Sentences with phrase «national team striker»

The then 23 - year - old national team striker — he was known by fans as Gaolinsmann — made the switch to the then - second division side.

Manager Tony Pulis of Stoke City break record for most expensive purchase in the history of the club, paying 10 million pounds for English national team striker Peter Crouch from Tottenham.

A statement from the Turkish club read: «Our club, in principle, has agreed with the player himself and his club on the loaning of Dutch national team striker Vincent Janssen from Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur.

TSN has learned Toronto FC has agreed to swap striker Jermain Defoe to Sunderland AFC of the Barclays Premier League with US Men's National team striker Jozy Altidore and cash heading to Major League Soccer.

Not exact matches

Tottenham Hotspur striker Emmanuel Adebayor has decided to return to the Togo national team after a 19 - month absence.

Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette admits he's a big fan of Anthony Martial and enjoys playing alongside him and Kylian Mbappe in the France national team.

Campbell plays as a striker for his national team and that is his natural position, howver he is versatile as can also play in the flanks.

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The best thing to happen over the next week from an Arsenal fan's point of view would be for the manager of the Chile national team to err on the side of caution and not play our striker Alexis Sanchez in their World Cup qualifier and for the former Barcelona star to arrive back in London with a clean bill of health.

It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer

That double also puts him into the top 10 leading goalscorers for the France national team and to withing three of the former Arsenal striker Sylvain Wiltord who took 92 games to reach that number while Giroud has only played 60.

Capello, who is now in charge of the Russian national team, praised the striker's commitment and team spirit, adding: «I never saw him like this at City or at Inter.»

AKBs will attack by saying OG is the main striker for the France national team; but our style of play is not like France so when we need prolific strikers, don't compare based on who plays and who doesn't for France..

With van Gaal now in charge of the Red Devils the 63 - year - old will now how to handle the striker from his time in charge of him with the Netherlands national team and as long as van Persie can stay fit expect him to be prolific.

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has admitted that he lied to his French national team colleague Mathieu Valbuena about the existence of a sex tape amid an ongoing case into blackmail, according to Le Parisien (via Daily Mirror).

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud has been advised by the French national team to look for more regular first - team football in the second half of this season.

off topic guys but i do nt think arsenal are going to bid for benzema sometime back wenger commented about the french national team and spoke about the giroud / benzema partnership and ruled out bidding for benzema as it would create unhealthy competition for club and country for both strikers, he does have a point there..

Manchester United striker Robin van Persie made history for the Dutch national team on Friday evening as he made it three World Cups on the scoresheet for the Netherlands, according to Marca.

Even though Olivier Giroud is out of form and lacking in confidence after his slow start to the season with Arsenal and the France national team, whose friendly fans helpfully booed the big striker this week, I did not expect Arsene Wenger to drop him for the clash with Stoke City today, but that is what the Frenchman has done.

Former Newcastle United and England striker Alan Shearer believes Tottenham Hotspur star Harry Kane should already be first choice upfront for the national team, BBC Sport reports.

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Personally, having two strikers battling it out for their national team and for Arsenal at the same time may lead to a bit of conflict...

Los Blancos rejected a 60 million euro offer from Chelsea on Saturday, and with club president Florentino Perez reportedly eager to see more youth in the side, the 23 - year - old will stay at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.The striker scored 12 goals for Juventus last season and led the Spanish national team in scoring at Euro 2016.

The six players are; young striker Chuba Akpom who has been on fire this season and scored a hat - truck in the last under 21 game, Gedion Zelalem, the central midfielder who has been compared to Cesc Fabregas, Ainsley Maitland - Niles, the talented winger who was on the bench for the Stoke game, Stefan O'Connor the promising 17 - year old centre back who recently signed his first professional contract, Alex Iwobi the Nigerian born winger and nephew of Jay - Jay Okocha and finally the young defensive midfielder Glen Kamara who also plays for the Finland national team at under 21 level.

but talking of benzema, isn't he the guy who benches giroud in the france national team????... if hes better than giroud, i prefer him or any other better striker... gosh they are sooo many... lukaku 7 yrs younger is miles better than him for example

It looks like the Arsenal striker will be starting for his national side when they take on Uruguay in a World Cup qualifying match tonight, as the Chilean medical team have passed him fit.

