Sentences with phrase «of creative midfield»

No one really seems to know what is brewing behind the scenes at Toronto FC, though the consensus seems to be that the signing of some kind of creative midfield player is the club's offseason priority.

United boss Louis van Gaal is in need of a creative midfielder after watching his team find packed defences hard to unlock in the last campaign.

That combined with the probable availability of Danny Welbeck and the certain availability of Aaron Ramsey suggests to me that one of our creative midfielders will start on the bench later, but which one?

There is a possibility that the Frenchman could do his usual trick of playing one of our creative midfielders out on the left and that would put Wilshere, Chamberlain, Ramsey and Cazorla in the frame.

For me, we should focus on more of a creative midfielder.

Giroud might be OK but he doesn't allow us to play to the strengths of our creative midfielders IMO since he lacks the pace to go after brilliant passes played in behind defenders.

Showed that he is one of the creative midfielders that the club needs whenever the team need a genius late on in games.

Three injured Arsenal first team players that consist of creative midfielder Santi Cazorla, Jack Wilshere and goal keeper, Petr Cech are set to return to boost The Gunners strength as they make the last push this season.

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He is one of the most creative midfielders in # 10.

A highly promising youngster, Paris Saint - Germain's creative midfield starlet is also known to be a long - time target of Carlo Ancelotti, who worked with him during his reign in charge of the Ligue 1 giants.

With the likes of Ozil and our incredibly creative midfield, all we need is our strikers to continue making their moves forward, and consistently put those clear - cut chances away, and Walcott showed last season that he can not regularly do so.

with the kind of midfielders we have I don't think we need another creative mid..

Unfortunately that is a big question mark following a number of setbacks in recent years, but Arsene Wenger is trying his best not to overuse the creative midfielder, and with any luck his extended time working into his key role will help him to stay fit through - out the campaign.

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.

Xhaka made one mistake and so you drop our most creative midfielder who had been one of our most consistent and important players.

Elneny is one of the least creative and one of the poorest midfield players we have ever had.

Monreal in at CB provides an adept and semi creative ball playing presence in the defensive third which I think is important to keep us moving the ball fluidly and intelligently and also means opposition need to compensate for the possibility of Monreal clipping the ball over the top to Lacazette and cutting the midfield out.

Arsenal do not possess much in the way of effective defensive or holding midfielders, with the number of creative talents far outweighing those who can get «stuck - in» and offer protection.

Louis van Gaal revealed that the club's main transfer target was a creative midfielder, despite having a plethora of options in the centre of the park, and it seems he is tempted to bring in the fellow Dutchman to add experience to a unsure Manchester United midfield.

Mertesacker shouldn't be given a contract, not because of his age, but he doesn't have any other thing to offer on the pitch, Cazorla on the other hand needs at least two year contract, I would have preferred a year but since we don't have creative midfielder like him and I said it in one article a while ago we needed his replacement since three years ago, someone who is good and can learn from Santi also.

Cazorla is our best creative midfielder, Mert is important to assist with our young defenders development, both are not speedy customers, so no need to think of their lack of pace, they more rely on skill and positioning.

The same squad that unnecessarily plays three, creative and central midfielders that sacrifice the width of the pitch and provide minimal defensive steel when possession is lost

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.

we again need about three world class players and in my opinion that includes a genuine Iron man DM with intelligence as well as muscle, a genuine world class 30 goal a season striker, the likes of which will turn a game around when its looking bad, and with the fall of Santi Cazorla looking ever more imminant we also now need a genuine creative midfielder (why did nt Wenger get Cesc when he was an option?)

We lack creative transitioning of the ball in the midfield and our striker.

For Liverpool fans, they'll be delighted to see Coutinho is no longer Barca's only target for that creative midfield role, and will hope that means they can keep hold of their star player for at least a little longer.

However, we do agree with Lawro on his creative midfield player shout as while there are lots of options in that department with the likes of Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard, there isn't a great deal of creative flair in there to offer something different.

