Sentences with phrase «in midfield this season»

McKennie debuted for Bundesliga stalwarts Schalke late last season, and has already started earning starts in their midfield this season and has generally impressed for the German side.

Particularly with ambitions of competing on various fronts moving forward, AC Milan will need to address the lack of depth in their midfield this season.

He'll be a vital foundation in midfield this season and for the future.

Can would be a huge loss for Liverpool after his fine form in midfield this season, and Gerrard may know something we don't know due to his close connections with his old club.

Matuesz Klich has left the club and gone back to the Netherlands, so the only other option would be Vurnon Anita, who has only played once in the midfield all season, and Conor Shaughnessy, who really seems to belong at central defence.

When Klopp has his first choice players available, though, Coutinho will spend most of his time in midfield this season.

According to an Italian newspaper, Chelsea are the one who look desperate to sign the Chilean as they are looking to make reinforcement in the midfield this season.

Thus, it remains to be seen whether or not Advocaat decides to rope in the Chelsea sensation and add the much needed guile that has been lacking in his midfield this season.

The Gunners have mainly played Francis Coquelin and Santi Cazorla in their midfield this season.

The success of Mohamed Elneny has highlighted what Arsenal have been missing in their midfield all season - a controller.

Van Persie has lost that ability — his transformation from a deep - lying No. 10 into a prolific No. 9 means he now thrives only in the penalty box — but Rooney's experience in midfield this season has improved his all - round game and he peeled away from the Palace centre - backs intelligently.

Not exact matches

Kante was the best player on the best team in England this season, the speedy box - to - box midfielder who unlocked Leicester City's devastating counterattack by defending well and distributing even better.

The midfielder has proven to be a vastly consistent performer in recent years, and is one of the first names on the team - sheet so far this season.

We did very well in the beginning of last season with our Coquelin + Cazorla at the base of our midfield.

Arteta is certainly very talented, despite getting on in years, and will be hoping to get chance to impress Arsene Wenger before the season ends, but with the dogfight Arsenal are in with Man City and Man United for second place means that he is unlikely to be risked at the moment as the club has a whole host of talent in midfield right now.

Considering Arsenal's tight schedule, the duo are not going to play every game and with a few more performances like the one against Hull, Mohammed Elneny may well rise above the pecking order in central midfield before the start of next season.

Ozil and Sanchez (The Chilean basically carried us for the first half of the season when the keys of the team were given to the worse midfielder in the Arsenal squad, Jack Wilshere... He is tired and it is easy to see) have come to Arsenal to get paid because they know they will win f*ck all here.

Apart from his preferred role of playing as a box - to - box midfielder, the Juventus star can also play as a winger, a full - back or as a wing - back, whilst also having played as a centre - back in a three - man defence during his spell at Marseille in the 2014 - 15 season, under manager Marcelo Bielsa.

The former Standard Liege man has been linked with a Goodison Park exit this summer after a solid season in the Toffees midfield last term.

Liverpool have worries in midfield, however, with Adam Lallana missing the whole season so far due to injury, while the Daily Mirror report that little progress is being made on efforts to keep Can at the club.

But in order to set a new Premier League record of 21 in one season, the attacking midfielder needs another four and if our strikers and other outfield players continue to spurn chances the way we have been seeing then he might just fall short.

I really started to believe in that midfield second half of last season.

Ramsey in particular remains our worst midfielder so far this season.

We need more goals from our midfielders too we cant just depend on our strikers, Carzola, Rambo, Ox if playing, hell even Flamini / Arteta should also chip in like last season.

With the midfield we have now or for the past 2 years and with Van Persie at the helm, we would have one the league in one of the past 2 seasons.

Looking at the season he's had and considering the competition in Arsenal's midfield, the Arsenal skipper Mikel Arteta looks likely to leave the club at the end of the season, despite signing a new contract not so long ago.

Young midfielder greatly impressed towards the end of last season, especially against Liverpool, and is a bright talent who could make an impression in Jose Mourinho's squad this term.

The 21 - year - old looks a top talent after seeing increased playing time in United's midfield this season, despite plenty of big - name competition from the likes of Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matic and Ander Herrera.

