Sentences with phrase «as young defenders»

Arsenal youngsters Ainsley Maitland - Niles, Stefan O'Connor and Gedion Zelalem, who featured mid-week against Galatasaray — as well as young defenders Semi Ajayi and Isaac Hayden also trained with the Gunners first team.

According to a report by Sky Sports this could spell real trouble for the Gunners, as the young defender has become one of the very best in his position in the Premier League and even the world, meaning that Arsenal will miss him badly while he is away.

It was not all bad news for the Arsenal players on international duty last night, as our young defender Calum Chambers, who has gone to Middlesborough on loan, started and completed the match for Gareth Southgate's England under 21s in which they hammered Norway by 6 - 1, three of them coming from Man United's Marcus Rashford.

Nathaniel Clyne — 6 A decent game for Clyne as the young defender was still getting used to the wing - back position.

Last term, Skriniar played a key role for Marco Giampaolo's Blucerchiati, finishing the campaign as the youngest defender to have made at least 35 appearances in Serie A.» Below is a highlights reel of those 35 appearances.

Not exact matches

If not a champion for Justin Trudeau's deficit - spending plan, Poloz has emerged as important defender of the intellectual soundness of the young prime minister's big economic idea.

In defense we can have Gibbs and Chambers (also considering Jenkinson if he improves himself) as great defenders if they improve, they have the potential to be one of the best and if Wenger brings one or two more good and young defenders in January or next summer, we can have a great Arsenal team for the future years.

Wenger will just buy a young unknown, quite good defender, and i think he believes he has Le Coq as a Dm

The young Arsenal and England defender Calum Chambers may have had the sort of game he would rather forget on Monday against Liverpool, and he has taken his fair share of stick for is as well, but I do not think that it will mean a great deal in the long term.

Young defenders looked pretty good, as did Diaby.

The report notes that Villarreal signed the defender from Espanyol in January 2015 for a fee of $ 5.5 million, with the young west African recruited as a replacement for Arsenal - bound Gabriel Paulista.

Another young star who is tipped to move to a bigger club in the near future is Dayot Upamecano, who has earned his place as one of the world's most coveted young defenders.

Another outstanding young defender currently plying his trade in Spain's La Liga, Aymeric Laporte of Athletic Bilbao has been mentioned as a transfer target for United in recent times.

It has now been revealed that Sean Dyche wants our young defender Rob Holding on loan for the rest of the season, but as Holding and Chambers have been our most likely backups if Koscielny, Mustafi or Monreal have been unavailable it is extremely unlikely that Arsene Wenger will let him go unless he brings in another experienced centre - back, which is fully expected to be Jonny Evans.

We will have to wait and see whether the Arsenal and England defender Kieran Gibbs is selected by his national manager Roy Hodgson for the friendly game against France at Wembley tonight, which is bound to be an odd and emotionally charged encounter after the terrible terrorist attacks in Paris, but with England wracked by injury problems and having to play a very young team, as well as the limp performance put in by Ryan Bertrand at left back against Spain, I will be surprised if Gibbs does not start.

He came in as a young unknown defender, whom many criticised for his lack of experience.

And Marquinhos, who is still only 21, appears to be the ideal man to pick up the slack, as he has already proved himself to be one of the best young defenders in the game right now.

The Blues boss has admitted his surprise towards the playing time of the young central - defender, and has given him praise of the highest order at Stamford Bridge by describing him as a potential replacement to Terry, saying, «They (Terry and Zouma) are different players.

Liverpool offloaded young defenders Joe Maguire and Tiago Ilori, as well as sanctioning outgoing loans for five players, including Mamadou Sakho, who many believe is the best centre - back on the books at Anfield.

Real Madrid's young central defender Raphael Varane, regularly linked with Chelsea throughout the summer and one described as the best young defender in the world by Jose Mourinho, has signed a new long - term deal at the Bernabeu.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is preparing a move for young Ajax defender Joel Veltman in the January transfer window as he continues to search for reinforcements to his back line.

Young Greek international is considered by many as one of the best young talents in Europe and the defender / defensive midfielder has certainly impressed at Schalke over the past two seaYoung Greek international is considered by many as one of the best young talents in Europe and the defender / defensive midfielder has certainly impressed at Schalke over the past two seayoung talents in Europe and the defender / defensive midfielder has certainly impressed at Schalke over the past two seasons.

The young defender looked accomplished on his senior bow in the Community Shield and Arsene Wenger may well be ready to use the former Southampton man in a relatively prominent role, not least as the 19 year old displays maturity beyond his years but also because he can fill in effectively in a number of roles.

Goal [as above] report that Barcelona have made an offer of $ 45 million for the defender, and while PSG are yet to accept the offer, the Nou Camp giants are understood to be willing to push up to $ 50 million as they look to sign the young defender.

The centre - half has proved to be a massive success at St Andrew's and he has established himself as one of the best young defenders in the country.

Arsenal are on the trail of young Greek defender Kostas Manolas, according to the Metro, as the Gunners look to find a replacement for defender Thomas Vermaelen, whose potential transfer to Manchester United could be accelerated now that Belgium have exited the World Cup.

