Sentences with phrase «of hanging up his boots»

Ibrahimovic has already stated that he will be retiring at the end of the current season as he will be 34 years old and will not be able to play at a high level at such an advanced age, so this season is most likely going to be the last one of Ibrahimovic as he has intentions of hanging up his boots.

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He need to take a page out of bergkamp book who have carried himself like the true legend he is ever since he hung up boots.

However, Roma supporters and Totti's current teammates will undoubtedly hope to see the veteran continue in the Italian capital next season ahead of taking up a director role when he finally opts to hang up his boots.

Maybe the current Real Madrid manager has been a bit too busy in recent years to keep tabs on what is going on with English football, because all of the 11 players in the team are no longer playing in the Premier League and most of them have hung up their boots completely.

A natural born leader on the field and a conscientious pundit off it, Keane has seen his reputation as the hard - man turn him into a legend in the eyes of fans after he's hung up his boots.

With the fifth season of the award winning fantasy series set to kick off early this month, the folks at talkSPORT have put in the good work to discover just which players could find themselves a new career as actors should they decide to hang up their boots.

* when he hangs up his boots he can hold his head high he's given us loyal service at a time when being loyal among players is quickly going out of fashion.

The 37 - year - old hung his boots up a couple of seasons ago and now coaches the U19 side along with his punditry work on BT Sport, but he's been given the royal treatment from the game franchise with an appearance in their latest edition.

Rodgers has seen Jamie Carragher hang up his boots and Slovakian Martin Skrtel may well be set to leave the Merseyside club having been frozen out of first team affairs in the second half of 2012/13.

However, Villas - Boas remains confident that he will be able to persuade his compatriot that now is the time to hang - up his boots and focus on a coaching role, with the Spurs boss well aware of Carvalho's credentials in that department having worked with him at Porto.

We might have a sniff at it once the likes of Messi, Ronaldo and Robben hang up their boots.

Hyypia hung up his playing boots in 2011 at the age of 37, having spent the bulk of his successful career with the Anfield outfit.

After hanging up his playing boots recently, Pires seems to spend most of his time behind the scenes at Arsenal, coaching and generally helping out.

The former centre back has proved himself to be an interesting and knowledgable student of the game since hanging up his boots and in his Daily Mail column yesterday he gave a rather different take on the reasons for our defeat to West Ham.

Players do have a brain afterall and what Wenger does is encourage them to use it rather than just instruct them like most other managers do, now when it all comes together, we go a whole season unbeaten, when it fails, we go a decade without a trophy all in it is why a large number of former Wenger students and players have gone on to greater things within and beyond football, Even Guardiola took a chunk of his coaching badges under Wenger even after playing under Fergie just before hanging up his boots, Viera went on to a senior role at Man.

Michael Carrick was sat on the substitute's bench for today's match, and with it being confirmed by the player himself (as per the Metro) that he will be retiring at the end of the season, this may be a sight that Red Devils fans may only see a few more times before the player finally hangs up his boots.

wenger has made the club profit this window i would have though as well all incomings have been covered out goings and other revenues coming in like c / l monies and squad releases wages being saved i bet we are in a + balance if we went through it properly we do nt know what the budget is so it could be worst there now way wenger has spend # 100 not even # 70 million transfers ospina = covered by the sales of miquel and monies made from cesc to chelsea so nothing really spend there debuchy = covered by the vela money chambers = covered by the vermalen sale # 11 million only goes up to # 16 if he does well in certain circumstances sanchez = covered by the c / l monies and no doubt what we are owed on previous player sales i.e cesc to barca and song monies still outstanding welbeck = covered by wages being freed up and the rest of outgoing transactions and previous player sales being owed so there we have most likely recoup most if not all of our transfer monies back and shafted and lied to puma and the emirates about spending there monies in sponsorship on tranfers and pocketing in» profit» aprox # 60 - 70 million of the transfer funds to boot wenger hang your head in shame

We are now hearing from the football media that the 34 - year old will now hang up his international boots instead of heading to Rio for the Olympic games.

I can understand Bayern's situation if they come looking for him; Xabi Alonso announced he will retire at the end of the season and the German Champions will be looking for a new playmaker once the ex-Liverpool ace hangs up his boots but we need Xhaka more than they need him, that was why we splashed huge amount of money to buy him.

When the news broke about the former Arsenal and France international star Thierry Henry hanging up his football boots and joining the TV punditry team on Sky Sports, a lot of us took that to mean that he would not be coming back to the Gunners to work with Arsene Wenger in some capacity after all, as many of us had hoped.

