Sentences with phrase «season after securing»

Both Brighton and Newcastle were already assured of playing in the Premier League next season after securing the two automatic promotion spots.

Wigan could join Villa in the top flight next season after securing a Championship play - off berth, and Holt accepts that any decision on his future will be made by his parent club.

The Utah Royals remain unbeaten on the season after securing a draw against Houston Dash on Friday.

However, Neal Maupay's 93rd minute equaliser means Wolves will definitely be playing in the Premier League next season after securing an automatic promotion spot with four games to spare after a six - year absence.

The Dutch champions had a more than impressive campaign last season after securing a historic league title.

Not exact matches

With little progress having been made over recent weeks, Sterling has now revealed that he will make a decision at the end of the current campaign, after discovering whether or not the Reds will secure a second successive season of Champions League football.

Sure, I bumped the Iona Gaels up to the 15 line after they claimed the MAAC Tournament title and the UNCG Spartans secured their permanent place in 2018's bracket by adding the Southern Conference Tournament title to their regular - season crown.

We are already hearing about other clubs around Europe securing the transfer of players, such as Mats Hummels to Bayern Munich, so even though the Premier League season is not properly over until after Manchester United play Bournemouth tonight and then Louis van Gaal takes his troubled team to Wembley in the FA cup, Arsenal fans are already eager for news of a signing.

The 23 - year - old managed to secure an England call - up after a fine run of form for the Saints this season, though that has also attracted potential suitors, including the club who poached Luke Shaw from the the St Mary's side last season.

Juventus continue to set the standard after securing their fifth consecutive Scudetto last season, and they have strengthened further this summer as they harbour ambitions of conquering Europe too.

After a couple of tough weeks, our women's hockey 3rd team enjoyed their first win of the season yesterday, securing a 1 — 0 win over Lancaster 3rd in the Conference Cup!

It's not the first time Martial has come off the bench to make a decisive impact this season either, and so perhaps the takeaway from the game was to trust Mourinho's judgement as he secured an important victory having come under pressure after the goalless draw at Anfield as well as the shock defeat to Huddersfield Town.

After the early capture of Granit Xhaka, Wenger has preoccupied himself with securing «one for the future» signings, who will probably play no major role for Arsenal this season, or even play for the first team in future while Wenger is Arsenal manager for that matter.

I'm aware Chelsea conceded a fair portion of their goals after the title was already secured but their scoring at the other end dried up substantially second half of season... Just to reiterate that was without Cech or Debuchy and our much improved defensive record when the required personnel was added is a big part of my belief that we're in the position to challenge currently.

Chalobah, who made 10 league appearances for Antonio Conte's side last season as Chelsea secured their fifth Premier League title, contributing one assist, has signed a five - year deal with the Hornets after struggling to break into the first team at Stamford Bridge, as per the Express.

Ferguson feels he could convince Schweinsteiger, now in his ninth season in the Bayern Munich first team, to leave the Allianz Arena in search of a new challenge after securing five Bundesliga titles and various assorted domestic honours.

The Guardiola road show heads to the Hawthorns for a second time this season, after his side secured a 2 - 1 victory in the EFL Cup just over a month ago.

After years of failing to live up to its favorites tag in League One, United finally won the league last season, securing promotion to the Championship.

After securing automatic qualification for next season's Champions League but falling off the pace to pip Manchester City to second place, Arsenal welcome West Brom to the Emirates with nothing much to play for.

Maybe you're a the short term focus because you're satisfied with a half decent season year after year, and afraid to take risk in order to secure your beloved 4th place, but i'm not.

INfact I won't be surprised if we secure top 4, then end up 4th place because he starts resting players soon after for the remainder of the season.

After securing a summer move from Roma, the 25 - year - old has gone on to make 41 appearances so far this season, scoring a sensational 36 goals and providing 12 assists.

It was always going to be an interesting post match interview with Arsene Wenger after we saw Arsenal perform in a terribly weak and woeful manner to lose away to West Brom and leave the hopes of Arsenal securing another season of Champions League football hanging by a thread.

The Arsenal and England international star Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain may not have had a very good season so far and he still needs to show us a lot more to secure more regular first team football, but after an impressive performance in the centre of midfield against Sunderland in the FA cup, I reckon he should start against Liverpool at Anfield on Wednesday.

Podolski was crucial in us securing 4th the season after RVP's departure.

