Sentences with phrase «defensive midfielder in the summer»

I suspect Wenger still will not get a defensive midfielder in the summer.

While I am no manager, I'd seek a strong defensive midfielder in the summer to partner Wilshere or Rambo, replace Cech with a ball playing goalkeeper of significant quality and consider replacing Bellerin on the right of our defence.

But i certainly don't see him getting a defensive midfielder in the summer.

If we sign Paulista, a Wenger has got to realise we must sign a top class defensive midfielder in the summer, I'd personally get rid of Arteta and Flamini and let Diaby's contract run down, get rid of them because they're deadwood and have Coquelin and a new top DM battling it out for a place and then have Bielik coming through.

I suppose you could say that the manager's failure to sign another defender and a defensive midfielder in the summer left us short of options, but you would still expect better from players like Flamini, Mertesacker, Welbeck, Gibbs, Chamberlain and of course Alexis Sanchez.

I could possibly see a way for Spearing to come back into the first team, especially if Lennon struggles to find a defensive midfielder in the summer transfer window with his probably limited funds, but with Spearing having another two years to go on his contract, I'd imagine the club will try and recuperate some of the funds that were spent on him to boost Lennon's transfer coffers.

Now, according to the latest update provided by Le10Sport, the Gunners seem serious about finally signing the 22 - year - old defensive midfielder in the summer and have confirmed their interest.

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.

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My prediction is that a big money defensive midfielder was slated for purchase in the summer of this year.

I do hope Bielik isn't Wenger's answer form new Defensive Midfielder, we have to sign a top class one in the summer.

«Fantastic achievement this fantastic achievement that» Yes to a point you may be right, but we are now (apparently) out of the financial retraint period and according to Chips Keswick last summer we had # 100» 000000 to spend, unyet what is fantastic is that Wenger was not too interested in buying the World class defensive midfielder we desperately needed in the summer, nor has he addressed the defensive shortfalls, during the summer transfer he was in Italy on the day we bought Welbeck, and during the most recent transfer window he spend three out of the four weeks messing around buying some apparent wonderkid who we wont see on the pitch for around 18 months.

The latest Arsenal transfer news is that the Gunners have decided to sell Hector Bellerin this summer to give a big boost to their transfer funds which are desperately needed to upgrade our defence certainly and hopefully bring in a top notch Defensive Midfielder.

Rest 4 will be given freedom We should sell Xhaka on Summer and buy Jorginho from Napoli... He is terrific defensive midfielder talent and can pick long passes as well... He can be directly slotted in place of Wilshere and then Ramsey and Wilshere will compete for further in midfield..

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Defensive midfielder Victor Wanyama, meanwhile, is expected to join Manchester United in the summer with Sir Alex Ferguson keen to bring the giant 21 - year - old Kenyan, also valued at upwards of # 7million, to Old Trafford to provide protection to his back four.

Even this summer I still don't expect Wenger to get a defensive midfielder (because of that attacking in our dna bs) or a top box2box player Wenger is as clueless as they come.

Anfield boss Brendan Rodgers has improved his central midfield options over the summer with experienced England international James Milner offering Liverpool a versatile weapon whilst last summer's addition Emre Can has matured into a player who's best position is in a defensive enforcer role.

If in the summer we upgraded Elneny with a real, top quality defensive midfielder then great.

In turn, the Spaniard is claimed to have requested that City make a move for the defensive midfielder ahead of his arrival in Manchester in the summeIn turn, the Spaniard is claimed to have requested that City make a move for the defensive midfielder ahead of his arrival in Manchester in the summein Manchester in the summein the summer.

Kante seems like a player that likes to keep his head down and just get the job done and although it is going to be a battle to get him away from Leicester City in the first place as well as to fend off the challenges from other clubs, if Arsenal is looking for a defensive midfielder this summer to replace the outgoings, then Kante should definitely be a top priority.

till when will wenger still being given the 100 % support from the board, this summer is not as good as many could think, we have added only sanchez and havnt replaced our captain, our needed positions havnt been covered yet, cf and first choice defensive midfielder and wenger still believing in sanogo, this shows how much ambitous he is.

