Sentences with phrase «holding midfield star»
Not to forget, Arsenal splashed heavy cash last summer to hire the services of a top holding midfield star in the form of Granit Xhaka.
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Since the departure of Javier Mascherano to Barcelona in 2010, Liverpool have never had a rock solid central holding midfield star to protect the defensive line.
The holding midfield star is a regular in the Porto first - team, but his possible move to our club this summer must look unlikely following the arrival of Granit Xhaka already this summer.
Unlike a big proportion of the Arsenal fans, it seems like the French holding midfield star Francis Coquelin will not be hoping that Arsene Wenger uses the January transfer window to bring in another player to strengthen our options in the centre.
Not exact matches
According to the Daily Star, Schneiderlin's Old Trafford transfer saw Carvalho move to the top of Wenger's wish list, and the English newspaper stated that the 65 - year - old was prepared to meet the holding midfielder's # 20m price - tag.
Much will depend on Villa keeping hold of stars Ashley Young and Stewart Downing but other areas need to be freshened up, notably in goal, defence and the midfield.
For Liverpool fans, they'll be delighted to see Coutinho is no longer Barca's only target for that creative midfield role, and will hope that means they can keep hold of their star player for at least a little longer.
Peter Reid has expressed his belief that Liverpool star Jordan Henderson is a better choice than Arsenal's Jack Wilshere for the holding role in England's midfield.
Our side currently have Aaron Ramsey and Granit Xhaka holding down our two central midfield roles, and Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez firmly set in our two attacking midfield roles, as well as having a number of others also capable of starring in those central roles, including Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain, Mohamed Elneny, Francis Coquelin, Alex Iwobi and Theo Walcott.
We of course will not be signing all (if any) of these midfield stars, although I hold a strong preference for our conqueror Kondogbia!
Marouane Fellaini, 26, has agreed to join Serie A side Napoli, but Manchester United are holding out for # 18m on the midfielder they signed for # 27.5 m in September last year — Daily Star
His manager Mauricio Pochettino hasn't held back from praising the attacking midfielder and expects him to surpass the quality of Brazilian star Neymar, saying that his «potential will be like him or better».
In recent weeks the reports have all but declared the Xhaka to Arsenal move a done deal and the German press this week suggested that Arsene Wenger has already made a transfer bid for the central midfielder but the sporting director of his current club Borussia Monchengladback, Max Eberl, has moved quickly to slam such rumours, even though he also admits that his Bundesliga club is going to struggle to hold on to their young star if the right sort of offer from the right place comes in.
Okay the Gunners paid over # 30 million to bring in the Swiss international midfield star Granit Xhaka from Borussia Monchengladbach and he does look a proper player, but after that we only have a reported # 2 million swoop for the young Bolton centre back Rob Holding and the signing of the unheard of Japanese youngster who is not even allowed to play football in England.
Most Arsenal fans are expecting Arsene Wenger to bring in a new holding midfielder to compete with Francis Coquelin, and today we are hearing that the Dortmund Star Ilkay Gundogan is definitely going to be on the market after his club released a short statement that simply read: «He has decided not to renew his contract.»
Arsenal have been given permission to hold talks with midfield star Adrien Rabiot by Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint Germain, according to the Metro.
PSG are said to be in the market for attacking midfield players, and have zeroed in on both Chelsea stars, though it is known that they hold a proclivity for Willian rather than Oscar.
Last season, the Samba star was not only solid in the holding midfield role but also proved to be effective in the attacking third.
Meanwhile, Chelsea hold down their star midfielder, Juan Mata, and Newcastle kept Yohan Cabaye from strong interest being made by Arsene Wenger.
Tottenham striker Harry Kane expects his team to hold their own against the Germans, even without star midfielder Alli.
West Ham have been told they need to Pay up if they want to keep hold of their star midfielder Dimitri Payet
We can also gauge Schneiderlin's suitability to United by comparing him to the rest of the top four's first choice holding midfielders, and the stats indicate he is more than a match for Matic, Manchester City's Fernandinho and Arsenal's emergent star Francis Coquelin.
Stoke City star Xherdan Shaqiri is apparently close to breaking a Premier League feat held by ex-Manchester United midfielder David Beckham.
for me, I don't think Kylian Mbappe is worth or valued for such an amount of # 86million which can be used in buying two or three players to replace Michael Carrick, Wayne Rooney and Zlatan Ibrahimovich, we need a midfielder like the Brazilian and Real Madrid star Casmerio or Bernardo Silver and Yourie Tieleman from Anderlecht who can hold and control the midfield thru and flow, we can put Gabriel Babosa to replace Zlatan upfront, our options are left with Antoine Griezmann and Neyman Da Silver Jr. if we are to sign them.
The versatile star can do a commendable job at centre - back and as a holding midfielder as well.
Klopp had earlier claimed that he is powerless with regards to keeping hold of the midfield star and only time will tell, what will happen in this transfer saga, though if the player can keep performing well, he might remain at the club for a longer period of time.