If this season is to be his last at Arsenal, he's already made it clear that this job may not be his last and although you may think that previous interest from the likes of Real Madrid and AC Milan may be long gone after many years of rejection, it seems as if one club is still relatively keen on securing the Frenchman's services.

It's been a real struggle for the 30 - year - old this season, as he's managed just four goals in 32 appearances after securing a move from Fiorentina last summer.

As the Arsenal transfer rumours grow ever less confident about the boss securing the transfer of the France international star Alexandre Lacazette, Wenger is seen as being under increasing amounts of pressure to add some firepower to the team, after that area was seen as a major flaw in our title challenge last season.

After three great Bundesliga seasons with Werder Bremen, where Diego scored at will and was considered one of the best foreign players on display, the former Porto man secured a move to Serie A that he must have hoped would have helped his career progression but instead he has seen his chances at international level limited and may well feel its time to move on again.

The stopper has found it hard to break into Juventus» starting XI this season after making the move from Empoli during the summer, and is keen to secure a move away — albeit on a temporary basis — in order to get some regular minutes.

Arsenal are linked with striker after striker at the moment and it's gotten to the point where it seems increasingly unlikely we will secure any of our targets before the season starts.

In order to secure that lucrative contract, Durant would likely sign a one - year contract with the Thunder at the maximum salary and then pursue a long - term deal after the» 16 - ’17 season.

Its only at Arsenal where the manager can constantly underachieve for a decade and still be secure in his job and still be given the freedom to make the same stupidly obvious mistakes season after season.

Neymar secured a big - money move from Barcelona to Paris Saint - Germain last summer, but reports claim he wants out of the French capital after just one season.

It is not a completely dead rubber after all as the Gunners do need to make sure that we don't have to play two nervy and unwanted games at the start of next season in order to secure a place in the Champions League group phase, and unlikely it may be there is still an outside chance of finishing above Tottenham in the Premier League table, which Arsene Wenger admits is only of value to us fans as bragging rights but still a worthwhile goal at that.

After the title is gone, that for us would be an improvement from last season where we had two qualifying matches, really tight ones, to secure Champions League football.

The Daily Mirror claims Chelsea look prepared to join the running for # 50million - rated Zaha's signature after his fine form in the Premier League this season has been one of the main factors giving Palace any hope of securing survival in the top flight.

With Brendan Rodgers needing a top quality signing upfront after selling Luis Suarez in a # 75m deal to Barcelona, the club may have secured a superb addition of a big - name replacement in Balotelli, who could form an incredible strikeforce alongside Daniel Sturridge, replicating the amazing combination of Sturridge and Suarez last season.

It remains to be seen when the forward gets another opportunity in the starting line - up, but on the basis of Sunday afternoon, Roberto Firmino will surely return after the international break and Sturridge will have a real battle on his hands to secure himself playing time at Anfield between now and the end of the season.

It's been a strong start to the season for our women's basketball 1s, as last week saw them secure their spot in the next round of the Northern Conference Cup after an impressive 102 — 28 victory over Liverpool 2s.

United were dumped out of the UCL in the first round, and failed to secure a return to the European high table after finishing the season in fifth.

In truth, Jose Mourinho has also faced the same problem this year after abject displays against the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea, but he secured three trophies in his first season in charge last year and qualified for the Champions League.

As Tottenham bid farewell to the Lane on Sunday as they prepare to move into their new home after next season, countless tributes from former players, supporters and others around the world in football flooded in after they secured a win over Manchester United and said goodbye to their famous home.

The England international will be hoping to play again this season as United require one more point to mathematically secure a top - four finish and a return to the Champions League after one season away.

After many years of struggling to secure a work permit to play in England, despite originally believing Silva would be deemed a «Special Talent», the winger finally managed to make the move to Arsenal's training ground and play in England from the start of the 2015 - 16 season.

With Porsche ending its LMP1 programme after this season he was looking set to secure a deal to race for Chip Ganassi in IndyCar in 2018, but if he does well at COTA he could end up having an F1 career after all.

Burnley face Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday at 3 pm, as they look to continue their good start to the Premier League season, after securing seven points from the opening four matches.

Tottenham moved a big step closer to securing their place in next season's Champions League after a thrilling 3 - 1 London derby victory away to Chelsea.

After 6 full seasons with Celtic, every major domestic title had been secured (some, a few times over).

You can make a convincing case that the 90 against West Brom at the Emirates stadium in Sundays lunch time kick - off will certainly be one of Arsenal's most relaxed of the season after finally securing the 4th place when Everton fell to Manchester City on Saturday.