Sentences with phrase «hang up his boots for»

In other news, John Terry finally gets a game but is reminded that he should probably hang up his boots for good, lol

Real Madrid attacker Cristiano Ronaldo has backed Andre Silva to take the goalscoring burden once he decides to hang up his boot for the Portugal national team.

The former jockey had hung up his boots for good, and had become a professional author.

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The long - distance runner is yet to hang up his boots however, and may not quite be ready to take on the role just yet, but having prepared his mind and body for races from 1500M up to marathon distance (roughly 42KM), his experience could prove vital in the future.

I passed his age barrier twelve or more years ago and I «m not a pretty sight but Wenger has become drawn and haggard and to me it «s definitely time for him to hang up the boots.

The day Ronaldo hangs up his boots will be one worth mourning, and hopefully that won't happen for a long, long time to come.

Many wished for Henry to have some association with Arsenal after he called time on his playing career and hung up his boots.

The former centre back has proved himself to be an interesting and knowledgable student of the game since hanging up his boots and in his Daily Mail column yesterday he gave a rather different take on the reasons for our defeat to West Ham.

Michael Carrick was sat on the substitute's bench for today's match, and with it being confirmed by the player himself (as per the Metro) that he will be retiring at the end of the season, this may be a sight that Red Devils fans may only see a few more times before the player finally hangs up his boots.

The 37 year old has been coy about his next career move since leaving New York Red Bulls earlier this month but finally hung up his boots and announced he will begin working as a pundit for Sky Sports.

We are now hearing from the football media that the 34 - year old will now hang up his international boots instead of heading to Rio for the Olympic games.

With a desire to play regularly before he hangs up his boots, it could be an appealing offer for Terry to do something meaningful before he pursues his coaching career.

I can understand Bayern's situation if they come looking for him; Xabi Alonso announced he will retire at the end of the season and the German Champions will be looking for a new playmaker once the ex-Liverpool ace hangs up his boots but we need Xhaka more than they need him, that was why we splashed huge amount of money to buy him.

It is time for Wenger to move up top and hang his boots up.

Arteta hung up his professional boots last May, leaving the vacancy for the captain of Arsenal Football Club open once again.

He hung up his boots in 2009 before taking up his current role in 2012 and has been widely praised for his work at the Dutch giants which in turn has eventually sparked interest from Arsenal.

And at 31 - years old and having hung up his international boots, there should be problem for the BFG to carry on at the top for a good few years yet.

The best strategy would surely be to bring one in ready to step in as he gradually suffers from a decline rather than panic when he hangs up his boots and scramble for a replacement.

Despite suffering relegation with the Tykes that year, Watson — who collected five England Under - 21 caps in the mid-1990s — was tipped for success, but had to hang up his boots in 2001 at the age of 28 following a serious knee injury sustained two years earlier.

The South African has been named as the Toffees» first International Ambassador and the Everton magazine recently flew out to Amsterdam — where he now resides since hanging up his boots — to join up with him before he headed back to Merseyside for the derby against Liverpool.

It's a new era for German football with a lot of the old guard hanging up their international boots.

With this in mind and the domestic league title being fairly out of scope, there could not have been a bigger source of motivation for Yuri Semin's boys to let Sheva have a chance to touch another European trophy before hanging up his boots once and for all.

He left England in 2013 and signed for Espanyol before moving to CSKA Sofia, where he spent one season before hanging up his boots in 2014.

He stayed in England after leaving the Blues and played for Middlesbrough, Charlton Athletic and Cardiff City before hanging up his boots in 2008.

After deciding to hang up his boots in October of 2007, Stam opted to become the assistant coach for the Dutch club PEC Zwolle and has turned into the assistant coach of Ajax where he has received praised from a number of other managers due to his coaching abilities but the former player has revealed that it was never in this mind to become a manager.

While even $ 100m may be too much for a player who is soon to turn 33, this development alone is enough to have tongues wagging about a potential last big move before he hangs up his boots.

Since hanging up his boots three and a half years ago, Giggs served assistant boss to Louis van Gaal at Man United for two seasons before leaving the club when he passed over for the top job, announcing his departure soon after the appointment of Jose Mourinho.

The Yorkshireman played for a further string of clubs, including Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town and Dundee United, before hanging up his boots at the end of the 2013/14 campaign following two years with Carlisle United.

If closer investigations prove that Arsene is the culprit, then we will know that it is time to convince the man to hang up his boots, thank him for all he has done and start looking for a successor to fill the aforementioned pair of Arsene's - sweat - smelling boots.

It was an impressive period of time for Paulo Ferreira and after his time to hang up his boots arrived, he went on to become a club ambassador before eventually accepting

«Although I am sad to be hanging up my boots, I do so proud of what I have achieved and with great optimism about what the future holds for the women's game.

6) Jesuli (behind Alves bandage) The Andalusian forward ended a three - year stint at Sevilla in 2007 to move to Real Sociedad on loan and hung up his boots just a year later while at Tenerife, but continues to play indoor football, for Sevilla's veterans» team.

Yet, after moving south, despite holding down as regular a place in the Arsenal forward line as a working doctor could expect to manage, and being picked for the Football League representative XI, he didn't once score a goal in our colours before hanging up his boots.

3) Aitor Ocio (long hair) This was the last season at Sevilla for the Basque centre - half, who joined Athletic Club the following summer, eventually hanging his boots up with the club in 2012.

Two key architects of their recent success — Philipp Lahm and Xabi Alonso hanged up their boots at the end of the previous campaign, and they are now in the search for potential match - winners during this summer's transfer window.

Now 30, few would take reports seriously that Reds boss Jürgen Klopp would target the France international who, at this stage of his career, would be looking for one final lucrative contract before hanging up his boots if he was to leave the Bernabéu in the summer.

You're not the only one; there are thousands of singles across Ireland who've decided to hang up their casual dating boots and get serious about the search for love.

It's a sort of «Rhapsody in Blue» for the CGI toon set as 30's - style swing mixes it up with bouncy poodle cuteness and bridge - hanging adventure that manages to hit every pet nationality to boot — all cohesively playing the madcap toon humor without Mickey Mouse'ing the comedy.

I hung up my GRS writing boots last year because I had overloaded my life with new ventures, which included more actual financial planning for folks.

If getting a good feel for your retirement typology still doesn't give you a clear sense of what your identity and purpose will be after hanging up your working boots, don't worry — a lot of people still won't know.

It takes a goodly amount of time for a defined pension plan to vest enough to give you a good income when it comes time to hang up your boots.

3 Hooks placed at just the right height are perfect for little ones to learn to hang up coats every time, while the ample space below gives children a place to perch while putting on shoes or boots.

All of the other pieces in this entry were chosen for their functionality: an indoor / outdoor rug stands up to wet winter conditions, a drying rack lets guests hang soggy scarves and mittens, a boot tray holds shoes and a bench offers a place to sit to put those shoes back on.