Sentences with phrase «ahead of a title challenge»

He is unlikely to be United's last recruit this summer, as the club look to strengthen ahead of a title challenge and a return to the Champions League.

United is, however, in the UEFA Europa League, with Liverpool sitting out European competition, which might suit them ahead of their title challenge, but remember they were not in Europe the last time they thought they were going to win the league either.

Not exact matches

The result moves Arsenal nine points ahead of their rivals and are now closer to first place — moving into second place today — than they are to fourth and many will be wondering if they can sustain a late title challenge.

That is why I think it is worth listening to anything positive the West Brom boss has to say about Wenger and it was interesting to read on Sky Sports ahead of Thursday's game what Pulis thought of the failure of Arsenal's challenge for the Premier League title this season.

Arsenal are considering a cash - plus - player bid for the highly - rated Sporting Lisbon midfielder William Carvalho as manager Arsene Wenger looks to strengthen his squad ahead of a potential title challenge next season, according to talkSPORT.

With the amount of long term injuries we have right now (and don't even try to persuade me that Danny Welbeck or Jack Wilshere or whoever will be back in the next few weeks), and how close we are to actually challenging for the Premier League title, I was imagining a big money arrival to give the players and fans a boost ahead of crucial month ahead.

Memphis Depay joined the Reds earlier in the summer and is another exciting prospect for the club ahead of the new season, with Van Gaal looking increasingly like building a title - challenging squad.

When people debate Rodgers» legacy at Anfield, his fans will point the 2013/14 season as an incredible achievement — one that, in many ways, would ultimately cost him his job as it was a title challenge that came much earlier than expected; the club were ahead of schedule in terms of building a competitive side, and the emotional turmoil of ultimately losing out on the final day of the season meant there was simply no recovery.

Not many people would argue about a Chelsea win spelling the end of our title challenge as it would put them 12 points ahead of us and get one of their potential stumbling blocks out of the way and give them a massive boost of confidence.

The Foxes only lifted the Premier League title on Saturday — the conclusion of perhaps the most amazing story in the history of sport — yet already Ranieri appears to be planning for the challenges ahead next season.

Louis van Gaal has a job to do to strengthen his squad ahead of next season, with the Dutchman in need of several new recruits to improve his side's chances of mounting a more serious challenge for the Premier League title.

But then again there was the displays by Sanchez, Ozil and Walcott that suggests Arsenal have a bright title challenge ahead of them.

Ahead of a match that could prove vital to Arsenal's title challenge, Arsène Wenger insisted there is something very different about his current squad compared to some of their predecessors.

Mourinho will be able to answer a few questions of his team ahead of next season, where he will be expected to challenge the likes of Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal for the Premier League title, finishing behind all of those teams this season.

Predicted Starting XI: Mourinho to play his most - attacking side against Spurs as he keeps an eye on City ahead of possible league title challenge?

United are unlikely to challenge City for the Premier League title, but continuing the season with a fight will do the side some good ahead of next season where Mourinho will be tasked with challenging the likes of City for the title.

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Campbell double act (Emirates Cup) Report: Sanogo upstages Sánchez in Arsenal romp (Emirates Cup)

All that said, we are still England «s most consistent club and I always judge a club on how many domestic titles theyve won or challenged for and there are only 2 clubs in this country who rank ahead of us in that department.

After their win at Stamford Bridge, Liverpool not only hold the bragging rights over the Blues but look like the more likely candidates to take the top four ahead of Chelsea, and perhaps challenge the supposed title contenders to see just how good they are.

Having reverted back to the strongest side, it's hard to see any reason to change ahead of one of the last big challenges which the leaders face in their title push.

That game could mean the end of Madrid's title challenge if Barça are able to win, so a victory against Deportivo will boost the team's confidence ahead of the biggest game of the season.

Tom Bentley, principal adviser to the vice-chancellor, RMIT University and Glenn C. Savage, senior lecturer in education policy at the University of Melbourne's Graduate School of Education, recently released the paper, titled Educating Australia: challenges for the decade ahead.

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