And that confirms the fact that he has been far and above the best
midfielder in the league this season, maybe in the world!
Aleksey Miranchuk and Manuel Fernandes have been arguably the best two
midfielders in the league this season.
Danilo Pantic has the poorest pass accuracy (82 %) of any Vitesse Arnhem
midfielder in the league this season.
Not exact matches
But
in order to set a new Premier
League record of 21
in one
season, the attacking
midfielder needs another four and if our strikers and other outfield players continue to spurn chances the way we have been seeing then he might just fall short.
With the
midfield we have now or for the past 2 years and with Van Persie at the helm, we would have one the
league in one of the past 2
seasons.
The 31 - year - old has been one of the top attacking
midfield players
in Europe
in his eight
seasons at City, and would be a major loss if he were to move on, particularly to a Premier
League rival.
And Schneiderlin was the best defensive
midfielder in the
league last
season.
as for the
league, giroud is a 13 goal per
season scorer, that is one goal every 3 matches, he is a feature striker, and this wont win anything unless you generate huge output from your
midfield... by comparison, henry scored 27 goals
in the epl when we won the
league...
Any decent striker would easily have scored more than 25
league goals for Arsenal a
season with the number of chances our
midfield creates
in every match.
Having added a striker and
midfielder, a central defender is arguably next at the top of his to - do list as he looks to rebuild the spine of a team that finished 10th
in the Premier
League last
season and is short of options at the back with John Terry, Gary Cahill and Kurt Zouma arguably not enough.
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.
Further, Doucoure has emerged also as goalscoring
midfielder this
season with the Frenchman notching an impressive seven goals thus far
in the 2017/18 Premier
League season.
He has scored a whopping 22
in 15 Ukrainian
league games this season, and a further three in the Champions League — a return made all the more impressive considering that he has largely been playing as an attacking midfi
league games this
season, and a further three
in the Champions
League — a return made all the more impressive considering that he has largely been playing as an attacking midfi
League — a return made all the more impressive considering that he has largely been playing as an attacking
midfielder.
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Jankto has established himself as one the most effective defensive
midfielders in Serie A and has registered a goal and two assists
in eleven
league matches this
season.
Our little Spaniard Santi Cazorla was expected to have played his last game for Arsenal after having yet another operation just before Christmas, but now perhaps Arsene Wenger still harbours hopes that our brilliant
midfielder could return to play
in our Europa
League games this
season.
Galaxy want the 34 - year - old for the start of the new MLS
season but the Blues could insist on keeping the
midfielder until the end of the Premier
League season in May.
As well as Swansea, Sky Sports report that a bid had already been rejected for the
midfielder from rivals Leicester City, which was reportedly more valuable than the # 40M that the Toffees had bid for the Icelandic international, who managed nine goals and 13 assists
in 38
league games last
season as Swansea managed to avoid relegation.
The Nigerian
midfielder made just six starts
in the Premier
League last
season as the Blues went on to lift the trophy, and his frustration has continued this year with Nemanja Matic and Ramires currently occupying the
midfield positions.
The Czech
midfielder played some excellent football last
season and played 39 games
in all competitions, but this year has only started
in the
League Cup defeat by Southampton, and has been a sub just three times
in the
League.
Wenger does not usually act
in the January transfer window, despite other rival Premier
League managers taking full advantage of it, as shown last
season when Mourinho brought
in defensive
midfielder Nemanja Matic from Benfica.
The two Premier
League giants are arguably
in need of strengthening
in a number of the same areas at the moment, with both teams looking short of options
in defence and
midfield this
season.
Liverpool are now looking at two big - name Serie A players to come
in in midfield and attack, plus another transfer deal this month to ensure they are better equipped to finish this
season strongly and possibly mount a challenge on the Premier
League title next year.
Although most fans will not have heard much about him, those who watch Ligue 1 will know he was probably the best
midfield player
in the French
League last
season.
Mkhitaryan had an outstanding
season in 2012/13, scoring 25 goals
in 28 domestic
league fixtures, finishing as the Ukrainian Premier League's top scorer and the attacking midfielder is seemingly seen by Liverpool as their top summer t
league fixtures, finishing as the Ukrainian Premier
League's top scorer and the attacking midfielder is seemingly seen by Liverpool as their top summer t
League's top scorer and the attacking
midfielder is seemingly seen by Liverpool as their top summer target.
Should United win the
league this
season with Matic
in midfield, the # 40M they paid for the Serbian two months ago will look like an absolute bargain.
One of the top defensive
midfield players
in the Premier
League this
season, Southampton's Morgan Schneiderlin is a # 25m target for Arsenal and has been on Wenger's radar for some time.
Ozil needs to work harder If Ozil replicates the 2015 - 2016 when he was the best attacking
Midfielder in the
league and scored the most assists
in the
league then we will be awesome But Ozil needs to work a lot harder than last
season
There is a strong history of La Liga players making an impact
in the Premier
League, with Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez, Cesc Fabregas of Chelsea and Manchester United
midfielder Angel di Maria three examples just from this
season.
