Sentences with phrase «bolster the defence at»

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A superbly versatile player, Napoli's Juan Zuniga could provide cover at right - back, left - back and centre - back, making him a more useful signing than the one - dimensional Alves to bolster Louis van Gaal's options in defence.

The 35 - year - old's contract at Anfield expires this summer and Klopp will want to make bolstering his flakey defence a priority — Joel Matip has already been signed on a free transfer from Schalke 04.

watching him not bolster defence in summer and then acting surprised that he does nt have any choices at the back.

Should Alex Sandro still be at Juventus come September 1st, it'll be interesting to see who the Blues target instead, as Conte's side look to bolster this squad in preparation for their title defence this season following the Blues» Community Shield defeat to rivals Arsenal.

Off topic: everybody seems to think we don't need to sign any more attackers or forward, we jus need DM and CB, i don't agree tho, we urgently need to bolster our defensive side I agree, but I believe after that we shuld also sign a WC forward, all the top clubs ave WC forwards and attackers that support like City's Aguero and silva, chelseas Costa and hazard, VP and rooney... but at arsenal we only ave 1 half of d equation (sanchez), welbeck isn't Half WC, giroud is erratic and not WC, Pool with dere poor defence made sure dey outscored dere opposition with suarez, that is an angle we shuld look at, good defence and attack will make gr8t balance.

According to The Mirror, Smalling could find himself dropping down the pecking order at Old Trafford with Maguire being identified as a probable option to bolster the heart of the defence.

With John Terry looking likely to move on at the end of the season, the Blues could do with bolstering their defence and Bonucci, would be a high - class, experienced replacement — a big target for Conte, according to the Telegraph.

This summer is going to be «full - back season» at Manchester United, as José Mourinho looks to bolster his defence with at least one left and one right - back before mid-August, when the transfer window shuts.

The general defensive qualities of this formation though are a downside, especially if a non-specialist CDM is deployed at the base of the diamond, the defence can often be left exposed — as seen in 2013/14 — but on the other hand the players that were in the defence in 2013/14 (Johnson, Skrtel, Agger / Toure and Cissokho) were not great players, nor did they play particularly well during the season, and perhaps Klopp and his team will introduce specific defensive training to bolster the strength of the defence.