Sentences with phrase «midfield star in»

The fans however, will still have the midfield star in their hearts, as he was part of the west London outfit's team, which lifted a couple of league titles in recent times.

Not to forget, Arsenal splashed heavy cash last summer to hire the services of a top holding midfield star in the form of Granit Xhaka.

The 26 year - old has been linked with a move to North - London previously, with us still expected to bring in a defensive midfield star in the coming window.

If you can not start your # 30 million midfield star in November when he is fit to play, you have a problem IMO.

The 22 year old Welshman lacks the dexterity and creativity to compete with the top midfield stars in the EPL at this point in his career.

Not exact matches

Schweinsteiger is regarded as one of the best central midfielders in European football, and played a starring role in Brazil last year as Germany were crowned world champions.

From being a massive favourite among Arsenal fans, even when he left the Emirates to return to his boyhood club Barcelona back in 2011, the Spain international midfield star Cesc Fabregas became persona non grata with Gooners after he came back to the Premier League two years ago to join up with Arsene Wenger's old nemesis Jose Mourinho.

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.

Nobody could have predicted how quickly he would adapt to the nature of the English Premier League, but this midfield star took it in his stride.

But the Arsenal star has the best percentages of all three, so there is more proof that Coquelin has been the best defensive midfielder in England since his return to the Emirates.

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As well as those two Arsenal stars, Adelaide will also be fighting with the likes of Wilshere and Ramsey, who have both also featured in that role, whilst competition as a whole is extremely tight across the midfield this year.

One of the best attacking midfielders in the world, recent reports have suggested that Real Madrid may already have a verbal agreement in place to sign another Borussia Dortmund star in Marco Reus.

With Arsenal in need of midfielders, they remain among the favourites to sign Southampton star Morgan Schneiderlin, despite competition from Manchester United.

Still, the former Barcelona star could make a return to La Liga if Real step up their interest in him in the near future, with midfield likely to be a priority area in need of strengthening after Alonso's exit to Bayern Munich.

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They said: «The Gunners have, however, been dealt setbacks in their pursuits of Barcelona star Lionel Messi and Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba.»

Out went club captain Michael Dawson, midfield dominator Sandro and Iceland star Gylfi Sigurdsson, who has since scored three goals and provided seven assists in 15 games for Swansea.

Thierry Henry in the TV studio seemed a touch baffled by Wenger's decision not to start with Xhaka, after the Switzerland international midfield star was the only big signing of the summer.

Arsenal however will have to battle for the midfielder with Everton and Seville both also reported to be interested in the star.

While it is still very early in the Arsenal career of the Swiss international midfield star Granit Xhaka, the signs are good so far.

And inspite of our midfield being star - studded it things like this that makes Bayern stand out in midfield and also Pep's Barcelona..

Arsenal are ready to offer unwanted forward Lukas Podolski to Bayer Leverkusen this summer in a bid to sign Turkish midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu, according to the Daily Star.

Real to blow United out of the water with big - money midfielder bid.Real Madrid could be set to launch a staggering # 48m bid for Juventus star and Manchester United target Arturo Vidal this January, according to sources in Spain.

Another signing in midfield, Chelsea have been strongly linked with Chilean star Charles Aranguiz, who is also believed to be an # 8m target for rivals Arsenal.

According to the Daily Star, United are confident of wrapping up a # 65m deal for Sanchez, leading Arsenal to look into bringing in Martins in that attacking midfield department.

So judging by the fact that it was the French central midfield star Francis Coquelin sat next to the boss today ahead of the Champions League match at home to Ludogorets Razgrad, I assume that Le Coq is set for his first Arsenal start since picking up a knee injury in the Premier League win over Chelsea.

Good news has come in that a number of clubs are keen to sign the midfield star, whereas my initial thoughts were that he would be retiring, especially having missed the entire campaign with injury.

If Arsenal Football club and our record on the return dates of players on the injury list being put back over and over again is to go by, then there is a huge chance that we will not be seeing the Spanish international midfield star kicking a ball in anger again for the Gunners this season.

It was one of the defining moments in the early football career of the Arsenal and England international midfielder Jack Wilshere, so it would be a fitting time for the unlucky star to return from his latest injury problem if he could make it back in time for the second leg of our Champions League knockout tie with Barcelona.

Another Arsenal star included in the list of crocked players, which you can see anytime on the special Just Arsenal injury page, is our sublime Spanish midfield maestro Santi Cazorla but as far as I can tell he should be back in action.

Arsenal have taken the lead in their pursuit for Udinese's midfielder Jakub Jankto with the AC Milan appearing to be no longer interested in the star.

While Arsenal currently lead the race to sign the star, if his fine form continues into the rest of the season we certainly would not be surprised to see many more elite clubs from around Europe interested in the midfielder.

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According to the Daily Star though, the midfielder is well ahead of that on the comeback trail and is set to kick his first ball in anger this week.

A separate report from Italian outlet CalcioMercato this week stated that the Gunners are likely to beat AC Milan and Juventus to the midfielder with Juve unwilling to invest in the star and Milan also reluctant to complete a deal.

Arsenal stars Jack Wilshere and Aaron Ramsey could be set to go head - to - head in midfield tomorrow, should the Gunners youth product get called into the first team, and this duel could prove to be pivotal in the result.

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German midfielder Gedion Zelalem and fellow 17 - year - old Dan Crowley were among Arsenal's star starters in the bridesmaid fixture.

The France midfielder had been one of the stars of the Gunners» solid start to the season, and backed that up with a match - winning performance in his country's opening World Cup qualifier against Finland.

However, it's in the attacking midfield zone that the Swiss strength truly lies, with a sprinkling of star quality provided by their tricky winger Xherdan Shaqiri, and his former Basel teammate, playmaker Granit Xhaka.

And even though Ozil started this season a bit slowly after his exploits in helping Germany to win the World Cup in Brazil this summer, the star midfielder had been integral to our two best performances and results so far, against Aston Villa and Galatasaray.

When the ball hit the back of the net after Ozil had chipped the Ludogorets keeper and beaten two defenders, there was double delight and relief for the manager, because he admitted after the match in comments reported by Sky Sports that he thought our skilful midfield star had fluffed his lines and messed up the chance.

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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.

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Nowhere is that more apparent than on social media, where Benfica midfield star Renato Sanches has just dropped a subtle hint that a move to Manchester United could be in the works.

The three Barca boys in question, according to a Metro report, are the Turkey international Arda Turan, the Spanish midfielder Denis Suarez and Rafinha, the brother of the Bayern Munich star Thiago who plays for Spain now while Rafinha chose the country of their birth, Brazil.