Sentences with phrase «midfield options»

Keep possession and the other team struggles due to lack of central midfield options.

He has to be one of our worst midfield options at this point.

Normally the Gunners have a midfield packed full of competition and talent, but injuries, suspensions and players away on international duty have meant the Gunners are now low on midfield options.

For a team of so many midfielders the options were painfully short.

Personally I want to see players with different skills in our squad and I think our current midfield options have exactly that.

Yes, the centre midfield options seem pretty thin and at times quite grim.

However, the German international would appear to favour a move to Old Trafford over the Emirates Stadium, leading to the Gunners now focusing on improving their defensive midfield options with the signing of Carvalho.

Wilshere can see that the problem ahead of him is the plethora of midfield options for Wenger.

Chelsea, however, have plenty of other top quality attacking midfield options on the books at Stamford Bridge at the moment and it is hard to see where Firmino would fit into Jose Mourinho's first - team plans.

Arsene Wenger doesn't have a wealth of defensive midfield options at present and those he does have are flawed.

With limited midfield options for the manager due to injuries, Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick are expected to start the game.

The Red Devils have also been linked with other midfield options such as Morgan Schneiderlin [Metro], Axel Witsel [Mirror] and Geoffrey Kondogbia [Daily Mail] ahead of the 2015 - 16 campaign.

Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino could well be looking to strengthen his central midfield options as he doesn't appear to rate the likes of Paulinho and Moussa Dembele all that highly.

The Gunners want the 21 - year - old to resolve the shortage of midfield options following last summer's departures of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri.

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Our problem is defintely our uncreative midfield (which is due to not having good enough midfield options), and how our front 3 work.

Arsenal are hopeful of wrapping up a double move to boost their central midfield options next week as they close in on deals for Sporting Lisbon's William Carvalho and Atletico Madrid's Josuha Guilavogui.

Xhaka, Ramsey, Coquelin, and Cazorla are all injured, hence very limited midfield options.

We have already confirmed deals to sign Shkodran Mustafi and Lucas Perez this week however, and with a wealth of midfield options currently in the squad despite the summer departures of Tomas Rosicky, Flamini and Mikel Arteta, a midfielder appears unlikely to be a priority for today.

If the Mohamed Elneny story is true, it'll be good big news for Arsenal's midfield options which obviously is needing a reinforcement after the many past and recent injuries to that department.

This would leave Real desperately short of defensive midfield options after losing Alonso to Bayern Munich late on in this summer's transfer window, with manager Carlo Ancelotti struggling to find the time to bring in a replacement before the September 1st deadline.

Mathieu Flamini is a fairly one - dimensional defensive midfield option who is not the same player as he was in his first spell at the North London club, whilst veteran Spaniard Mikel Arteta is suffering with continued injury concerns and can not offer the same presence that Krychowiak would offer.

According to Don Balon, the City boss is keen on signing both Toni Kroos and Isco from Los Blancos to strengthen his creative midfield options for next season, with both players said to be welcome to the idea of leaving the Bernabeu in the summer.

One would've thought that Liverpool had enough creative midfield options given the player Kenny Dalglish has brought in over the past year but the truth is that the Anfield side has struggled to break down the opposition this season and the Scot is willing to spend big to help his side get into gear in the final third.

Mourinho has a host of defensive and holding midfield options at present, with Serbian Nemanja Matic now the regular in the Chelsea starting line - up.

In turn, that will be music to the ears of most Liverpool fans as Robertson has been in great form this season, while having several midfield options back will be a major plus with the games coming thick and fast in the coming weeks.

In that context, a move for an established class midfielder such as Thiago begins to make sense, with the former Barça man a product of La Masia, who should require less bedding in time than other potential midfield options.

But would Oxlade - Chamberlain be opposed to signing in order to be a reserve winger or auxiliary midfield option?

With midfield options now looking sorted, will manager van Gaal now turns his attentions to further strengthening his squad with additions in defensive and attacking areas?

When he is fit to return, where would Barkley fit into Antonio Conte's team alongside their strong midfield options?

He needs to be given the appropriate rest after his World Cup exploits, and the sheer number of midfield options available to us makes that possible, but once he gets back up to speed I think we'll see the best of a man often described as one of the elite of world football, by people who know (no, Neil Ashton, I don't mean you).

i am a massive santi fan but if we could use him to bring griezman then i think the timing would be right as we have plenty of good to quality midfield options but still limited attacking options... but if we couldnt swing that i would keep him

THose lack of midfield options Arsene Wenger was left with because of Xhaka, Cazorla, Ramsey and Elneny being unavailable really hurt, as did our failure to take at least one of the good chances.

According to The Sun, the player himself is keen on a move to the Emirates Stadium, while Arsene Wenger — who has also poached the Bundesliga for Borussia Monchengladbach's Swiss international Granit Xhaka — is keen in adding Mkhitaryan to his increasing midfield options.

In turn, that would leave Mourinho with Paul Pogba, Ander Herrera and Nemanja Matic as his senior midfield options, with youngster Scott McTominay starting to make his claim too.

Anfield boss Brendan Rodgers has improved his central midfield options over the summer with experienced England international James Milner offering Liverpool a versatile weapon whilst last summer's addition Emre Can has matured into a player who's best position is in a defensive enforcer role.

However, United look to have got one over their rivals in this case, in what could potentially go down as a crucial move as both sides look in need of improving their central midfield options if they are to close the gap on champions Chelsea in 2015/16.

Dimitri Payet's injury is a huge blow, but there's a solid midfield option in the U.S. who can pick up where Payet left off.

I certainly think that if Arsene Wenger had these attacking midfield options open to him then he might not be so reluctant to let the young Gunner Alex Iwobi go out on loan to gain some valuable experience.

With Manchester United's interest in Juventus star Arturo Vidal turning into something of a long - drawn out transfer saga, CaughtOffside takes a look at five other top - class midfield options that Louis van Gaal may want to consider as he searches for new signings in that position.

Strootman is clearly the less «creative» of the pair but the Dutch international is however perhaps a more rounded midfield option with the Stadio Olimpico star capable of getting stuck in whilst also offering a real weapon in the final third.

If Ramsey goes to, that leaves us with little midfield options.

Arsenal are no doubt lacking in steady midfield options at present, with Francis Coquelin, Mo Elneny, Granit Xhaka and the Ox currently sharing the two roles, and none of them are particularly deserved of holding onto their role at present.

Plus with midfield options like Pogba, Matuidi, Cabaye as you say, I find it highly unlikely he'll be given a shot at all.