Sentences with phrase «midfielder in the summer left»

I suppose you could say that the manager's failure to sign another defender and a defensive midfielder in the summer left us short of options, but you would still expect better from players like Flamini, Mertesacker, Welbeck, Gibbs, Chamberlain and of course Alexis Sanchez.

Not exact matches

The Dutch coach has also confirmed that another United midfielder will also be on the way out of Old Trafford with Darren Fletcher set to leave in the summer and West Ham United a possible destination.

I can imagine the new ruthless Wenger refusing to allow Ozil to leave for free in the summer, and having secured a potent strike - force to play alongside him for the next few years, he has convinced the midfielder to stay at the Emirates rather than play under the volatile Jose Mourinho at United.

The 29 - year - old could have left the club on a free transfer in the summer, but the north London giants can now expect to raise some money and bring in a top class attacking midfielder as part of his exit.

Both teams could certainly do with reinforcements in that department, as with Marouane Fellaini's contract set to expire this summer coupled with Michael Carrick's retirement, the Red Devils will certainly be left light in midfield.

It was surprising that Arsenal didn't invest in a holding midfielder in the summer, and now an injury to Francis Coquelin has left them desperately short.

The 6» 1 ″ midfielder left Old Trafford for Juventus in summer 2012, and immediately made an impact in the first team, earning his first Scudetto title after a fine debut season in Serie A.

In turn, that leaves Arsene Wenger with the likely solution of fielding Calum Chambers and summer signing Rob Holding in central defence, while fellow new boy Granit Xhaka could make his debut in midfielIn turn, that leaves Arsene Wenger with the likely solution of fielding Calum Chambers and summer signing Rob Holding in central defence, while fellow new boy Granit Xhaka could make his debut in midfielin central defence, while fellow new boy Granit Xhaka could make his debut in midfielin midfield.

However, with his current contract set to expire next summer, The Mirror have seemingly raised doubts over his future in north London which could leave Spurs with a real hole to fill in their midfield.

Fabian Delph has told Aston Villa he has no plans to sign a new contract and is set to leave the club in the summer, with Liverpool, Everton and Tottenham all interested in signing the 24 - year - old midfielder --(Daily Telegraph)

if arteta flamini, & rosicky leaves this summer I wish we bring in naiangolan from Roma.and then we'll have a midfield of coq, elneny, Caz, rams ozil and naiangolan....

One of the best attacking midfielders in the world, Marco Reus has been linked with Manchester United and many other top clubs in recent times as he could leave Borussia Dortmund this summer.

He's predominantly a left - winger but can play across any of the attacking midfield positions so he'd certainly give Wenger plenty of options in the final third if he was to move to the Emirates this summer — although the report says Chelsea and Liverpool are also interested in the player so we could face stiff competition.

If Gabriel Paulista does leave Arsenal this summer due to his likely becoming surplus to requirements at Arsenal which himself might have sensed, apart of the 4 specialist defenders of: Koscielny, Monreal, Mustafi and holding who have been regularly manning the Arsenal back three line of recent, other centre backs like Mertersacker & Chambers, and defensive wingbacks of Bellerin, Kolasinac, and the defensive midfielders of Elneny & Niles, can all also play as centrebacks in a back three or back four denfese - line whenever the need arised.

Our new midfielder in the summer will offer on the left, what Pogba offers on the right [or vice versa].

Drogba and midfielder Frank Lampard, 33 will be allowed to leave in the summer as Chelsea attempt to reduce the average age of their squad.

«Arsenal need to look at signing a new centre - half and definitely a central midfielder because people like Mikel Arteta may leave in the summer.

At times this season, and pretty crucial times as well, Arsene Wenger has been left with almost no options for the centre of the Arsenal midfield, Cazorla is out for the season after playing a big role in our good early form and there have also been injury problems for Coquelin, Ramsey and Elneny, while the summer signing Granit Xhaka has missed a fair few games himself for disciplinary reasons.

The 22 - year old is expected to be the first choice Portuguese left back at this summer's Euro 2016 competition and he has apparently been on Arsenal's radar for a couple of years with former Arsenal midfielder and current scout Gilles Grimandi having watched his progress in the French league.

However, the combative and powerful midfielder seems to still have question marks over his future, and the closer we move to next summer with no new agreement in place, it will leave the risk of seeing him depart on a free transfer open.

As they search for a holding midfielder to eventually replace Michael Carrick and pair up with Paul Pogba, it's suggested that Matic could now be targeted, although he likely won't be allowed to leave for less than # 40m this summer, as per the report, having played a pivotal role in helping Antonio Conte's side win the title this season.

We allowed Tomas Rosicky, Mathieu Flamini and Mikel Arteta to all leave at the end of their contracts this summer, and so far Granit Xhaka is the only midfielder to come in in their place.

According to Don Balon, the City boss is keen on signing both Toni Kroos and Isco from Los Blancos to strengthen his creative midfield options for next season, with both players said to be welcome to the idea of leaving the Bernabeu in the summer.

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere expressed his discomfort in Tomas Rosicky leaving the club this summer.

It was only in the summer that Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin was desperate to leave the Saints for a Champions League side and looked certain for an exit — now he is just happy to be back in training.

We may have been raped in the SF, You all forget what was, said since last season, everyone agreed the midfield was poor, and the summer didn't help and we braced our selves for the worst, now we have made history perhaps with poor football but the problems never left, some people say «we lost to fucking Roma» I doubt you all understand what it means to have the players you need and want, eusebio di Francesco has what is needed to play HIS football, lucho signed poor midfielders BUT they were required for his FOOTBALL not in any way the Barca way (he played attacking and entertaining but it's sad to see no one wanted to acknowledge that those signings weren't right, He got figured out and left like a man with BALLS Valverde restored positional play and brought emphasis to the midfield but he lacks the MF to do it.

