Sentences with phrase «hung up his boots in»

Arsenal midfielder Mikel Arteta could be offered a coaching role at Manchester City if he decides to hang up his boots in the summer, according to the Daily Mail.

Monreal is Spanish and you can expect him to hang up his boots in Spain.

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.

One of the most decorated players in history with a World Cup winners medal and a European Championship winners medal to his name, Patrick Vieira decided to hang up his boots in July 2011 after two seasons at Manchester City.

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.

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.

Having hung up his boots in 2014, Giggs retired as one of the most legendary footballers on the face of the planet — a status which his name still demands to this very day.

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The Mazda RX - 8 rotary engined sportscar hung up its boots in 2012 with no immediate successor in sight.

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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.

In turn, it is hoped that all concerned can reach an agreement over an extension as he evidently still wants to continue his playing career, with a directorial position awaiting him when he finally decides to hang up his boots.

However, Roma supporters and Totti's current teammates will undoubtedly hope to see the veteran continue in the Italian capital next season ahead of taking up a director role when he finally opts to hang up his boots.

Maybe the current Real Madrid manager has been a bit too busy in recent years to keep tabs on what is going on with English football, because all of the 11 players in the team are no longer playing in the Premier League and most of them have hung up their boots completely.

A natural born leader on the field and a conscientious pundit off it, Keane has seen his reputation as the hard - man turn him into a legend in the eyes of fans after he's hung up his boots.

With the fifth season of the award winning fantasy series set to kick off early this month, the folks at talkSPORT have put in the good work to discover just which players could find themselves a new career as actors should they decide to hang up their boots.

The 37 - year - old hung his boots up a couple of seasons ago and now coaches the U19 side along with his punditry work on BT Sport, but he's been given the royal treatment from the game franchise with an appearance in their latest edition.

Rodgers has seen Jamie Carragher hang up his boots and Slovakian Martin Skrtel may well be set to leave the Merseyside club having been frozen out of first team affairs in the second half of 2012/13.

However, Villas - Boas remains confident that he will be able to persuade his compatriot that now is the time to hang - up his boots and focus on a coaching role, with the Spurs boss well aware of Carvalho's credentials in that department having worked with him at Porto.

Given that he hasn't been offered a position at the club since hanging up his boots, and in turn moved on to Manchester City who provided him with a new career in management before joining New York City FC, it's unclear at this stage as to whether Vieira is even being considered.

Hyypia hung up his playing boots in 2011 at the age of 37, having spent the bulk of his successful career with the Anfield outfit.

Carragher has established himself as a top - class and well respected pundit since hanging up his boots, and while he's always great on Monday Night Football with Gary Neville, it doesn't look like he enjoyed his partner in crime on Sunday.

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.

Players do have a brain afterall and what Wenger does is encourage them to use it rather than just instruct them like most other managers do, now when it all comes together, we go a whole season unbeaten, when it fails, we go a decade without a trophy all in it is why a large number of former Wenger students and players have gone on to greater things within and beyond football, Even Guardiola took a chunk of his coaching badges under Wenger even after playing under Fergie just before hanging up his boots, Viera went on to a senior role at Man.

wenger has made the club profit this window i would have though as well all incomings have been covered out goings and other revenues coming in like c / l monies and squad releases wages being saved i bet we are in a + balance if we went through it properly we do nt know what the budget is so it could be worst there now way wenger has spend # 100 not even # 70 million transfers ospina = covered by the sales of miquel and monies made from cesc to chelsea so nothing really spend there debuchy = covered by the vela money chambers = covered by the vermalen sale # 11 million only goes up to # 16 if he does well in certain circumstances sanchez = covered by the c / l monies and no doubt what we are owed on previous player sales i.e cesc to barca and song monies still outstanding welbeck = covered by wages being freed up and the rest of outgoing transactions and previous player sales being owed so there we have most likely recoup most if not all of our transfer monies back and shafted and lied to puma and the emirates about spending there monies in sponsorship on tranfers and pocketing in» profit» aprox # 60 - 70 million of the transfer funds to boot wenger hang your head in shame

When the news broke about the former Arsenal and France international star Thierry Henry hanging up his football boots and joining the TV punditry team on Sky Sports, a lot of us took that to mean that he would not be coming back to the Gunners to work with Arsene Wenger in some capacity after all, as many of us had hoped.

If Arteta does hang up his boots, you might think that the current vice captain would get the nod but that is Per Mertesacker and at the moment he has lost his place in the first team.

Nevertheless, it looks as though the plan will fail as Wenger isn't keen on the idea, as per the report, something that has held Henry back from making real progress at Arsenal in a coaching capacity since he hung up his boots.

Had Spain added a second World Cup to their 2010 triumph and their two European Championships, the core of arguably the finest international side ever could have hung up their boots with applause ringing in their ears.

Hodgson is looking to bring in new attacking options before the transfer window closes and he may persuade the Frenchman to take one last challenge before he hangs up his boots.

Per Mertesacker will hang up his playing boots in 12 months time, and has been handed the role of Academy Manager at Arsenal from next season.

«We were blessed in this country to see Thierry playing at his peak,» said Jamie Carragher, one of the players who suffered most at Henry's hands, upon hearing the news that he has hung up his boots at the age of 37.

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.

However, the 35 - year - old demonstrated his importance once again with a late equalising goal in Chelsea's 3 - 3 draw with Everton on Satuday, and he will surely be a hard act to follow at Stamford Bridge when he does finally hang up his boots.

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Every time a golden generation hang up their boots a new breed comes in and lift your heart.

Just like Lionel Messi, Ronaldo might go up a few places in the greatest players of all times list by the time he hang up his boots.

In the playground we have been sharing loads of stories about Steven Gerrard now he has hung up his 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.

Fergie also admitted that had Giggs retired as a player a few years before he eventually hung up his boots, then he would've made him his assistant, with the Welshman «likely» to have gone on to succeed him as United manager after he retired in 2013.

The Dutch legend hung up his boots back in 2014 but we can confirm that he remains a certified baller.

Hung his boots up at Barca in 2004 and returned as B team boss four years later, eventually taking on the first team role in 2014.

After the 33 year old footballer decided to hang up his boots, he has been receiving praise from just about any player and manager in the world of football.

After hanging up his boots, Michael Owen has become a prominent figure in the media and the ex-Manchester United regularly shares his views on social media website Twitter.

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

African Footballer of the Year in 2007, he called time on his memorable Sevilla career in 2012, hanging his boots up a year later.

He hung up his boots after another title, in 2004/05, and since 2007 has been director of football at NK Maribor.

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.

A serious knee injury in 2010 jeopardised his career and two years later he hung up his boots while with German outfit Freiburg.