Sentences with phrase «midfield area of the squad»

And that is just the central midfield area of the squad, while Wenger has had to cope with injury problems in all the others as well.

The 29 - year - old is being considered as an option to strengthen in the defensive midfield area of the squad, with the report adding that he would replace Morgan Schneiderlin who looks set to leave United in the upcoming transfer window.

Not exact matches

Man United are ready to offer $ 70m (# 51m) for the Stadio Olimpico duo and with Michael Carrick entering the latter stages of his career, Marouane Fellaini working more effectively in an advanced attacking role and loaned out midfielder Tom Cleverley likely to be sold outright, there is scope for strengthening this area of van Gaal's squad also.

If there is an area of the Barcelona squad which arguably needs addressing for the long - term future, it has to be their midfield.

While Barca are looking to replace the likes of Andres Iniesta as they look to rebuild an ageing squad in the coming years, both Chelsea and United have consistently been linked with midfield targets as both Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho need to bolster that area of their respective squads.

Despite Antonio Valencia's tremendous start to the season, Mourinho has little full - back options to choose from and so signing 23 - year - old Fabinho — who can also play in a defensive midfield role — would undoubtedly bolster this area and thus the strength of the overall squad.

While he adds quality and depth in the Gunners midfield following the departures of Mathieu Flamini, Mikel Arteta and Tomas Rosicky, Wenger will arguably be looking at other areas of his squad to strengthen moving forward.

And the Gunners have been strongly linked with a transfer move for the 27 - year old, but with Arsene Wenger seemingly happy with his attacking options, at least for now, and the squad desperately needing cover in the areas of central midfield and defence, it was widely believed that any move from us for Cavani would not happen until the end of the season.

Man United are said to be closing in on deals to bring in two young midfielders they hope will freshen up a potential area of weakness in the Old Trafford squad David Moyes inherited from retiring boss Sir Alex Ferguson.

Arsenal has depth, but it isn't quality squad depth, Rosiscky, Cazorla, Ozil all play the same position and neither of them add a great deal more than the other, our midfield is stoked but the areas we actually need depth in are barren, we have no solid defensive midfielder with our usual reliance on a CAM moved back, as a result players like Ramsey and Wilshere who are box to box players end up creating more imbalance in an already unbalanced team.

Kieran Gibbs was also missing from the match day squad because of a knock picked up in training and that makes three defenders out and three central midfielders in the shape of Jack Wilshere, Santi Cazorla and Tomas Rosicky, so these are two areas where the manager has to be especially cautious.

In fact, looking at our squad, central midfield and the goalkeeping department are the strongest areas in our team, in terms of numbers and quality.

Milan are likely to continue strengthening in the coming weeks as there are still areas of the squad that need to be addressed, namely a creative central midfielder and another striker to take some of the pressure off Silva next season, but this is undoubtedly turning out to be a very impressive summer transfer window, the first window under new owner Yonghong Li's stewardship.

I know that the central midfield area is probably the strongest part of the current Arsenal squad, with options like Aaron Ramsey and the on loan Jack Wilshere to come back and fight for their places with the likes of Granit Xhaka, Elneny and Coquelin.

Jose Mourinho already has Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata and Alexis Sanchez battling for places behind Romelu Lukaku, while there are other areas of his squad that potentially need addressing such as the midfield with Michael Carrick retiring and Marouane Fellaini on an expiring contract.

Would you rather be in Arsenal's position of having a very good squad and # 170m in the bank to spend in January and next summer to strengthen our last couple of areas, or Man United's position of having blown # 150m on players they didn't really need and still not having a defence or a midfield?

I don't think so this is our best squad after invincibles because biggest area where we are lacking is heart of the team and that is Centre Midfield... There is a simple question to prove my point that do we have Viera in our team??

Midfield and attack look like being the key areas of focus for the Gunners, with Arsene Wenger unhappy with some of his current squad options in those departments as his side have got off to a somewhat up - and - down start to the 2014/15 season.

After all the frustration earlier in the summer and the feeling that Arsene Wenger was making the same old mistake of being way too over cautious with the club's money, Arsenal did end up spending a fair bit and strengthening our squad in the three key areas of defence, midfield and attack.

The defensive midfield is an area of the squad that Mourinho appears intent on strengthening before the start of the new season and had identified Nemanja Matic as an early target.

As I have discussed before, I believe that the signing of Wanyama is extremely healthy for the Spurs squad, especially those in the defensive midfield, with the new signing providing vital squad competition in that area.

Arsène Wenger has wanted to upgrade his squad in two principle areas — goalkeeper and defensive midfield — and Cech's capture ticks the first of those boxes.