Sentences with phrase «on vermaelen»

Buying a defender would probably depend on Vermaelen's injury.

Jonas gave us the low down on Vermaelen yesterday, so we'll keep it somewhat brief.

No word yet on the Vermaelen injury, but it seems likely he won't take part in Monday's game.

He wouldn't be a poor signing by any means, just not really much of an improvement on Vermaelen, for example.

Can't agree on Vermaelen.

Chambers is an improvement on Vermaelen (who could also play on the left, but Chambers can also play on the right), Monreal and of course Flamini, the left Full - back for AC Milan and before that Arsenal FC before Wenger tried him in Midfield.

The 1st summer transfer window with Gazidis and we only spend on Vermaelen and for a fee of around # 10 million.

If nothing else, such vote of confidence indicates that Chambers is an upgrade on Vermaelen and we all love Chambers for his solid performances so far.

While Vermaelen has more experience than Chambers, early performances so far indicate that Chambers is an improvement on Vermaelen.

Not exact matches

Two years ago Wenger promised to replace Vermaelen but strangely went for Debuchy and Chamberlain and then even more weirdly spent 16 mill on Wellbeck.

But as I write this 2 days before the transfer window closes the Gunners have so far spent approx 10 million on Debuchy (a direct replacement for Sagna), 4 million on Ospina (who takes Fabianski's place) while the Vermaelen money was used to bring in Chambers.

Getting rid of Vermaelen, Sagna, Jenkison (on loan), Miquel and Djourou, then getting only Debuchy and Chambers is mismanagement I reckon.

Manchester United missed out on the likes of Mats Hummels and Thomas Vermaelen this summer, and their lack of a world class centre back has been exposed on several occasions already this season, no more so than in Sunday's 5 - 3 thrashing by Premier League new boys Leicester City.

Just because our last two captains Arteta and Vermaelen spent more time in the treatment room than on the pitch does not make it a good idea, so it seemed logical that the boss would hand it to another player who would be playing and it was reported that it could be our midfield maestro Santi Cazorla.

Arsenal are reportedly keen on taking former defender Thomas Vermaelen back, two years after he left the club for Barcelona.

Used to be a Wenger fan too but gave up on him when the transfer window closed and he didn't buy a DM and a replacement for Vermaelen.

A rotten point really, in the end of the article: we CA N'T accept is that you sold Vermaelen and sent Jenkinson off on loan without getting in any replacements LAST SUMMER

Every Arsenal fan was left bamboozled this summer when Arsene Wenger allowed Thomas Vermaelen to leave (and Carl Jenkinson to go out on loan) but failed to bring in adequate replacements.

Arsenal are said to be closing in on an # 8m deal for Olympiacos centre - back Kostas Manolas as a replacement for Thomas Vermaelen.

As soon as Thomas Vermaelen was sold, I don't know for the life of me why he let [Carl] Jenkinson out on loan, it didn't make sense.

Vermaelen had also been linked with the likes of Napoli and Barcelona during the summer, though neither club seemed willing to take a gamble on him, and Arsenal's failure to find a replacement may also have seen them keep hold of him for the time being.

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With Sevilla on Saturday night in mind, it seems a pretty sensible move to shuffle things, giving the likes of Yerry Mina, Thomas Vermaelen, Andre Gomes and Paco Alcacer an opportunity to impress.

Arsenal and Man United no longer interested in taking FC Barcelona defender Thomas Vermaelen on - loan (Daily Express).

Having seen Thomas Vermaelen leave for Barcelona Arsene Wenger has been linked with a number of potential defensive signings and now the Metro reports on Arsenal's apparent push to land Greek international Kostas Manolas.

Arsenal are on the trail of young Greek defender Kostas Manolas, according to the Metro, as the Gunners look to find a replacement for defender Thomas Vermaelen, whose potential transfer to Manchester United could be accelerated now that Belgium have exited the World Cup.

