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Manchester United have stepped up their interest in teenager Krepin Diatta by scouting the midfielder during an outing for Sarpsborg 08.

Manchester United have stepped up their interest in teenager Krepin Diatta by scouting the midfielder during his outing for Norwegian club Sarpsborg 08 against Odd on Monday, a source has told ESPN FC.

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«Fantastic achievement this fantastic achievement that» Yes to a point you may be right, but we are now (apparently) out of the financial retraint period and according to Chips Keswick last summer we had # 100» 000000 to spend, unyet what is fantastic is that Wenger was not too interested in buying the World class defensive midfielder we desperately needed in the summer, nor has he addressed the defensive shortfalls, during the summer transfer he was in Italy on the day we bought Welbeck, and during the most recent transfer window he spend three out of the four weeks messing around buying some apparent wonderkid who we wont see on the pitch for around 18 months.

The Franco - Senegalese midfielder has been out of action since the middle of October when he seriously hurt his left fibula during a training session.

In midfield, Marouane Fellaini is facing a race against time to recover from a calf injury, which he picked up during United's 3 - 1 win over Swansea City last time out.

Reds boss Rodgers is desperate to land a creative midfield player for his side to take the pressure off Brazilian starlet Coutinho, who the club have shown something of an over-reliance on this season, which has been particularly evident during his time out injured.

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.

The rumour mill will undoubtedly throw out a whole host of names that Arsenal could sign during the summer (Zlatan Ibrahimovic being one that stands out), but while Wenger's eye for a bargain may have deserted him, most people would agree that our chances of success next season would be significant improved by the arrival of a top quality centre - back, holding midfielder and proven goal - scoring striker.

Giroud been great during the Euro's as some commentators have pointed out he thrives when he has players overlapping from midfield, or a tricky nimble striking partner to work with -

Having two more names crossed off the availability list will limit Arsenal's options going forward, and considering we now have Coquelin, Cazorla and Ramsey all out due to injury; and Wilshere away from home, who exactly strengthens that midfield during this tough time?

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

The midfielder may have won two FA Cups during his time with the capital club, but he has failed to surpass 16 league outings in any campaign since 2010, and managed a cumulative one appearance in the last two Premier League seasons.

Reigning Serie A champions Juventus are set to offer out - of - favour Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Paulinho an exit route from White Hart Lane, report the Mirror, with the Brazilian international's sorry period in North London looking inreasingly likely to be coming to an end during the January transfer window.

Well Arsenal fans, it now turns out that Arsene Wenger's squad purge which saw quite a few of the Arsenal fringe players leave the Emirates during the summer transfer window could have been even larger, but our England international midfield star Jack Wilshere turned down the chance to leave Arsenal on transfer deadline day despite being offered a hefty pay packet of around # 90,000 a week according to a report by The Mirror.

If you ask most Arsenal fans whether the club could do with a defensive midfielder, be ready for a verbal hairdryer, because we have needed one for at least the last three years, But once again during the summer transfer window, the Gunners have been linked with every central midfielder out there but once again look like going into a campaign with Mikel Arteta as the main man.

There is little point in arguing that the Arsenal and Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil is currently enjoying his best season since he signed from Real Madrid over two years back, although I would say that he was nothing like the waste of space that some in the football media tried to make out during the first two seasons.

Back in December, the Mirror [via the International Business Times] reported that the capital rivals were planning to battle it out for the midfielder during the January transfer window, although both appear to be in the process of being gazumped by Steve McClaren's side.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

Convert Giroud to a midfielder or a false 9, he is useful for several reasons as he's got killer passes / assist, areal ball, best header in EPL, out muzzles defenders when in that position and sets up our new strikers for goals... he's heading ability wld be vital for goals during corner kicks as a midfielder... this guy wld be missed if we sell him o.

The Armenia international stood out as one of Europe's top attacking midfield players during his time at Borussia Dortmund, but he's only shone in fits and bursts in his time in the Premier League so far.

As the January transfer window draws ever closer CaughtOffside picks out the six best central midfielders that could be on the move during the month.

