Sentences with phrase «holding midfielder has»

The 22 year old French holding midfielder has been linked with both QPR and Zenit St Petersburg.

The holding midfielder has won 46 % of his ground and aerial 50 - 50s.

The 20 - year - old holding midfielder has impressed, putting in many assured performances which have belied his young age in his breakthrough season.The Algerian international has featured in 25 games this season, though that would have been more would he not have played in the African Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.

The lack of a traditional holding midfielder has been an issue.

He's the best holding midfielder we have.

A proper holding midfielder wouldn't have been so careless in possession in the first place, but if they had lost the ball, they would've had no hesitation in stopping the counterattack and drawing a yellow card.

I had been worried that having Granit Xhaka as the holding midfielder would be very risky as the Swiss international does not seem to be defensively disciplined or focused enough at times.

The coveted Germany international is one of the most sought - after players in his position currently in world football, especially after the eye - catching campaign the holding midfielder had for the Bundesliga giants last season.

A holding midfielder would be a brilliant addition too.

An additional defensive / holding midfielder would be another at the top of my priority list.

Not exact matches

Jose Mourinho has acknowledged that Marouane Fellaini holds the balance of power in his Manchester United contract negotiations, but believes the midfielder wants to stay.

We don't have enough quality in back of Central midfield be it a top holding midfielder or top box 2 box.

In an interview with Sky Sport, Howe has revealed his desire to sign the midfielder permanently but said no talks have been held with Arsenal over a potential transfer.

Some people have jumped on the situation that Wenger is using Coquelin in the CB position at training, now he only has 3 CBs there and a whole bunch of midfielders, he has 2 teams a guess practicing against each other a midfielder would more than likely be used since Bellerin, Debuchy, Gibbs, Monreal, Chambers, Holding and Bielik would already be occupied.

Still, just 18, the Blackburn player has proved himself a capable performer in both central defence and as a holding midfielder — and has kept the likes of Didier Drogba quiet in his eighteen Premier League appearances.

Our rotated defence will have the extra protection of tweo holding midfielders in the absence of Coquelin at least, with Wenger going for Arteta and Flamini as a double pivot and it looks like Aaron Ramsey will be our number 10, with the Ox and Joel Campbell on either side of Olivier Giroud in attack.

When you see the likes of West Brom bringing in decent holding midfielders on loans while we do nothing, makes you wonder if we'd be better off with Tony Pulis in charge.

Mertesacker has now moved to praise the leadership skills of new signing Granit Xhaka, who expected to rival Francis Coquelin for the holding role within the base of the midfield.

We have Flamini and Arteta as «holding midfielders» WAKE UP WENGER: - Mertesacker Arteta Flamini Sanogo Monreal These are Squad players NOT players with ambitions of the title or CL, bench players for the capital cup..

«Coquelin has done really well but I would like another holding midfield player to come in, perhaps a Schneiderlin type of player.

Allan operates predominantly as a holding midfielder, and would provide a useful foil for the flair players in Chelsea's ranks.

From the look of the starting line - up selected buy the manager, though, I think he may have been overstating that case, because we have no Lacazette in the team and Wenger has also named two holding midfielders in Coquelin and Xhaka.

«They needed a holding central midfielder and they've paid around # 30m for him, which is the type of money the Arsenal fans want to see being spent on the best players.

I have started training in that holding midfield role and played a few games there which was enjoyable.

Carvalho is strong and technically gifted and I agree that we need a holding midfielder but the notion of pace and power is rubbish considering that Barca and Spain have been successful for the last 10 years and Xabi Alonso ai nt the quickest or strongest like Arteta.

Barcelona have reportedly turned down an offer from Inter Milan for midfielder Rafinha as they hold out for closer to # 35million for the player.

With our current squad, assuming everyone is fit, I think our best formation is a GK and back four, obviously, a holding midfielder (Arteta is the best we have at the moment), a box to box midfielder (Ramsey / Wilshere), an attacking midfielder (Özil, maybe Cazorla), two pacey wingers (Walcott and Alexis) and a striker (Giroud).

Bottom line, if he is angered bench the players who were not good enough and play those who deserve some game time based on the Southampton game or on games where they had a positive impact: - Take Özil out and play Ox in the hole (he has to understand your the highest paid player of the club, your given freedom like nobody else and your even seeking even more money with a new contract you can't play like that ever and go AWOL)- Put Sanchez on the wing or up top but put Welbeck in (Walcott didn't track back near enough for the Alsonso goal)- Iwobi has been bright from the wing let him play there - Xhaka has to go back in the holding midfield role and I would take out Coquelin because he could've taken a foul on the hazard's goal.

