Sentences with phrase «at returning to the squad»

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Signing or not, I'm just eager to watch the boys play, Mustafi doesn't come with guarantees either, most of these players we cry out for are just average at best and only contribute to bloated squad numbers in the long run after our already average squad members return from injury.

Three Arsenal players — Debuchy, Giroud and Ozil — look set to be out of action until the turn of the year, at least, which means that Wenger has been handed a serious kick up his backside, with a small squad at the start of the season further shortened by this injury pileup that also sees Ramsey, Arteta, Diaby, Monreal and Sanogo not yet fit to return.

Arsenal are blessed with with a large squad of performing stars at present, and with Olivier Giroud fit and ready to return, there could be argument for a switch in tactics.

Roy Hodgson is hoping Joe Cole can return to his squad in time for Sunday's Barclays Premier League clash at fellow top - four hopefuls Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.

The Spanish giants lost a whole host of big names from their squad last summer as well, with Chelsea again benefitting as they brought in Diego Costa and Filipe Luis, while Thibaut Courtois also returned to Stamford Bridge after three years on loan at the Vicente Calderon, making him almost like a new signing as well.

Del Oro - Loomis (6 - 86)-- Del Oro wrestling fans were dismayed to learn two - time returning state medalist Antonio Lorenzo had moved to Southern California and joined an elite squad at St. John Bosco - Bellflower.

The England international is in line to make the squad at the weekend after returning to action after a hamstring injury during the Gunners» 4 - 1 victory over West Brom last Sunday.

Their return to the Champions League means that Tottenham need to add depth to their squad, which they badly lack in attacking positions at present.

The return fixture then takes place on April 11 at the Bernabeu, and so Massimiliano Allegri will be desperate to have as close to a fully - fit squad as possible at his disposal.

the club is getting a weeks rest before facing Stoke City, and it looks like Flamini could well be ready to return to the squad for next Sunday's game at the Emirates.

It is believed that the Reds are preparing a # 5 million bid for the midfielder, who is due to return with the rest of the squad for pre-season training on Thursday at Euxton.

Having now returned to England, he'll hope that his performances in the prestigious competition will act as a springboard to help him launch his career in the senior Liverpool squad, but Klopp has some early advice for him as he joked about his impact at the tournament too.

Delph is set to return to action after a lengthy injury lay off at Villa Park in the near future and will be looking to regain his form of the early part of the season, which earned him a call up to Roy Hodgson's England squad that culminated in an impressive display in a European Championships qualifier in Basle.

Arsenal's injury list is looking pretty good at the moment with both Francis Coquelin and Carl Jenkinson returning to the squad this week.

However, while his value will only be increasing as the campaign goes on, it's now Chelsea who appear to be in a strong position as Conte looks to bolster his squad ahead of a likely return to the Champions League next season as he looks on course to deliver a league title in his first season in charge at Stamford Bridge.

Perez has since talked about a return to his former club this summer, as he looks to assure himself of more regular football, with his place in the Spain international squad at risk without playing time.

According to the Metro, the Red Devils are increasingly hopeful that Argentine defender Marcos Rojo will be fit to return to the squad for the game at Old Trafford.

Sanchez returned to the playing squad following an injury for yesterday's defeat, and the collective display by our side was horrific to watch, and Thierry Henry believes Alexis will have to leave looking at that.

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.

Better at attacking than Gibbs and as good as Monreal tracking back... should be a no brainer... Gibbs sold ageing Monreal a good back up and can ease this guy in to EPL... Net cost maybe 10m... but as far as I can tell wenger believes most of his business is done with Shaka jap as holding option for welbecks return wilshere and santi back and «revitalized» giroud and Ramsey like new signings... But anyone basing next years EPL on this euros is beyond football redemption... All the poor performers last year have upped their management and squads... So far the only non mover..

The Italian tactician is on course to deliver a Premier League title in his first season in charge at the club, and with Champions League football returning next season, he'll need reinforcements to bolster his squad.

This certainly makes more sense considering that we already have Hector Bellerin and Matthieu Debuchy at right - back and the we will have Carl Jenkinson returning to the squad next summer.

The former Liverpool player has been linked with a shock return to the Italian squad after a strong start at his new club in France.

Arsenal allowed Gabriel Paulista to join Valencia in a reported # 10 Million deal this week, leaving room in our squad for another defender, although Calum Chamber returned from a loan deal at the end of the campaign, and could well be set to take up that role.

