Sentences with phrase «midfield role at»

He also tried using Isco in a deeper midfield role at Malaga.

Still only 19, Napoli midfielder Diawara is perhaps too young to be considered for the defensive midfield role at Old Trafford by Mourinho.

Switching between centre - half and right - back in his debut season with us, he moved into a holding midfield role at the start of 2015 - 16 and made that position his own.

Manchester United's new # 14 million signing Daley Blind will play his football in a defensive midfield role at the club, according to former boss Frank de Boer and could be set to make his Premier League bow in his favoured position.

During his time at Southampton, Chambers typically played the role of a right back for his side but has primarily focused on a centre back or defensive midfield role at the Gunners.

You would think that Wilshere would struggle to break into our central midfield roles at present, with Aaron Ramsey currently ranked amongst our best players.

Though Milner floated from position to position at Manchester City, Henderson has predominantly played that box - to - box central midfielder role at Liverpool.

Not exact matches

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.

N'Golo Kante and Moussa Sissoko are also believed to be of interest to Arsenal, and could form a new partnership at the base of the midfield next year, although Mohamed Elneny is unlikely to give up his starting role without a fight.

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.

He is with a great potential as a midfield player and I hope he will play a great role at Arsenal in the near future.

But they are all midfielders, all performing different roles at varying degrees....

The midfield is a diamond arrangement with Ozil at the north of the diamond, Carzola and Xhaka on the sharing the deep lying role in the west and the east of the diamond and Coquelin on the south of the diamond as defensive midfield.

The diminutive midfield magician has played in a number of roles for Arsenal and I am sure that Arsene Wenger will ask him to do so again at times, but the boss does seem to have settled on the central midfield role as the best one for the Spaniard.

But his age is making me to panic of his manning the Gunners defensive holding midfield role against the speedy Barca's pouncers in Feb Ucl clash at the Ems in Feb next year.

It would also seem unnecessary to risk Ramsey with a starter or bench role this weekend, solely based upon the fact that we already have a number of quality midfielders available at our feet, meaning there is no need to see Ramsey rush back.

The report also state that Wenger is tempted by Luiz's versatility, with defensive midfield another role he could fill and one that looks a particular weak spot for the Gunners at the moment.

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Overall, I've always been intrigued by the idea of a Wilshere — Ramsey central midfield but in reality, it will be impossible to implement at this moment as the team around them is completely fragile and they just don't have the correct mentality or skill set to become good in those roles at the highest level.

Fellaini's best role has always been slightly ahead of central midfield as he has always been a good outlet, it's where he excelled at Everton and what prompted United's resurgence under LVG.

Busquets is the unsung hero of the best team of his generation, playing a pivotal role for Barcelona at the base of their midfield in six La Liga titles wins and three famous Champions League triumphs.

He featured for the first team at wing - back earlier in the season, but has been playing in his natural attacking midfield role in the Championship.

We at Arsenal pay the highest ticket prices in the country, and we have rarely seen all that excess profit spent on players when we need them, such as Arsene Wenger's refusal to sign a defensive midfielder until this January, despite lacking in the role since Vieira's departure in 2005.

There are variations on that and ways you can alter the role of midfielders but at it's core the Arsenal team has 5 in the midfield every game.

Coutinho scored 14 goals and provided nine assists in 36 appearances in all competitions for Liverpool this past season, but if he were to move to Barcelona, then as detailed by Tite, he would have to move back into a midfield role given the current attacking trident at the Nou Camp with Neymar, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi.

For Liverpool fans, they'll be delighted to see Coutinho is no longer Barca's only target for that creative midfield role, and will hope that means they can keep hold of their star player for at least a little longer.

Arsenal midfielder Mikel Arteta could be offered a coaching role at Manchester City if he decides to hang up his boots in the summer, according to the Daily Mail.

Ki Sung - yueng, who rejoined Swansea in the summer following a year spent at Sunderland, has cemented the holding midfield role under Garry Monk — a position that Arsenal want addressing despite the promising form of Francis Coquelin.

The Arsenal midfielder was given a starting role in tonight's crucial Champions League tie, but fluffed his lines by squandering the best opening of the first 45 minutes at the Emirates Stadium.

Former Arsenal midfielder Alex Song insists he is happy at Barcelona, despite his bit - part role since joining the club last summer.

