Sentences with phrase «world cup squad at»

The left - back has had a superb season for Saints, making his England debut and challenging Ashley Cole for a place in Roy Hodgson's World Cup squad at the age of just 18.

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It turns out that the reason that Lukas Podolski was the only Arsenal player in the Germany squad that was beaten by Argentina 4 - 2 in a friendly repeat of the World Cup final, was that Mesut Ozil had picked up an injury in the Gunners» disappointing draw at Leicester City last weekend.

«Lots of the squad came back at different times and we obviously had the three German boys who were World Cup winners and only came back on August 11.

However, his career enjoyed a mini renaissance last season on loan at Cruz Azul, and he was included in Miguel Herrera's 23 man squad for the World Cup in Brazil.

While that in itself will be a huge disappointment for him given that he would have been desperate to impress and secure his place in the squad heading for Russia this summer for the World Cup, it will raise concern levels at Liverpool with Jurgen Klopp too.

An exit would surely make sense for both Shaw and United, as on a personal level, he'll hope for a fresh start to get his career back on track and to even stake a late claim for the England squad at next summer's World Cup in Russia.

The 28 year - old suffered with a number of injuries along the way, somewhat denying him the career he appeared destined for when smashing it onto the scene at Southampton, and was even a shock inclusion in the playing squad for England for the World Cup in 2006.

The France squad at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil may have to consider drafting in some more competent security guards, after two of their entourage were filmed colliding whilst chasing a young intruder at a training session yesterday.

His fine form earned him a call - up to France's World Cup squad and he started four games at the FIFA super tournament, being selected ahead of former Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna.

Further, the Italian tactician did add that ultimately the decision will be down to Batshuayi as to whether he wants to stay or leave, as he'll surely have one eye on making the Belgium squad for the World Cup in Russia this summer and it's debatable as to whether playing a bit - part role at Chelsea will help him do that.

Louis van Gaal has made a number of changes to the squad at Old Trafford since he took over as boss, and Falcao could now lead the attack, fitting in alongside fellow new - boys Angel Di Maria and Ander Herrera, with two more signings from the Dutchman's Netherlands World Cup squad also looking likely to go through by the end of transfer deadline day.

France international assistant coach Guy Stephan has called for him to leave as his current minutes is insufficient, and his place in the international squad is at risk should things continue ahead of next summer's World Cup.

Cerci has played for Italy at all levels and was included in their World Cup squad this summer.

With the German World Cup winning trio of Ozil, Podolski and Mertesacker still unavailable and with Gibbs and Sanogo staying in London because of injury problems, the boss has a depleted squad to work with, especially at the back, so I would not be surprised to see Wenger take the game to our Turkish opponents, rather than trying to keep it tight.

Oxlade will likely leave as he does not really have a cemented place anywhere in the first 11 plus new signings coming in in the advanced roles, except wenger promises a place in the middle to rival ramsey, knowing that jack and santi will probably not at all in the coming season while mo and francis rival xhaka, which i doubt will be enough to persuade Oxlade, and knowing how fragile the England team is, talking about making the squad for world cup, he may as well be looking at first 11 assurances with Klopp.

He had a bad game against Chile, therefore he deserved to be dropped and from my understanding the German coach carried other players to look at in this tournament, so its going to be a hell of a competition for world cup place in all positions for German, even our Ozil may not make it into the squad

Wenger said, «I've said many times that we had big injuries at the start of the season, after the World Cup, and that we only got our squad together more recently.

The Spaniard is with his national team squad as they prepare for their World Cup qualifier against Macedonia on Saturday before a friendly against England at Wembley next Tuesday.

The 32 countries at this summer's 2014 FIFA World Cup are announcing their squads for the tournament, but inevitably some players will miss out.

Further, with the World Cup coming up this summer in Russia, Sturridge will undoubtedly want to have one last run at getting into Gareth Southgate's squad.

Jesus was in tears as he left the pitch at Crystal Palace on New Year's Eve with a knee injury, but it looks as though he'll return in time to play his part at the business end of the season while also staking his claim for a place in the Brazil squad for the World Cup in Russia this summer.

Expectations for the USA at this year's World Cup may not have been as high as they were in the past, but there's plenty of buzz surrounding the squad after their opening 2 - 1 win over Ghana.

He's lost his place in the French squad because of lack of game time at Manchester United and may miss the world cup if his situation doesn't change.

Have been calling for wengers departure now for 5 years on grounds he could not take the club to the next level... Personally I feel the record in that time proves me right but ok some can throw in references to debt overhang or cup wins or a couple of genuine world class additions to the squad etc... However I hope this window stands as a real testament to the mans failings and all genuine supporters of the club get behind a call to remove him at the seasons end... Qed

That though will be the closest Arshavin will ever get to being at a World Cup as he was part of a losing play off to qualify for South Africa 2010 and omitted from the squad that featured in Bazil 2014.

