Sentences with phrase «of central defensive options»

Thus, the collective drop in form across most positions and lack of central defensive options notwithstanding, Liverpool have indeed improved their squad.

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With Arsenal already looking as short as a sausage dog in defence, with Gabriel and Per Mertesacker ruled out for quite a while, not even Arsene Wenger would think it was a good idea to let one of the few central defensive options left at the Emirates leave the club, whether om a temporary or permanent basis.

In central midfield, Michael Carrick showed his wortth for England against Lithuania and should be brought in as one of the more defensive options for the match against Italy, who have plenty of quality in that area of the pitch.

The club's first choice central defensive pairing of Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker proved very capable last term and Manolas may be an intelligent option to bring in as back - up.

Liverpool may well be seeking a fresh central defensive option but it's worth noting that they've kept things tight at the back of late, keeping three Premier League clean sheets on the trot.

We do have our own injury problems and the latest one keeping Gabriel out of action means that Wenger has very few central defensive options, so the fact that our opponents have only one fit striker in Diafra Sakho is a massive boost.

Kenny Dalglish is also keen to beef up his defensive options and given that Sotirios Kyrgiakos and Jamie Carragher are both over 30 and that Daniel Agger is plagued with knocks a move to bring in further central defensive options makes a great deal of sense and the Liverpool manager has identified Scott Dann as a potential target.

The list includes five potential central - midfield options for Wenger — notably anchor man Francis Coquelin — and it was intriguing to see how the French coach opted to compensate for the loss of his sole key defensive - midfield operator.

Wenger could well do with a fresh central defensive option and Hummels is arguably one of the best in his position across all of Europe.

We are a bit thin in the central defensive area and our deficincies were there for all to see against Atletico Madrid, so bringing in one more centre back for cover is something Rafa should seriously consider whether that be a fresh faced youngster like Ryan Shawcross or a hugely experienced option in the shape of the likes of Campbell or his Pompey teammate Syvlain Distin.

Van Gaal knows de Vrij well from his time in charge of the Dutch national team set - up and the 23 - year - old could offer Man United a strong additional central defensive option.

Although Cech is finished, he's still a better option than the disastrous Ospina, give Coq another chance in front of the back four, he's best position and sit there in a disciplined defensive roll, Monreal back to he» best position at left back, he overlaps and gets behind the full back better than Kola who moves along side Kos in central defence to replace the injured Mustafi.

Before I move onto today's Arsenal news I want to clarify a couple of things from yesterday's post, where I spoke about the central - defensive options in our squad and who I would like to see begin next season as the starting pair.

According to Sky Sports News, Leicester City have have bolstered their defensive options by spending a fee of # 17m to sign the 24 - year - old central defender, who can also be used at right - back.

Sherwood has options in the central defensive midfield position with the likes of Gueye and Sanchez.