Sentences with phrase «midfield stars like»

The Merseysiders are linked with midfield stars like Moussa Sissoko of Newcastle United and Anderson Talisca of Benfica.

The Red Devils already have creative midfield stars like Ander Herrera and record signing Paul Pogba.

Maybe the boss was worried after seeing his midfield stars like Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey struggle at the start of the season or maybe he was impressed enough with Wilshere in training and playing for the under 23 gunners to think he could still be useful to us.

Despite his words though, I believe that the boss has finally realised how important it is for the Gunners to have a player like Coquelin, one that supplies the strength and steel to balance out the silky skills and trickery of other Arsenal midfield stars like Mesut Ozil and Santi Cazorla.

Not exact matches

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.

Sami Khedira could also be set to leave the club on a free transfer when his contract expires next summer, which has also seen Real linked with the likes of Manchester City star Yaya Toure and Chelsea midfielder Ramires.

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 midfielder Santi Cazorla thinks that the Gunners will challenge for the Premier League title next season, especially with the help of some new additions like striker Gonzalo Higuain, the Daily Star reports.

Belgium midfielder Axel Witsel may have Manchester United interested in signing him, but the player himself has hinted that he would like to join Juventus, according to the Daily Star.

Hadzic went to the 2014 FIFA World Cup with Bosnia & Herzegovina, but struggled for game time in a talented midfield including the likes of AS Roma star Miralem Pjanic, although he was given a start in their 3 - 1 dead rubber win over Iran.

On top of that, the Daily Express are among the sources to recently link star forward Eden Hazard with Real Madrid, and a youngster like Pulisic could be the perfect heir to the Belgian's attacking midfield place.

With him being a central midfielder and with Arsenal having just signed one of those in Mohamed Elneny to add to the already strong squad options like Aaron Ramsey, Santi Cazorla and all, the Swiss star would have to be a pretty special talent to come to Arsenal and become a first team regular.

They are wide forwards or wingers or attacking midfielders and perhaps the reason why Wenger is not going to be forced to pay over the odds for someone like that is that, along with the likes of Alexis Sanchez and Theo Walcott, we already have a young playerr who looks like they may turn out to be a world class star in that area.

Paul Pogba is a wanted man, with former club Manchester United as well as Chelsea and Arsenal linked with the Juventus star's services, but the French midfielder looks like a man without a care in the world as he prepares for Monday's Italian Super Cup clash with Napoli, which is bizarrely being played in Qatar.

Even though Antonio Conte has a strong squad full of stars like Eden Hazard, Pedro and Willian, the former midfielder thinks that Costa is their main man and that without him Chelsea would struggle.

kondogbia for me all the way he has all the skills we need for d / m he schooled our midfield when we played them this season on his own, hopefully this would have had wenger rubbing his hands together with glee to watch such a class act who could run our midfield, so i think go straight in with # 30million for him straight off the bat, and test monaco's resolve and his to stay, or make him a star in our midfield he would have helped us drive the midfield forward from deep midfield and smash defensive teams like swansea.

The former Arsenal and England international midfield star Ray Parlour sounds to me as though he has a lot of sympathy with the frustration that has been boiling over for a large section of Arsenal fans this season, but he also sounds like he thinks we would be wasting our time with the planned protest during the Premier League match against Norwich at the Emirates this weekend.

Whisper it Arsenal fans, but with the transfer of the central midfield star Granit Xhaka from Borussia Monchengladbach already signed, sealed and delivered, and with Arsenal transfer rumours suggesting that Leicester City's centre forward Jamie Vardy will soon be joining him, it is starting to look like the transfer policy of Arsene Wenger is actually somewhere close to matching the wishes of the Arsenal fans.

Valued at around # 23m, Sporting Lisbon youngster William Carvalho looks an ideal signing in midfield for Arsenal, and may now be Wenger's main target in that position after seemingly struggling to land the likes of Southampton star Morgan Schneiderlin and Borussia Dortmund's Ilkay Gundogan.

I may be reading a bit too much into the comments this week from the former Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour and our current star Alexis Sanchez, but if I was Mesut Ozil I would be wondering just what I had done to deserve what seems to me like a lack of appreciation of the German international's recent form and contribution to the cause.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

That is the way that Arsene Wenger likes it though, and with the many problems that we have had with injuries in recent years I can not see the Frenchman letting any of his current midfielders go without replacing them, so the news reported here on Just Arsenal that our Spanish international star is into the final year of his current contract and has not been offered a new one seems a bit odd to say the least.

His manager Mauricio Pochettino hasn't held back from praising the attacking midfielder and expects him to surpass the quality of Brazilian star Neymar, saying that his «potential will be like him or better».

we faced them twice without loosing against them beating them in d process, world class matic was in chelsea team we dominated and annihilated @ fa cup finals, with matic making zero successful tackles and was a liability all tru d duration of d match, was ran over by our midfielders like ever, lukaku was in Everton team we beat 3; 0 even with 10 men, even with Mert @ our back he couldn't even smell a goal, the way we ridicule our players is terrible, to some dudes here all we have is bunch of idiots, parading as players, what a pathetic bunch of ingrates, between Sanchez and walcot last season we have 49 goals and numerous assists, how many goals has Rashford and Martial scored since last season that makes they super stars?

With the January transfer window approaching, Wenger has a chance to pick up a starter for the midfield to help him stay the course, or he can splash some cash and try to land a bonafide star like Isco.