In turn, as reported by The Sun, Chelsea and Liverpool have both been linked with a move, while Juventus has become a possibility for the youngster as all three clubs in question are looking to bolster their midfield options ahead of next seasoIn turn, as reported by The Sun, Chelsea and Liverpool have both been linked with a move, while Juventus has become a possibility for the youngster as all three clubs in question are looking to bolster their midfield options ahead of next seasoin question are looking to bolster their midfield options ahead of next season.

Manager Mauricio Pochettino is keen to strengthen his squad for a top four assault in the 2015/16 season, and has identified these two midfielders as players who could give his side what they need to challenge the big boys...

The brilliant Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky is now in his 8th season at Arsenal, and has always performed brilliantly when called upon to play for the first team, but due to various injuries and Arsene Wenger's choices our Little Mozart has only averaged 20 starts a season in all competitions, and another 10 per year as substitute.

Liverpool face the departure of Steven Gerrard at the end of this season, so it is no surprise to see the club targeting new additions in midfield that can provide both energy and creativity in a number of different roles in the middle of the park.

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Granit Xhaka was added to our midfield ranks but has so far failed to nail down a regular first - team role, while Santi Cazorla being in his final season of his contract could lead you to want extra oomph to our central positions.

Although most Arsenal fans would still like to see Arsene Wenger spend good money in the transfer market on an experienced and top class central midfielder like Morgan Schneiderlin, we do not seem too concerned about the boss waiting until the summer and giving young Coquelin the chance to keep strutting his stuff for the rest of the season.

Polish midfielder Piotr Zielinski is enjoying a very good season on loan to Empoli, setting career highs in minutes and goals scored for the Serie A outfit.

When Santi went down last season it wasn't his ability to relieve pressure in the midfield we missed anywhere near as much as his ability to pick up the ball and play the right pass quickly and incisively.

Whilst Xhaka and Ramsey have been good towards the latter stages of the season, Santi's technical brilliance and creativity on the ball has been sorely missed and Arsenal could benefit significantly by bringing in a midfielder who has the ability to bring that kind of artistry back to the Gunners» midfield.

Doesn't matter that they are not dm's against the mancs 3 seasons ago they had the United midfield in their pockets completely bossed them and ramsey scored the only goal of the game.

I see that Wenger is trying to try new things by assigning Sanchez the central forward / attacking midfielder this season, let see how that will help us in the November matches.

The 31 - year - old has been one of the top attacking midfield players in Europe in his eight seasons at City, and would be a major loss if he were to move on, particularly to a Premier League rival.

The 25 - year - old has 12 goals and 6 assists in just 20 appearances in all competitions this season, and has become regarded as one of the world's best attacking midfield players in the last few years.

Last season we needed a Defensive midfielder this Fraud of a coach ignored signing a defensive MF player and we had to rely on Flamini till the emergence of Le Coq in midfield which was purely Luck, that season we would have ended in a weak position 7 probably if he did not come around.

I Think Arsenal urgently need a technically gifted midfielder but i've had Santi in my team all season so i've been alright.

Throughout the season fans here were deriding Arsene for not buying a defensive midfielder in the 2015 transfer window.

And Schneiderlin was the best defensive midfielder in the league last season.

Arsene Wenger already has the likes of Olivier Giroud and Danny Welbeck to choose from upfront this season, so may not feel Gomis is a priority as he looks instead to strengthen in midfield and defence.

We might have wanted Arsene Wenger to give Francis Coquelin more of a chance in previous seasons, especially as the team's need for a defensive midfielder was often glaringly obvious and caused us to fall short of our targets.

my only hope is wenger to buy kanté of leicester.this guy is a beast at dm position with a good technical and physical quality.with him and coq in midfield against barca we can hope for anything special to happen.with finally olivier giroud slowly becoming WC striker, walcott most efficient and campbell who is a revelation this season, the return of alexis we can be dangerous against any defence.our only weak position is a dm position and wenger won't have any excuz this mercato bcoz there are players available that we can buy if we want.plz wenger go for at least one of this: kanté, wanyama, w.carvalho, l.bender, krychowiak, biglia, neves, l.gustavo, rabiot... if we try to sign s.roberto he will be a good addition with great quality.gunner for life!!!

Ramsey also had a little advice for Arsene Wenger, suggesting that the boss would do well to let him show what he can do in his preferred position as the box to box midfielder rather than sticking him out on the wing as he did towards the end of last season.