Sentences with phrase «keeping hold of»

Although The Sun adds that a swoop for Birmingham City youngster Demarai Gray is in the pipeline, keeping hold of Vardy is Leicester's main priority when the transfer window reopens in January.

With just a year to run on Scott Sinclair's contract there seemed little hope of the Liberty Stadium side keeping hold of the former Chelsea youngster and perhaps the injection of funds will hand Michael Laudrup the chance to bring in another signing before the transfer window slams shut tomorrow night.

Jurgen Klopp's side sit second from bottom as the Bundesliga enters their winter break having lost ten of their opening 17 fixtures and the chances of Dortmund keeping hold of Reus are slim to none, not least as he has a thoroughly affordable $ 25m (# 19.5 m) release clause.

Man United are set to cash - in on keeper David De Gea with the Old Trafford side having given up all hope of keeping hold of the Spanish international according to the Metro.

Now we hv the finances, we r bringing in quality players and keeping hold of our star players and crucially our veteran players too (do nt underestimate that) Wenger now has a good mix of players including a revamped youth system were all the players are top quality and trained to suit the first team needs.

Mentality comes from success, Not buying 80 mil players is not a failure, but not filling the holes in the squad with required players and the tactical drawbacks and not keeping hold of the youngster we grew and breed is..

and we are keeping hold of sulky Sanchez..

Only Wenger himself knows what mind games he's playing at the moment, but even a fool can tell you that there's more harm done than good by keeping hold of a player who doesn't want to remain at the club.

Don Balon claim this signing makes sense due to doubts at the club over keeping hold of Eden Hazard, who would need replacing with a quality attacker like Asensio.

I think keeping hold of AS for another season is a key statement Arsene wanted to give it all one more time, as a fan, we should just support it whatever the outcome.

Mixed fortunes during loans spells in the Championship and a failure to dislodge Szczesny, Ospina or Cech have filed him under the «too young for a top level keeper, yet» category, but worth keeping hold of.

However, the Daily Mail claims that City may have a better chance of signing the tricky winger in 2016, with Villa confident of keeping hold of this prized talent.

, coz it seems now we are busy selling players we use very often while keeping hold of our beloved deadwoods!

Despite the acquisition of three world class players in recent years, and Wenger keeping hold of his stars, we have gained less points than the previous three seasons, and have had the same amount of defeats (7).

I think we may want to consider keeping hold of Jenkinson.

However, as Everton fans will already know, keeping hold of their best players that have come through the youth system isn't always an easy task, and Stones, at some point, will likely make his own exit from Goodison Park.

Is the Gunners defender telling his boss that there is no point keeping hold of a player who wants to leave, even if he is as important to the team as Alexis was last season?

He had been linked with a move to Chelsea during the January transfer window, and was understood to crave a move back to England, but the Pensioners ultimately moved for Alexandre Pato, while keeping hold of Loic Remy, Radamel Falcao and Diego Costa.

Dortmund don't have the best record of keeping hold of their best players, with big names like Robert Lewandowski, Mats Hummels, Mario Gotze, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Ilkay Gundogan among those poached from them by bigger clubs in recent years.

From signing big name players to keeping hold of the best ones we have already got, from adding the firepower up front to strengthening the midfield and firming up the defence and then last season we sorted out the big away game blues.

4) Retain key men The crucial thing about building a platform is keeping hold of the integral figures who got you this far.

Man United currently rely a great deal on veteran Paul Scholes and do not really possess much in the way of a goal threat with the likes of Michael Carrick, Anderson and Darren Fletcher not being all that attack minded, whilst also not providing a great deal in the way of a link between midfield and attack, being more concerned with keeping hold of the ball.

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.

I doubt we will be keeping hold of him again.

If the Ivorian is bowing out, then he does so on a high after an immense man - of - the - match performance against Sevilla, which may have at least given Klopp reason to consider keeping hold of him.

Whilst some anticipated that Iwobi may go on loan next season in order to gain further competitive experience in a domestic league, it instead seems that Wenger will be keeping hold of the 19 year old.

My wingmen Arteta and Flamini will show you the benefits of keeping hold of the ball for 60 - 70 % of the game and have nothing to show for it after 90 mins».??

Malaga are aware several top sides are circling their prized asset, but Casado is confident of keeping hold of the playmaker.

Ooh I'm keeping hold of this recipe as my sister can not eat gluten.

It's not about keeping hold of our sacred cows and our love of a law we can't keep.

There have been few occasions where government has been criticized for keeping hold of gold reserves.

Knowing how to recruit staff, where to recruit them from and how to keep hold of the good ones are all part and parcel of this huge challenge and something that you definitely need to get your head round once you've planned on expansion.

The meager outlook comes as U.S. television networks and cable providers are struggling to keep hold of viewers as more watch shows and movies on smartphones and tablets.

I feel more empowered to keep hold of all these different parts of myself while still paying the bills.

This behaviour is similar to that of many longer term gold investors: keep hold of your assets until they are once again valuable.

Morally, as Ruether has noted, the individual is ambivalent, fundamentally good but capable of great evil; consequently, a feminist critique must keep hold of a judging as well as an affirming dimension if it is truly to respond to the human condition.

«Narrative and practical Christianity can, in its encounter with... other religions, keep hold of its eschatological and universal history of meaning without at the same time having to accept the histories of the other religions in a totality of meaning.»

They soak up all the yummy fruit juices from the strawberries and keep a hold of them resulting in the perfect jam texture without any of the usual jam fuss!

To make it easier to keep a hold of the cloves you may poke them into the onion.

United will want to keep hold of Mourinho for as long as possible, though things have turned slightly sour for the former Chelsea boss of late as their title challenge looks to have faltered.

Wenger has wanted to keep hold of players before and let them run the contract down, RvP was the last big name and he got sold for CL qualification money.

Lasty keep hold of Sczceney to compete with Ospina and scout during 15 - 16 season for a new defender to replace BFG and a new playmaker to replace Santi from August 2016 onwards.

Coutinho has scored four goals and provided three assists in nine appearances, and so it's no surprise that Liverpool are desperate to keep hold of him as he continues to produce reminders of his importance to them.

It's for that reason that Slaven Bilic appears so keen to keep hold of the former England international.

Don Balon report today that Atletico accept that it's going to be hard to keep hold of their star attacker once he does become available for his # 89m release clause, and are already lining up a replacement.

He might not have the strength to hold of players like Giroud but he has the ability to go past a player and keep hold of the ball with skill instead which can buy him time to bring others into play.

Arsenal need to keep hold of ox as well as bringing in a creative mid since when ozil underperforms we need a plan b Madrid got ceballos even though his an isco clone we need a player in that mould like thiago from Bayern as well but who I would like insigne to replace Sanchez but italian clubs are tough to deal with

However that won't stop Dortmund from trying to keep hold of Aubameyang and according to TalkSport, the German side have offered him a new deal until 2020 with a bumper new wage package.

It will also hinge on whether or not the player himself prefers an offer from Bayern if they too could go that high, while United will surely just hope they can keep hold of De Gea to save themselves all this trouble.

Ideally Wenger would like to bring in Schneiderlin in the January transfer window and is readying a # 20m bid for the St Mary's star but understands that such a move is unlikely to succeed with Southampton ready to fight to keep hold of the former Strasbourg man as Ronald Koeman looks to maintain his side's excellent start to the season.