Sentences with phrase «holding midfielder in the world»

SEE MORE: Top 20 holding midfielders in the world Arsenal boss to revamp attack in January Premier League team of the week — Di Maria features

SEE MORE: Van Gaal ready to offload 12 Manchester United players Top 20 holding midfielders in the world Arsenal boss to revamp attack in January

After over 400 club games and almost 100 international caps, he still deserves to be viewed among the best holding midfielder in the world.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has hailed Fernandinho as «one of the best three holding midfielders in the world» with the Brazilian close to signing a new deal, sources have told ESPN FC.

«I think right now Fernandinho is one of the best three holding midfielders in the world,» Guardiola told a news conference ahead of Sunday's clash with Arsenal.

Not exact matches

He said: «The whole world seems to know that Arsene Wenger needs a high - quality holding midfielder but for some reason he chooses to ignore that inadequacy in his squad.

Quick notes on arsemal team 1 - paulista is not good as i though 2 - coquelin is essential in arsenal midfield to give stability but he can't hold the ball in his feet or give the right pass in the right time so we can't dominate teams anymore especially with santi absence 3 - ramsey = horrible, just a headless chicken running everywhere 4 - ozil could have easily 30 + assists by now 5 - Olivier Giroud the handsom french guy shouldn't ever be a big team first choice striker 6 - where are the 4 world class strikers that wenger said we had i didn't se anyone of the yet

Ex pros the world over are scratching their heads in disbelief at how we can go into the new season with only 3 centre backs and no holding midfielders!

lets all thank arsene for finally doing the right thing only time will tell but have we finally signed the DM we need STRONG MINDED NO HOLD BAR MIDFIELDER WE HAVE ALL CRAVED, but lets take it back we all know it will take 2 or 3 more like minded players to make us great again, he has tricked us all buy buying one superstar in the last 3 windows ALEXIS, OZIL and CHEC great players but can't do it all on their own, spending huge amount of money and saying we can buy the best players, on the surface this looks great we are buying top top players big prices but instead of spending his usual 50 mill on 2, 3, 4, 0r 5 players he has pulled the wool over are eyes with 1 superstar thinking the fans are that dumb enough to believe it, infact he has never spent his budget only balanced on sales too purchases, i love arsenal but this summer i hope for more he needs to do that consistently through out the team spend the same amount on the team stop balancing the american owners, grow a pair say yes we will buy a top defender and a world class striker, stan we love arsenal please be one of us do whats needed then you will fell proud as we are and we will adore you for it.

Everyone one in the entire world (except Wenger clearly due to today) knows we needed a striker that could do all the hold up play and bringing others into play that Giroud actually does very well, but also the movement and pace that Walcott brings to be played in behind by our great midfielders.

yet he is for a fact a top notch world class holding midfielder in the making and mark my words he shall be a serious revelation signing for Arsenal this year and for years to come.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

It would have been nice to bring in one or two more players (world - class center back and holding midfielder) but this team is definitely stronger than last year's.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

He says he loves the club but it is his ego that determines his decisions not his love for the club, if he really loved the club he'd have bought in a holding midfielder and a centre back in the summer instead of telling the world we didn't need them.

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.

Comparing Kondogbia to Sterling is laughable, Kondogbia won the u20 world cup, played at Sevilla in La Liga then went onto Monaco, for one so young he's done more than you know and it's not just against Arsenal, the Juventus game he held his own that was a tight 2 legged affair he wasn't overwhelmed by facing a midfield trio of Vidal, Pirlo and Pogba

When we needed to get a defender and a holding midfielder, he refused because everybody in the world was saying it.

How can he play in front of arguably the most creative midfield in the world and his best attribute (his hold - up play) is helping them score?

To really be a dominant team we need a world class striker and not just one who is good at holding up the ball, we can not have Per as one of our CD, we would need a leader in midfield and preferable a world class wide player.

We had it seemed worked out a fine blueprint for success: an excellent if not outstanding defensive pairing at the back augmented by two quick and capable fullbacks; a midfield that in truth may have no equal anywhere in the world let alone the domestic league; and a strike force quite capably lead by one Olivier Giroud, whose goals, hold - up play and resolute willingness to hustle and help defensively have been magnificent.

Xhaka holds an acute sense of how to drift into pockets of space in midfield that are guaranteed to be packed at the World Cup, with most sides looking to use three central midfielders.

Last season, Southampton won 1 - 0 at Old Trafford, and held Chelsea to a 1 - 1 tie at Stamford Bridge; his performance in both matches was evidence that he's ready to be battling for midfield dominance against the best players in world football.

I am still holding out for another striker to join the squad and would like to see another central midfielder like the rest of the gunner world, but I do have faith in AW and the club as a whole.

Barca already two world class midfielders in Xavi and Iniesta and unless one of them gets injured Fabregas will sit on the bench because they need a holding midfielder.

While the holding midfielder is not one of the most glamorous positions, possessing a world class player in this position is often the difference between being champions instead of runners up.

There were no rumors gaining traction that the team was set to directly spend the Target Allocation Money it received from Chicago on a top holding midfielder from elsewhere in the world.