It also emerged over the weekend that Liverpool have been in talks with Fiorentina over the sale of left back Emiliano Insua prior to Roy Hodgson's appointment, and another report suggesting Palermo have held talks similarly for midfielder Lucas Leiva.

Marouane Fellaini has been enjoying a decent run in the side as a holding midfielder, but Van Gaal may revert to Schneiderlin and his greater defensive awareness for the trip to Stamford Bridge.

He would not be a back up for Coq but a stiff competitor for our holding midfield position

Has Coquelin's continued excellence, which has started to get noticed more and more, convinced him that the Gunners do not need a holding midfieldHas Coquelin's continued excellence, which has started to get noticed more and more, convinced him that the Gunners do not need a holding midfieldhas started to get noticed more and more, convinced him that the Gunners do not need a holding midfielder?

They need a defensive midfielder to «hold the fort» whilst they play their game (even if it's not how you'd want them to play it).

And just to make things worse, our holding midfielder Francis Coquelin picked up a knee injury that the manager suggested would keep him out as well.

Nice line - up, I'd prefer that 3 back line all day, except it will be Gabriel for mustafi, that's grit, steel, aggression and intelligence at our back line, but imagine monreal as a CB when we have Gabriel, holding, I don't understand wenger Mustafi goes into tackles headlessly The front line and midfield is also super human, just dat Ozil is a pussy against aggressive and big teams, I'll prefer ox or Wilshere or mahrez....

Pogba is picked on because he's our best and most expensive outfield player, but Mourinho has primarily played him as a holding midfielder, which I think we can agree isn't what he was bought to do, and is not what he's good at.

Chambers would have been playing the holding midfield / 3rd Central Defender Role (Its still beats me how and why wenger didn't even try Vermaleen in that role — his cautious attitude is one of Arsenals biggest albatros) If Arsenal had started playing Joel Campbell on the flanks since the beginning of the season, when it was obvious Carzola was misfiring, Campbell will be getting used to the league by now and will have been chipping in with the odd goals time and again - but NO Arsene will stick with Carzola and even play him in the wings thereby putting pressure on gibbs because he lack the discipline to stay there and will rather keep roaming to the certain.

Real have a plethora of attacking options in the centre of the park, with James Rodriguez, Isco and Jese Rodriguez to choose from; however, besides Toni Kroos and Modric, Real offer little in the way of a holding midfielder.

I'm very happy with the business we've done, now before the window closes maybe a defender or two and holding midfielder, or is that too much to ask for.

For someone who's long been touted as the midfielder to hold his own for many years, Wilshere has spent more time off the pitch than on the pitch.

The Mirror is reporting this as a real possibility and claim that the ex-Gunners midfielder Mikel Arteta is Wenger's choice as his immediate replacement and they go so far as to say that the management have already held talks with the Spaniard about the possibility.

Once United sign the Bayern midfielder, Southampton will then have the choice of whether to hold out for their full valuation of Schneiderlin, assuming that Arsenal want him of course, or whether to make a deal and accept a lower offer after promising not to stand in the way of the Frenchman's progress.

The young midfielder is supposedly set to be the subject of a # 5 Million bid, with preliminary talks claimed to have been held already.

Ronald Koeman did well to keep hold of the strong tackling midfielder last summer, having seen a host of other talents leave St Mary's, but his side's recent wobble may be indicative of the club's likely fall from the top four picture.

Well I don't think we would be where we are with Arteta as our holding midfielder.

Some are glad to have kept hold of the 34 - year - old, who has won five Premier League titles with the Red Devils, but others feel that Mourinho needs some fresh blood in his midfield...

Busquets would be a fine addition to Guardiola's Man City team, as the defensive midfielder is regarded as one of the best holding midfielders of all time by some.

the truth is that arsenal are not a coherent team anymore... not clear what their footballing strategy is... seem to have given up on passing game for counterattack which might work in odd games but wont win us anything unless we have a midfield that can hold on to ball because we will be under the kosh most of game and will eventually buckle... but the problem was clear at half time in this gane and wenger did nt do anything about it... and if he is paid for anything it is to make those kind of critical decisions....

It was surprising that Arsenal didn't invest in a holding midfielder in the summer, and now an injury to Francis Coquelin has left them desperately short.

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.