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.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

Mikel Arteta and Matthieu Flamini also return from injury so Wenger really has a big squad to choose from tomorrow, but I have a feeling after his comments earlier, that he intends to play his best team except for Sanchez and I think it's time to give Giroud a confidence booster for at least the first half of the match, so I'm going to predict......

A lot has been made of the potential use of a new formation, a lot has been made of the return to fitness of our full squad and what that means, something that this article will address quite heavily, and a lot has been made of where Liverpool's season is at after a good run of results following a disastrous defeat to Spurs.

A return to the squad for the FA Cup fifth round tie at home to Sheffield United on February 16 is possible.

Yesterday we looked at 5 loan players who will be returning to the Tottenham squad next season and among them was our 22 year old midfielder Tom Carroll.

Yaya Touré returned to the Manchester City squad at Crystal Palace and scored to send out a message.

Matched with the imminent return of young gunner Aaron Ramsey from his loan spell with Nottingham Forest and Nicklas Bendtner finally recovering from his groin injury, Arsenal are full of depth at the top level and in their youth squads and it may be difficult for any new arrival to the Emirates to find the pitch on a regular basis.

Added to this is the return with the Romanians a week after the first leg then a daunting away trip to Manchester City on the next Sunday, and there is a real challenge for the team / squad at the beginning of the season.

If Conte can guarantee Sturridge more playing time at Chelsea than what he's currently getting at Anfield, the 28 - year - old could be tempted to make the return and try and earn himself a place in England's World Cup squad next summer.

The likes of world bronze medallist Martin Stamper, German Open winner Damon Sansum, Bianca Walkden and Welsh teenager Jade Jones will all be in action at Sportcity from May 3 - 6, along with Dutch Open champion Aaron Cook, who has been training outside the GB Academy fold, but returns to the squad to defend his European title.

The defender has returned to training after missing the defeat at Bournemouth with an ankle injury, and is expected to return to Jürgen Klopp's squad for Sunday's Anfield clash against the struggling Hammers.

In short, Nicklas Bendtner and Kieran Gibbs will be back in the squad; Theo Walcott is an outside chance to be involved and is looking sharp; Manuel Almunia is out for a few more days; Cesc Fabregas is short and will probably be saved for Manchester City; Thomas Vermaelen and Bacary Sagna are out for at least ten days; while Robin van Persie will not return until next month.

Sydney FC Head Coach Graham Arnold has confirmed defender Rhyan Grant has returned from injury and is in the squad to face Melbourne on Friday night at Allianz Stadium (7:50 pm AEST).

Angelo Ogbonna is this morning being tipped to return to the West Ham squad that will face champions, Chelsea, at the Boleyn on the 24 October.

Firmino, who is celebrating a recall to the Brazil squad, will be assessed ahead of Tuesday's EFL Cup tie at Derby County with Liverpool confident he will make a swift return.

Ronaldo is expected to return before the two - legged Spanish Super Cup tie against their El Clasico rivals next month, and Bale may have a point to prove in the Miami friendly after the squad suffered a 4 - 1 thumping at the hands of Manchester City earlier this week.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who had been absent since the Manchester derby defeat to Manchester City at Old Trafford on the 10th September, returned to the squad, taking a place on the bench, which will have stopped some moaning from the supporters.

Returning trio Charlie Austin, Pierre - Emile Højbjerg and James Ward - Prowse all impressed at the weekend, and with Oriol Romeu and Mario Lemina also available for this evening, the boss is confident that the entire Saints squad is ready to contribute both here and to a busy winter schedule.

If Alex performs well before Mkhitaryan returns, he have a opportunity to cement his spot in the squad at the start of next season.

While injury disrupted his 2012 - 13 season, Ashley was handed the u18 captain's armband on his return to action at the start of the 2013/14 and he led a young squad to the Premier League North Division title.

Sterling — who is expected to return to the Liverpool squad for this weekend's FA Cup tie at Crystal Palace - made the revelation when assisting the announcement of Liverpool's sponsorship deal with Nivea Men, the latest global partner in a growing portfolio.

Mauricio Pochettino believes Erik Lamela's return will be a big help to the team after confirming the Argentine international is in contention for a place in the squad at Leicester City.

Borja Mayoral could also return to be part of the squad after his loan at Wolfsburg but he is unlikely to push for a starting space.

OK, if we just take his comments at face value we can come up with at least one big reason why he might want to return to Boca Juniors: He wants to ensure he's on the World Cup squad.

With a tricky FA Cup fifth round tie away at Fulham to negotiate in February, a return to the Europa League and the Premier League all to juggle in the next few months for Mauricio Pochettino, he might be tempted to make a late move in order to improve his squad depth moving forward into this period.