Sentences with phrase «as sagna»

If he plays / can play on the right would it be a bad idea to sell Eboue (since his stock should rise if he keeps up his recent performance) and use Gilbert as Sagna's backup?

I am happy with him as Sagna's understudy but perhaps a Premiership loan would aid his development, especially if Sagna does not renew his contract with us.

Players such as Sagna or Zabaletta at the end of their useful careers and looking for a final payday.

So should Arsenal go all out to sign Serge Aurier as Sagna's replacement?

Wenger's injury woes continued as Sagna left the pitch on a stretcher with a broken leg following an aerial duel with Benoit Assou - Ekotto.

Alexis sanchez has won more trophies with arsenal than nasri and adebayor combined and has won the same as sagna.

For this year, Debuchy is not as good as Sagna.

No, he is arguably better and approaching his peak were as Sagna is past his best.

No, Mr Wenger allowed Sagna to move to Manchester City on a free transfer then went and spend 12 million on transfer fee on Debuchy who is almost the same age as Sagna and plays an overall standard of football below Sagna.

Not only did that displace the player Wenger had signed as Sagna's replacement, Mathieu Debuchy, but it also left Calum Chambers out in the cold.

Not exact matches

Having said that Debuchy made sense as a replacement for Sagna, epl experience, gets up and down, good defensively and offensively, he was just very unlucky to get such a major injury so soon into his arsenal career.

We missed a plot when we allowed Sagna / Vermalean to leave and the replacements in Debucy / Chambers are not as impressive as them.

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.

I can not recall this happening before without us fans knowing, ie rvp, walcott, sagna as well as concerns over ozil and sanchez.

Monreal has really made a difference to the left side Gibbs plays to many balls back and across to the centre backs he is so prone now to get injured he doesent go forward and his defending is woefull can't see him even playing for England again, don't get me wrong I do like him but his game has declined Play him as a sub as Monreal if one of the defenders is injured can fill in like Sagna did CB

He is clearly just awful as a one on one defender, and that is a key part of Arsenal's defense that Sagna was quite exceptional at and that Bellerin is already quite good at.

And Arsenal can get this one over Man City to equalize 1 - 1 as City had taken Sagna away on the free before.

At full back both Clichy and Bacary Sagna continued to be ambitious with their attacking runs, but now lacked the defensive support previously afforded to Arsenal by a flat midfield four — as a result Arsenal became particularly vulnerable down the flanks.

release them for free if they are no longer productive instead of paying them free salaries, days wat pep did wen he arrived, navas, Clichy, nasri, nolito, sagna, kolarov, he released them and bought productive young players, since we have been selling players what have we gained as fans, yet all monies goes to d board and Wenger who needs a coach to recoach him spits

Arsenal have been linked with several right - backs in this summer's transfer window as it looks increasingly likely that Bacary Sagna will be leaving the club.

Arsenal could rival Real Madrid for the signing of Porto's Danilo da Silva as they seek a replacement for Bacary Sagna — Football Direct News

Even Bacary Sagna gets his dream of 120K weekly as a bench warmer.

As for the full - back situation though, having released the likes of Gael Clichy, Bacary Sagna and Pablo Zabaleta, that was always going to be the priority for Guardiola and he has seemingly addressed the left side with the arrival of Mendy.

Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna is set for talks with fellow Premier League side Manchester City as negotiations to keep him in north London threaten to break down, according to the Metro.

The strong competition for places at City have not been thought to put him off, and Sagna's arrival could finally spell the end of Aleksander Kolarov's time at the club as he continues to be linked with Italian sides Roma and Inter Milan.

The Gunners are on the lookout for a new right - back this summer, as they fear they will lose contract rebel Bacary Sagna to PSG.

Available for just # 8m, Manchester City shouldn't have too much trouble finding suitors for out - of - favour defender Micah Richards, who has been somewhat unfortunate in falling behind big names such as Pablo Zabaleta and new signing Bacary Sagna in the pecking order at the Etihad Stadium.