The Kenyan international has had a highly impressive
season in the Premier
League, showing himself to be one of the finest young defensive
midfield players
in England at the moment.
So an almost constantly injured central
midfielder who did not score a single Premier
League goal for his loan club Bournemouth last
season and managed just five and five assists with Arsenal
in the two previous campaigns is the reason we are not even going to try to sign a player who banged
in 17 and provided 11 assists from a wide forward position
in one
season with Leicester.
The Sporting Lisbon and Portugal holding
midfielder is one of the hottest properties
in European football, with Premier
League scouts monitoring his progress for several
seasons.
16 goals and ten assists is a very good return for Cazorla's first
season in English football and the tiny
midfielder has adapted well to the pace of the Premier
League and is always available for the ball and is not afraid to have a crack from distance, usually with spectacular results.
Despite getting relegated from the Premier
League with Norwich City last
season midfielder Leroy Fer is clearly still
in good spirits after marrying Xenia at the weekend.
Having spent the second half of last
season on loan at Ipswich Town and featured
in nothing more prestigious than the
League Cup for Spurs this
season, the Mexican
midfielder is about as popular with Harry Redknapp as a Jermain Defoe stamp on Aaron Mokoena and will probably be the latest player to travel the well - worn furrow between White Hart Lane and Fratton Park.
Last
season, the
midfielder shone for Nice, as he bagged seven goals and 10 assists
in 34
league appearances as the French side secured a top four finish.
Where he will play is still unknown, Vidal is a tough tackler but he also provides for his team further up the field, scoring 7 goals last
season including 4
in the
league for Juventus, not really the holding player that Arsenal appear to need but another box to box all action
midfielder.
Because, according to a Daily Star report which claims to have a Premier
League footballer as its source, the deal that is apparently done between Arsenal and Schneiderlin will not happen until the end of the
season and that leaves the fans wondering how we will cope
in central
midfield between now and then, especially now that we are hearing some rumours that our club captain Mikel Arteta may have suffered a setback and will be on the injury list for a few more weeks.
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The Saints have emerged as favourites to sign Song and are
in a position to offer the
midfield enforcer Europa
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season after being rewarded for their seventh placed finish
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something new for sure will happen at the very least we will be getting new players the question being who...... a striker with 30 goals abomyang a central defender a
midfielder new maneger who diago simone will do well with atlatico or lazio he is connected to them arsenal needs some one within its ranks some one connected to them But today we seen an ugly encounter were certain players should have had the red i think technology should come
in to it and players should be disciplined after The premier
league is a physical strong competition to win it you got to be very strong very accurate and very demanding and if you do not have the team to do it you do not win our team didn't live to exceptions of last
season so there for changes will have to happen
It's easy to see why Chelsea have been keen on moving for the dynamic 27 - year - old
in recent times; Cesc Fabregas and Nemanja Matic have failed to rediscover the immense form they demonstrated during the title - winning 2014 - 15
season, while it remains to be seen whether Nigerian
midfielder John Obi Mikel is a long - term solution at the club, and Ramires has departed for the Chinese Super
League.
The 24 year old had an outstanding
season in 2012/13, scoring 25 goals
in 28 domestic
league fixtures, finishing as the Ukrainian Premier League's top scorer and the attacking midfielder is seemingly seen by Liverpool as their top summer t
league fixtures, finishing as the Ukrainian Premier
League's top scorer and the attacking midfielder is seemingly seen by Liverpool as their top summer t
League's top scorer and the attacking
midfielder is seemingly seen by Liverpool as their top summer target.
Pirlo says he wan na play
in a different
league nxt
season, hw about we sign him for cheap n he plays as a deep lying
midfielder as wel as increasin d belief among our young stars n squad Just a suggestion tho
The 23 year old
midfielder has had a great
season at Turf Moor and has helped the club within 90 minutes of place
in the Premier
League but he may well feel the need to leave Owen Coyle's side if they fail to beat Sheffield United at Wembley and a move to Goodison Park will surely tempt the player who spent five years under Sir Alex's tutelage.
United signed the likes of Angel Di Maria and Ander Herrera
in midfield, but Fabregas has been one of the best players
in the Premier
League for Chelsea this
season.
Oulala have Özil ranked the eleventh best
midfielder in the Premier
League this
season with an average of 22 points per game.
The Red Devils flop is a surprise name on the Gunners» main list of targets, with includes two other defenders and a Premier
League - based
midfielder who has been
in superb form this
season, having initially been linked with the club back
in the summer.
To be honest if we did not get Xhaka we would still be good
in Central
Midfield BUT last
season we lost Coquelin and Cazorla so our CM is one of the best
in the
League with Xhaka, Cazorla, Coquelin, Ramsey, Eleney, Ozil.
Former Chelsea
midfielder Frank Lampard, 36, will play for Manchester City's A-
League side Melbourne City
in Australia next
season, ahead of his move to Major
League Soccer franchise club New York City — Daily Mirror