Sentences with phrase «of midfield in world»

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While Cesc was considered one of the world's best in his position of center midfielder, he had a tendency to roam high up the pitch (away from his assigned terrain), leaving gaps in the midfield and the defense exposed.

Schweinsteiger is regarded as one of the best central midfielders in European football, and played a starring role in Brazil last year as Germany were crowned world champions.

Andrea Pirlo is without doubt one of the finest midfielders to have graced world football in the 21st century and the news is sure to make all of us a little emotional.

Manchester City look to be leading the race to sign one of the world's most in - demand midfield players in this summer's transfer window, and a top target for their rivals Manchester United.

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One of the best attacking midfielders in the world, recent reports have suggested that Real Madrid may already have a verbal agreement in place to sign another Borussia Dortmund star in Marco Reus.

This window he bought the two pieces of the puzzle that he needed one world class striker in Costa and our own Cesc to boss the midfield.

The 25 - year - old has 12 goals and 6 assists in just 20 appearances in all competitions this season, and has become regarded as one of the world's best attacking midfield players in the last few years.

When discussing contract terms in the summer of 2014, club CEO Karl - Heinz Rummenigge refused to give Kroos more than # 10m a year because he didn't think he was a «world - class player,» so ex-Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Stefan Reinartz says.

We need a world class player like Cazorla in the back of Central midfield and someone who can push Ozil.

The best formation Arsenal could have in defence and attack would be three at the back, three man midfield of a world class defensive mid, Xhaka and Ramsey just in front with Sanchez and buy a world class striker (maybe Costa from Chelsea).

With an asking price of around # 50m, Borussia Dortmund attacking midfielder Marco Reus is one of the best in the world in a number of positions up front, and he'd be a terrific purchase for United to solve their current issues, though Liverpool are also interested.

Liverpool had a terrible defence but almost won the league because they had the best striker in the world, now imagine having the best player and the best striker with some of the best midfielders on the globe, you could win anything with just one one top class defender and 3 average ones.

«Fantastic achievement this fantastic achievement that» Yes to a point you may be right, but we are now (apparently) out of the financial retraint period and according to Chips Keswick last summer we had # 100» 000000 to spend, unyet what is fantastic is that Wenger was not too interested in buying the World class defensive midfielder we desperately needed in the summer, nor has he addressed the defensive shortfalls, during the summer transfer he was in Italy on the day we bought Welbeck, and during the most recent transfer window he spend three out of the four weeks messing around buying some apparent wonderkid who we wont see on the pitch for around 18 months.

Bosnian midfielder Muhamed Besic moved to Everton after an eye - catching performance at the World Cup, but there was a moment in the Wales Bosnia games yesterday that caused most viewers to question the quality of their vision.

Leaves a world record player on the bench in favour of a lumbering midfielder who won't be at the club next year.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan has claimed that Mesut Ozil is the best attacking midfielder in the world, but is the Arsenal midfielder getting a little ahead of himself?

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Pogba looked one of the best midfielders in the world at previous club Juventus, but has barely looked the best in the Premier League for most of his time at Old Trafford.

wenger is a legend in his own mind so other peoples opinions... fans, ex players, journalists, etc... have no bearing on his greatness or the righteousness of his own decisions... from end of last season it was clear we needed two quality attacking options to put up a serious challenge (getting rid of walcott and campbell or ox and bringing in a serious upgrade over giroud) instead he brought in another midfield option (having done the same in the winter window) which only makes sense in his own delusional world rather than the reality of facing up to serious and strengthening competitors and which defines the job at hand....

Di Maria has not been at his best as a United player, struggling to show the fine form that saw him regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world at previous club Real Madrid.

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?)

He is one of the best midfielders in the world so if we get him it will be a massive coup.

The France midfielder had been one of the stars of the Gunners» solid start to the season, and backed that up with a match - winning performance in his country's opening World Cup qualifier against Finland.

Our squad would have one of the best goalies in the world, one of the best defenders in the world in Koscielny, one of the best if not the best midfields in the world with Vidal, Cazorla, Ramsey, Ozil, Wilshire to choose from, One of the best Left Wingers in the world in Sanchez, a super solid and talented duo of Theo and Ox at RW.

If Ozil worked harder off the ball he would be the best attacking midfielder in the world, but a lot of the times his whole attitude seems like he just doesn't care.

Michael Essien is now argubly one of the best midfielders in the world and looks like he is only going to get better, what are the odds he will score a screamer when he comes up against Burnley this season!

It is time we spend on a world class midfielder in the mould of Yaya toure and there is no one out there better than Pogba!

