Sentences with phrase «key midfielder»

Antonio Conte: will be forced to juggle his squad against Crystal Palace in the absence of key midfielder N'Golo Kante and leading scorer Alvaro Morata.

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The Blues did not manage to acquire their prime targets in the form of Romelu Lukaku, who joined Manchester United and also lost key midfielder Nemanja Matic to their Premier League rivals.

Back in November 2015, Demy de Zeeuw, one of Van Gaal's key midfield players when he won the Eredivisie with AZ Alkmaar in 2009, explained the process behind how his former managers builds his team and improves players in an interview with Squawka.

However, a late decision to sell key midfielder Xabi Alonso Bayern Munich saw Real rule out his exit in the final few days of the market, with the club still hoping to persuade him to commit his future and put pen to paper on a new deal.

Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel and captain Wes Morgan featured in last year's championship team of the year, along with key midfield man Danny Drinkwater who was voted 3rd best player in the championship last year, however much of the responsibility for Leicester's hopes is likely to lie with the experienced striker and Everton fan David Nugent alongside recently acquired club record signing from Brighton Leonardo Ulloa.

Meanwhile the French side were without key midfielder Jeremy Toulalan after he picked up an injury in the league fixture against Caen last weekend.

Conte lost key midfielder N'Golo Kante, who returned injured from duty with the French national side, while Danny Drinkwater is still not ready to return.

Monaco welcome back key midfielder Jeremy Toulalan, who missed the game in Turin last week through injury, but there is no place for former Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho at the heart of the defence.

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Arsenal «s miserable afternoon against rivals Chelsea on Saturday has been compounded with the news that key midfielder Francis Coquelin is set to miss the North London derby against Tottenham Hotspur in midweek, Mirror Sport reports.

Steve Bruce has not been helped by the injury to key midfielder Lee Cattermole (who did at least come on as a sub in the second half), but he needs to arrest this slide, and soon.

Man City beat Bristol City 3 - 2 to advance into the League Cup final tonight, with fans praising key midfielder Kevin De Bruyne following the Belgian's performance in the win.

The addition of Pogba, 22, would no doubt go some way to addressing the team's need for quality, with some doubts over the future of key midfielder Yaya Toure.

There are no further additions to a long injury list, while key midfielder Jack Wilshere is also set to return from suspension in a small boost for the Gunners as they look to build on last weekend's win.

Changing to a 3 -5-2 to start the game was a good idea in principle for PSG given how many key midfielders and defenders were out, especially considering their struggles against Manchester City's counter attack in the first leg.

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The last week has been an excellent one for fans of Manchester United after the signings of Ander Herrera and Luke Shaw were confirmed, and things may be about to get better with the news that key midfield target William Carvalho is open to leaving Sporting Lisbon, according to Sky Sports.

And are we not still waiting for key midfield stars Francis Coquelin and Santi Cazorla to come back?

The reigning champions of Italy have lost two key midfielders over the summer in Andrea Pirlo and Arturo Vidal, however much like the two London rivals, they must now turn their attentions elsewhere.

Key midfielders Ozil and Sanchez seem to be headed for the January exit door.

Instead, they signed the relatively low - key midfielder Maxi Moralez to a Designated Player contract.

Key midfielder Manuel Lanzini has hinted that he could return to action against Liverpool this weekend!

With Andre Villas - Boas already preparing for life without Luka Modric, it looks as though Spurs may also be without one of their other key midfielders for the start of the campaign.

One key midfielder who has been linked with a move to Anfield for quite some time is Polish international Piotr Zielinski.

However, they may have trouble acquiring the duo from Roma as the Serie A side are unlikely to let two key midfielders leave in one summer.

Rovers boss Sam Allardyce is still without several key midfielders through injury but does at least have veteran David Dunn back in contention, with the vastly experienced but so often injury - prone Dunn scoring his first goal of the season during Blackburn's 3 - 0 rout of Wolves last weekend.

But speculation has increased in recent days with the possibility of Juventus needing to replace key midfielders Andrea Pirlo and Paul Pogba.

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Another key midfield player for England, Jordan Henderson should start alongside Carrick again against Italy and will need to keep an eye on the likes of Marco Verratti.

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Liverpool have also been handed a boost with their new signing Firmino and their key midfielder Coutinho heading home early.

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So it is no wonder that Wenger was left scratching his head after losing both of the key midfielders on Saturday; the Welshman with a hamstring problem and the Arsenal captain with a calf injury.

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But after working hard during the summer and proving himself so far this season, Manchester City are set to work on a deal to keep this key midfield cog at the club.

Dropping a key midfielder and an athletic attacker capable of stretching Juventus» defense was an incredible gamble, and one Zinedine Zidane very much needed to pan out.

If Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool are to make a deep run into Champions League and finish in the top - four of the Premier League, they'll have to do it without a key midfielder.

That is a hammer blow for Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger to face the prospect of losing one of his key midfielders for the European clash.

Italy's European Championship preparation has been thrown into disarray due to the loss through injury of their key midfielders Marco Verratti and Claudio Marchisio, while Riccardo Montolivo is also now a doubt.

As the midfield general, Toure also played his part in terms of winning back possession for his team, doing so on 195 occasions with 125 of those being in the key midfield area of the pitch.

The Red Devils were on the lookout for that key midfielder last summer when former boss David Moyes decided to shell out # 27.5 million for the Belgian international after missing out on targets Thiago Alcantara and Cesc Fabregas.

The Blues sold their key midfield man Nemanja Matic to United last season for a fee of just # 40m.

Fatih Terim has traditionally loved to play attacking football, but in France he will rely on his key midfielders — the likes of Arda Turan, Selcuk Inan, Hakan Calhanoglu and Oguzhan Ozyakup — to support the front man by getting into the box as much as they can.