Sentences with phrase «other midfield options»

Tottenham's Eric Dier and Nemanja Matic at Chelsea are other midfield options said to be under consideration as United look to strengthen this summer.

Ruben Loftus - Cheek - man - of - the - match on his debut in November - and uncapped Nathaniel Chalobah are other midfield options facing a race for fitness.

The Red Devils have also been linked with other midfield options such as Morgan Schneiderlin [Metro], Axel Witsel [Mirror] and Geoffrey Kondogbia [Daily Mail] ahead of the 2015 - 16 campaign.

Not exact matches

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....

However, Nani has now rejoined his old club Sporting Lisbon in another swap deal which has seen United sign versatile Argentine defender Marcos Rojo, leaving Juve to ponder other options in the attacking midfield position.

You cant escape he fact that Podolski was played rarely and when he was he was played out of position much the same way that Wenger has assembled a squad of players most of which are a talented bunch, but, Wenger has failed to build a team who fit n with each other, we have a midfield that overtly populated with players who al excel in the same role BUT have no solid defensive midfield talent and no options in defence when players have crap periods or are long term injury problems.

In turn, he has been forced to consider his options and look at other players, and he will hope that he can finally land a top midfielder to form an integral part of his plans in his first campaign in England.

Though this formation would mainly help control the Midfield it would also offer the best of our striking options in combining Giroud and Sanchez, which both oddly enough have the exact qualities the other player lacks, and will offer an aerial presence in the game.

«It's been a while since we've had a midfield player who looks at the front man's run first and then looks at other options.

no other manager of one of Europe s top 10 clubs would be happy with our strikers and defensive midfield options

Wenger is keen to improve on his current midfield options, with Mikel Arteta ageing and others such as Mathieu Flamini and Jack Wilshere not looking convincing in a deep - lying role for his side.

Then find / groom the next two lines of midfield and the back line with other options.

Felt exactly the same way, maybe not like crying but certainly frustrated seeing how other clubs acquire our players and make them fit perfectly on their game, Jenk and Song covering the back and well now feel like crying, FAB leader in assists commanding the Midfield and responsible for Chelsea being on top of the league, meantime let's face it, lately our players are running on the pitch like wild geese with no clear tactics, abusing this tiki taka BS, running thru the middle like rams with no clear options, getting injured in the process and we all know why and who is responsible, enough said...

It may be that Mourinho would use Fabinho in both roles, though speculation elsewhere suggests United could be looking at other targets as options in midfield.

The Metro claims that Mourinho is planning for life with Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba, but may want other options to replace the floundering Bastian Schweinsteiger, Morgan Schneiderlin or Ander Herrera.

With their attempts to sign Nainggolan far from guaranteed to end in success, Chelsea are now considering other options in their quest to strengthen Antonio Conte's midfield, according to the Daily Mail.

According to the Daily Star the Welshman is not ready yet but with plenty of other options available to Arsene Wenger in central midfield, this should not be much of a problem for the Gunners this weekend.

Chelsea and Manchester City may have been handed a big boost in the race to sign Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba this summer, with the news that Barcelona are considering other options.

Charlie Adam has been in great form for Blackpool and whilst Raul Meireles and Steven Gerrard both score from the midfield perhaps the Scottish international will offer other options.

Young Bielik is not ready, so the only other option for Arsenal is Tomas Rosicky and really he is a forward thinking midfielder like the Ox.

If there is one thing that Arsenal have needed for years is a strong defensive midfielder, and with Coquelin departed we really have no other option than Xhaka in reality, but is it time for Wenger to start giving his position to AMN a bit more often?

But with all the forward options that Arsene Wenger already has in the Gunners squad and with the need for players in other positions like central defence and midfield seeming a much more urgent need, it seemed that these reports were unlikely to hold much water.

Chelsea, however, have plenty of other top quality attacking midfield options on the books at Stamford Bridge at the moment and it is hard to see where Firmino would fit into Jose Mourinho's first - team plans.

personally i would give up a bit of power for more skill and mobility which is why i think we need another carzola type urgently... but i appreciate there are other ways... but without a top quality option in midfield this window any chance of competing at the top again will be gone for another year... that will be 14 barren years... back to the future with the yoghurt man it seems!!

