Sentences with phrase «rival clubs snap»

Is it not better buying an established player than grooming one and by the time you want to reap his benefit, rival clubs snap him with a better offer?

Not exact matches

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.

It's one thing Arsenal sticking with Wenger when they claim all the best managers in the world are currently employed, often by bigger clubs, but with Jurgen Klopp available after leaving Borussia Dortmund, more should have been done to ensure he was snapped up before a rival got to him first.

After initially joining the club on loan in 2007, Hummels was snapped up by Dortmund as Mislintat identified that he was having his troubles of getting opportunities at rivals Bayern Munich.

Having previously been linked with a number of big clubs before joining Spurs, Paulinho has also been targeted by London rivals Chelsea this summer, whilst Real Madrid have also supposedly shown some interest in snapping him up.

CaughtOffside understands Jose Mourinho has been in touch with his former club about snapping up the Brazil international, though the Blues are highly reluctant to sell to a Premier League rival.

Ayew, 26, is the Swans» second highest scorer this season with eight goals to his name and has not been considered «a flop» after his high - profile Bosman capture a year ago when the Liberty club saw off competition from European rivals to snap up the African.