Sentences with phrase «poor debut season»

Basti has been linked with a move back to the Bundesliga after a poor debut season in England, while Sané is reportedly one of Pep Guardiola's top targets as he takes charge at local rivals Manchester City.

The problem for me is that he will probably feel that a move to Arsenal may see his playing opportuniies more limited than if he went to a side like Manchester City because of our current number one Petr Cech, while Pep Guardiola is clearly looking for a regular starter between the sticks after Cludio Brove endure a pretty poor debut season in England.

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Injury problems and poor form from the Belgian probably helped to make the manager's decision easier though, as did the very good looking partnership between Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny, and when Vermaelen then spent almost the whole of his debut season in the Barca treatment room it looked like Wenger had played a blinder.

He was not exactly poor last year but it was a bit disappointing for him and the Arsenal fans that he could not reproduce the brilliant performances from his debut season that earned him the Arsenal Player of the Year award.