Sentences with phrase «other rival clubs»

As the name implies, you're part of a racing club competing against other rival clubs.

You're right in some respects but with La Liga the way it is i.e. the gap between barca / madrid and the rest, it wouldn't take much for a team like Malaga to stake a top 4 spot considering comparitively low spending power of other rival clubs i.e. Athletico, Villareal etc..

At the same time, other rival clubs are planning to strengthen their teams by propositioning prospective talent with a view to lure them to their club with the strong bargaining chip of guaranteed champion's league football next season.

Pound for pound we have alot of second rate players per position compared to other rival clubs so really who would miss this lot if they went?

Why he finds it totally impossible to get a good enough CB and CDM, is a mystery as other rival clubs get them.

It must be very frustrating for the big stars at Arsenal to see other rival clubs signing world class additions that will help their sides challenge for major honours this season, whilst the Gunners sit back with basically the same squad that failed to win a trophy last term.

do u think any of them will be happy seeing another MF come into the team which may make them start looking for playing chances and other rival clubs submitting bids and they may end up leaving and you think I'll be happy to see those two leave?

I will say he should be sold out of the premier league and if Alexis even loves Arsenal in any ways or respect the fans, he won't even consider playing for any other rival club... I have not seen Arsenal show the ambition we are showing in this transfer window in a very long time and if i as a fan can be convinced with few more signing to come in i don't know why $ anchez can't be, he should just get the EFF out our club and lives if he's not willing to stay and i hope he wins the champions league with city... was he not even one of the players who didn't push us to the champions league?

Not exact matches

In other words, the mid-October escrow cheques will often rival or surpass the cash being offered by European clubs.

He and others speculated that a rival had tried to sell in the club or perhaps just wanted to hurt their business.

He better had do as well, because if we lose the potential coaching abilities of Arteta after seeing one of our other former captains Patrick Vieira working at our Premier League rivals as well then it will be a real kick in the teeth for the club.

But it does appear that the Ox will be going and news of his availability has sparked interest at some other EPL clubs, most notably according to ESPN our big rivals Manchester United.

A lot of people are questioning the title credentials of Arsenal, but we are perhaps the most stable club and squad of players and there was plenty of reason for optimism from the performances of our other Premier League rivals yesterday.

people asking for iwobi to be benched and bellerin to be sold, trust me under any other manager these two are world beaters, but they've both declined under wenger, same goes for gnabry if you remember him he was dynamite in his debut season but again mismanagement made him the player he is today, it was sad when chelsea overtook us now we got out main rivals doing the same, hey it's progress in gazidis and kronke's book they had the best transfer window this club has ever had if i do recall correctly!!

And meanwhile the other potentially available strikers are being snapped up by other clubs around Europe, including our Premier League rivals, such as Liverpool completing the transfer of Benteke, which I am not happy about.

Waiting for other clubs to beat our rivals, to hand us the title!?

I will not blame Bellerin or any other Arsenal player if they leave and join any other club including our rivals and will not call them traitor as they also have ambition to win trophies.

With the news that Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels has rejected the chance to sign for Manchester United this summer, here's a look at five other top class centre - backs the club could consider signing, including some big names from La Liga, an exciting Brazilian youngster and one of the Premier League's top prospects also wanted by rivals Chelsea...

Should Arsene leave this summer, the most interesting thing will be whether the new manager will be allowed to spend in order to rival the other big clubs in England, with Wenger having been blamed for a lack of spending in parts.

Given that they've enjoyed another impressive season where they've received plenty of plaudits from pundits and rivals alike, it's only natural that other clubs are paying interest to their players.

Others will insist that the French international has his best years ahead of him, can be a pivotal part of the club's future success and United will cushion the huge fee with the commercial and sponsorship deals that they have in place which dwarf those that their rivals have.

As already noted, with City so far clear at the top of the Premier League and with almost all their rivals in disarray, it could mean Guardiola can really focus on this competition like few other managers of English clubs have had the luxury of being able to do in recent times.

Star players wanting to leave, fans fighting each other, rival clubs laughing at us, experts writing us off before the season even starts.

And it is not just our Premier League rivals Chelsea and Man United that are keen on Dybala apparently, as he is said to be interesting some other top clubs around Europe, including the reigning Champions League holders Real Madrid.

There would always have been plenty of managers willing to take on the job, even though the club's transfer budget was a fraction of those being spent by our direct rivals, but I do not think any other top manager would have stuck with us, especially with big spending clubs such as Real Madrid and PSG after them.

Not only will this give Arsenal more and richer rivals for any transfer target, it will make the other clubs around Europe boost their asking prices significantly.

I was equally annoyed at Wenger but it was just straight disrespectful that a player Wenger brought in at 21 kept even though injury prone, which no other top four club would have done, developed into a world class striker and then goes to our biggest rival citing the fact its an honour to work with ferguson and we weren't showing ambition.

Still, it's a decent backup for Arsenal to have as Real look to sell and no other clubs rival them for Benzema.

