Sentences with phrase «midfielder has since»

Once a promising youth prospect in his Manchester United days, the midfielder has since become an erratic figure throughout his career.

Unfortunately, the midfielder has since lost his relevance to not only the national team, but also his club's starting XI as well.

«Serge has come here to play games but he just hasn't been for me, at the moment, at that level to play games,» Pulis was quoted as saying by the Mail in October and the German midfielder has since returned to the Emirates, cursing the sight of blue and white stripes.

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.

The Spanish midfielder has since made an exceptional return from injury and is now back in the team.

The midfielder has since gone on to be an England international and has had another fairly influential campaign for his side this season.

The midfielder has since cemented his place in his international side is tipped for a move to a bigger side in Europe, with Arsenal claimed to be eyeing a # 10 Million bid.

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The 19 year old Wilshere was an automatic choice, the Wilshere who single handedly tore apart the Barcelona midfield and vocally criticised Arsenal players, but he has been missing since he returned after the injury spell which followed that.

Man United have not received the expected contributions from their expensive summer midfield acquisitions in weeks, scoring just a few goals since December.

Amazing how coquelin plays a few games and he's good enough, yet Arteta since we bought him has been maybe the most reliable midfield performer.

The midfielder has been frozen out since Jose Mourinho's arrival, training away from the first team and not travelling with the squad.

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.

Another Pole in midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak is also linked with a possible move to the Emirates, having seriously impressed since joining three - time Europa League winners Sevilla two years ago.

Some people have jumped on the situation that Wenger is using Coquelin in the CB position at training, now he only has 3 CBs there and a whole bunch of midfielders, he has 2 teams a guess practicing against each other a midfielder would more than likely be used since Bellerin, Debuchy, Gibbs, Monreal, Chambers, Holding and Bielik would already be occupied.

He has become the defensive midfielder that manager Arsene Wenger has needed since the departure of Patrick Vieira and Gilberto Silva from the club.

The 22 - year - old was spotted kissing the midfielder at Euro 2016 and the pair have continued dating since with Alli's profile going through the roof with his efforts for Spurs.

Still has time, but not much since it's so hard to get any midfield spot in the team.

The name of Francis Coquelin has been on the lips of many an Arsenal fan in recent weeks, especially since his disciplined and destructive performance at the heart of the Gunners midfield helped to produce our first big away win in a long time.

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.

I think the whole team has improved defensively since Coquelin has come into the team more bodies getting back behind the ball Arteta was the only real disciplined player in midfield at times.

For Germany, the midfielder has also managed to leave an impressionable mark, with the Schalke ace having managed to bag six goals in 12 appearances for Die Mannschaft since his debut in 2014.

Iniesta has been an absolute icon for Barcelona during his time with the club, with the midfielder winning absolutely everything with the Catalan side since coming through the club; s youth academy.

None of them even deserves to start, if i was the manager i would replace them with the ox since walcot is back or may may be use Campbell up front (the ox's power and directness will be of great use as a back to back midfielder)

If this transfer comes to fruition it will immediately ignite speculation that Wenger is in the process of lining up a new defensive midfielder to challenge Francis Coquelin for starting spot, which have all be calling for since the end of the season.

With Schweinsteiger and Schneiderlin they may very well have gotten more points, especially since even Rooney had to play in central midfield more than a few times.

And on top of it he has great technical skill to fit in the mould & not be a simple destroyer just like Kante & maybe more... 5) Now getting both would be too much to ask... specially with our already stacked midfield & with Elneny bright outings since trusted into a bigger role spell good things ahead of next season & with full preseason... even Coquelin is playing less!

The former Tottenham midfielder has been in charge of the north London club since former boss Andre Villas - Boas was given his marching orders last month following a 5 - 0 home loss to rivals Liverpool in the Premier League.

The dynamic 25 - year old has been fantastic for Alan Pardew's side this season and he does play in that central midfield area that has given the Gunners so many problems ever since the aforementioned Vieira left us in 2005.

Antonella Roccuzzo, who has been Lionel Messi's girlfriend since 2008, hit the beach with the romantic partner of Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas this week.