The boss has gone for Joel Campbell in the right forward position and hopefully the young Costa Rican striker will use this chance to show what he can do, as he does regularly for his national team.

Fresh off becoming the record goalscorer for the England national team in midweek, Rooney will be looking for his first Premier League goal in 10 games and scoring against the Merseyside outfit would be perfect for the former Everton striker.

Van Persie has a special relationship with Red Devils» boss Van Gaal following the latter's managerial time with the Netherlands national team — however their relationship was tested in the first - half of the season when the striker was seriously failing to impress.

The manager of the Chile national team, Jorge Sampaoli, has already given the Gunners a fright this week by admitting that he played our star striker for the full 90 minutes against Brazil in a World Cup qualifying match, despite knowing that he was not fully fit and so was at risk of aggravating the injury Alexis picked up during the Premier League win over Manchester United.

yeah me too, but only for the national team, club-wise i have to say last season he was reaaaaaally bad as a starting striker in the time when giroud was injured, but now he seems improved but lets wait before we overestimate him, but yeah rooney hasn't been great for about 5 years already, but i really like sturridge in the club if it werent for his injuries he and kane would be the contenders for the golden boot every season... well as long as agüero has injury problems himself the same like sturridge on a higher level..

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

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The French striker Olivier Giroud has been told by Didier Deschamps that he will need to play more first team football if he wants to go to the World Cup with the France national team this summer, and I am sure this is not the first time he has been told this.

When Podolski and Wellbeck play for their national teams they play as strikers.

Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla has backed Chelsea striker Diego Costa to score the goals which help the Spanish national team qualify for next summer's European Championships.

Little had been heard of this young striker outside of Spain before this season, but impressive form for Los Che and subsequently the Spain national team has seen the 21 - year - old's stock rise.

I, like you, am not completely sold on him — but 3rd choice strikers for South American national teams are not always quite as tragic as it may first appear.

Jackson is not even 3 choice striker in national team.

Brazilian born striker, who wishes to represent the Spanish national team, has been in inspired form this season helping Diego Simeone's side mount a genuine La Liga title challenge.

I think we all know the fact about Olivier Giroud not been a reliable striker that can save us whenever we nEed him, also jack might easily pick up injuries from his styles of play and ramsey sometimes just get confuse on his position,, Arsenal really need to pick up a quality striker just like Vargas from chile national team and a better Dm to support Le Coq, then we good to go for the league, COYG love u all Dude!!

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...

He might probably do better as striker for arsenal than Alexis and Walcot because he plays as striker in his national team and he does a decent job there.

I do nt think Wenger is looking for a lone striker... he will probably settle with Giroud / Welbeck uptop but a scoring forward like sanchez so the link to Mbappe or Lacazette makes sense then... they are best played when they have support... I'm wary about Lacazette... he is not really a striker but not a winger either... anyone else concerned that even Deschamps does not play him in the national team and no one seems to want to sign him besides Arsenal if you believe the rumours!

i personally think british players get easily selected for the national team especially strikers a good few months & goals you, re in, in some countries it takes players years at the highest level before getting a look in!!

But both are strikers in their national teams and they play pretty much the same role there, none of them being the main striker.

i do nt understand all this hullabalo about lacazette... the man is benched by our third choice striker Giroud, in the french national team and every body is going bananas over him, am i missing something?

Arsenal are reportedly keen on securing the transfer of the very highly rated and talented young Germany international star, so it could be very good news for the Gunners this week, as the former Germany striker Oliver Bierhoff who is the and general manager of the German national team let slip that Goretzka is going to move to the Emglish Premier League.

Though still awaiting his first callup to the Brazil national team, Benfica attacker Anderson Talisca is a promising striker who has demonstrated solid skill in Portugal.

The new Arsenal striker Takuma Asano may not have a work permit to play football in England, but his chances of getting one soon are sure to be improved by his impressive form for the Japan national team at the Rio 2016 Olympic games.