Sentences with phrase «during the close season»

All transfers should be done during the close season and you start and finish the season with the same players.

Keane, 31, almost joined Villa as a 19 - year - old but is now poised to sign for them on a loan spell during the closed season in America's MLS.

Cordoba An astonishing piece of business was done to bring Valencia starlet Fede Cartabia to the newly promoted club during the close season.

Die Borussen fought off other European suitors during the close season to get his signature — with Manchester United reported admirers — so it'd be very surprising if no interest was shown in the upcoming window for a player likened to a «young Cristiano Ronaldo».

Messi will not have much of a break during the close season as he is expected to captain Argentina at the 2015 Copa America tournament which kicks - off in a matter of days.

However, in a shock twist, the 36 - year - old then made the loan move to Chelsea's rivals Manchester City for the first half of this season in a bid to stay fit during the close season in the US.

Possibly that they had a commentators team building offsite during the close season and decided that their «mission statement» wasn't to hear the sound of their own voice.

He would have had to find a new club in any case with Maidstone folding during the close season but Mullen was delighted with the capture, claiming: «This move proves the pulling power that Burnley Football Club has within the game.»

It's not just inside the stadium where work is ongoing at Anfield during the close season - and the latest batch of Anfield Forever stones have been laid outside the Main Stand this week.

Not long to wait now until we discover if there is going to be any significant change to shape or to the way that the team is set - up following the assorted arrivals at West Ham during the close season.

Despite the player trying to engineer a move, Liverpool turned down his late transfer request during the close season window.

Eto'o only signed on a one year deal last summer, and is widely expected to move on during the close season.

The Arsenal manager has so far signed Alexis Sanchez, Mathieu Debuchy, David Ospina and Calum Chambers during the close season, while Joel Campbell has been added to the first - team squad.

The 25 - year - old left Messi's Barcelona during the close season in a world - record transfer to Paris Saint - Germain, where he has already scored 15 goals this season.

David Beckham is currently living in London so he can train with Tottenham Hotspur during the close season in the States.

Romelu Lukaku left during the close season and there is no one ready to take on the mantle of him, Dixie Dean and Tommy Lawton.

But Lanzini insists he is not about to follow Dimitri Payet, who left for Marseille in January, out of the club during the close season.