Sentences with phrase «attacking midfielder also»

The attacking midfielder also had a much improved defensive outing.

Not exact matches

Man United are ready to offer $ 70m (# 51m) for the Stadio Olimpico duo and with Michael Carrick entering the latter stages of his career, Marouane Fellaini working more effectively in an advanced attacking role and loaned out midfielder Tom Cleverley likely to be sold outright, there is scope for strengthening this area of van Gaal's squad also.

Simply put, the Egyptian international was everywhere, displaying an ability to orchestrate attacks from a deep - lying position in midfield, and also acting swiftly to cut out opposition attacks.

Exclusively, you are either a defensive midfielder or a playmaker (also known as the attacking midfielder.

The powerfully built Everton man offers the tough tackling robust qualities of a defensive midfielder whilst also being able to provide the goal threat and assist making attributes of an attacking midfielder.

We need at least five quality players a defender, goalkeeper, a defensive midfielder, a attacking midfielder and a striker Though winning the f.a cup did take a bit of pressure of him only time will tell There got to be a new structure at the club, and get rid of the also rans like Lucas Perez, Jenkinson, debuchy and sagono for starters

The Reds also have other dangerous customers in the shape of flying winger Michael Antonio and precocious young midfielder Ben Osborn, however, whilst Leeds have a youngster to watch of their own in academy graduate Alex Mowatt, whilst young attacking midfielder Adryan, on loan from Flamengo, is also exciting.

The players in question are Lars Stindl, a 26 - year - old attacking midfielder, and Leonardo Bittencourt, a 22 - year - old winger who could also operate well as a wing - back in Liverpool's fluid tactical system.

Also with seven assists and a goal this campaign, the Icelandic Attacking midfielder has enjoyed a mutual understanding with striker Wilfried Bony.

With an asking price of around # 50m, Borussia Dortmund attacking midfielder Marco Reus is one of the best in the world in a number of positions up front, and he'd be a terrific purchase for United to solve their current issues, though Liverpool are also interested.

Another raid for Griezmann would be a big blow for Simeone as he tries to rebuild his side, and PSG's interest won't be too welcome either, with the Ligue 1 champions looking to sign a high - profile attacking midfielder this summer after also being linked with Manchester United's Angel Di Maria and Paul Pogba, the Express says.

The 20 - year - old — who has featured everywhere from left - back to attacking midfield and can also feature as a striker — scored 17 times on loan at Vitesse Arnhem in the 2014 - 15 campaign.

Corchia is an attack - minded full - back who can also play in midfield, and would have fit in perfectly at the Emirates Stadium in Arsene Wenger's attacking lineup.

Given that he can also play in attacking midfield, Steven Gerrard will hardly be a poor mentor either!

Manchester United have plenty of central midfielders but arguably none of them are out and out attack minded and they also do not provide the club with much in the way of goals.

The attacking midfielder won two La Liga titles and the Champions League with Barca, while he also claimed the Italian title during his time with Milan.

Gonzalo Huigine or Lacazetteg Wingers or Attacking midfielders we don not need at all as we have some of the best in these two postions Do not forget we have Gnarby also along with with OX and Theo, Welbeck also can play in wings May be solid CB

Weigl is a defensive midfielder who directs traffic in both defence and attack and coupled with Mo Dahoud who is an attacking midfielder and can also direct traffic in the middle of the park.

Also, simply comparing the 2 last year by spewing goal / assist numbers doesn't exactly provide the context that one (Ozil) was our primary attacking midfielder playing behind the ST, whilst the other (cazorla) was playing deep alongside our defensive midfielder.

There is no link between defence and attack, mostly because midfielders don't play many passes forward (even short ones) and also because there is no real defensive midfielder who is making crunching tackles.

The defensive midfielder is clearly not limited to solely defending the back four, and could have a huge impact on the way we translate defence into attack also.

The Spanish giants are currently spoilt for choice in the attacking midfield department, having signed James Rodriguez in a big - money deal from AS Monaco this summer, whilst also having the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale to choose from in that part of the pitch.

Rodgers is keen to bring in a creative midfielder who can ably link midfield and attack whilst also offering a fresh goal threat and with this in mind he has set his sights on Ajax playmaker Christian Eriksen, who is of course a long term Liverpool target.

Man United currently rely a great deal on veteran Paul Scholes and do not really possess much in the way of a goal threat with the likes of Michael Carrick, Anderson and Darren Fletcher not being all that attack minded, whilst also not providing a great deal in the way of a link between midfield and attack, being more concerned with keeping hold of the ball.

