Sentences with phrase «at signing a central midfielder»

But even with our young Frenchman doing so well, it appears as though the Arsenal manager is still looking at signing a central midfielder and according to a Metro report, it could be the young Portugal international after all.

Not exact matches

And for more prowess at Arsenal's central attacking midfielder option and cover, Arsenal should explore the opportunity at signing Moussa Sissoko to the fullest and sign him if he agrees to come to us and his argent and Newcastle FC will reasonably lower their asking price for him to enable Arsenal to sign him.

The only other change made by the Frenchman is at the back, with veteran keeper Petr Cech coming back in and the midweek hero David Ospina dropping back to the bench, so Coquelin and Cazorla continue to be our first choice central midfield pairing and the summer signing Granit Xhaka will have to wait.

I am not going to say that we do NOT need to sign a top quality central midfielder this summer, just that it should not be at the expense of Coquelin.

We still have big issues to deal with and the January transfer window offers the boss a chance to solve at least two of them by signing a strong central midfielder and a top centre back.

All three signings would make perfect sense for Liverpool though in truth, with central defence, especially at left - back and midfield all needing reinforcements if the Reds are going to compete on various fronts as of next season.

Central midfield has been a problem area for van Gaal at times this season and signing Delph would bring the energy to the side that has been missing for large spells of the campaign.

«Arsenal need to look at signing a new centre - half and definitely a central midfielder because people like Mikel Arteta may leave in the summer.

We already had Ospina, and before another keeper was needed, we had to sign: CB, RW, CF (at the very least), and ideally a more physically imposing central midfielder.

The six players are; young striker Chuba Akpom who has been on fire this season and scored a hat - truck in the last under 21 game, Gedion Zelalem, the central midfielder who has been compared to Cesc Fabregas, Ainsley Maitland - Niles, the talented winger who was on the bench for the Stoke game, Stefan O'Connor the promising 17 - year old centre back who recently signed his first professional contract, Alex Iwobi the Nigerian born winger and nephew of Jay - Jay Okocha and finally the young defensive midfielder Glen Kamara who also plays for the Finland national team at under 21 level.

Arsenal are monitoring the situation surrounding Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba with a view to making him their marquee signing in central midfield, report the Express, as Manchester City also line up a move for the stunning young midfielder who is valued at around # 40 million by the Turin based club, such is his huge potential.

And sign two top central midfielders at the level of Kante, Matic, Gundogan, Toure, Wanyama, Dembele, Pogba.

If we end the window without signing at least one quality CB and at least one (preferably 2) quality central midfielders then we will be screwed.

The obvious choice for me would be the Pole as he is a tough tackling central midfielder and with Coquelin on the injury list and Elneny at the African Cup of Nations we are a bit short there, but I am not sure about signing him on a permanent basis.

then the Frenchman will be under pressure to sign at least one more forward player, a defensive midfielder and perhaps a central defender as well.

First up at 2 pm British time we have the chance to see our first transfer signing of the summer Granit Xhaka, who will be hopefully in fine form and running things from central midfield for the Switzerland national side.

Every year we seem to need 4 or 5 top quality players and at most end up with 2 - remember the summer we only signed Cech despite needing a CB, CDM and ST.. It is still glaringly obvious that we need a top quality CB (VVD / Manolas / De Vrij / Tah / Sakho / Koulibaly), a no nonsense CDM (N'zonzi / Danilo Pereira / Carvalho / Diawara / Krychowiak) and a creative central midfielder (Seri / Kovacic / Banega / Pastore / Trigueros).

Wenger should sell at least 1 to 3 of our central midfielders and sign better ones.

The central midfield question I'll leave for another day, but the failure to sign a striker was at the heart of many a Twitter meltdown.

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As was previously reported when he first signed, the young Scottish central midfielder will spend six months on loan at Scottish Premier League side Partick Thistle.

However, Kean has at least bolstered his ranks with the loan signings of Jermaine Jones, a combative, central midfielder from Schalke, and a former cult figure within the Ewood terraces in Roque San Cruz, who scored 23 goals during his two seasons with Blackburn (2007 - 2009).

Statements from the club make it seem likely that Bolton and the player will see out the one - year contract that the player signed at the end of May, giving the central midfielder one more chance to fight back and prove his worth.

Yet the Dutchman, who has signed as a utility man to play in defensive midfield and out on the left two summers ago, has emerged as not only a solid, short - term fix next to Chris Smalling this season at the back for Manchester United but as a central defender adept enough to stare down the best that the Premier League has to offer.

Wenger signed Mohamed Elneny in January with the long - term in mind in the knowledge that central midfielders Mikel Arteta, Mathieu Flamini and Tomas Rosicky would all leave the club this summer at the end of their current contracts.

As was previously reported when he first signed, the young Scottish central midfielder will spend six months on loan at Scottish Premier League side Partick Thistle, per an official release from the club.

Mohamed Elneny is in line to make his first Gunners appearance, and he is likely to partner Aaron Ramsey at central midfield, with the new signing playing as more of a defensively minded player.