Sentences with phrase «old holding midfielder»

The 23 - year - old holding midfielder is currently on loan with Borussia Monchengladbach, but will return to parent club Leverkusen at the end of the season.

10) Joaquin Azura — Tigre 21 - year - old holding midfielder Value: # 2.1 m Wage: # 3.3k - per - week 9) Fernando Gago — Boca Juniors 28 - year - old central midfielder Value: # 1.7 m Wage: # 8.5k - per - week

The 20 - year - old holding midfielder has impressed, putting in many assured performances which have belied his young age in his breakthrough season.The Algerian international has featured in 25 games this season, though that would have been more would he not have played in the African Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.

Another is Sergi Samper who is a 20 - year old holding midfielder with Barcelona and the third is Aleksandr Kokorin, a striker for Dynamo Moscow.

Not exact matches

And one of those under the spotlight is believed to be holding midfielder Etienne Capoue, with Sherwood understood to happy to let the France international leave the capital in January, despite the fact the 25 - year - old only joined Spurs from Ligue 1 outfit Toulouse for # 9.3 m last August.

According to the Daily Star, Schneiderlin's Old Trafford transfer saw Carvalho move to the top of Wenger's wish list, and the English newspaper stated that the 65 - year - old was prepared to meet the holding midfielder's # 20m price - tOld Trafford transfer saw Carvalho move to the top of Wenger's wish list, and the English newspaper stated that the 65 - year - old was prepared to meet the holding midfielder's # 20m price - told was prepared to meet the holding midfielder's # 20m price - tag.

The 15 - year - old is highly rated and the Galacticos still want to keep hold of the midfielder despite this interest.

At just 22 - years - old, Verratti is already establishing himself as one of the finest holding midfielders in Europe.

Some are glad to have kept hold of the 34 - year - old, who has won five Premier League titles with the Red Devils, but others feel that Mourinho needs some fresh blood in his midfield...

Clearly he holds the 36 - year - old former midfielder in much higher regard than Diouf, and it has in turn sparked another war of words.

The 23 - year - old right - back earned his first caps for Portugal this year, and is likely to be one of Lisbon's next big money exports along with holding midfielder William Caravlho — who was targeted by Arsenal last summer.

The north London side could well do with a strong tackling midfield presence with neither Mikel Arteta or Mathieu Flamini consistently impressing in either a holding or out and out defensive midfield roles and having taken a shine to Wanyama during his time at Celtic Wenger is now ready to re-ignite his interest in the 23 year old.

Wenger wants old fashioned centre - forwards who play very deep (virtually midfield) and make runs forward, hold the ball up, etc..

The superb form shown by holding midfielder Nemanja Matic has left Mikel frozen out of Mourinho's starting eleven and the 28 year old may feel the time is right to consider a fresh challenge.

The emergence of Francis Coquelin in the holding role just in front of the back four during the second half of last season might tempt Wenger into bringing in another midfielder to play alongside the 24 - year - old rather than to replace him.

Flamini cant do anything with the ball, old school type of defensive midfielder... have said it time without number, that Ozil is not a complete attacking midfielder, all he can do is just to pass, he cant hold the ball, he cant dribble through tight spaces something which Iniesta, yaya, silva, santi, coutinho all do with ease... he almost cost us a goal if not for Cech heroics........

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

Reports from earlier today claimed that City will hold talks about extending midfielder Frank Lampard's loan at the club beyond January, with Manuel Pellegrini keen to keep the 36 - year - old, while Colombia striker Radamel Falcao as until April to convince United to pay # 44m for him on a permanent basis.

Not sure about his performances this season and did not watch him this season to comment on him to be honest but would be a good signing imo because he is a tall strong physical and natural holding midfielding player but first priority should be to get either schneiderlin or kondogbia if they are not gettable then sign carvalho to be a backup to coquelin or play both of them in tough away games next season in champions league and premier league chelsea at stamford bridge, old traffold, etihad etc..

Liverpool are set to sign Charlton's highly rated 18 - year - old midfielder Jonjo Shelvey after the League One club gave them permission to hold talks.

some people still think Wenger knows best, well answer this, 100's of thousands of supporters, ex pros, ex managers, pundits even my old girl have been barking on about getting a holding midfielder.

Elneny is a central midfielder rather than holding midfielder, is 23 years old and has 39 caps for Egypt.

The nineteen year - old has a pretty good match away at Bastia, and he grew into the game as it went on, with the holding midfielder looking solid in the opening stages, but gave away a couple or needless free - kicks, and have the ball away a couple of times in the middle of the park.

Unfortunately, Arsene Wenger remains reluctant to acquiesce to the idea of the 23 - year - old as a holding midfielder.

Seri has also been strongly linked with a move to Old Trafford this year as Jose Mourinho looks for a powerful, agile holding midfielder to partner Matic in front of our back four.

Last season, Southampton won 1 - 0 at Old Trafford, and held Chelsea to a 1 - 1 tie at Stamford Bridge; his performance in both matches was evidence that he's ready to be battling for midfield dominance against the best players in world football.

The 23 - year - old midfielder has struggled to hold down first - team football alongside the likes of Ronaldo and Benzema, especially since the arrival of Mateo Kovacic from Inter over the summer, having started in seven of his nine La Liga appearances so far this term.

The 22 year old French holding midfielder has been linked with both QPR and Zenit St Petersburg.

The 22 - year - old Mali international has made waves in holding midfield for the Austrian outfit since joining Salzburg from Real Bamako in 2015.

The Mail on Sunday claims that the 22 year old German international is seen as the perfect fit for the holding midfield role Wenger wishes to fill and his staff have scouted more extensively than ever before in the Bundesliga.