So the fact that he confirmed his interest in the young English defender Tyrone Mings, as reported by The Mirror, is fairly out of character for the Prof.. The 21 - year old is currently playing in the Championship for Ipswich Town and his usual role is as a left back, but at 6ft 3in and with his power and pace, it is thought that he could easily make the switch to central defence, which is coincidentally the weakest part of the Arsenal squad right now.

We are not in as bad a shape as everyone thinks and once wenger works that starting x1 he will have a team of young battlers, with pace a technical ability like no other, but with an experienced defence, supported by a team of experienced midfielders and forwards and some good young defenders.

Linked many times with Chelsea, Barcelona now want to join the chase for highly - rated young Everton defender John Stones, who is widely regarded as one of the top young centre - backs in Europe.

Considering that the German international has not even started training yet, you'd have to say that it would take a minor miracle for him to be fit enough to start the Cup final, which leaves young Rob Holding and the Gunners» forgotten captain Per Mertesacker as the only two recognised central defenders, with Nacho Monreal being an alternative option.

• 01 Szczesny — Maybe good enough as a No. 2 • 21 Chambers — Young, a lot to learn, play him in the right position and he might improve • 04 Mertesacker — Too slow, seems to have lost desire since the World Cup • 18 Monreal — Just not good enough • 03 Gibbs — The only defender worth his place • 16 Ramsey — Still trying to re-discover his form • 23 Welbeck — A bit like me trying to be a porn star, tries hard, lots of effort but lacking the skills and equipment to really perform.

In one way, looking from an Arsenal perspective, you could be happy that England did not use our young defender Calum Chambers as they once again flopped at an international tournament.

It may seem a little bit odd to say this after Rob Holding was an unused substitute for most of his debut season as an Arsenal player, especially after this summer of international competition when his club and country colleague Calum Chambers was selected ahead of him for the England under 21 team every time, but I believe that the young defender is going to be a regular first team starter for us next season.

Sncheiderlin (don't know how you spell it), or lars bender (at the very least) Or... He must buy a couple defenders and bring back carl jenkinson and then play chambers in the DM role... I actually think that would be a better option as I think the young chambers can be moulded into a very good DM, and could be used to cover in defense at CB or RB...

Chelsea do have MLS links as they acquired one of the top young defenders this past year when they signed Matt Miazga from New York Red Bulls.

This would be a heartbreaker for AC Milan supporters, as the young Italian defender is seen as a symbol of their bright future with Vincenzo Montella having a group of quality young players at the San Siro.

His defensive skills should allow for more patience for him to develop offensively, giving him more time on the floor as a young - but - solid defender.

It would have been harsh if England had not won this game as the three lions were dominant pretty much from the first whistle to the last, but they only scored the one goal and a rash late tackle by the young Arsenal defender Rob Holding on the edge of the box could have been very costly for England.

Decent young defender, but we just bought Gabriel in January and Chambers can play as 4th choice.

A lot of players on our team with superb technique but weak mental strength, Sanogo might not be scoring just yet, he's young and still learning his trade technique-wise but as for mental strength on the pith, Giroud can only learn from him... that guy will press the hell out of defenders and creates a nuisance of himself against them, we've seen him do it and he's also waaay faster than Giroud, as a plus Wenger also loves him.

Holding is rated as one of the most promising young defenders in English football and at 20 years old, he is the perfect age for Arsenal to develop him into a much better centre back.

As young players they spurred excitement and even frightened opposing defenders.

Despite making Villarreal defender Eric Bailly the first signing of his tenure at Manchester United, manager Jose Mourinho appears unsure as to whether the young back will have a consistent spot on the first team next season.

The combined age of those defenders is 96 years, and they are not getting any younger as we all know.

Only Monreal has been decent in defense.The rest have been poor and the likes of Mustafi and Kolasinic should be sold on asap.I feel sorry for B ellerin who needs a re st and some real competition to get him going again.Why has AMN not been tried at right back.He did well as a makeshift left back despite being naturally right footed.Wenger does not seem to trust our younger defenders who really should be tried and tested in league matches as we are out of contention for a top four spot..

Don Balon now claim Real could try to get the 24 - year - old's price tag down by offering young defender Jesus Vallejo a transfer to the San Siro as part of the deal.

Indeed, while young defenders such as Tomas Kalas, Jeffrey Bruma and Kenneth Omeruo have struggled to make the breakthrough at Chelsea, Wenger has shown a desire to include young defenders such as Gabriel Paulista and Callum Chambers in his backline, and a switch to North London may offer Tomori a quicker route to youth - team football.

The young defender will now take up working under former Real Madrid defender Aitor Karanka, who has played key roles in winning three Champions League winners medals previously at centre - back, and may well prove to be a big influence in guiding the youngster as he looks to make progress.

Of course the self appointed special one is reluctant to shoulder the blame for three defeats in a week but as the former Arsenal and England defender Martin Keown pointed out in a Daily Mail report, things could soon get even worse for Jose and his new club if he keeps blaming young players like the left back Luke Shaw.

But the news did get better for us Gooners yesterday, as the club officially announced the third transfer of the summer being completed for the young defender Rob Holding from Bolton and the report on Arsenal.com ended with an upbeat suggestion that more transfers were just around the corner.