Sentences with phrase «current season champions»

This year in January Manchester United were beat by Arsenal first time and then Wenger said «My boys are able to beat any team in, and they also beat Bayern Munich at current season Champions League at home and boys really bring the truth of their Coach.

Not exact matches

With little progress having been made over recent weeks, Sterling has now revealed that he will make a decision at the end of the current campaign, after discovering whether or not the Reds will secure a second successive season of Champions League football.

The Sun is reporting that Arsenal are now in pole position to sign the talented young German and with his current club apparently set to leave him out of their Champions League squad for next season he certainly seems to be available and for not all that much money either.

If Arsenal Football Club are going to finally put a new manager in charge of the team when the current season ends, something that some people think will hinge on our Europa League campaign, then the current boss of the Serie A champions Juventus is not the only option.

The point made previously about how expensive it will be to get the players in that will bring champions league back th the Emirates: It was the current first team squad that failed to qualify last season after 20 years in the competition and it loooks as if we are going to need a positive second half of this season to finish in the top four.

Allegri has led his current Juve side to win the Serie A and Coppa Italia double in each of his two seasons with the club, as well as reaching the Champions League final in his opening term.

Even though Dortmund have struggled this season, it appears Schurrle favours a move to join the 2013 Champions League finalists, where he would most likely act as a replacement for Marco Reus, who is expected to leave at the end of the current season.

If i imagine myself to be a chelsea fan, it means am the current / defending EPL champion, but if I imagine myself to be an Arsenal fan, it means i've stayed a decade outside the top 2 & that record does nt look like its gona end this season.

2014 was truly the year of Cristiano Ronaldo who has scored and assisted an astonishing 34 goals for club and country since the start of the current season, scored his 72nd goal in the Champions League, won the Copa del Rey, Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA World Club Cup, not to mention his Balon d'Or.

The Belgian is currently on loan at St Mary's from La Liga champions Atlético Madrid and has helped the Saints to an impressive season in the Barclays Premier League, as they look to clinch a place in Europe, but it appears the 26 - year - old is not interested at the possibility of remaining on the south coast beyond the end of the current campaign.

Chelsea are flying high in the Premier League this season, four points clear of Southampton and six points clear of current champions Manchester City.

Besides several teams who have questions surrounding one or possibly two players, there is no squad that has so many issues heading into the final week of the transfer window... even Monaco, who have lost numerous players from their starting 11 have less controversy swirling in and around their club and they have champion's league play to contend with this season... just think of how ridiculous this situation is especially considering that we have had the same manager for over 20 years... no team should be better organized than ours... if nothing else, that should be the one advantage this team holds over all others, yet the exact opposite has occurred... this fact is even more disturbing considering the main argument against removing Wenger from his managerial position was that there was no suitable replacement and that people feared some sort of perceived drop - off if a new manager was brought into the mix... based on what we've witnessed since the time of his contract renewal a monkey with a magic eight ball could have done an adequate job... I hate to make jokes, in light of our current dilemma, but this team is so screwed up if I don't laugh about it, the only plausible response is to either cry or do something incredibly destructive... just look around this squad and try to see what our delusional manager sees that allow him to make such positive statements about our current team

As the current season hots up and enters one of the busiest and most important periods, for clubs like Arsenal that are still in the Champions League and the FA cup that is, Arsene Wenger knows that each game takes on more importance and a bad performance or two could really damage our hopes of success.

His side are guaranteed a place in the Bundesliga's top four, and thus, a place in next season's Champions League, and Jedvaj has collected two Croatia caps since the start of the current campaign.

We have been hearing for weeks about the big and brilliant striker's possible move from the French champions when the current season ends.

The Arsenal injury curse strikes again and what we were initially told was a fairly minor ankle problem ended up needing an operation to fix it, and now we have the usual setback to his recovery and the upshot of it all is that our Spanish midfield maestro Santi Cazorla will not be adding, during the current season at least, to the eight Premier League appearances he made before being subbed off during the Champions League hammering of Ludogorets Razgrad.

The current PSG boss will see his contract expire next summer, and it's claimed that unless he can take the French giants to the semi-finals of the Champions League as a minimum target, he could be looking for a new job ahead of next season.

And the fact that the 23 - year old's current club Borussia Monchengladbach are currently out of the Champions League places and that they finished fourth in the group behind Man City, Juventus and Sevilla this season may have played a big part in the player's decision.

The White side of North London has been incredible so far this season, earning their current league position in third with a number of dominant displays, and even defeated Real Madrid in the Champions League last month.

They are looking good for a top four finish in my opinion and now that Liverpool seem to be over their slump, could Arsenal be one of the current top six teams that will miss out on a Champions League spot for next season?

Supposedly, Brendan Rodgers is already in talks with Pirlo over a lucrative short - term deal and it's believed the move could happen if the Turin - based side win the Champions League this season, as the veteran would have nothing left to achieve with his current side.

Arsenal have got a lot more to do than simply catch and overtake our north London rivals Tottenham if this season is to be seen as anything but a disappointing one, and with 11 points to make up on the current Premier League leaders you would have to say that Leicester City are big favourites to finish above the Gunners and complete an amazing campaign by being crowned champions of England.