The most ideal solution is to sign a world - class defensive midfielder in January, but if that isn't possible, Wenger has to at least make an emergency loan signing in January and then go in for a renowned midfield workhorse in the summer transfer window.

If Gabriel Paulista does leave Arsenal this summer due to his likely becoming surplus to requirements at Arsenal which himself might have sensed, apart of the 4 specialist defenders of: Koscielny, Monreal, Mustafi and holding who have been regularly manning the Arsenal back three line of recent, other centre backs like Mertersacker & Chambers, and defensive wingbacks of Bellerin, Kolasinac, and the defensive midfielders of Elneny & Niles, can all also play as centrebacks in a back three or back four denfese - line whenever the need arised.

Please, do not give me excuses about injuries etc, we have had those the most since 2004, who to blame than Wenger, who has overplayed and played players in wrong position and did not purchase the RIGHT players in RIGHT places during summer, defensive midfield player and center back to cover Verminator.

Despite man city spending over 200m pounds in d summer, just two injuries, they r playing a midfielder as a lwb and mangala is their defensive cover u guys should just stop moaning,, i think arsenal still have cover this season, a striking trio of welbeck, giroud and walcot can hold their own, a midfield duo of Wilshire and elneny can hold their own, we might be light in defence buh not as terrible as u guys r exaggerating it, trsnsfer window is over let's support d guys

When we lost to Monaco in CL, I was hoping Wenger could get Kondogbia When we lost the PL to Leicester, I was hoping Wenger would get Kante In summer I was hoping for Krychowiak, Schneiderlin, Carvalho But we just got Xhaka (which is good) but Wenger still ignores Defensive midfieldein CL, I was hoping Wenger could get Kondogbia When we lost the PL to Leicester, I was hoping Wenger would get Kante In summer I was hoping for Krychowiak, Schneiderlin, Carvalho But we just got Xhaka (which is good) but Wenger still ignores Defensive midfieldeIn summer I was hoping for Krychowiak, Schneiderlin, Carvalho But we just got Xhaka (which is good) but Wenger still ignores Defensive midfielders

This has got to be the biggest missed opportunity in the history of sport, last summer the whole world said that all we needed were three key players to make the side almost perfect we needed a new keeper, a new defensive midfielder and an utter goal scoring monster!!!

and all I care about is my darling club getting back on track and start winning beautifully.the new arsenal «backroom engine» is thrilling me and I just need them to get ozil and wilshere to sign and in the summer get one more winger preferably draxler or moura, and a proper defensive midfielder plus one more quality centre back.

3) There appears to be general consensus, despite the good depth that we have, that we need at least 2 more players; one centre forward and a defensive midfielder (probably in the summer now unless something bizarre or spectacular happens tomorrow).

Be Good summer if we can bring in those 3 along with a Defensive midfielder, Sell Elneny & Give wilshere pay as u play deal.

My understanding is that the club will buy a world class defensive midfielder in the next summer transfer window not in January.

Arsene Wenger has already stated that he would be bringing at least one defensive option to the Emirates in January and with reports saying that Arsenal tried to buy Willam Carvalho in the summer, the Sporting Lisbon midfielder could be the could be a long term solution to Wenger's current problems.

Wenger had 2 years to look for a defensive midfielder after song and 3 months of summer plus world cup and you say there was none available our players are short compared to the invincibles and he still buys petit players like Sanchez no disrespect we need to set our transfer dealings right no waiting till the last day of window we need physical players that can fight in the middle not midgets

Eric Dier, 22, who joined Spurs from Sporting Lisbon in the summer of 2014 has excelled since being deployed as a defensive - midfielder and is thriving in his new role alongside Moussa Dembele.

