Not exact matches
Since moving to the Turin giants in 2015, the Gabonese
international has been
more or less a
squad player for the Italian champions.
And even though it looks like those injury issues are easing and there is a good chance the Ox may find himself on the bench
more often, the England
international is over the moon to see the likes of Walcott, Giroud and Debuchy coming back, because he reckons that with a fitter
squad, Arsenal will be ready to really push on after christmas and put the iffy first half of the season behind us.
With Arsenal having already announced the signing of the German
international centre back Shkodran Mustafi from Valencia and the Spanish striker Lucas Perez from Deportivo La Coruna this week, the chances of Arsene Wenger adding any
more players to the Arsenal
squad on transfer deadline day are much smaller.
As usual we have loads of Arsenal players out on
international duty during the interlull, and there are ten of them with the senior sides and many
more off with the younger
squads.
It's unlikely that the French
international moves to Everton, but it's suggested that there could be
more success in a swoop for Walcott who will want regular first - team football next season to force his way into the England
squad for the World Cup.
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With a strong
squad filled with young talent, quality
international players, a manager with great ideas and tactical nous coupled with an exciting new stadium on the way, the future is certainly looking very bright at Tottenham as they look to create
more club history.
With the European Championships on the horizon, Januzaj will need to make
more than the seven league starts that he made for the Red Devils last season if he is to make the Belgian
squad for the major
international tournament next summer.
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But despite the playmaker's lack of contact with the rest of the Arsenal first - team
squad, head coach Arsene Wenger is still ready to drop Ozil in at the deep end in the north - east this afternoon, especially given the fact that the Frenchman saw yet
more of his players suffer injuries during the recent
international break.
So with Man City having spent
more money this summer on full backs than most clubs in Europe or even the cash rich English Premier League have spent on players in total, perhaps the Gunners think that our England
international left back Kieran Gibbs should be worth a pretty penny, but the fact is that if we need to sell him to trim down the Arsenal
squad it might be a good idea not to price him too high.
She'll be making a few
more deals, plus some big
international signings, to get Utah's
squad back into playoff contending shape.
I can only see two solutions to this problem, One is to have less
international friendlys and the other logical way around this would be to up the
squad numbers of the top teams in Europe, From 24 to 34 giving
more room to rotating and resting players.
I know that the Arsenal
squad does still contain the France
international right back Matthieu Debuchy, as the pictures on the Arsenal website of the players training before the Burnley match reminded us, while Rob Holding the young summer signing from Bolton Wanderers has played in the position as well as his
more usual central defensive role.
Perez has since talked about a return to his former club this summer, as he looks to assure himself of
more regular football, with his place in the Spain
international squad at risk without playing time.
The Gunners have already signed Egypt
international Mohamed Elneny during the January transfer window, but
more is expected from Arsene Wenger as he looks to bolster his
squad ahead of a title tilt over the coming months.
Almost every
squad is made up of
more than half
internationals.
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The
international players in the Arsenal
squad have been afforded a bit
more time off to recover from their exploits this summer, while some are even still involved at Euro 2016.
There are one or two
more u21s that are going to have to see first action this season, the likes of moore, bielik, pleguezuelo, oconnor, kamara, Bennacer, iwobi and reine - adelaide look sure to join Macey and iliev in competing to make up the numbers, especially after our usually injury ravaged
squad returns from
international break, but hey don't worry, after a bruising from Stoke, we only have 4 away games against Zagreb, spurs, Chelsea and Leicester to deal with, 3 defeats there could see our season resting on the fa cup again and we won't even be in October!!!!
Of course Arsene Wenger would have liked to be in the position where he had full control of when and for how long he would rest our star striker Alexis Sanchez, but to be fair the boss had mentioned it
more than a few times and if the
squad had not been so ravaged with injury problems he would probably already have given the Chile
international a well earned rest.
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In a way, the Ox has had
more success on the
international stage than he has at club level, although he has been pretty unlucky with injury problems as well as having a lot
more competition for places in the Arsenal
squad.
It was the first day back in pre-season training for the Arsenal
squad yesterday, at least it was for most of them although there were a few notable absentees like Alexis Sanchez and Petr Cech who have been give a bit
more time off because of their
international duties this summer.
Lucas has been added to the UCL
squad after Wenger signed him just before the
international break started and he may feel that European football will be
more suited to a player coming from Spain's La Liga, but he may also want to take the new man out of the firing line.
It begs the question as to whether it will be a similar scenario for others who eventually head back to west London as with so many established and experienced
internationals in that
squad, it's difficult to see how they carve out opportunities for themselves especially with
more new signings expected in the summer.
How is it a thing of the past when we were just out of a season plagued with injuries and only four games into what was suppose to be a rossy season we are in the same mess again?how about picking a few
more to add to the toll during the
international break?depth in any
squad is always meant to address such undesirables and shd have bn dealt with reasonably during the transfer window.
And there are other creative options in the team as well, so I think that the news that our French
international defender Laurent Koscielny is back in the
squad could prove to be
more important than losing Wilshere.
There is
more good news from Turf Moor today with central defender Jimmy Dunne having been called up for the Republic of Ireland under - 21
squad for
internationals against Iceland...
As if he couldn't get
more interesting, Patterson - Sewell is an Australian
international, although he's never been capped by their senior
squad.
An experienced
international, Cazorla has won
more than 70 caps for his country and was part of the
squad that won the European Championship in 2008 and 2012.
United manager Louis van Gaal gave Depay his
international debut and selected the winger in his
squad for last summer's World Cup, when Netherlands finished third, but Brands said others have done
more to try to recruit the 21 - year - old.
Rosicky is still two or three weeks away but Wenger should have a full
squad after the next
international break, barring
more injuries of course.
Only Xabi Alonso completed
more passes per 90 minutes than Kimmich in the Bundesliga —
more than Julian Weigl — and no outfield player boasted a higher pass accuracy within the Bayern
squad than the new German
international's average of 92 % on his way to winning his first German title; an historic fourth victory in a row for his club.