Luiz was awful, and had a shocker at the World Cup, and Oscar is just a squad player.

According to The Daily Star though, he left Algeria's World Cup qualifying squad last week to try and clinch a move to Man Utd as it seems that Old Trafford was at the top of his list.

Both players are versatile enough to be considered as capable of playing higher up the pitch, however, whilst it is vital that Louis van Gaal fills his squad with both quality competition and players who can cover a number of positions if he is to bring his 5 -3-2 system that he has being using with the Netherlands at the World Cup to Old Trafford.

With Giroud set to stay at the north London side, it'll be interesting to see how many goals the forward can bag this season, and whether it'll be enough to claim a place in France's squad for next summer's World Cup.

no Mert did not win the world - cup, e was part of the squad andplayed sum games, but when the big games came (semi's and the final) he as dropped, every1 knows this, so stop trying to hype Per, we all know hes weak at the highest level

I know it doesn't make any economic sense, but I would say this to the Ox: either you go to the team with the highest bid — at this moment Chelsea — or we keep you at Arsenal as a benched squad player in the under - 23s and bury your chances of playing for England in the next World Cup, and explain to him that when he does go for free, it'll be to a club like West Brom on a quarter of the wage Chelsea are prepared to play.

But now he has moved to Chelsea as part of the chain that saw Aubameyang arrive at Arsenal, and it would appear that this is one of the best things that could have happened to him, as he will get much more game time and can cement his place in the France squad for the World Cup.

Arsenal's supersub Olivier Giroud has been told by the France coach Didier Deschamps that he will need to play regular first team football if he wants to be chosen for the international squad at the World Cup in Russia this summer, and Giroud himself has admitted that he is desperate to go to what could be his large major tournament of his career.

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Nevertheless, it will still be a disappointment to the players in question to not be selected for the World Cup qualifiers this week, although with regards to the Spanish quartet, it's always going to be difficult to get a place in the La Roja squad given the amount of quality at Julen Lopetegui's disposal.

Especially with a World Cup year ahead, the Spanish international will want to be playing regularly to secure a place in the final squad for Russia, and staying at Madrid would surely put that in jeopardy with such strong competition ahead of him in the pecking order.

The players will have to concentrate on their football with no room to move clubs until January now, and with the World Cup coming up next summer, stars will want to be at their best to assure themselves of a place in their respective squads.

Sunderland man Giaccherini, who has returned to the Italy fold under Conte after being left out of Cesare Prandelli's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, has also been back in first team action for the Black Cats at the start of this season after falling out of favour under Gus Poyet at the back end of the last campaign.

The 26 - year - old has thrived in the absence of the injured Kevin Strootman, but did miss out on selection for his national team squad at the World Cup.

He is truly a SuperSub He is excellent at scoring goals of the bench Even match winning goals He will also start when Lacazette is injured or rested He can start Europa League too And both Giroud and Lacazette want to make the French World Cup squad so their competition will benefit us.

Wilshere is now a shoo - in for the England international squad for the World Cup (should he remain fit), and is amongst our most consistent performers at present.

Edwards hinted that a major leap was in store for him with his performance at the FIBA World Cup last summer as a member of USA's U19 squad, which he led in both assists and minutes per game.

The German international, who formed part of his country's World Cup winning squad in 2014, has looked a shadow of his former self at times this season, particularly in last week's shock Champions League defeat to AS Monaco.

Looking at the options available to Arsene Wenger right now in the Arsenal squad, you could say that we have a decent amount of cover all through the defence, especially after our World Cup winner Per Mertesacker rolled back the years and made a lot of doubters eat their words with his almost perfect FA cup final performanCup winner Per Mertesacker rolled back the years and made a lot of doubters eat their words with his almost perfect FA cup final performancup final performance.

The Juventus veteran, who has tormented England in games at Euro 2012 and at last summer's World Cup, is still part of the Italian national team setup, but has not been included in this particular squad.

Whilst on international duty with the USA under 20 squad at the Under20 World Cup in South Korea, Zelalem was hauled off the pitch after 34 minutes.

Sanchez is currently preparing for the 2014 FIFA World Cup with his native Chile, but his future at the Nou Camp remains in the balance as new manager Luis Enrique seeks to freshen up a squad that has remained relatively similar for a number of years.

He is an Croatian international, and in their squad for last World Cup — He did not play much as Croatia has strong central midfielders with Modric (Real Madrid) and Rakitic (Barcelona) but it shows how good he is at the tender age of 21.

Given his fond memories from last year, it's a move that could perhaps appeal for Deulofeu who now runs the risk of missing out on the Spain squad for the World Cup in Russia next summer, but looking at the long - term picture, with Dembele returning from injury in the coming weeks, it doesn't look overly positive for him at Barcelona.

Overall you can not ignore the fact that our squad lacked stability at the beginning of the season due to a number of reasons some of which include injuries, new players, and fatigued players in key positions from the world cup.