Sentences with phrase «midfielders for now»

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Arteta is certainly very talented, despite getting on in years, and will be hoping to get chance to impress Arsene Wenger before the season ends, but with the dogfight Arsenal are in with Man City and Man United for second place means that he is unlikely to be risked at the moment as the club has a whole host of talent in midfield right now.

Wenger is not a 2 out and out wingers type of manager, Pires was never a left winger as he did exactly what Cazorla does for us right now, but Pires was a class above Cazorla, he was a false left winger go always cut infield all the time and congested the midfield, that's where his goals came from, get would cut inside and let Cole overlap.

Two new midfielders and a defender could now be heading to Old Trafford, with these three lined up for big - money moves:

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.

Barcelona don't exactly look short of options in midfield right now, but are often on the lookout for the best young talent due to their proud tradition of nurturing youth and building a team that can grow up together instead of simply splashing out on big - name signings.

Let's face it, Mertesacker and Arteta were once decent players in their youthful days, but now they are shit, both are liabilities to the rest.Koscielny, gibbs and debuchy have to work twice as hard to cover up for the sluggish per, same case when arteta is playing, the midfielders around have to run back when he easily gets turned and beaten for pace.

The brilliant Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky is now in his 8th season at Arsenal, and has always performed brilliantly when called upon to play for the first team, but due to various injuries and Arsene Wenger's choices our Little Mozart has only averaged 20 starts a season in all competitions, and another 10 per year as substitute.

-- We have been calling for a defensive midfielder for like... 4 years now?

Dutch second - tier side VVV Venlo are now said to be set to sign the midfielder on loan until the summer, where he will be expected to land a first - team role, before returning to Arsenal for pre-season.

Wenger came out and said he intends on keeping Giroud as the starter which means we can forget going for an established CF. And Draxler wouldn't need as much time cause he's played more as a forward than a midfielder for a few years now.

Now we have an unhappy player in sanchez on our hands, missed out on a quality player Lemar, Din't go after a decent winger or Midfielder, Sold our RWB Ox without finding any replacement, sold our best defender in Gabriel, Sold left back for peanuts.

Mancity although quite blessed in the defensive midfield area has added fernando for added steel, he is getting acquainted with the league Manu has bought in a creative but an all round combatant name Herrera, reminds me of Ramsay, Manu was obviously lacking a spark, now they have it.

Mertesacker has now moved to praise the leadership skills of new signing Granit Xhaka, who expected to rival Francis Coquelin for the holding role within the base of the midfield.

The fact he joined them instead of a team with a weak midfield right now was kind of crazy but maybe he isn't the answer for us?

Louis van Gaal looks set to continue this approach of high - profile, expensive moves in the transfer market, with two Serie A midfielders now on the Dutchman's agenda for when the transfer window re-opens in the middle of the season.

This is mainly because his best position is the box to box role in central midfield, which unfortunately for him, seems to be nailed down by Santi Cazorla right now.

I did suggest earlier this week that this season was one about which to be optimistic — there were a few Doubting Micky Thomases judging from the posts that followed such thoughts, but after a display of stunning attack, biting midfield (well, kind of, at least the two stayed out of Mike Dean's book) and innovative defending, surely we are now favourites for the title?

Cazorla was restored for our trip to Crystal Palace and the manager's comments after the game indicated that he was clear as to how our midfield should function from now on.

Barkok has recently been picked for the Germany Under19 side and according to the German publication Spox, Wenger has been watching this exciting attacking midfielder for some time and after being turned down last summer he has now gone back with another offer that is «no more than # 10m».

Thought Chambers had a good game in midfield on Monday, he looks as though he's now recovered his confidence after Hodgson foolishly selected him for senior England squad.

Time is going we need a skillful midfielder now, arsenal is known for good midfield, but this has changed.

«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.

Hope Wenger knows now that he can count on coq doing a job for an entire season.and stop playing midfielders on the wings and try to sign a goal scorer who can score from half chances.

I'm very happy with the business we've done, now before the window closes maybe a defender or two and holding midfielder, or is that too much to ask for.

