Sentences with phrase «of a title challenging side»

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Reds boss Jurgen Klopp is reportedly very eager to bolster his squad before tonight's 11 pm deadline report the Independent, after his side's title challenge faded after the turn of the year last season due to his squad's lack of depth.

Liverpool's attack has been superb for so much of this season so tightening up at the back with a new top class «keeper could be just what's needed to ensure Jurgen Klopp's side can mount a stronger challenge for the Premier League title next season.

Bakkali, who is just 18 years old, has been an important part of the PSV side that look set to challenge for the Eredivisie title this season, but the report suggests that the Dutch club are now resigned to losing the player in the near future, potentially in January but more likely at the end of the season.

However having seen the club's top talents, Victor Wanyama and Gary Hooper, leave the club in the summer he may feel that his side will always be used by players as a stepping stone and may also feel that the «challenge» of winning the domestic title is somewhat unfulfilling and could therefore be open to a possible move to the Premier League at some juncture.

By 2013 Van Persie Wenger's side were not a title - challenging side with the forward, but his goals did cover up a lot of flaws and stole a lot of points.

A bid of # 25m is expected, and it looks like the 29 - year - old could be a great buy for Diego Simeone's side as they look to improve on their current attacking options with the view to mounting a more serious title challenge in Spain next term.

Eriksen has helped Ajax to three successive Eredivisie titles and feels he has achieved as much as he can at the Amsterdam club, and whilst the Danish international can indeed enjoy Champions League football he is looking for a fresh challenge and Rodgers will hope to convince the 21 year old of the long term merits of joining a Liverpool side that are responsibly building for the future.

However, he has consistently let himself, his teammates, and his fans down with a series of error laden displays that have contributed to the side failing to build on last season's title challenge.

My team were never challenging for the Premier League title when I began to follow them, and the joy I would experience when they would reach an unlikely cup final was immense, so I'm sorry if I don't feel any remorse for a fan who only followed a team when they were one of only two top sides challenging year on year, before enjoying an unbeatable Invincibles campaign in only his third term of supporting the side.

When people debate Rodgers» legacy at Anfield, his fans will point the 2013/14 season as an incredible achievement — one that, in many ways, would ultimately cost him his job as it was a title challenge that came much earlier than expected; the club were ahead of schedule in terms of building a competitive side, and the emotional turmoil of ultimately losing out on the final day of the season meant there was simply no recovery.

His words do seem as though he is of the belief that his side have a strong chance of challenging for the Premier League title next term, and also sounds an awful lot like he will be sticking around for the new campaign...

This January Arsenal fans would've liked to have seen a few more additions to the side, to give the Gunners a greater chance of a late title challenge.

The 32 year old saw his side's Premier League title challenge fade last night, Man City slumping to defeat at Crystal Palace, though his Etihad Stadium employers will apparently fight to keep hold of the Ivory Coast international.

The North - London side are now eyeing a potential title charge, having enjoyed a huge upturn in fortunes of late, and they will be hoping their re-emergence in the top four will see them push on to challenge even higher in the table.

The Frenchman's side is in need of a clinical striker to help them challenge Chelsea for the Premier League title.

Both Premier League sides could well do with fresh central midfield options and the lack of a signing of this type over the summer may well have left both clubs well short of mounting a genuine Premier League title challenge.

Arsenal's form in the second half of last season's Premier League campaign will have left many fans of the North London side confident the Gunners can genuinely challenge for the title in 2015/16.

Add to this the fact that we are now stronger on the defensive side of the game as well and you have good reasons to be upbeat about this season being more likely to see Arsenal produce a proper title challenge.

Louis van Gaal has a job to do to strengthen his squad ahead of next season, with the Dutchman in need of several new recruits to improve his side's chances of mounting a more serious challenge for the Premier League title.

United may have already signed Memphis Depay this summer, adding to the likes of Angel Di Maria and Juan Mata in the attacking midfield department, but Turan could be another welcome addition to the side as they look to improve on last season and mount a more serious challenge for the Premier League title.

I'm tired of this hostage situation we've been put under by Sanchez, this inner kid thing happened to RVP as well, if he wants to go let him, to any side he wants, if it's a prem side nothing less than 80 mil will get us talking, reinvest that cash on Mbappe and Lemar, and see if we don't mount a title challenge next season.

Huntelaar has been in great form this season, netting 26 goals in 27 appearances in all competitions for Schalke as they look to challenge for the Bundesliga title and Dalglish sees the 28 year old as a solution to his sides lack of effective firepower.

Dier has been the rock - solid base of a Tottenham midfield in which Alli has also thrived to help Mauricio Pochettino's side towards a surprise Premier League title challenge this season.

If he is to sign a new deal, you would have to hope that reports prove to be true that Kroenke persuaded him to stay in order to rehaul the squad, which would hopefully see us progress into a title challenging side, as opposed to scraping into the Champions League spots as we have done on a number of occasions.

In a way I think it would have been better for Arsenal to have fared even worse in last season's Premier League, as dropping out of Europe altogether may well have helped us to challenge for the title next time, as we have seen with the likes of the last two sides to be crowned champions of England, Chelsea and Leicester City.