Jesus just look at his stats since 2007 and get back... And there are lots of decent fullbacks who are not troubled by pace alone and Walcott can't dribble with ball never could never will... Granted Sagna ain't one of them and you were probably one of those calling for us to match his daft wage demand as well and upset when he left last year though it only took a19 yr old reserve to demonstrate just how easy it was to replace him....

Signing him was not a mistake, Sagna went to City for free, Debuchy was his replacement both at Arsenal and in this national team as first choice RB.

Eboue was at his best going forward and the 2006/07 season was his last as a regular starter as Wenger brought in Bacary Sagna who would make that position his own over the next eight years.

Debuchy did nt start as badly as this author want us to believe, so far he looks like is better going forward and very comfortable with his one on one and aerial duel than Sagna.

I don't know what games you have watched, but Monreal has done a great job as for Bellirin his last game was his best and full backs have cover from centre backs watch and see Monreal cover for Gibbs going forward and also for Mertisacker Remember Sagna covered for centre backs too and never had a bad game they seem to play better as more room inside to play from Stop picking on Monreal without him we would be in the s,,,,, pick on Wilshire cost us the game against United.

Now... Start of the season we let go of Sagna and Vermaelan and brought in the French international FB Debuchy who actually kept Sagna out of the national side and Chambers as a promising youngster and a utility.

Last year we bought Debuchy to replace Sagna, Ospina for Fabianski, Chambers for TV, Welbeck for Sanogo & Sanchez as the only big signing when we already had Theo, Ox, Poldi (all very good at the time).

Meatily effective in defence, ever - willing in attack, utterly tireless, he's kept his place as City's first choice despite their snaffling of Bacary Sagna from Arsenal.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is lining up an ambitious move to sign Arsenal duo Bacary Sagna and Theo Walcott as the Russian billionaire looks to continue his summer spending spree.

The full - back area is one that former Barca boss Guardiola is looking to bolster this summer as per Sky Sports, with Bacary Sagna, Pablo Zabaleta and Gael Clichy all leaving the club after their contracts had expired.

Rvp, fabregas, nasri, cole, Sagna, clichy et al... I know Arsenal as a club is bigger than any player buh then again the management and all those at the helm of affairs should put things right else we'll just be going around the same circle season after season

Against Leicester, Manchester City were beaten 4 - 2 to show how vulnerable they are in defence as the former Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna was deployed in central defence.

Before we had Sagna who could cover as 4th choice CB, now we have Monreal...

He came to replace Sagna but unfortunately he got injured quickly and Bellerin did well in 4 at the back formation But Bellerin hasn't been that great as a RWB.

You can't blame Kos, if he is looking for a big payout at this stage of his career, will Wenger make the same mistake as he did with sagna??

Right back Debuchy is expected to join the Gunners in the coming days, arriving as the replacement for Bacary Sagna after he joined Premier League rivals Manchester City on a free transfer.

That's mainly because he is a more defensive player and the offensiveness of Debuchy forces teams to not press us so much whilst with Sagna, teams didn't mind pressing us as we couldn't offensively hurt them.

2) Ma frenz, Kolarov can play right as well and Sagna can play left as well.

Football players have very short carreers, they will do all they can to gain as much money as they can before they turn 35... (eg Rvp, Sagna, Nasri now theo), common factor being all Arsenal players....

Bacary Sagna, Yaya Toure, David Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane all come back into the starting line - up too, as Guardiola goes all in his hope to take a lead into the second leg.

We saw Sagna contribution when used as a centre back as well as chambers and perhaps other defenders in the side can get to adjust to the system.

It wasn't long before City had turned the game in their favour as just minutes later Bacary Sagna's superb run down the right flank and cross found Aguero who expertly guided home his header beyond the outstretched arm of Heurelho Gomes.

Out: Vermaelen, Sagna, Jenkinson (Djourou and Miquel not counted because they are all on loan last season as well) In: Debuchy, Chambers Promote: Isaac Haydens, Hector Bellerin Monreal shows in pre-season that he can play CB as well