Sentences with phrase «defensive midfield star»

The Spanish side will now try to give the defensive midfield star better terms to retain his services and ensure that he does not leave Spain, any time soon.

With a contract running until 2020 and a president very reluctant to see his defensive midfield star anywhere else, it could be a tough and expensive fight for anyone to prise him away from Sporting CP.

Arsenal has been heavily linked to Saints defensive midfield star Morgan Schniederlin, but Wanyama says the Gunners have been watching

The merseysiders are interested in signing Chilean defensive midfield star Gary Medel after they were impressed by his brilliant performances at the Copa America.

After surprising the football world by getting Isco to change his mind and choose Madrid over Manuel Pellegrini and Manchester City, with a little help from Zinedine Zidane, Perez has broken down the stubborn resistance of Real Sociedad and the president Jokim Aperribay and sealed the deal for the defensive midfield star Asier Illarramendi.

The most encouraging piece of news was on the fitness of the fierce French defensive midfield star Francis Coquelin, who picked up some knee ligament damage in the Premier League defeat to West Brom towards the end of November.

But apparently the Brazilian defensive midfield star Romulo is the player that Arsene Wenger is set to bring to the Emirates to solve the central midfield problems that have been going on for so long.

The 26 year - old has been linked with a move to North - London previously, with us still expected to bring in a defensive midfield star in the coming window.

Not exact matches

But the Arsenal star has the best percentages of all three, so there is more proof that Coquelin has been the best defensive midfielder in England since his return to the Emirates.

Dinamo Zagreb have told Arsenal and Tottenham that they will have to spend big if they want to sign their defensive midfielder Marcelo Brozovic, 22 --(Daily Star)

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Despite having Nemanja Matic and Ramires as defensive minded options to partner Fabregas in midfield, Mourinho seems to want to bring in the experienced German international who is currently starring for Joachim Low's side at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

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Although usually a left - back, Ajax and Netherlands star Daley Blind can operate in a number of positions, including defensive midfield.

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kondogbia for me all the way he has all the skills we need for d / m he schooled our midfield when we played them this season on his own, hopefully this would have had wenger rubbing his hands together with glee to watch such a class act who could run our midfield, so i think go straight in with # 30million for him straight off the bat, and test monaco's resolve and his to stay, or make him a star in our midfield he would have helped us drive the midfield forward from deep midfield and smash defensive teams like swansea.

This dude is going to be an Arsenal star......... he is going to be either our future defensive or central or attacking midfielder.......

Frankly, if we fail to do well this season, I wouldn't blame it on our failure to sign William Carvalho or some super star defensive midfielder.

Nemanja Matić is widely considered the best defensive midfielder in the Premier League and there has been no reason to doubt those suggestions until the recent emergence of a new star at Arsenal.

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Southampton star Victor Wanyama is one of many defensive midfield targets for the Gunners this winter, and club legend Robert Pires believes he would be just what the doctor ordered (almost literally).

And with the 23 - year - old's contract set to run out in June 2015, United were said to be confident of landing the defensive midfielder in a deal worth # 32m this summer, with former Dortmund star Shinji Kagawa going the other way.

They've made some smart signings but have lost key contributor and defensive midfielder N'Golo Kante, and could be losing star playmaking midfielder Riyad Mahrez.

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Therefore ideally we want a shape that places our star players in their primary positions, one area we can struggle is in defensive midfield — I like both Flamini and Arteta, but other players outshine them — the 4 -4-2 removes this challenge -

Since arriving in 2014 from Bayer Leverkusen the German star has developed into one of the most effective defensive midfielders in the Premier League.

Whilst Bender was on Arsene Wenger's shortlist of defensive midfield targets, the Gunners main man was always the Saints star.

Wenger would not normally target one player and ignore the overall game but he did a similar thing against Man City star David Silva and having Ramsey back means that Coquelin will have a bit more defensive support in midfield.

However, following United's recent # 40M acquisition of Chelsea star Nemanja Matic, the Frenchman's defensive responsibilities look set to be reduced this season, allowing the 24 - year - old to produce more in terms of chances and goals scored, which should see the midfielder make his price - tag seem like a bargain come the end of the season.

The Bayer Leverkusen star has been impressing in the Bundesliga for some time and Arsenal are thinking of signing the Germany international to solve their issues in defensive midfield.

The ongoing debate about which is the best defensive midfielder that Arsenal could buy this summer as backup to our new central general Francis Coquelin, and the consensus up'til now has focused on the Southampton star Morgan Schneiderlin, but today it is being reported that his Saints team - mate Victor Wanyama has publicly announced his desire to move to the Emirates.

We have been linked with the Southampton star since the summer and it has been mentioned again today but is our urgency to bring in a top class defensive midfielder still valid?

The 25 - year - old star can effectively play as a defensive midfielder and also as a creative central midfielder.

Ellis decided that Ertz would be incorporated into a defensive midfield role, much like the one that she has become accustomed to playing for the Chicago Red Stars.

Atletico Madrid defensive midfielder Saul Niguez says the club would cope if they decide to sell star player Antoine Griezmann during the summer transfer window.

Despite much of the British media doing complex mental gymnastics to explain why Paul Pogba is, in fact, not good, he's really a star: In baseball, shortstops and center fielders are inherently more valuable than other players because they occupy premium defensive positions, and the same goes for a competent defensive midfielder like Pogba, who's an elegant hurricane with the ball at his feet and can provide consistent attacking output from a position where it's not expected.

Since the departure of Javier Mascherano to Barcelona in 2010, Liverpool have never had a rock solid central holding midfield star to protect the defensive line.

He wondered whether the French star would consider occasionally playing as a defensive midfielder this season.

Manchester United have mainly been linked with Chelsea star Nemanja Matic as far as the defensive midfield reinforcement is concerned.

Even Liverpool are interested in the 25 - year - old defensive midfielder, who has a release clause of $ 59million in his contract (Daily Star).

Man United boss Mourinho is desperate to bring in a left - sided defender and a defensive midfielder, positions the 24 - year - old star can take up.

Manchester United need to sign a strong defensive midfielder in the summer transfer window and they are linked with a versatile star in the form of Fabinho.

While Xhaka is a talented player, his rash tackling has been a real cause for concern and it is believed that Arsenal will look to sign another defensive midfielder as an alternative to the ex-Borussia Monchengladbach star for next season.

If a midfield featuring Rooney, and an attack starring Ibrahimovic, won't do their fair share of defensive labour, then the defence may have to come to them and push high up the pitch to close the gap between rearguard and the front - line.

Tottenham seem pretty secure in the Centre Defensive Midfield role with the experienced Mousa Dembele, Eric Dier, Victor Wanyama as well as Harry Winks who seems to be a future star.

Carved in the mould of Yaya Toure, Alhassan Wakaso is expected to give the Black Stars a lot of options in the defensive and offensive midfield.