It may be annoying for Arsenal fans to hear Jose Mourinho regularly aiming digs at Arsene Wenger and our club and I agree with our manager and others like the Man City boss Manuel Pellegrini who have criticised the Chelsea boss for the way he talks about other clubs and rival managers, but there is only one real way for us to rise above all the mind games and that is to beat him.

They will be insulting each others» Mums next if this carries on much further and all it is doing is making Arsenal look even more shambolic and giving those TV pundits, football journalists and fans of rival clubs more bullets to fire at us.

In other news, our team seems to be rounding nicely into form, with a productive off - season and several new additions already settling in, there seems to be a renewed sense of confidence in the air... our well - oiled machine has conducted business again early this year, so we can just sit back, kick our feet up and watch all those other suckers scramble to make panic moves in the 11th hour... of course, we need to tie up a few loose ends but our team of savvy negotiators, under the tutelage of our faithful leader, will perform their usual magic with ample time to spare... I have to laugh when I look around the soccer world and see all those teams look upon us with envy and scorn as they struggle to mimic our seemingly infallible business model... thank goodness the powers that be had the foresight and fortitude to resist the temptations of the modern football era... instead of listening to all the experts and simply taking the easy way out by making the necessary improvements on the field and in the front office, we chose the path never traveled... we are truly pioneers in our field... sometimes you just have to have faith in the people that have always conducted themselves in a respectful and honest fashion... most fans aren't so fortunate, they will never know what it's like to follow a team that treats everyone in and around the club as if they were an extended member of the family... all for one I say... so when you wake up this morning, please try not to gloat when you see rival fans pacing back and forth waiting for their respective teams to pull the usual panic buys, just say nothing and be thankful that it isn't you... like I've always said, this is why you stay the course... this is when the real benefits of having someone in charge for over 2 decades really pays off... have a great day fellow Gunners

My biggest worry is if Sanchez goes to another Premier League team, as well as strengthening a rival, can you imagine the stick we'd get from other clubs supporters!

Anyway, it won't surprise you to hear that Arsenal have lost a lot more player days to injury since 2004 than any of our rivals and that we have lost more injury days this season than any other club in the division, a massive 874 already.

It can interfere with player talks at other clubs as well as your own, and it can let your rivals know how to high - jack things.

It was bad enough when the likes of Cesc Fabregas signed for clubs like Barcelona who were not in direct competition with the Gunners, but losing Ashley Cole to Chelsea, Nasri to Man City or perhaps worst of all Robin van Persie was not only painful for the fans because it strengthened a rival while weakening us, thereby making any chance of us winning the Premier League or other domestic trophy smaller.

All three are superb attack - minded players who are also attracting strong interest from other top clubs around Europe, including Arsenal's Premier League rivals Chelsea and Manchester United.

If you refuse to see this clear truth, you my friend, are deluding yourself and not helping the club you and we all support by maintaining the status quo that is causing us to drift inexorably, further away from our other rivals.

You're damn right bruv... arsenal fans on here should know one thing: all other (big epl) clubs want arsenal to fail - reason; they are presently failing... I think we all should learn to enjoy a Win (no matter who we win) especially when all other potential rivals dropped points... fyi liverpool just lost to the lowly, out - of - form New castle.

The stats comparison that I have done between the recent Gunners signing and other top Premier League keepers, including his club rival Wojciech Szczesny, are based on Premier League games only.

All very honourable from the Prof, except that there are now rumours that plenty of other clubs, including our big Premier League rivals like Chelsea, are not so hesitant about taking advantage of the situation in east London.

Can our lo9cal rivals do us and every other title chasing club a big favour?

While our big Premier League rivals and most other clubs around have spent more and more money on players we have not jumped on the transfer bandwagon and Wenger has often spoke about why he thinks that the ever increasing spending is wrong and perhaps even unsustainable.

If Arsenal fans were hoping for a slip up or two over the christmas period from any of the other clubs in with a chance of challenging for the Premier League title, then we were left with just one hope and that was soon snuffed out last night as our north London rivals Tottenham ran out 4 - 1 winners over Southampton.

The others are our north London rivals Tottenham and the Italian Serie A club Internazionale from Milan.

However, these reports may suggest a deal is closer than is actually the case, with Kluivert claiming he'd be open to playing for a number of other top clubs, including United's Premier League rivals.

This is the same club that refused to sanction the transfer of any of their players in the other direction, so do they really think that a direct rival should just roll over for them because they have more money, if a lot less history and class?

The Chambers effect is probably not going to be crucial, but hopefully one of our other on loan players, Jack Wilshere, can do Arsenal a huge favour when his current club Bournemouth host our north London rivals Tottenham early on Saturday.

Yes I know that it might be a little bit petty and small minded for Arsenal fans to take some pleasure from the suffering of others, but Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain is a former player who showed our club no love or respect when forcing his transfer to our Premier League rivals Liverpool during the summer transfer window, so that makes him fair game in my book.

The story is that the Spanish club are looking at other players such as Marco Veratti of PSG to boost their squad and bounce back after seeing their great rivals Real Madrid lift both the Champions League and La Liga trophies.

For too long Arsenal were at the mercy of Spain's bit two clubs as well as our main Premier League rivals and any other club that had a lot of money to spend and a good chance of a trophy or two to win.