Sentences with phrase «midfielder remain at the club»

Not exact matches

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.

How can players like Arteta and Flamini remain at our club when there is an abundance of better, younger and faster midfield talent available on the market?

St Mary's boss Ronald Koeman did well to keep hold of Schneiderlin and his south - coast side have started the current season in superb fashion, securing seven points from their first four Premier League fixtures and given that Southampton sit in fourth spot in the table one imagines the long serving midfielder may elect to remain at the club.

Coquelin hasn't gone as far as to sign a new contract with the club, but the French midfielder had a recent interview with L'Equipe in which he revealed his desire to remain at Arsenal for as long as he can.

Currently on loan back in his homeland with PSV, it remains to be seen whether van Ginkel can establish himself at Chelsea, who have a litany of players on loan at various clubs around the world and are not short of options in the heart of the midfield.

The 23 - year old midfielder will anchor the midfield alongside Paulinho at Tottenham, or Carrick at Manchester United, assuming he leaves the club for the Premier League, however, the Dutch club claim they expect the talented midfielder to remain there for the upcoming season.

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...

Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley says he hopes star midfielder Dayne Beams will remain at the club, but hinted that the Magpies have been in talks with Patrick Dangerfield as a potential replacement.

Bilbao's president has now said that he expected the former Real Zaragoza midfielder to remain at the club for the 2014 - 15 campaign.

Arsenal midfielder, Mesut Ozil has revealed real reason he finally decided to remain at the club after months of debate over his future.

There has been a lot of speculation surrounding Arsenal's midfielder Alex Oxlade Chamberlain on whether he will remain at the Emirates or not, but some clubs are ready to take advantage of the North London clubs situation.

They got a brilliant midfielder (Henrikh Mkhitaryan) for a winger who didn't want to remain at the club (Alexis Sanchez) and had his contract expiring at the end of the season in a swap deal with fierce Premier League rivals.

After a few months spent experimenting with the prospect of the United captain taking on a midfield role on a more permanent basis for club and country at Euro 2016, it remains to be seen how Mourinho will use Rooney next season.

This summer City have added attacking midfielder Bernardo Silva and want sign to sign Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal — but despite the links with more forwards, Aguero remains happy at the club — where he is a confirmed legend.

Klopp had earlier claimed that he is powerless with regards to keeping hold of the midfield star and only time will tell, what will happen in this transfer saga, though if the player can keep performing well, he might remain at the club for a longer period of time.

Ligue 1 side Rennes are expecting midfielder Yann M'Vila to remain at the club on transfer deadline day, after Arsenal, Tottenham and Everton withdrew their interest.

He remains a favourite of Wenger but with an abundance of attacking - minded midfielders at the club it is getting more difficult to see how he can establish himself going forward.