It may well have felt like Deja Vu to the Arsenal and Germany international star Mesut Ozil at Euro 2016 yesterday, because despite the attacking midfielder producing an awesome and bewildering display of passing and creative football that had Northern Ireland chasing shadows in France, his national side Germany could only manage to win by the narrowest of margins.

We just need to add that steal in midfield and the star striker a club like this deserves.

What about central midfield, where Xhaka and Elneny have not exactly shone like stars in recent weeks?

The left - sided midfielder was part of the Villa team that almost made Champions League football under Martin O'Neill, starring alongside the likes of Gareth Barry and James Milner.

The French legend has already revealed — speaking to Fifa.com in an interview in April 2015 — that he is a big admirer of the talented playmaker, although it remains to be seen if Los Blancos can see off interest from the likes of Manchester United [Daily Star], Paris Saint - Germain and Bayern Munich [both Daily Mail] to sign the exquisite attacking midfielder.

Therefore ideally we want a shape that places our star players in their primary positions, one area we can struggle is in defensive midfield — I like both Flamini and Arteta, but other players outshine them — the 4 -4-2 removes this challenge -

It feels like a very long time since we Arsenal fans were getting excited and optimistic about the summer transfer window to come, with Arsene Wenger setting down an early marker with the big money signing of the Switzerland international midfield star Granit Xhaka from Borussia Monchengladbach.

Some Arsenal fans will agree with the criticism that Merson often levels at the manager or the team in general or even at specific players like Mesut Ozil, but I for one feel that our former midfield star isd always looking for a negative spin about our club, so I was surprised to see a Metro report today in which Merson suggests that we are the right side and have what it takes to defy expectations this week and come away from the clash at high flying Man City with all three points.

Unlike a big proportion of the Arsenal fans, it seems like the French holding midfield star Francis Coquelin will not be hoping that Arsene Wenger uses the January transfer window to bring in another player to strengthen our options in the centre.

It looks like the impatient and increasingly worried ranks of Arsenal fans might not have to wait too much longer before we find out who will be Arsene Wenger's second signing of the summer after the Switzerland international midfield star Granit Xhaka.

So we know that Wenger likes to give nothing away about his transfer plans and even though he did mention the name of Arturo Vidal at the end of the season, his words in a Daily Star report do not give us any help in figuring out whether the Frenchman would like to sign the Chilean midfielder or not.

With Gareth Bale suspended, the Gunners» star thrived in an advanced attacking midfield role and seems to have hinted to Wenger that that is where he would like to play.

Just like Ramsey, Arsenal's attacking midfield star Mesut Ozil has been a major player so far and has already been given at least one Man of the Match award.

It looks like the Arsenal transfer rumours hitting the football media this week about the Borussia Monchengladbach and Switzerland international midfield star Granit Xhaka may well have been based on fact rather than the speculative guesswork we see so often during a transfer window.

However, following United's recent # 40M acquisition of Chelsea star Nemanja Matic, the Frenchman's defensive responsibilities look set to be reduced this season, allowing the 24 - year - old to produce more in terms of chances and goals scored, which should see the midfielder make his price - tag seem like a bargain come the end of the season.

So far the new Arsenal midfielder Xhaka has been very impressive and he will have a tough job on his hands against the likes of Payet, Pogba and all, but hopefully he can shine again and show the Arsenal fans that Arsene Wenger has signed a real star.

It is lucky for the Arsenal fans, Arsene Wenger and especially the Swiss international midfield star Granit Xhaka that the Gunners were in fine flowing form yesterday, because I can only imagine what the backlash would have been like had Arsenal slipped to another away defeat or even just come back from Goodison Park with only a point.

Ellis decided that Ertz would be incorporated into a defensive midfield role, much like the one that she has become accustomed to playing for the Chicago Red Stars.

Despite much of the British media doing complex mental gymnastics to explain why Paul Pogba is, in fact, not good, he's really a star: In baseball, shortstops and center fielders are inherently more valuable than other players because they occupy premium defensive positions, and the same goes for a competent defensive midfielder like Pogba, who's an elegant hurricane with the ball at his feet and can provide consistent attacking output from a position where it's not expected.

Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain impressed big time vs Man City and Klopp has got stars like Lallana, Milner, Wijnaldum, Can and Henderson in the central midfield as well.

Having reinforced his strike - force and the midfield by signing stars like Michy Batshuayi and N'Golo Kante, Antonio Conte is looking to strengthen his back line by luring a top quality defender.

In the presence of star midfielders like Rakitic, Busquets and captain Iniesta, the likes of Suarez and Rafinha mainly warmed the bench for Barca last season.

From looking like they'd never sign anybody and may be losing stars, to two midfielders in the space of a few days and a promising right - back too.

It did look like Arsenal could potentially challenge for the title following a strong start to the season and club legend Robert Pires has explained that the North London side's struggles have been down to the absence of injured star midfielder Santi Cazorla.

for me, I don't think Kylian Mbappe is worth or valued for such an amount of # 86million which can be used in buying two or three players to replace Michael Carrick, Wayne Rooney and Zlatan Ibrahimovich, we need a midfielder like the Brazilian and Real Madrid star Casmerio or Bernardo Silver and Yourie Tieleman from Anderlecht who can hold and control the midfield thru and flow, we can put Gabriel Babosa to replace Zlatan upfront, our options are left with Antoine Griezmann and Neyman Da Silver Jr. if we are to sign them.