Sentences with phrase «choice at»

He was first choice at the club where he rose through the youth ranks and now looks to be staring at a prolonged period without much competitive football, but has time on his side if he chooses to pack his bags and vie for number one on pastures new in the future.

But the fierce competition for places means he is not always guaranteed a starting berth whereas he would likely be first choice at Arsenal; a key factor in a season directly before the World Cup finals in Russia next summer.

Luke Shaw is widely seen as the future of the club but Mourinho's actions have shown that he does not have enough faith in the Englishman to make him the present first - choice at left - back.

Trippier is a consistent player who has great potential to improve and will provide depth that we sorely need in our squad and if all goes well he could even become the No. 1 choice at RB for Spurs next season.

Seems to have received a morale boost after his manager has made him the first - choice at Anfield.

Manchester United do view Turner as a prospect who has the potential to take over from David De Gea as the first - choice at Old Trafford in the long scheme of things.

It was an odd choice at the time and the fans barely understood it given that Moritz was due to be 100 % fit for the Leeds meeting.

Although he was Wenger's first choice at right back at the start of the previous season, he suffered a number of injures and eventually lost his place in the starting line - up to Héctor Bellerin.

After starting the 2016/17 season as first - choice at the heart of Everton's defence, Jagielka spent the majority of the first two months of 2017 on the bench.

«We didn't choose Rino (Gattuso) to plug a hole, but because he's the right choice at this time.

Against all odds, Moreno looks set to start the year as Klopp's first choice at left back while Andrew Robertson settles and Milner heads back up the pitch.

Kante has established himself as the undisputed choice at the centre of the park, and it could be a potential choice between Drinkwater, Cesc Fabregas and Tiemoue Bakayoko for the other midfield spot.

Even then they would need to be persuasive in convincing Lafont that playing back - up to Čech would be better for his career than another season as first - choice at Toulouse.

Gary Neville was also the universal choice at right back (no contest), but otherwise, there was little clear consensus.

With Ireland international Seamus Coleman currently the clear, first - choice at right - back for Roberto Martínez when fit, the route through to first team football looked far less certain on Merseyside compared to the more easily - traversed obstacle of Jenkinson in east London.

Of those who didn't start the match against Reading, Knockaert is the wild card most likely to find favour in Pearson's plans in the Premier league while one might expect Liam Moore to challenge strongly to be first choice at centre back when he is a year older and more experienced.

Steve Staunton is a stand out choice at LB but the number of different names mentioned shows there is no obvious candidate for RB.

I think Reidy would probably be the choice at this moment but I'm a big fan of JT and believe he would be in line should circumstances materialise that require him to take the job on.

With Jed Steer gone to Aston Villa and Declan Rudd heading to Preston on loan, Nash becomes the third - choice at Carrow Road and provides backup to John Ruddy and Mark Bunn.

Thomas Tuchel may not be the best choice at first glance as successor to Unai Emery at Paris Saint - Germain.

The 30 - year - old Argentine forward used to be first - choice at the Parc des...

Perez will be an ideal replacement owing to his attacking style of play and will provide cover for Bellerin, who is Wenger's first - choice at the moment.

He was spoiled for choice at Real Madrid with Gonzalo Higuain and Karim Benzema.

Vermaelen is no longer first choice at Arsenal, with Arsene Wenger preferring the centre - back pairing of Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny last season.

Zabaleta will undoubtedly be the first choice at right back, and whilst recognising that he is not one for the longer term, he will add stability and experience to a defence that conceded far too many goals last season.

However, it proved to be the pinnacle of his international career and despite captaining Germany at Euro 2004, he was second choice at the 2006 World Cup.

There is always a risk with that but we have no choice at the moment.

Northern Ireland have two UEFA U21 Championship games coming up this month and Burnley goalkeeper Conor Mitchell, who established himself as first choice at this level last season, has...

«There are not many who are an automatic choice at 22.»

Fonte will be third or fourth choice at ManU behind Bailly, Smalling and possibly Blind.

Will never be first choice at Arsenal

Nor did the prevailing skepticism fool many in the record crowd of 87,652 fans at Pimlico, who made the entry of Badger Land and Clear Choice the 9 - 5 favorite and Snow Chief the second choice at 5 - 2.

No one is a Giroud lover, we all know his a limited second choice at best type of striker.

He is still my first choice at # 6, but a trade down to 11 or 12 would be great fall back options if available.

He won't play cause he was only worthy of 6 games at Legia Warsaw, which means that he isn't even worthy of 2nd choice at Arsenal.

However, as shown at Torino this season, he hasn't cut costly errors out of his game and if he wasn't deemed good enough for City, it would be a major surprise to see Mourinho install him as first - choice at Old Trafford if he is forced to scout the market for a De Gea replacement.

Plenty options out there, Gonalons would be my choice at 26, 6 ″ 2, captain of lyon, experienced, great defender, great passer.

Belgian international Simon Mignolet is largely undisputed as first choice at Anfield, with Brad Jones the only cover for the Sunderland man.

With Arsene Wenger set to use Petr Cech and David Ospina this coming season, it left Szczesny with an easy decision to move on, although he still won't be getting regular playing time in the near future given that Gianluigi Buffon will undoubtedly continue as first choice at Juve.

When Arsene Wenger surprised the football world on Monday night by fielding a 3 -4-2-1 formation, perhaps another surprise was his choice at right wing - back.

He won't go to Man City or Tottenham as he definitely won't be first choice at either of those, so logically he must be talking about Arsenal!

Joe Hart is being linked with an exit from Manchester City this month after seemingly losing his place as first - choice at the Etihad, so should Arsenal be looking to strike a deal?

But once Conte shifted to the back - three system, Moses became first - choice at right wing - back and has made the position his own with some flawless performances.

At 6» 5, he's a relatively small choice at the two position, but he's plenty athletic enough to make up for it.

Another top class City player who never stops trying, Pablo Zabaleta is surely going to stay as first choice at right - back next season.

A gang of 15 horses answered the call to the post, and the fans sent Frisky off as the tepid 9 - 5 favorite, with Squall the second choice at 2 - 1.

I find it interesting that the Celtics, who have been linked to just about every big name in the league, are not listed as a choice at either book.

However being first choice at a top European club like Roma is not a very big step down for Szczesny.

Incidentally they were first and second choice at Manchester United, Ancceloti being third.

Another player that benefited from playing for Arsenal is Giroud, a second choice at Arsenal but plays as France's main striker.