As with any football reasoning, Wenger's relies heavily on having the right type of goalscorer — and the memory of Bergkamp is one that clearly, and literally, continues to haunt the club long after he has hung up his boots.

Arteta hung up his professional boots last May, leaving the vacancy for the captain of Arsenal Football Club open once again.

Had Spain added a second World Cup to their 2010 triumph and their two European Championships, the core of arguably the finest international side ever could have hung up their boots with applause ringing in their ears.

As Kane's reputation continues to grow and his England call - up edges closer, it got us thinking about the favourites to be the next captain of the Three Lions, once Wayne Rooney eventually decides it's time to hang up his boots.

Not only is the World Cup winning defender the club captain of Arsenal, but as announced recently Per Mertesacker will take up a coaching role with the Gunners when he hangs up his boots at the end of the coming season, so it is clear that he has a very good working relationship with Arsene Wenger and the rest of the backroom staff.

Per Mertesacker will hang up his playing boots in 12 months time, and has been handed the role of Academy Manager at Arsenal from next season.

«We were blessed in this country to see Thierry playing at his peak,» said Jamie Carragher, one of the players who suffered most at Henry's hands, upon hearing the news that he has hung up his boots at the age of 37.

Although a lot of what he has is natural uncoached talent I still believe he is the sort of player we should keep on at AFC once he's hung up his boots.

One of the most decorated players in history with a World Cup winners medal and a European Championship winners medal to his name, Patrick Vieira decided to hang up his boots in July 2011 after two seasons at Manchester City.

Football Ticket Pad have compiled a list of the Top 10 Ex-Premier League stars who's careers took an unexpected turn once they hung up their boots.

Cesc Fabregas will be remembered as one of the best midfielders of the modern era when he eventually hangs his boots up.

At an age when many players have hung up their boots or are contemplating retirement, Atheltic Bilbao's Aritz Aduriz is in the best form of...

Despite suffering relegation with the Tykes that year, Watson — who collected five England Under - 21 caps in the mid-1990s — was tipped for success, but had to hang up his boots in 2001 at the age of 28 following a serious knee injury sustained two years earlier.

Just like Lionel Messi, Ronaldo might go up a few places in the greatest players of all times list by the time he hang up his boots.

In the playground we have been sharing loads of stories about Steven Gerrard now he has hung up his boots.

Look at any list of the best Nigerian players, and most, if not all, will fail to mention anyone since the likes of Kanu and Okocha hung up their boots.

It's a new era for German football with a lot of the old guard hanging up their international boots.

With this in mind and the domestic league title being fairly out of scope, there could not have been a bigger source of motivation for Yuri Semin's boys to let Sheva have a chance to touch another European trophy before hanging up his boots once and for all.

The Argentinean attacker hung up his boots at the age of 36 after having spent over 15 years performing with a number of different clubs.

After deciding to hang up his boots in October of 2007, Stam opted to become the assistant coach for the Dutch club PEC Zwolle and has turned into the assistant coach of Ajax where he has received praised from a number of other managers due to his coaching abilities but the former player has revealed that it was never in this mind to become a manager.

Since hanging up his boots three and a half years ago, Giggs served assistant boss to Louis van Gaal at Man United for two seasons before leaving the club when he passed over for the top job, announcing his departure soon after the appointment of Jose Mourinho.

Harlequins» former Wales front - row Adam Jones will finally hang up his boots at the end of the season to take up a full - time coaching role with the London club, the English Premiership side announced Sunday.

The Yorkshireman played for a further string of clubs, including Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town and Dundee United, before hanging up his boots at the end of the 2013/14 campaign following two years with Carlisle United.

After the 33 year old footballer decided to hang up his boots, he has been receiving praise from just about any player and manager in the world of football.

If closer investigations prove that Arsene is the culprit, then we will know that it is time to convince the man to hang up his boots, thank him for all he has done and start looking for a successor to fill the aforementioned pair of Arsene's - sweat - smelling boots.

It was an impressive period of time for Paulo Ferreira and after his time to hang up his boots arrived, he went on to become a club ambassador before eventually accepting

The legendary centre - back will hang up her boots following the game to take up a position on the backroom staff of Phil Neville's England team.

African Footballer of the Year in 2007, he called time on his memorable Sevilla career in 2012, hanging his boots up a year later.

He hung up his boots after another title, in 2004/05, and since 2007 has been director of football at NK Maribor.

«Although I am sad to be hanging up my boots, I do so proud of what I have achieved and with great optimism about what the future holds for the women's game.