The Arsenal and Wales midfield star has returned from his hamstring injury just in time to be available for the first north London derby of the current season, although it remains to be seen whether Arsene Wenger puts him straight into the starting line up for the visit of Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday, as the midweek Champions League clash with Ludogorets was his first start since the opening day of the season.

Anybody who says Arsenal can not win the Barclays Premier League title this season, apparently has no belief in the current rejunvinated Gunners that are going to win their remaining 6 BPL games and be crowned Champions, Period!

Biglia has been in good form this season, making twenty league appearances — with a decent return of two goals for the defensive midfielder — and helping Lazio into a Champions League qualification spot with not long left in the current campaign.

Maybe the one positive we can take from all this is that Kroenke is reportedly seeking to be in the Champions league next season and maybe even, though it is far fetched, he might be willing to bring change before the season ends, should it look unlikely we are to qualify for the Champs league under current setup.

As well as the kudos of being in the Champions League and the attraction it holds for current players or transfer targets, the money the Gunners earned every season was a big help in getting us out of debt quicker and allowing Wenger to now spend big money on players like Alexis and Ozil.

So I was very interested to read a report by The Mirror which claims that the Swede may move on at the end of the current season if United do not earn a place in next season's Champions League.

Arsenal passed a massive test of our current credentials last weekend in a brilliant way, keeping our slim title hopes alive and taking a big step towards securing another season in the Champions League and improving on last season's fourth place.

With another Champions League triumph looking highly unlikely for Real this season based on current form, La Liga is their best bet of a trophy, and if the Welshman could turn on the style and bag a goal or two to defeat in - form Barcelona at the Nou Camp, it might be enough to make the world sit up and take notice — let alone the Madrid fans.

In turn, while they continue to lead the way in La Liga, have a Copa del Rey final to look forward to and remain in the hunt for the Champions League this season, there is obviously not a desperate need to strengthen the squad immediately given the current group are doing a pretty good job.

The German tactician, who won two Bundesliga titles and reached the Champions League final during his time with Dortmund, is now preparing for his next move after recently announcing his decision to leave his current employers at the end of this season.

With Pedro's future at the Nou Camp uncertain at the minute following strong links with a move to the Barclays Premier League [via Sky Sports], last season's Champions League winners have a plan in place in case the forward decides to join the Red Devils during the current transfer window.

Whether or not Arsene Wenger can persuade Riyad Mahrez to sign for Arsenal or convince the champions elect Leicester City to sell us the man just voted the PFA Player of the Year for this season is another matter, but i8f the Arsenal transfer rumours are right then the boss is at least going to try when the current season ends, according to a report in The Mirror.

However, as well as a place in next season's competition now being our only realistic target for the rest of the current season, the Champions League could still hold an interest for Arsenal fans.

Of course, there are also the likes of season two champion Sebastien Buemi and current drivers» champion Lucas di Grassi, who will once again battle it out on track in a thrilling and nail - biting battle for their second drivers» title.

If he decides to stay beyond this season given that his current contract expires in the summer, the French tactician will be under pressure to change the club's fortunes as they look set for another disappointing campaign this year with failure in the Premier League and Champions League.

However, the veteran maestro is currently stalling on a new contract with the Serie A champions, and this has alerted a number of top teams to his potential availability on the cheap this January, or when his current deal expires at the end of the season.

With Arsenal travelling across London to Stamford Bridge on Saturday to face the current Premier League champions Chelsea, the poor form and internal strife of Jose Mourinho's team could certainly be a big help to Arsene Wenger and the Gunners, as a win would have us fully over the shaky and worrying start of the season.

Aside from urging current teammate Miralem Pjanic to turn down a move to Juventus this summer, the combative midfielder revealed that he's already thinking about Roma's chances in the Champions League next season.

There is nothing to say that the player was thinking about Arsenal, or any club in particular for that matter, when he made these comments about a possible late move from current club Bayer Leverkusen before the summer transfer window closes in a few weeks, but with the Germans having finished third in the Bundesliga last season to guarantee a place in the Champions League, you would think that there were not many clubs around Europe that would tempt Javier Hernandez into a move.

The current champions are AS Monaco FC, who won their eighth title in the 2016 - 17 season, for the first time in 17 years.

Chelsea which is the current title holder of English Premier League and so, as the champion they took part in the season of Champions League.

Chelsea is the current champion of English Premier League but it seems that they could not grab the title one more season.

The season club coefficient rankings are based on the results of clubs competing in the current UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League season.

To predict the winner of the UEFA Champions League at the current stage of the competition is virtually impossible and this season is no different as there are a number of strong contenders as well as dark horses who are capable of going all the way.

Barcelona is the current champion of La Liga but in ongoing season of this most popular league, they are behind of their most rivals Real Madrid.

It was Astra who ended the Hammer's European dream last season with a 4 - 3 aggregate win in our only previous encounter with the current Romanian champions.

If United can keep their current form against Liverpool at Anfield, in the league at least, they will do very well against a team who seems able to score plenty of goals, something United started off the season doing well, which seems to have stuttered somewhat, last making an appearance against the fallen champions Leicester City.

Barcelona which is the current champion of La Liga standing of 2nd position of La Liga point table of ongoing season of this largest professional league competition 2016/17.