Sentences with phrase «of return to his former club»

Jose Mourinho has taken a cheeky swipe at Arsenal by claiming Cesc Fabregas opted to join Chelsea instead of return to his former club as he was «looking for titles».

United captain and record goal - scorer Wayne Rooney future remains uncertain amid talk of a return to his former club Everton or a move to American football in Major League Soccer.

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The 21 - year - old's return to Denmark was recognised on the club's official Twitter handle, along with a clip of the youngster wearing the scarf of his former club and embracing the Kobenhavn fans.

Ronaldo will have turned 30 by next summer and an offer of this magnitude for the player may be one that Real Madrid president Florentino Perez accepts, especially if the club's prized asset makes it clear he wishes to return to his former club.

The fourth member of this quartet comes in the form of German international Lewis Holtby, who moved to Tottenham last January, and a move back to former club Schalke is looking likely with the player's agent Marcus Noack, confirming the 23 - year - old could return to the Gelsenkirchen based side loan this month.

Inter currently sit in ninth place in Serie A, 23 points behind league leaders Juventus, and despite Mancini returning to the club in November, he has failed to inspire much of a transformation at San Siro, but the former Manchester City man believes that he needs a bit of time to mould the team to title - challenging quality.

Ex-head coach Alan Pardew left St James» Park at the beginning of January to return to former club Crystal Palace, and since then, the club have been coached by interim boss John Carver.

Welsh winger Gareth Bale has become something of a whipping boy at the Bernabeu, with a section of the club's supporters regularly booing the attacker, and that may well lead to the former Tottenham man being open to a Premier League return.

However, Hazard has thrown cold water on the rumours by confirming that he has no intentions of leaving Chelsea, and that if he ever did return to France, it would be to his former club LOSC Lille, rather than the Parc des Princes.

The former England international became a club legend at Arsenal, but like so many legends of the Wenger era, he's been turned away by Le Prof in regards to a return to the club.

The Spanish international has struggled to recapture the same kind of form he displayed last term and has since been linked with a return to his former club in a swap deal for Atletico forward Antoine Griezmann.

The 28 - year - old has refused to return to Chelsea since the end of last season, as he continues to push for an escape to rejoin his former club.

this man is so self - absorbed... does he really think that we should feel so honored that he chose to stay with little old us... does he not understand that many of us would have literally driven him to the ends of the earth if he promised never to return... has anyone noticed that the only teams he says are interested in him are some of the biggest clubs in the world whose managers spend freely, follow through on their promises or are terminated, listen to their fan - bases, have a lot of strong personalities within their squads, rarely play their top players out of position, win against their top rivals or suffer the wrath, don't blame the ref after every loss and embrace their former stars... even if his stories had any truth to them, he would last but a cup of coffee

Calling for Arsene's head is nothing new, but the supporters need to grasp something that everyone associated with the club has understood for the past 21 years, Arsene Wenger is a genius, and he's the only man capable of returning the Gunners to their former glory.

Perez has since talked about a return to his former club this summer, as he looks to assure himself of more regular football, with his place in the Spain international squad at risk without playing time.

Former Charlton defender Jenkinson played a considerable chunk of the early part of the season for Arsenal, but has lost the right - back berth following the return to fitness of Bacary Sanga and that has alerted Stoke and other Premier League clubs over his potential availability this month.

Chelsea are unlikely to allow Diego Costa to move in the opposite direction as part of the deal which would allow him to secure a return to his former club, and so any negotiations for Griezmann would be on the basis of a one - man move.

However, according to AS, as reported by The Sun, both Sevilla and former club Deportivo are expected to give him the option of returning to Spain this summer, with the Spaniard likely to attract a bid of around # 17.5 m.

Are you really naive enough to believe that Wenger would bring anyone into this current locker room that is going to be given a strong voice... have you not been watching, listening or reading about our club for years... Lehman is a blind Wenger follower, which is the only reason he was even considered... just for a second think of all the strong personalities that have played for this club that have never been seriously considered even though they have expressed legitimate interest in participating in the coaching process... even worse, think of all the former greats who aren't even allowed on the same pitch as Wenger because they have offered their advice and / or criticism to the infallible one... I dare you to find a manager that has distanced himself from his former players as much as this man... it's the very reason why only one player I can think of has ever returned to play for Wenger and that was Flamini, which was hilarious considering we were desperately looking for a top quality defensive midfielder but Wenger could somehow find no one better than Flamini in the whole wide world... let's face it this club was simply trying to appease it's disgruntled fans by declaring that Wenger would no longer be given Ca rte Blanche when it came to the backroom staff so they probably asked him to give them a list of those who he would allow in the locker room... on that list he wrote Lehman, Pires and Bergkamp, likely because the first two are the only former players who haven't publicly questioned his horrible decision - making and the last one because he won't get in an airplane

Former Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro could be in line for a shock return to the club at the end of the season if she was her ongoing legal dispute with them next month, the Metro reports.

There are finally some big names amongst the squad again after many years of struggle and these are the types of players who will return the club to its former glory.

Jose Mourinho is in the transfer market for a new left - back as Filipe Luis is set for a swift return to former club Atletico Madrid in the coming days after struggling to adjust to the demands of English football during his debut season.

