Sentences with phrase «hold of the player»

The only way I can see this benefiting is smaller clubs who can not keep hold of their players.

He had to adapt to playing with a MUCH slower attack and that required him to have more physical strength to hold of players in the more physical league.

But will he be able to get hold of the players he wants?

Arsene keeps hold of players like walcott and debuchy but sells gnabry.

This club is in decline and our curious leader has weakened our sqaud by letting go of defenders as well as keeping hold of players who clearly want nothing to do with Arsenal.

Fulham are in position to keep hold of the player as United, Tottenham and Liverpool are a very ambitious project for any young player having said that they may not let him go for cheap and will definitely consider an offer around $ 35m.

Wenger has wanted to keep hold of players before and let them run the contract down, RvP was the last big name and he got sold for CL qualification money.

Very hard to digest this Adam and not feel as though the club are OVERPAYING some players.What I would say in the clubs defence is that we had a decade of being told the Stadium debt was holding us back.Like it or not this was the reason we either could not keep hold of players due to their wage demands or could not compete to buy the quality players when up against the bigger clubs not restricted by finances.

The first surprising call was that set piece with the rule for pulling and holding, very surprised we got it, teams always grab hold of our players.

The Red Devils are keen to keep hold of a player with undoubted potential.

With the transfer window having reopened, Bundesliga clubs will be eager to strengthen their respective clubs while keeping hold of their players on hand.

In my opinion we should, as a club, look to keep hold of the players at least for another year and if we can persuade Stones that he can develop at Goodison over the coming years that would be the most important signing of the Summer.

The Bundesliga club's sporting director Michael Zorc was apparently reacting to claims in the German media that Arsenal were preparing a bid of 40 million euros for the 26 - year old Gabon international and after Dortmund were able to keep hold of players like Mats Hummels and Subotic, who also claimed that there was transfer interest from Arsenal, you would tend to believe him.

After the match, Louis van Gaal admitted that it would be difficult for the Red Devils to keep hold of the player in light of interest from his homeland.

Only Wenger himself knows what mind games he's playing at the moment, but even a fool can tell you that there's more harm done than good by keeping hold of a player who doesn't want to remain at the club.

He might not have the strength to hold of players like Giroud but he has the ability to go past a player and keep hold of the ball with skill instead which can buy him time to bring others into play.

Not only will it help the Gunners to keep hold of players, such as Alexis Sanchez, who Chelsea may want, it might also give Arsene Wenger the chance to secure his own signings without too much competition from the EPL champions.

Added to which, Southampton are keen to keep hold of the player who would have earned a call - up to the 2014 World Cup squad save for a damaging injury.

However, with big money contracts likely to be available elsewhere with clubs established in terms of competing for and winning trophies on a regular basis, it could be tough for Spurs to keep hold of players like Alli moving forward.

If Arsenal want to get amongst the biggest clubs in Europe, it's vital we keep hold of players that are in Ozil's calibre of quality.

However, Brendan Rodgers is determined to keep a hold of the player, and according to sources close to the club he will try and persuade him to stay put by signing Atletico frontman Diego Costa to prove the club's ambition.

However, in addition to that, the Mirror report that the fact that Arsene Wenger has been unable to offload players deemed surplus to requirements this summer, of which there are many, he is struggling to keep hold of the players that really matter.

He won't find it easy though as with Sunderland stranded in the bottom three in the table currently, David Moyes will be desperate to keep hold of his players and get the club out of their predicament.

Better than most windows for arsenal provided we keep hold of our players.

We blame Wenger for been indecisive and keeping hold of players that are taking forever to bloom and yet when he does exactly that and cut players who don't make the grade we still moan....

Real are in the market for new signings in midfield, and have also been linked with Pogba's Juventus team - mate Arturo Vidal, though the Italian giants are desperately hoping to keep hold of both players.

Cardiff had been keen to keep a hold of the player to help them bounce back to the top flight at the first time of asking, but now look powerless to keep him as the Foxes have activated his release clause.

There is no doubt that Lloris is one of Tottenham's most important players and it is essential for Tottenham that if they are to remain in the Champions League and compete with the best clubs that they keep hold of players like Lloris.

Bordeaux will undoubtedly face a battle keeping hold of the player this summer when big European clubs circling around the player.

Fichajes reports that the Belgian is a top target for the European champions and has been for several months, but Chelsea's willingness to keep hold of the player will provide a stumbling block.

Toronto will surely want to keep hold of their player or at worst, allow him to play in the English Premier League on a loan basis only.

But with Van Dijk's preference for Jurgen Klopp and Anfield, Southampton will have to consider whether to keep hold of the player.