The midfield is the hub of the battle... we do nt play your orthadox number ten role so there is an importance on him to put in a shift otherwise we can look outnumbered at times.

The north London side could well do with a strong tackling midfield presence with neither Mikel Arteta or Mathieu Flamini consistently impressing in either a holding or out and out defensive midfield roles and having taken a shine to Wanyama during his time at Celtic Wenger is now ready to re-ignite his interest in the 23 year old.

It would really be interesting to see Toral integrated in the team, but its going to be difficult with an already crowded midfield, he his pretty good in the air, good technical skills, love to shoot at goal, i think he could also play in a forward role.

A quality Striker such as Podolski does not need to back track and defend, he must challenge the Defenders and wait for counterattacks, a striker role is to sprint from midfield to goal, is not running all over the pitch as I see GIROUD and WELBECK, defending posts against corners, no wonder at the 60th minute they disappear, you need strong legs to score....

At the moment I would not need to take a gooner vote to find out which player would make their starting 11 in that defensive midfield role out of him, Arteta and Flamini.

wenger needs to build a golden idol in the shape of ozil @ no10 statue and make everyone in the squad bow down before it to make ozil feel special again and he will be rocking and rolling again wengers first commandment will be play ozil @ no10 only no where else, command no 2 build the whole arsenal attack around ozil only at no 10, ozil is the future of our attacking play along with wilshere and ramsey controlling midfield in box 2 box roles along with a worldy d / m in front of back 4.

The versatile Dutch international could also have a role in the side filling in at left wing - back or as a defensive midfielder, but centre - back seems his likeliest position at the moment due to United's desperate need for new players in that position.

The United manager admitted yesterday that he only has one fit centre half available for tomorrow's game at West Ham, and many would argue that his injured defenders aren't good enough anyway - playing a striker or a winger in an unfamiliar midfield role ahead of them is not going to help

Fernandinho, Demerai Gray, in an unfamiliar central midfield role, and Sead Kolasinac complete the midfield with the latter in particular standing out after his pivotal contribution inspired Arsenal's comeback in the win over Swansea City at the Emirates on Saturday.

Our friends over at AstralFootball.com seem to believe the developments with Rabiot could affect the transfer of Elneny however, with the pair both favouring central midfield roles.

At times this season, and pretty crucial times as well, Arsene Wenger has been left with almost no options for the centre of the Arsenal midfield, Cazorla is out for the season after playing a big role in our good early form and there have also been injury problems for Coquelin, Ramsey and Elneny, while the summer signing Granit Xhaka has missed a fair few games himself for disciplinary reasons.

Aleksandar Kolarov and Samir Nasri were the scorers in the 2 - 0 victory at Goodison Park, but it was Silva who stole the show as he once again pulled the strings in midfield as he was operating in his favoured no. 10 role just behind the lone striker.

And it seems that Wenger does not really see Jack's future at Arsenal in a deeper lying midfield role, despite the fact that he was played there quite a lot by the previous England manager Roy Hodgson and received a lot of praise and a fair few Man of the Match awards for his performances in the role.

Genk captain Tozser played as a makeshift defender in Chelsea's 5 - 0 victory at Stamford Bridge two weeks ago and he could be in for another torrid time even if he returns to his favoured midfield role.

Roberto has shone for Barcelona in a number of midfield and defensive roles, and Don Balon reported that he was considering his future at the club.

Wilshere over Ramsey for the B2B role is another possibility: he's the best at the club for driving the ball from midfield to attack, however, his defensive attributes are not particularly strong.

His passing stats were the best of the England midfielders and at over 91 percent they suggest that he really is learning to be more like a Xabi Alonso or an Andrea Pirlo as he said he was trying to do when first starting to play the role on the international stage.

442 diamond - like formation might work if we had the base of the diamond as a dedicated defensive midfielder role with Coquelin (or new addition, or even perhaps Elneny), playmaker at the top of the diamond, the side operating like wingers (or falling back for more defensive cover as required) and two strikers.

The Guardian put forward a predicted line - up with the Frenchman involved, sitting on the left of a midfield three where he is arguably at his best and free to play a more influential role in the attacking third, with Marouane Fellaini already tipped to start.

The midfielder played bit - part role at the Nou Camp last season, and has failed to earn a regular starting spot since joining from Atletico Madrid.