Sentences with phrase «wanyama in defensive midfield»

I've always preferred Dier over Wanyama in defensive midfield.

I don't think we need another centre back as Dier only plays with Wanyama in defensive midfield when we play a 4 -2-3-1.

Wijnaldum operates in the attacking midfield, an area that Pochettino will be keen to strengthen after completing the signing of Victor Wanyama in the defensive midfield.

Not exact matches

Coquelin, Flamini and Ramsey are not of that same mould, Victor Wanyama and Villiam Carvaho are good defensive midfielders but do not control the flow of a game, they are more likely to a rest or stays static when their team is in possession of the ball.

Buying Morgan, Wanyama, or William would have meant filling in the defensive midfield vacancy for at least four years, and that Granit would not have joined us.

Defensive midfielder Victor Wanyama, meanwhile, is expected to join Manchester United in the summer with Sir Alex Ferguson keen to bring the giant 21 - year - old Kenyan, also valued at upwards of # 7million, to Old Trafford to provide protection to his back four.

The north London side could well do with a strong tackling midfield presence with neither Mikel Arteta or Mathieu Flamini consistently impressing in either a holding or out and out defensive midfield roles and having taken a shine to Wanyama during his time at Celtic Wenger is now ready to re-ignite his interest in the 23 year old.

I just ran a stat comparison for Coquelin vs some of the best defensive midfielders in the league: Matic, Fernandinho, Schneiderlin & Wanyama.

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Victor Wanyama has previously been suggested as one of the Premier League's best central defensive midfielders in past seasons, that was until Leicester's N'Golo Kante graced his ability on English soil last year.

What the Gunners really need is a proven Premiership defensive midfielder like Southampton's Victor Wanyama to play straight away, and to share the responsibilities with Francis Coquelin when the Frenchman returns in February.

In the midst of all the talk about a potential move for Victor Wanyama, Arsenal are also being linked to another bright young defensive midfielder, Inter Milan's Marcelo Brozovic, who the Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is said to have been scouting for quite some time now.

Even if Wenger was given # 300 million to spend, he still would not get a top defensive midfielder because it's not his philosophy to get that sort of player Wenger has kept faith in some average players while other teams have got Kante, Matic, Gundogan, Pogba, Gueye, Wanyama etc Wenger did not sign enough players for us to finish 4th this season Even Leicester has won the PL for heavens sake.

Mauricio Pochettino had to take Vincent Janssen off on Tuesday night to deal with the flurry of pressure coming our way, something that Victor Wanyama couldn't handle on his own in defensive midfield.

Coming in at Spurs, Wanyama will see that Dembele misses the first four games of the season, and will see this as a perfect opportunity to impress Pochettino and perform well in the midfield alongside his defensive midfield partner, most likely to be Eric Dier for the first four games of the campaign.

As I have discussed before, I believe that the signing of Wanyama is extremely healthy for the Spurs squad, especially those in the defensive midfield, with the new signing providing vital squad competition in that area.

So, it has been made official by Tottenham Hotspur that we have finally completed the signing of defensive midfielder Victor Wanyama from Southampton, but he will not be able to walk into the starting eleven, he will face stiff competition from day one in Eric Dier and Mousa Dembele.

In every team, there must be a mix of your physical players in the defensive midfield, the likes of Mousa Dembele and Victor Wanyama, and your creative players such as Christian Eriksen and Dele AllIn every team, there must be a mix of your physical players in the defensive midfield, the likes of Mousa Dembele and Victor Wanyama, and your creative players such as Christian Eriksen and Dele Allin the defensive midfield, the likes of Mousa Dembele and Victor Wanyama, and your creative players such as Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli.

Mousa Dembele and Victor Wanyama have been superb in recent weeks in the defensive midfield, and if Liverpool somehow manage to get past those two, then Eric Dier and Toby Alderweireld I am sure would be able to cope with Liverpool's attacking threat.

The popular myth that Eric Dier and Victor Wanyama can't play in defensive midfield together just simply isn't true.

So far, Tottenham Hotspur have secured two key signings in the summer transfer window by luring defensive midfielder Victor Wanyama and center forward Vincent Janssen.

The popular myth that Eric Dier and Victor Wanyama can't play in defensive midfield together has been turned on its head.

After reinforcing their defensive midfield and strike - force by signing players like Wanyama and Janssen, Tottenham are looking to strengthen their attacking midfield and a few quality players are in the limelight.

Totenham have already reinforced their midfield department this summer by signing a top quality defensive midfielder in the form of Victor Wanyama from Southampton.

Tottenham seem pretty secure in the Centre Defensive Midfield role with the experienced Mousa Dembele, Eric Dier, Victor Wanyama as well as Harry Winks who seems to be a future star.