Without Santi, we haven't got another WC central midfielder when looking at all of our other options for that position.

But he missed one box which I feel is powerful holding midfielder like William Carvalho or gueye or any other available option.

We really need to give Alexis Sanchez a rest and so the best option for me would be to have Cazorla on one side of Giroud with Campbell on the other, leaving a position in central midfield.

Now it gets difficult, Santi Cazorla, his injury probably ended our title hopes this year, we missed his incisive passing and quick feet in midfield this year, once he was out of the side every attack seemed so slow, laboured and uninventive, there will be rumours all summer about him returning to Spain, and the sale of Santi would go some way to pretty much pay for Xhaka's transfer, the only thing that would go against him is his defensive contribution is not as great as our other options.

Kept a clean - sheet against Leicester and were lacking a lot of our first - team options in attack, including Mesut who's an undoubted starter and glues our midfield and front three like no other...

In that context, a move for an established class midfielder such as Thiago begins to make sense, with the former Barça man a product of La Masia, who should require less bedding in time than other potential midfield options.

It would be the biggest development in a season where Bentancur has mostly played as an option late in games rather than being in the midfield rotation on a consistent basis with the likes of Marchisio and others.

Despite professing that he sees Oxlade - Chamberlain's future in central midfield, Wenger has been reluctant to play him there, often only doing so when there is no other option.

Worst: He struggles to find a place in Arsenal's 3 -4-3 system: not trusted enough to play in central midfield and not able to outshine Arsenal's other attacking options.

Matuesz Klich has left the club and gone back to the Netherlands, so the only other option would be Vurnon Anita, who has only played once in the midfield all season, and Conor Shaughnessy, who really seems to belong at central defence.

Ezequiel Garay, an option Sampaoli would dearly love to be able to call upon, has asked not to be called up for international duty due to fitness issues, and as with central midfield, Argentina — a nation once stacked with world - class options in the position — doesn't have many other great choices here.

With him coming back into the side, you've got so many other options for our midfield but Iwobi looks comfortable with the pressures of big games like this.

There is always the possibility that Alonso's move does not go through and if that proves to be the case then Wenger needs to look at other options to plug that central midfield hole.

The other main options in the defensive midfield position are Mathieu Flamini, who is more combative and less reliable in his passing, and Calum Chambers, who has never previously played in that position for Arsenal since joining the club several weeks ago.

The reported # 8 million price tag on the midfield would present a cheaper option for Arsenal as opposed to the club's other reported targets William Carvalho and Sami Khedira.

Closed down by one of the Brighton forwards, the return ball to the other centre - back closed off by the other forward and the easy balls into midfield and to their side's full - back cut out by the Brighton winger and midfielder, the centre - back had few options to pass out from the back — Laurent Koscielny in particular was struggling, giving the ball away several times on the edge of his area, with one instance leading to the second goal.

Midfielders would provide more passing options for the center backs as they play out of the first third, and other attackers would ensure that Özil is surrounded by teammates in the final third, much like Mkhitaryan was last season.

They are already overstocked when it comes to attacking midfielders with Juan Mata, a footballer who would be undroppable at most other clubs, in and out of the team due to the surplus of options available to his manager.

With the only other attacking options being either Memphis or Young from the bench more would have to be expected of the midfield to generate chances in the second half as only one of them could be used.

Do you really mean Rosicky, Arteta, Koscielny, Mertersacker et al are doubting the club because a loaned midfielder is coming in injured and the club's leading scorer is playing «almost every single minute because the other options are not trusted»?

They are asking themselves why would Arsenal borrow an injured central midfielder who has played 77 minutes football since October to cover for central midfielders that are currently injured and suspended, while Giroud has to play almost every single minute because the other options are not trusted.

Wenger was reportedly interested in signing the midfielder this summer as he attempts to bolster his midfield options but the French man has been forced to turn to other targets as the midfielder is not interested in leaving the Premier League Champions.

The other option is the weird, disjointed midfield that Juventus currently have, the absolute weirdness that is Miralem Pjanic, and the fact that Max Allegri's recent tinkerings have re-unleashed Khedira.