Sentences with phrase «rivals after this transfer window»

How can we call ourselfs title contenders when we are always 2 steps behind our rivals after this transfer window we fall even further behind.

Not exact matches

There is no doubt in my mind that the most disastrous decision we made during the past calendar year, up to and including the most eventful January transfer window in recent memory, was not the Sanchez debacle that saw him off to Old Trafford, which will forever be considered a failure of epic proportions, or the selling off of Ox to Liverpool following a thrashing less than a fortnight earlier, or even the triangular clusterf * ck that saw Giroud head to our crosstown rivals in the 11th hour, but the re-upping of our manager after another tumultuous and cringe - worthy campaign both on and off the pitch.

I was a little disappointed and surprised to see that the Frenchman did not spend anything in the transfer window after signing Petr Cech but I can also see his reasons and am not too impressed with the players our Premier League rivals have signed.

It is not getting any better for Arsenal fans and Arsene Wenger, and instead of the last few days of the transfer window being a period in which the problems of the team could be sorted by spending some big money on the right players after a poor start to the latest Premier League campaign, it is turning into a time of even more misery as we lose key stars to direct rivals and are unable to replace them because players do not seem to be too keen on signing for the Gunners anymore.

Most Arsenal fans will be the first to tell you that the Gunners are not quite firing on all cylinders so far this season, and after the summer transfer window saw the club actually make a profit rather than spending big to catch up with our Premier League rivals despite breaking the club's transfer record to sign Alexandre Lacazette, you won't find too many Gooners who are confident that the EPL title is on it's way back to north London next May.

United have done a fantastic job in sealing a the deal for the youngster as rivals would have been there after the opening of transfer window.

Chelsea's Player of the Year in 2012 - 13, Mata was soon usurped by Oscar after Mourinho's return to the club at the end of the season, allowing the playmaker to join rivals Manchester United in the following January transfer window.

Italy defender Bonucci was the biggest shock of an expensive transfer window for Milan after arriving from Serie A rival and champion Juventus.

This news is sure to leave many Arsenal fans sweating, as the club hopes to sign the midfield general this summer after failing to land his signature in last two transfer windows, and now looks set to lose out to arch rivals Tottenham.

Blues owner Roman Abramovich has made it crystal clear to gaffer Antonio Conte that he will be backed with funds in the coming transfer windows — especially after the gulf in class between his side and Premier League title rivals Arsenal and Liverpool was made clear in early defeats.