Rodgers is keen to bring in a creative midfielder who can ably link midfield and attack whilst also offering a fresh goal threat and with this in mind he has set his sights on Ajax playmaker Christian Eriksen, who is of course a long term Liverpool target.

Though Mata finished the last two campaigns as Chelsea's Player of the Year Mourinho initially preferred to use Eden Hazard and Oscar as his creative midfield talents and when the former Valencia man has been used he has failed to hit the heights that saw him play a pivotal role in the West London club's Champions League and Europa League successes.

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.

His creative ability from a variety of attacking midfield positions made him a highly influential player almost straight away, and with a highly impressive haul of 22 goals and 12 assists in his final season with the club in 2006/07, he was snapped up by Spanish giants Real Madrid for # 23million.

Reds boss Rodgers is desperate to land a creative midfield player for his side to take the pressure off Brazilian starlet Coutinho, who the club have shown something of an over-reliance on this season, which has been particularly evident during his time out injured.

The «Wall» became the anchor of Arsenal's midfield and allowed the creative players in the squad to be free and express themselves.

Isco's insane dribbling ability and keen eye for a pass has seen some label him as one of the most creative and productive attacking midfielders in Europe.

«We need a striker and a playmarker,» Modwel claimed, although judging by Anderson's recent performances, he's hardly the most creative of central midfielders...

Though they won Serie A, they lack a true central, creative midfielder, who is the quality of Deco.

One of the best young playmakers in the world right now, there's no doubt # 44m on Atletico Madrid starlet Koke would be money well spent, particularly as he is the ideal long - term heir to Cesc Fabregas in the creative midfield role.

Cazorla being ignored by the new manager Julen Lopetegui is a bit easier to understand I suppose, because the creative midfielder's fitness could be an issue after he did not make the Euro 2016 tournament team after missing the end of last season with injury problems.

Elneny will be a fallback for the adventurous and risky plays of Arsenal's creative midfielders.

I always thought Ramsey could be the creative midfield inspiration of a top 7 - 10 team and if Wenger stays and Sanchez and Ozil leave, depending on the successful investment of Everton wealthy owner and their ability to hold on to Koeman 7th will be the target for Wenger next year.

Sanchez is creative... Though he's definitely more of a forward than a midfielder.

we are lacking creativity right now and someone is thinking of offloading the only creative midfielder we have.

Isco would be awesome but highly unlikely as we have Ozil who is one of the best attacking / creative midfielders in the world.

Ordinary players like Mark Allbrigthon and some the others at Leicester will run all day stifling our so called creative midfield because they know we aren't going to make one or more direct 40 yard passes to our so called strikers nullifying the Leicester midfield but, make 79 two yard passes to gain 5 yards of tight space on the sidelines.

Chelsea would do the same thing (as much as i hate Mourinho) he would not allow his team to become a circus just providing eye catching entertainment and made sure he would always sure up his midfield with players that would have just enough skill to get them out of trouble as quick as they got into it but whose game was more about physical endeavour and forward momentum and used the likes of Ramirez and Willian to great effect whilst allowing only one player, Hazard to have creative freedom and even then he warned him of just how much he should do and when he should do it... keeping him in check.

A move for Delph would make sense on a number of levels for Liverpool, with the former Leeds United man set to be available on the cheap in January as his contract expires at the end of the season, whilst he is also the sort of enterprising, creative central midfield player who could excel in Brendan Rodgers» midfield.

Well to be more precise, the attacking and creative side of midfield, as the need for what we might call a «proper» defensive midfielder had become a tried old topic for Arsenal fans and the football media alike.

A creative midfielder is of utmost importance in the summer because we'll continue to struggle against the provincial sides.

Ozil is surprisingly very committed, he is playing as a hybrid creative midfielder doing both santi role of getting the ball deep to organise play and his usual creative self.

The creative midfield area is somewhere that seriously needs addressing and the worse thing is it doesn't have to cost a fortune, i do nt have a particular player in mind but a young Spanish midfielder with the Spanish attributes good ball control dribbling and distribution with abit of tenacity would be ideal, or alternatively Wilshere.