Chambers would have been playing the holding midfield / 3rd Central Defender Role (Its still beats me how and why wenger didn't even try Vermaleen in that role — his cautious attitude is one of Arsenals biggest albatros) If Arsenal had started playing Joel Campbell on the flanks since the beginning of the season, when it was obvious Carzola was misfiring, Campbell will be getting used to the league by now and will have been chipping in with the odd goals time and again - but NO Arsene will stick with Carzola and even play him in the wings thereby putting pressure on gibbs because he lack the discipline to stay there and will rather keep roaming to the certain.

He brings in what we lack in midfield (Height, muscle, physicality) so we won't necessarily be needing his technical qualities since we have them in abundance.

Watching Elneny play in midfield was a real treat; forgot what discipline, balance, and putting team before self looked like since Santi has been out.

Chelsea handed de Bruyne just two Premier League starts before Jose Mourinho opted to sell the attacking midfielder to Wolfsburg and the former Racing Genk man hasn't looked back since.

we do nt have the midfielders to play that formation, only way it would work is if we played counter attacking football, and that goes against the quick possesion passing or (wan na be tiki taka) game the club wants to play and has bee playing since wenger took over.

Francis Coquelin is probably the first real Defensive Midfielder that Arsenal have had since Gilberto Silva left the club in 2008.

But City are without their talisman and star midfielder Yaya Toure, without whom they have failed to win a Premier League game since April.

The is the first Williams that former Mercedes technical guru Paddy Lowe has had a say in since he joined the team in early 2017, so it'll be interesting to see whether the iconic family - run team can move up what is set to be an incredibly tight midfield this year.

The midfielder has failed to make the cut at the Nou Camp since making his debut back in 2011, and at 24 years - old should be keen on finding regular football in order to resurrect his career.

The home side will be without the on - loan midfielder Renato Sanches for the match - up, although he has hardly set the Premier League alight since arriving from Bayern Munich, while our team will be boosted by the return of Olivier Giroud.

Mertesacker shouldn't be given a contract, not because of his age, but he doesn't have any other thing to offer on the pitch, Cazorla on the other hand needs at least two year contract, I would have preferred a year but since we don't have creative midfielder like him and I said it in one article a while ago we needed his replacement since three years ago, someone who is good and can learn from Santi also.

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.

After starting the season in a wide berth, injuries to the likes of Mesut Ozil, Jack Wilshere and Aaron Ramsey forced a reshuffle in midfield and Cazorla grabbed the chance with both hands and has not looked back since.

Although he commanded a fee over # 20 million, he has since made that fee look minimal, as he controls the midfield for Chelsea, becoming the player that Arsenal fans envy.

They are pretty reliable on transfers so there might be a search for that elusive defensive midfielder we have waited for since wenger decided to make song a deep - lying midfielder instead of the destroyer he is.

Of course, losing wingers Robben and Ribery will have forced his hand slightly here, but it still shows a lack of a Plan B that Pep couldn't bring out a similar threat from other players like Gotze and Muller, who can both play wide, or indeed use Lahm in his preferred position of right - back and utilise his quality from there — in fact, the former Germany captain's use as a midfielder since this manager's arrival is one of many examples of his attempts at tactical innovation going wrong.

Pjanic hasn't had the best of times of it since his move to Roma and the managerial chances that have occurred at the Serie A side may well lead the stylish midfielder to push for an exit and a move to Tottenham may well appeal to the 22 year old.

This source claims that Man United are lining up a $ 17m (# 14m) bid for the 22 year old rangy midfielder who has been a big hit since his move to the Philips Stadion 18 months ago, a move that has helped to secure Strootman's spot in Louis Van Gaal's national team set - up.

The Russian midfielder has been strongly linked with interest from the North London club and is perhaps seen as a long term replacement for Luka Modric, who has perhaps not been ably replaced since his move to Real Madrid.

The 23 - year - old has made 146 appearances for the Merseyside outfit since joining them in 2014, playing 40 games or more in each of the last three campaigns as he has established himself as an important figure in the heart of their midfield while also showing versatility to play elsewhere when needed.

The 24 - year - old played like the tricky midfielder Swansea have been looking for since Joe Allen left the club.