Sentences with phrase «first spanner in the works»

Not exact matches

Arsenal's interest in Olympiakos defender Kostas Manolas was first mooted a couple of weeks ago, though it looked like a spanner was thrown in the works when Juventus were also reported to be interested.

But Mourinho, whose United take on Hull in the first - leg of the EFL Cup semi-final at Old Trafford on Tuesday, is determined to put a spanner in his great rival's works.

Last year, NBR was 6/10 on the eventual Oscar nominees, so these will likely be the movies to be paying attention to (though the 5 % first place vote rule does throw a spanner in the works).