Will this be the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle that Wenger so desperately wants to turn his side back to a title challenging one?

he had excess talent whilst at Madrid and was still unable to win the CL and only had one liga title and Copa del Ray to show for having a squad worth quarter of a billion.Pep took charge of a flailing and out of sort Barca, straight from managing a b side and turned them to one of the best club ever seen and you sit on your fat ass and pontificate about challenges... i doubt if you even know the definition of challenge

The injuries to major players like Laurent Koscielny, Mesut Ozil and Giroud have created holes in the side, and Arsenal have a big squad, but the title challenging quality spreads over only nine or ten of them.

The challenge, as ever in England, is the competitive nature of the Premier League where any of six or seven sides could realistically challenge for the title.

Embed from Getty Images Three points would be massive for either side, with the Gunners chasing Champions League and Spurs still in reach of a title challenge.

Three points would be massive for either side, with the Gunners chasing Champions League and Spurs still in reach of a title challenge.

Roma's fine start in this early start of season continue to give many football experts strong believe that the capital side will be Juventus» main challenge for grabbing Scudetto title this time around.

Because it is interesting, taking one of your biggest rivals star players and unleashing him against them in a potential title challenging side.

Being a part of the FA Cup - winning side, Sanchez is hoping to help the Gunners a title challenge this season.

Over 2.5 goals is on a 5 - 1 run in the last six meetings of the sides and the Lane will be bouncing for this game with genuine title challenging belief growing in the N17 zip code.

The challenge for Stöger was to steady the ship and then direct it back into the safe waters of the top four — the title at this point was gone with Jupp Heynckes» return to Bayern catapulting the side to the top of the division.

Predicted Starting XI: Mourinho to play his most - attacking side against Spurs as he keeps an eye on City ahead of possible league title challenge?

United are unlikely to challenge City for the Premier League title, but continuing the season with a fight will do the side some good ahead of next season where Mourinho will be tasked with challenging the likes of City for the title.

First Leg Preview: Barcelona are coming into this game on the back of a devastating loss in the hands of Malaga which jolted their title challenge but Luis Enrique's side are still alive in three major competitions and they will be looking to gather the pace as the season approaches its finale.

It did look like Arsenal could potentially challenge for the title following a strong start to the season and club legend Robert Pires has explained that the North London side's struggles have been down to the absence of injured star midfielder Santi Cazorla.

Before the game, Jupp Heynckes tipped Leverkusen to be one of the sides challenging for the title next season.

Jamie Carragher, Graeme Souness and Jamie Redknapp feature weekly for the British broadcasters and, given the Anfield side's form of late, the excitement with regard to a potential title challenge from Liverpool has been palpable in Sky's recent coverage.

The home side have emerged as an outside bet for a title challenge and a victory against their most bitter rivals will send a statement to the rest of the league.

Now Mourinho has settled, United fans will expect their side to challenge for the league title next season and make the knock - out stages of the Champions League.

our managers stubborness and reluctance to spend seems to have our fans split right down the middle... i genuinely believe its not the fact that he thinks the squad is good enough its more that hes trying to prove that you do nt need to buy success and by god if it takes him 10 years for this bunch to mature enough to do it hel keep us suffering so he can turn and say «told ya so» to fergie, rafa, hughes, abramovich, etc.the problem is by the time this happens theyl have won titles by spending the question is are all you fans on the other side of the argument willing to wait that long and watch cesc, RvP, arshavin, cliche etc go elsewhere for momentos of their careers.in the time since our last league triumph (also last serious challenge) the team that has won the league most has invested in berbatov, nani, evra, vidic, carrick, hargreaves, anderson, tevez to name a few....

With a need for a positive result after his side were brought back to Earth in Stoke, Liverpool offers a chance to not only get back to winning ways for his team, but also to do so with a signal of intent that Arsenal are able to challenge against the top teams in this year's race for the Premier League title.

Having reverted back to the strongest side, it's hard to see any reason to change ahead of one of the last big challenges which the leaders face in their title push.

But consistency is beginning to creep into their game with regards to winning results and with the fans and everyone inside the club now genuinely of the belief that they do have what it takes to challenge for the title itself, perhaps now we will see a Tottenham side heading out onto that pitch fired up and gunning for every available point.

«If it were me, I'd pay it all in cash up front, because I've watched him that much... I've seen him drag a newly promoted side by the scruff of the neck and make them challenge for the Bundesliga title... In that area, there isn't a better defensive midfielder who can also play centrally and in attacking midfield.»

In fact, I think that's the perfect way to sum up their current situation, thoroughly enjoying the early euphoria of a couple of stunning results against Wigan Athletic and Newcastle United before some hardhitting reality against two of the Premier League's most consistent sides, with the always title challenging Chelsea handing out a free lesson in how to play the beautiful game as Blackburn provided a much needed reality check that this league is brutal, that half - decent performances in front of your own fans still get severely punished if your own game isn't up to the high standards the Premier League demands.