more time in the treatment room than on the pitch does not make it a good idea, so it seemed logical that the boss would hand it to another player who would be playing and it was reported that it could be our midfield maestro Santi Cazorla.

While Valverde does have Thomas Vermaelen and January signing Yerry Mina in reserve, it's fair to say that they can ill - afford to lose one of their top choices in defence as it would severely weaken them, such is their quality and partnership.

Eg if we told manolas or Sokratis to come before we got rid of vermaelen we could have included them in any potential deal eg vermaelen going Roma or Dortmund as part of the deal.

Arsenal could offer a short - term deal to Colombia's 38 - year - old centre - back and free agent Mario Yepes after failing to replace Thomas Vermaelen, who joined Barcelona in the summer, before the transfer deadline --(Daily Star)

An inexperienced Yerry Mina is still settling after his January move and could take time to adapt, while injury - prone veteran Thomas Vermaelen isn't quite the most reliable option even if he has stepped in and done a job for Ernesto Valverde this season.

Before him we had Thomas Vermaelen for two seasons, who left to join Barcelona respectively, but when you look back to the likes of Tony Adams and Patrick Vieira, it really highlights what we are lacking in.

Barcelona reportedly refused an offer from Everton for Thomas Vermaelen after already loaning out another centre - back in Marlon Santos to Ligue 1 outfit Nice.

A rotten point really, in the end of the article: we CA N'T accept is that you sold Vermaelen and sent Jenkinson off on loan without getting in any replacements LAST SUMMER

Vermaelen would have been excellent cover in an already strong Everton back - line and would have helped them in their quest to break into the top six, adding invaluable experience to the quality of the squad.

Worringly, Mertesacker seems to be going drastically backwards rather than forwards this season in a quite erringly similar fashion to Thomas Vermaelen.

Vermaelen was hardly in the squad and we have Chambers now.

Every Arsenal fan was left bamboozled this summer when Arsene Wenger allowed Thomas Vermaelen to leave (and Carl Jenkinson to go out on loan) but failed to bring in adequate replacements.

Everyone with even a vague interest in football looked at the six Arsenal defenders had at the start of the year, following the surprising decision to get rid of Thomas Vermaelen and Carl Jenkinson, and said «they haven't got enough defenders», and so it has proved.

Thomas Vermaelen and Jan Vertonghen both play alongside the 23 year old at international level and the intelligent defender could well be of use at both the Emirates Stadium and White Hart Lane and he would be the latest in the long line of Belgians making an impact in then English top tier.

Arsenal are said to be closing in on an # 8m deal for Olympiacos centre - back Kostas Manolas as a replacement for Thomas Vermaelen.

To be honest in the summer I said sell Walcott Wilshere Ox Podolski Ozil Diaby Flamini Ryo Sanogo Rosicky Jenkinson Vermaelen and Coquelin and don't buy Debuchi Chambers or Wellbeck prefering to retain Sagna.

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.

The Catalan giants are also reported to be chasing Arsenal and Liverpool stars Thomas Vermaelen and Daniel Agger as they seek new recruits in that part of the pitch, but Vertonghen says he expects his future to be at Tottenham.

Vermaelen is said to have suitors in Germany, Italy as well as apparent interest from a number of Premier League sides.

The 27 - year - old has been one of Spurs» best players since he joined the club from Ajax, and it was thought that Barca may pay as much as # 20m for him this summer, before they instead opted for the # 15m signing of Thomas Vermaelen — another of United's reported targets in defence.

With Sevilla on Saturday night in mind, it seems a pretty sensible move to shuffle things, giving the likes of Yerry Mina, Thomas Vermaelen, Andre Gomes and Paco Alcacer an opportunity to impress.

you are probably as close to what wenger might do in the last days of the window he will wait to get c / l qualification in place to reel in one big name and then get a squad filler in d / m but will also use the vermaelen money to get another c / h so 2 more additions and 1 more replacement this is most likely to happen, but as always you can never know with wenger COYG

Arsenal and Man United no longer interested in taking FC Barcelona defender Thomas Vermaelen on - loan (Daily Express).

With Javier Mascherano and Thomas Vermaelen the only options in reserve to step in for either Samuel Umtiti and Gerard Pique, Barca are undoubtedly light in the defensive department.

Arda Turan and Thomas Vermaelen missed out due to international duties, while Rafinha is halfway across the world with the Brazil squad ahead of the continental showpiece in the United States.

RF: Denis (played there's before and offers pace in attack and defensively as well, like his counterpart Coutinho) Out: Digno, Gomez, Vermaelen, Dembele, they are not the future, and never addapted to the Barca way, and dembele is a huge waste of money!

He let sagna, vermaelen and jenkinson go and only brought in 2 replacements when Stevie wonder cud have seen we were way too short at the back.