Yerry Mina has not yet convinced since his January arrival while ageing stalwart Thomas Vermaelen has had his injury troubles in the past and isn't as reliable as needed for a club competing on various fronts.

LOL... Vermaelen has revealed the difference on that front... Sorry but a team with mertesakher Ramsey Walcott and giroud all starting is not on the same fball planet as barca..

Vermaelen recently came out and talked about the training defference in Barca compared to Arsenal, Barca overload on passing and closing down training.

Selling Vermaelen was the worst thing on this transfer window.

If perhaps by some miracle we signed higuain I'd quite happily see vermaelen return on the cheap.

Honestly, at times Wenger has surprised us (ie mid summer: Sanchez, Chambers, Ospina, Debuchy) and most of the time disappointed us (end of summer: not getting a defender to replace Vermaelen, loaning off Jenkison and leaving us with depleted defense, getting Welbeck instead of WC striker while he was in Rome on transfer deadline day, getting players like Kim Kallstrom, Squillaci, Silvestre, etc..)

The minimum Wenger should be able to spend this summer is # 70m, plus the Vela sale, Fabregas sell on fee, Vermaelen fee, we've spent around # 60m, we should have quite a lot left in the bank.

Wenger promised to replace Vermaelen but did not because he bought Wellbeck for 16 mill when Giroud got injured (don't believe the cr # p about the board buying Wellbeck either) 10 mill on Cech, 12 mill on Debuchy and 16 mill on Chambers both failures and 35 mill on Sanchez meant Wenger risked having only 2 specialist CB's.

No doubt we all have our own opinion on which defender Wenger should sign, but I bet not many of you have thought of our old club captain Thomas Vermaelen have you?

While these would be two exciting additions, Valverde will arguably also be looking to address the backline too at some point, as beyond Samuel Umtiti and Gerard Pique, they surely can't continue to rely on Javier Mascherano and Thomas Vermaelen to offer cover forever given their age and injury woes over the years.

The injury suffered by Samuel Umtiti will undoubtedly complicate matters and a January signing may be needed to provide cover as Valverde will have to rely on Thomas Vermaelen and Javier Mascherano, the latter of whom wants to leave as per Sport.

Over the summer we saw Jenkinson go out on loan and Thomas Vermaelen sold for 17 million and Sagna go to Man City on a free.

Apparently the 100M GBP went up to 130 after cashing in on Vela, Fabregas and Vermaelen, leaving our summer spending of approximately 80M incredibly 50M under budget.

He has clearly lost out on the CB position with the additions of our boy Vermaelen and Mathiei.

Arsenal no longer pursuing Khedira but still in market for DMF, will sign GK & probably DF depending on Jenkinson / Vermaelen situations #AFC

I agree, but Chambers was Vermaelen's replacement; I have a feeling Chambers is covering both CB and RB (as first choice backup) but Bellerin is meant to take the RB role if the defence is overloaded with injury, i'm surprised he hasn't been named as 1st player on Arsenal.com (pretty sure he is in the picture though).

The signs were always there with Vermaelen, he gained a reputation early on largely because he was scoring goals and I think his defending was less scrutinised as a result.

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You would think that it was preferable to have that leader actually on the pitch though, and I am sure that Arsene Wenger expected that from Arteta and Vermaelen were given the armband but circumstances then worked against both of them.

Mustafi vermaelen and koss would have given us the best defense in the league in addition to our midfield, and only a world - class striker to complete the puzzle for a serious assault on the

So Mr. wenger sign Van djik or schar for 8 - 10 million #, want hummels but i doubt wenger will sign him because he does not spend large money on centre back just look at after we lose vermaelen we had the chance to buy a top class defender but he refused to sign..

Vermaelen was no longer on the starting 11.

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Out: Vermaelen, Sagna, Jenkinson (Djourou and Miquel not counted because they are all on loan last season as well) In: Debuchy, Chambers Promote: Isaac Haydens, Hector Bellerin Monreal shows in pre-season that he can play CB as well