The defender made his intentions to leave the club before the end of the year, and has returned to his former club.

With game time at a premium and his former club fearing that they may become dragged into a relegation battle, Chambers looks set to return to St Mary's on loan until the end of the season.

The Belgian returns to his former club on the brink of a Liverpool exit, knowing that whatever happens he will most likely exit the club he joined just a season and a half ago.

Chelsea defender Filipe Luis is set for a swift return to former club Atletico Madrid amid reports that the Blues are closing in on the signing of highly - rated Ghanian defender Abdul Baba Rahman.

Liverpool centre back Daniel Agger is keen on a surprise return to former club Brondby, report the Express, with the Danish international remaining concerned about a likely lack of playing time at Anfield in the coming campaign.

It was some surprise when Danish side Brondby managed to tempt former club hero Daniel Agger back to the club at the end of the transfer window from Liverpool and the Denmark international was given a stunning reception on his return to the club this afternoon.

There is no doubt that Bale needs to get the hell out of Real if he ever wants to be the kind of player he once was... this isn't to suggest that he his skills have diminished, he simply isn't the fiery, determined and aggressive player that struck fear in the hearts of his opponents... the small fish in a big pond just doesn't fit his profile... I can't even remember the last player I've seen who has become so invisible on the big stage (maybe Pogba last year)... maybe it's a case of culture shock or maybe he wasn't able to handle the notoriety that invariably came with his big money signing, but regardless of how it happened this guy is a shadow of his former self... although I doubt he would ever come to a team in such disarray, he could quite easily fill the shoes of Sanchez, who ironically was in a similar predicament in Barcelona, as Bale would return to his favoured left side and would be given the same freedoms that have allowed Sanchez to flourish... ultimately I think the cache of wearing a Real jersey and competing for the top trophies would be too difficult to give up for a wannabe club run by suits who care little about those kinds of accolades

Bournemouth brought both Christian Atsu and Max Gradel to the club during the summer in a bid to add more offensive menace to the side, but the former has returned to Chelsea after struggling with injury according to the club's official website, while the latter tore his cruciate knee ligament at the beginning of the campaign [Daily Mail] and is yet to return to full fitness.

The 32 - year - old called time on his European adventure last year when he returned to former club Boca Juniors, not without collecting a whole host of trophies in England and Italy.

Whenever a former MLS player or a member of the U.S. National team opts to return to the league, clubs with the highest allocation ranking are given the first opportunity to claim that player.

Former Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo was desperate for Drogba to return to the club on loan in January but the talk of a move back to West London has cooled since the Italian was replaced by Rafael Benitez.

Nevertheless, a return to his former club is complicated given their transfer ban, and so he wouldn't be able to feature until January which would of course put his World Cup hopes in doubt.

After starting 33 league games last term, Cazorla was considered by many as one of the club's best players of the season, however the former Arsenal player of the year may now return to La Liga.

Wenger, though, has questioned how often his former players prosper ahead of Gibbs» return to the Emirates Stadium tonight with his new club.

Leicester forward Ahmed Musa has returned to former club CSKA Moscow on loan until the end of the season.

He returned for the Saints» final game of the season, versus Manchester United, as the club were relegated which proved to be the former - Nottingham Forest youngster's final Premier League game.

Though his departure is likely to depend on the arrival of another centre - back, Mertesacker's opened the door to a return to former club Hannover.

Aaron Lennon, playing against his former club, had his best game yet for Burnley and, although he won just 7 % of the vote, came in third whilst fourth place went to the returning James Tarkowski who just beat Ashley Westwood with both having a 5 % share of the vote.

The arrival of Bale seems to have triggered more business at the club, with Brazilian midfielder Kaka returning to his former club AC Milan in Italy's Serie A. Kaka is also in the top five of transfers, but Madrid will get nothing back for him and his time at Madrid will have to be seen as a very expensive failure.

Instead, the club's hierarchy were forced to hold out hope that he could one day return to full fitness and be something more than a mere shadow of his former self.

Mohamed Salah returned to haunt former club Chelsea but Liverpool were denied a hugely significant victory as Willian conjured an equaliser out of nothing at Anfield.

Alan Pardew has told Newcastle United he wishes to end his four - year stint as manager of the club to return to former side Crystal Palace (Photo by Stu Forster / Getty Images)

Given Bayern Munich's lack of cover for Robert Lewandowski, rumors linking Hoffenheim's Sandro Wagner with a return to his former club are gathering momentum.

The 19 - year - old punished his former club with his electrifying pace and was deservedly voted man of the match, making up for his disappointing return to Stade Louis II earlier in the campaign.

Eventually their former centre - back David Luiz returned to the club on Transfer Deadline Day for # 34 million, having left in June of 2014 when Paris Saint - Germain paid a world - record fee for a defender of # 50 million to take him to the Parc des Princes.

Rafa Benitez returned to his former club on Saturday, but there were few expectations of a triumphant return.

Samir Nasri claims that he will not make a return to his former club Marseille as a player, but does not rule out the possibility of returning to the club as a coach in the future.

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