Also for an attacking midfielder, I hope Arsenal could get someone like Neymar, Messi, Hazard, Pedro, Sanchez and Isco.

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We are also not moving enough off the ball on attack, often our midfielders have to pass sideways.

And Rodgers has also been impressed with the performances of attacking midfielder Davy Klaassen and will also look to see about including him in any deal that cab be struck for Veltman.

Our Defence is Quite strong, Midfield is strongest and Attack is also strong.

Goal scoring is also a responsibility for attacking midfielders not just strikers.

With a midfielder on the right flank, Bellerin's attacking instinct also becomes more of an asset as his overlaps provide more space for the midfielder.

Dzagoev can play in a myriad of roles across the midfield and attack and is incredibly comfortable on the ball and is also being pursued by Serie A pair Fiorentina and Inter Milan.

This midfield would also be capable of snuffing out many attacks even from strong teams across England and Europe.

Marco Reus could also be on his way out of the club before the end of the summer as he continues to attract interest from the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool, and his exit would certainly see Dortmund in need of a new attacking midfield player such as Kagawa.

Our side currently have Aaron Ramsey and Granit Xhaka holding down our two central midfield roles, and Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez firmly set in our two attacking midfield roles, as well as having a number of others also capable of starring in those central roles, including Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain, Mohamed Elneny, Francis Coquelin, Alex Iwobi and Theo Walcott.

The manager says a deal for Shakhtar Donetsk's attacking midfielder Willian also appears unlikely after initial talks.

He's predominantly a left - winger but can play across any of the attacking midfield positions so he'd certainly give Wenger plenty of options in the final third if he was to move to the Emirates this summer — although the report says Chelsea and Liverpool are also interested in the player so we could face stiff competition.

Our 3 back is just so wrong.We don't have natural wingbacks even in this formation.It also seems to me that lots of people here believe if you're good at right or left fullback then automatically you're good at RWB / LWB which quite frankly is untrue.That's why Oxlade Chamberlain can be considered at RWB but not right back.At RWB or LWB you're asking too much in terms of attack from Bellerin and Kolasinac.A proper wing back can be viewed as a more defensive winger which quite frankly none of them are and they don't possess the flexibility too to play that way.Our midfielders are also not disciplined enough because in 3 back there's a huge gap in the centre of the field that must be covered by our CM's so indiscipline only means disaster.We also have Ozil who looks like he's playing at RW in 3 back.In that we're limiting his impact because Ozil takes on his man because he wants to not because he likes to.You can't play such players at the wing.He's a proper No. 10 who likes to be given freedom.That's why Ozil plays likes he's lazy on the ball and stuff.It's because he wants to be free and for that you need to put him at No. 10.

I would also release diaby and rosicky and bring in a more attacking midfielder too, someone like cabaye, isco illarimendi.

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Also, with Arsenal having so many promising attacking midfielders coming through the ranks, Tomas can be a perfect mentor to the vast talent that Arsenal have in his position.

He is also our only midfielder who has mastered the art of turning defence into attack at the drop of a hat..

In addition to the offensive side of his game, Santi was also seen getting on the end of loose passes, making tackles and even tracking midfield runners during Burnley attacks.

and thier injuries need to be manage better maybe less playing time for some than others, unfortunately wenger cant afford to give them the proper time of his coaching, as he is under massive pressure to succeed these days and hasn't got time to train them up properly, also he isn't tactically flexible enough to accommodate them into different attacking systems, to test what they can do like having the ox in a 3 man midfield could work wonders.

We are also said to have first refusal on the attacking midfielder, so if another club does decide to offer Madrid morte money for their player then Arsene Wenger would be given the option to match it and still get his man.

He also has the drive in him to move the ball from defence to midfield to attack.

I will welcome Cesc back with two arms, we can't pay him up to 200k weekly, and we can't pay up to # 15mill for him because his about 30 years of Age, two years younger than Santi, but of cousre, he would add the exact value we need in that Midfield, since Carzola injury, He's better than Ramsey in my opinion, and he has alot of experiences, he will combine very well with both Xhaka and Ozil, can deliver pass Ozil to open up Attack, and also deliver those long passes to the Main strikers..

Even though he will not be the deepest lying midfielder for Arsenal, the Ox will need to help out defensively but with Coquelin in front of the back four he will also hope to get forward and help the Gunners attack and that is his main strength.

See, Morgan is hardly the kind of guy we need (not outrightly defensive), Vidal too has been said to be much of an attacking midfielder and also hardly what we need.

With Coq in the side this formation looks so much stable than what we had before and we also have an extra midfielder assisting the attacks as well..