His own preference is for CB but Wenger now wants to use him in midfield.

The Daily Express claim the Gunners hope to snap up the Belgian on a free transfer next summer, and while he'd be no replacement for Ozil, he could offer something sorely lacking in their midfield right now.

The Arsenal midfielder was in a race to prove his fitness before the end of the season, and is now set to start for his country in one of two matches remaining before finding out if he has secured his place in the final 23 - man squad.

However, now that the Coq is out we should look out for a different pair, Ramsey may not fare so badly if played in midfield along with Xhaka.

I'd settle for a George Graham defence right now... might have been boring but we need some real defenders and midfielders... we were totally out fought in the mid field make up of the team was totally wrong..

«People are now asking why Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool all failed to identify Kante when they were looking for a holding midfield player in the summer.»

Given that Isco is one of the most in - form creative midfield players in Europe right now, # 69m doesn't seem an unfair amount to pay at all, even if the 25 - year - old hasn't always been an automatic starter for Zinedine Zidane's side 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.

We have needed a 4th CB, DM, and a LW for years, while he has continued to strengthen the midfield, RW, and striker position, and now apparently RB as well.

Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso has predicted an exciting future for former side Liverpool as they have now have financial stability.

If we had focused Ainsley Maitland - Niles as a Central midfielder, Xhaka and Ramsey would have been scared for his position right now and that would have brought out the best in him and we won't be looking for one Seri all over the place.

City certainly aren't lacking the financial power to emerge as favourites for Weigl, while Guardiola has pinpointed him as the perfect long - term fit for his midfield as a replacement for Yaya Toure with both clubs seemingly now in the market to ensure that they can sustain their success.

Linked with a whole host of clubs in recent times, Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira is now believed to be among Manchester United's top midfield targets for January.

Also, there is now an opportunity for Koeman to rest and rotate his defensive midfielders, such as the ever - present Gareth Barry, exciting young prospect Tom Davies and Idrissa Gueye when back from the Africa Cup of Nations.

The three Barca boys in question, according to a Metro report, are the Turkey international Arda Turan, the Spanish midfielder Denis Suarez and Rafinha, the brother of the Bayern Munich star Thiago who plays for Spain now while Rafinha chose the country of their birth, Brazil.

According to the Daily Star, Manchester United are now expected to step up their interest in Benfica midfielder Enzo Perez, as Valencia have pulled out of the running for the Argentine.

Don Balon are stating that Man City were originally interested in Barca midfielder Sergio Busquets, however since they've failed in their pursuits of the Spaniard, will now join the hunt for German Weigl.

For those who are not all that aware of Sotiris Ninis its worth noting that the talented Albanian born adaptable midfielder is considered the hottest prospect in Greece right now, which admittedly isn't saying a great deal but I would imagine Sir Alex Ferguson will have done his homework on the Panathinaikos star who's performances helped the Athens club secure the double last term.

And that has alerted the «Old Lady of Italian Football», who are now set to steal a march on the duo by making their own move for the attacking midfield player.

Real Madrid midfielder Asier Illarramendi has supposedly been cleared to sign for Liverpool after he and the club came to a mutual decision on his future, with a move now likely to happen fairly quickly.

Hamsik could certainly be an upgrade, with the 27 - year - old showing himself to be one of the finest creative midfield players in the Italian top flight for many years now, as well as showing a keen eye for goal from the middle of the park.

Both Man Utd and Arsenal have respective issues in midfield, and now reports claim that Jean Michael Seri has emerged as a possible solution for both clubs.

Last summer French midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin was a target for Spurs, but just like their recent interest in Wanyama they failed to follow it up with a serious offer and that is one of the reasons why Ronald Koeman's side have become agitated with the club they now feel are an direct rival.

Although he has only missed two PL games for Spurs this season, Dier has lost his place in Tottenham's midfield to Victor Wanyama, who is now seen as the better option to partner Dembele.

Spurs are in the market for a new midfielder in January, with top - target Joao Moutinho now understood to be happy to remain at Porto.

The Croatian has now racked up 72 appearances for Inter, finding the back of the net 12 times from midfield.