Bring in Ospina for Cech; Gabriel for Koscielny (Kos is 31 and its time we start testing Gabriel and Holding beside Mustafi to see what our long term first choice defensive partnership will look like); Gibbs for Monreal (Wenger needs to start rotating these 2 more frequently as we need to ascertain if Gibbs can adequately produce the quality to hold that position from next season for a few years as I'm thinking this might be Nacho's last or penultimate season with Arsenal, it will also give a hint as to the type of Left - back to target in the summer — first teamer or backup and age as well); I'll like to see an Elneny — Xhaka partnership in this fixture as we might just never know, this might be our replica of the Kos Mustafa partnership in the centre of the park, Two disciplined (positionally, i mean) central midfielders who can play box to box; Chamberlain for Iwobi, and Perez for Alexis should do the work.

The news today that Wenger will be offered a new contract horrifies me especially following the positive recent signings which I feel were definitely we're not sanctioned by Wenger and the assumption that they'll be followed by a keeper, defensive midfielder and central defenders in the summer.

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.

There were hundreds of Arsenal transfer rumours linking us with Sporting Lisbon's William Carvalho in the early summer, but the extremely talented defensive midfielder was cruelly injured at the U21 World Cup.

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Khedira won the Champions League in May and then played a prominent role in Germany's World Cup triumph over the summer and is therefore clearly a quality performer and perhaps the ideal man to balance out the heaps of midfield creativity at Arsenal with some much needed defensive nous.

Vidal could certainly fit in well at Anfield, with Brendan Rodgers» side clearly in need of new signings in the defensive midfield department as Steven Gerrard prepares to leave the club for a summer move to MLS giants LA Galaxy.

Despite some good performances for Arsenal in the absence of Francis Coquelin, it seems as though Mathieu Flamini will be leaving the club this summer as Arsene Wenger continues his search for a more long - term alternative in defensive midfield.

It is very strange that just after sources at Arsenal apparently revealed that our defensive midfielder Matthieu Flamini is expected to leave the club this summer, when we are also informed that a group of Arsenal representatives were present last night in Spain to watch the Sevilla midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak.

There is a very likely chance that the Gunners will be bringing in a defensive midfielder this summer, so any Arsenal transfer rumours linking us with this position should be taken seriously.

Wenger has already revealed that he is expecting Calum Chambers to step up to the defensive midfield slot, and with both Wilshere and Welbeck expected back in January as well I think we can safely say that the Boss has no intention of spending any of Arsenal's hard - earned millions in January (and probably not in the summer either!)

Now that there is the usual uncertainty that Theo Walcott may leave Arsenal this summer, and an extra space made in the squad thanks to the exile of Lukas Podolski to Italy, the Gunners are now being linked with attacking midfielders as well as the usual defensive mids and centre - backs.

In my opinion, the best we Arsenal fans can hope for in the January transfer window is the arrival of a new centre - back, but we can be hopeful of a quality defensive midfielder coming in in the summeIn my opinion, the best we Arsenal fans can hope for in the January transfer window is the arrival of a new centre - back, but we can be hopeful of a quality defensive midfielder coming in in the summein the January transfer window is the arrival of a new centre - back, but we can be hopeful of a quality defensive midfielder coming in in the summein in the summein the summer.

The Gunners have had a quiet summer so far, only bringing in Petr Cech from Chelsea and failing to address their issues in defensive midfield and up front, though Arsene Wenger has now identified his two main targets for those roles.

Now it gets difficult, Santi Cazorla, his injury probably ended our title hopes this year, we missed his incisive passing and quick feet in midfield this year, once he was out of the side every attack seemed so slow, laboured and uninventive, there will be rumours all summer about him returning to Spain, and the sale of Santi would go some way to pretty much pay for Xhaka's transfer, the only thing that would go against him is his defensive contribution is not as great as our other options.

Even after the academy graduate Francis Coquelin came back from his loan spell at Charlton and surprised us all with his fine form and combative performances, recording the best stats in the Premier League for a defensive midfielder, lots of Arsenal fans were calling on the manager to go into the transfer market and spend some big money, which he did this summer to sign Xhaka from Borussia Monchengladbach.