Arsenal have so far failed to bring in any midfielders, signing only left - back Sead Kolasinac and striker Alexandre Lacazette this summer, and could well believe that strengthening their midfield would be a positive move.

With Reds icon Steven Gerrard leaving Anfield in the summer, Brendan Rodgers views Milner as the player that can fill the left hole in central midfield.

Firstly I don't think Wenger is interested in buying another midfielder this summer, despite Rosicky, Arteta and possibly Flamini all leaving.

Arsenal are now claimed to be interested in signing the Barca playmaker, with three midfielders having left the club at the end of their respective deals already this summer, and only one replacement having joined thus far.

Bring in Ospina for Cech; Gabriel for Koscielny (Kos is 31 and its time we start testing Gabriel and Holding beside Mustafi to see what our long term first choice defensive partnership will look like); Gibbs for Monreal (Wenger needs to start rotating these 2 more frequently as we need to ascertain if Gibbs can adequately produce the quality to hold that position from next season for a few years as I'm thinking this might be Nacho's last or penultimate season with Arsenal, it will also give a hint as to the type of Left - back to target in the summer — first teamer or backup and age as well); I'll like to see an Elneny — Xhaka partnership in this fixture as we might just never know, this might be our replica of the Kos Mustafa partnership in the centre of the park, Two disciplined (positionally, i mean) central midfielders who can play box to box; Chamberlain for Iwobi, and Perez for Alexis should do the work.

Man United continue to be strongly linked with a move for midfielder Jack Rodwell and there is reported interest from La Liga clubs in Mikel Arteta and the Toffees failure to secure European football for next term may lead some players to consider leaving this summer.

The midfielder appeared certain to be leaving the Bundesliga outfit this summer after Dortmund CEO Hans - Joachim Watzke claimed that the player had no future with the club, saying, «He will leave in the summer of Borussia Dortmund, which is no doubt,» as quoted by Sportnachrichten.

Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain forced Arsene Wenger to sell him to Liverpool in the summer, and with him due to come back to the Emirates tomorrow for the first time since his departure, Jurgen Klopp has been asked about how he has progressed since leaving Arsenal, and he thinks that Wenger wasn't using the midfielder in his best positions.

Vidal could certainly help fill the void left by Khedira in the Madrid midfielder, and would become another big - name «Galactico» signing for the club after deals for Toni Kroos and James Rodriguez this summer.

As reported in The Sun: But he (Wenger) is still no closer to knowing whether his midfield stars will leave as free agents in the summer, despite having a small army of negotiators and heads of recruitment at the Emirates.

Also in Summer we need to get 2 Centre backs and 2 central midfielders of quality and replace Ozil if he leaves.

The French midfielder left England on a free transfer two years ago and has since become one of the finest midfielders in Serie A, but he could be itching for a move this summer.

Jack got injured again at the beginning of last season, and he saw Francis Coquelin and Santi Cazorla cement their places in central midfield with Aaron Ramsey vying for a place, then Mohamed Elneny arrived last January, and this summer Wenger brought in the classy Granit Xhaka as even more competition, leaving Jack wondering how many games he would actually play even if he was fit all season.

Ozil was slammed for «going missing» in the North London Derby, and it would appear right now that there are not too many Gooners that will be upset when the midfielder leaves Arsenal this summer after a string of non-appearances, but the report, by the Mirror's John Cross, seems to be convinced that Arsene Wenger will definitely be staying on for another two years.

It had looked like the Saints had secured the # 12.8 m signing of the Bologna midfielder but that deal has seemingly stalled and left the door open for other offers and Rodgers is keen to register his interest in the hopes of making Ramirez his fourth summer signing in the next few days.

A player linked with Arsenal in the past, it may be worth paying up for Liverpool attacking midfielder Raheem Sterling this summer if Cazorla does leave.

Vidal could certainly fit in well at Anfield, with Brendan Rodgers» side clearly in need of new signings in the defensive midfield department as Steven Gerrard prepares to leave the club for a summer move to MLS giants LA Galaxy.

Every Gooner and his dog has been begging Arsene Wenger to bring in an equal talent as a replacement, and although Oxlade - Chamberlain has been improving in the midfield role there is only one year left on his contract and there are rumours he may be moving on this summer as well.

It may have taken the Bosnian international a few games to settle into his new career as an Arsenal player, but it is only pre-season and the new summer signing Sead Kolasinac really shook off the cobwebs today and put in a powerful and impressive performance for the Gunners on the left side of midfield.

Despite some good performances for Arsenal in the absence of Francis Coquelin, it seems as though Mathieu Flamini will be leaving the club this summer as Arsene Wenger continues his search for a more long - term alternative in defensive midfield.

Considering the fact that Flamini will most definitely be shown the door in the summer, Wenger will be looking for a midfielder to bring into the squad and given that Gundogan has confirmed that he will be leaving Dortmund at the end of the season, there is a strong likelihood of genuine interest from the Arsenal manager.

Premier League runners - up Tottenham are reportedly going to pay # 30M summer signing Moussa Sissoko in order to try and get the midfielder to leave the club this summer, according to the Daily Mail.

It is very strange that just after sources at Arsenal apparently revealed that our defensive midfielder Matthieu Flamini is expected to leave the club this summer, when we are also informed that a group of Arsenal representatives were present last night in Spain to watch the Sevilla midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak.

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has appeared to pour cold water on the idea of leaving the Gunners to sign for Manchester City this summer, in an in - depth interview.