The Uruguayan may have had his share of controversies — handballing on the line in the last minute of extra time in the World Cup quarter final as well as an inexplicable bite into the shoulder of PSV Eindhoven midfielder Otman Bakkal during their Eredivisie match — but his goalscoring record is impossible to argue with.

Still, the eleven that started in Portugal is still enough to rival anyone in the world, with Manuel Neuer, Rafinha, Jerome Boateng, Dante and Juan Bernat at the back, Philipp Lahm, Xabi Alonso and Thiago Alcantara in midfield, and Mario Gotze, Thomas Muller and Robert Lewandowski in attack — world class quality in almost every position, and yet, no sign of being able to work a way around their tactically smart opponents.

Pogba is rated as possibly the finest young player in the world and has flourished into a superb box - to - box midfielder since moving to Turin on a free transfer from Manchester United, where Pogba had grown frustrated with a lack of playing opportunities under former Old Trafford manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

Defensively minded midfielder Khedira is available on a free transfer in the summer and though a move back to the Bundesliga is likely, Schalke said to be hot on the heels of the German international, Wenger would do well to make a late charge for the World Cup winner.

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«He asks questions that are so basic you think he's crazy,» says midfielder Mike Sorber, one of four MetroStars who played for Milutinovic with the U.S. team in World Cup» 94.

One of the best defensive midfielders in the world, Nemanja Matic keeps his place in the centre after some superb form last season.

The 27 - year - old established himself as one of the best midfielders in the world during his time at Bayern Munich, and it earned him a move to Real Madrid, arguably the biggest club side in the world.

Hadzic went to the 2014 FIFA World Cup with Bosnia & Herzegovina, but struggled for game time in a talented midfield including the likes of AS Roma star Miralem Pjanic, although he was given a start in their 3 - 1 dead rubber win over Iran.

A centre - back and defensive midfielder are top of the list (as they have been for the last few seasons), but a world class signing in any area of the pitch would surely be welcomed.

Formerly of Manchester United and part of Brazil's 2002 World Cup - winning squad, midfielder Kleberson is still only 35 years old and plays in the US for Indy Eleven.

The French youngster has recently been linked with a # 60m move to Stamford Bridge, with the Blues set to smash their transfer record in pursuit of one of the most highly - rated young midfielders in the world.

No surprise to see Ozil's former captain at international level make the team and Lahm has consistently been one of the best players in the world in the last decade and has proven he can do it in midfield too.

Whilst Pogba is one of the finest young players in world football and almost perfectly suited to the needs of Arsenal in central midfield, there has to be a feeling that tracking the highly rated Juventus man over Khedira could prove to be a suicidally optimistic move, with Khedira likely to be available on a bargain deal due to the fact that his contract expires at the end of the season.

Pogba is one of the best midfield players in the world on his day and can give the side something different in that position, while Ibrahimovic's quality and experience could be vital over the course of a close title race this season.

The tenacious midfielder represented Cameroon in the final of the African Youth Championship 2009 — an unsuccessful showing against a Ghana side featuring Andre Ayew of Swansea City — and also featured in the U-20 World Cup later that year alongside the likes of Jacques Zoua and Charley Fomen.

Quick notes on arsemal team 1 - paulista is not good as i though 2 - coquelin is essential in arsenal midfield to give stability but he can't hold the ball in his feet or give the right pass in the right time so we can't dominate teams anymore especially with santi absence 3 - ramsey = horrible, just a headless chicken running everywhere 4 - ozil could have easily 30 + assists by now 5 - Olivier Giroud the handsom french guy shouldn't ever be a big team first choice striker 6 - where are the 4 world class strikers that wenger said we had i didn't se anyone of the yet

corzola is very good at giving us good control when we are up against teams that stand off our midfield, but if we up against a team that presses against us we need power to break through and press back, i saw pogba last night and he was miles above all the players on the pitch, when he came on just ran the whole midfield on his own, wenger should blow all of his next summers budget signing pogba, even if it takes everything we got the kid is the best young c / m in the world atm.

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.

It literally takes pretty much all the strengths away from our world - class triangle of Mesut, Santi and Ozil to place a struggling for form Campbell in a more attacking role when the part of his role he's been doing best is providing extra defensive cover, while making us weaker in midfield when our strongest midfielder has been injured!!

The Italian midfielder looks likely to join the Barcelona, but would be a great addition to our squad, as he is one of the best CMs in the world in my opinion.

He is therefore what we are looking for to solve our midfield issues.We will require better players than Elneny to get us out of this S ** T FEST we are in due solely to Wengers continued mismanagement of the club.WHEN we can announce a new World Class CDM to the club signed by a new progressive and forward thinking Manager then this will be the time to celebrate any signing of a player.Untilsuch time we treat this Elneney deal with the enthusiasm it deserves - which is DISDAIN and not OPTIMISM