Despite even publicly expressing his desire to operate in the midfield after Arsenal's last FA Cup win and how he's «always wanted to be like Steven Gerrard,» Chamberlain was used primarily out wide by Arsene Wenger as both a winger and a wing - back during his time in London.

Having been out injured during pre-season, the midfielder has since been a fixture of head coach Ramsey's side, playing in all but one of Rangers» 10 Championship games this term.

A dynamic and powerful midfielder with an eye for goal and a tackle to fear, Mourinho no doubt wishes Essien was a few years younger so he could get the best out of him during the manager's second spell at the Bridge.

Midfielder Emre Can, who also picked up a knock during the 1 - 1 draw with Burnley, was also not involved at Melwood this week while Nathaniel Clyne (back) and Adam Lallana (thigh) are still out.

During his days at Real Madrid, he wasn't needed when it came to winning the ball back as both Jose Mourinho and briefly Carlo Ancelotti would rather he was out of the way, in case the ball broke out into the midfield.

The Baggies hadn't managed to take a single point off of the 18 - time English champions in nine previous Premier League encounters, failing to even register a goal during those nine meetings, but two second - half penalties from midfielder Chris Brunt cancelled out Martin Skrtel's opener for the visitors and sealed the Midlands club's first win over Liverpool for 30 - years.

The French midfielder signed for United from Southampton in the summer of 2015, boosting United's midfield at the time, but after a season of woes, and a new manager coming the following summer, it did not work out at United for Schneiderlin, who was sold during the January transfer window along with Memphis Depay, who went to Lyon and shortly after, Bastian Schweinsteiger was released from his contract for him to make a move to the MLS, now playing for Chicago Fire.

Chances for Golovin may become more frequent given that during the friendly match in Belgrade, Zenit midfielder Igor Denisov received an injury that will rule him out of contention.

I have read various team news speculation during the week about formations and lineups which range from pragmatic damage limitation to the more bizarre including suggestions of playing Zabaleta at centre back or in midfield; strange that those having criticised Bilic for playing players out of position would believe that such an idea would have any more legs than the player himself.

The Sevila midfielder was left out of the team that travelled to Anfield during the week to face Liverpool in the Champions league and was also left out of the league game this weekend against Real Madrid.

During that spell he dropped deeper to help out a packed midfield but the second half saw him terrorise Phil Jones and create game winning chances.

Manchester United have announced that midfielder Shinji Kagawa will be out of action for the Old Trafford side for «three or four weeks after he picked up a knee injury during Manchester United's win over SC Braga in the Champions League during the week.

The 23 - year - old would join an already sumptuous core of young English players, and Pochettino believes he can get the best out of the attacking midfielder, as he has done with other youngsters during his earlier time at Southampton and now at Tottenham.

CAGLIARI: Juventus's French midfielder Blaise Matuidi has hit out after he suffered racist abuse during Saturday's Serie A game against Cagliari in Sardinia and was ignored when he asked the referee to intervene.

Having shifted much of the so called «dead weight» out of the club during the summer, and having added a couple of quality players in German midfield maestro Mesut Özil and the no nonsense tough tackling Mathieu Flamini, Arsenal look a different team this season.

Chelsea managed to force Messi into a deeper position during the reverse fixture at Stamford Bridge, and Blues midfielder N'Golo Kante has his task cut out to restrict the attacker's mesmerising movement.

During the second half it was similar but understandably a little better â $ «more movement to try and instigate an Arsenal come back, which they succeeded in, and trying to break through Chelseaâ $ ™ s back four in what turned out to be the opposite of what people predicted â $ «free, open - flow game and not cagey, territorial battles that relied on midfield compactness and tight marking.

Can was taken off during Liverpool's enthralling win over Borussia Dortmund at Anfield last month and reports suggested at the time the midfielder would be out for roughly six weeks.

Fan favorite Ander Herrera adds invention and energy to the midfield as well as some nasty aggression as Eric Dier found out during the week.

Substituted during Belgium's game against Scotland during the World Cup qualifiers after falling awkwardly, the White Hart Lane midfielder has yet to recover and it is unclear at this point how long he will be out for.

Although Evans said he felt a bit out of sorts during his first start of the year in the midfield on Sunday, he actually played pretty well as Osvaldo Alonso's replacement.