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Ozil flatters to deceive according to squawka he is our best performer this season he is also created the most chances in our team nearly 2wice as much as jack.

The Red Devils have recently been linked with a big move for the free - scoring 21 - year - old, who has had a superb season in the Premier League and established himself as one of this year's best breakthrough performers.

However Liverpool have shown an inability to keep hold of their star performers in recent seasons and as such Rodgers may fear the allure of a move to a side of PSG's standing could prove tempting to the former Sunderland man, especially if come January the Anfield side are not in the running for a top four finish.

However, for the all - conquering Bavarians, the French wide man has been in imperious form as Bayern won the Bundesliga, German Cup and Uefa Champions League last season, with the 30 - year - old being their star performer along the way in their Treble.

Victor Valdes is of course a hugely experienced performer and having spent 12 seasons as first choice keeper at the Nou Camp one imagines that the Spaniard would be confident enough to accept the challenge of battling de Gea for Louis van Gaal's attention.

The 21 - year - old was one of the star performers for Monaco last season, scoring 14 goals and providing 17 assists in 55 appearances in all competitions to help them secure the Ligue 1 title as well as enjoy a thrilling run to the last four of the Champions League.

Alexis is doing fantastic for us, a bit slow on his passing at times but still without a doubt our best performer so far this season, I just think it is a shame we don't have Cesc ASWELL as Alexis.

Our player of the season so far?Certainly the most consistent.JACK AND OZIL CONTRACTS - just get them signed up for F *** S SAKE.Jack doesn't want to go anywhere and Ozil will have his choice of big clubs to choose from if allowed to be able to go on a free.How about giving out a statement of our ambitions (yeah right) and show were prepared to pay whatever it takes (up to the point of being ridiculous) to SIGN the best and KEEP the best» These two are the best we have so get them sorted early to send out a message of how serious we intend to be.AUBAMEYANG - So what if he has a contract.So did Sanchez.Offer the right money to Dortmund and the player and he will be ours.What is there to question over this deal?He is a proven goalscorer.We have just lost one.Get the deal done.GIROUD - Get rid of him to Dortmund if they want him either by selling or if it sweetens the deal just loan him till the end of the season.He was a back up when Sanchez was here and will be on the mix of back ups if Auba signs.He has a World Cup squad to fight for just to be considered so needs to be playing every week.We do not need him if Auba signs and would demand better than him if the deal fails to happen.Just get rid.JONNY EVANS - I'm not sure.Agree Kos needs nursing through games and we do not have consistent performers to come in if he is injured or rested mainly due to both Chambers and Holdimg not progressing through as much as we first thought and hoped for.Gooners have always been patient and supportive of the youngsters as they have come through but question marks to the whole coaching staff as to why these two seem to have stalled as much as they have done.Steve Bould - What do you do?You should be ashamed.

I thought he was a stand out performer when he got his chance last season but as soon as wengers favourites returned from injury Campbell was in form but dropped.

With defence clearly a weakness for the Red Devils last season as they conceded more than nearby rivals Chelsea, Arsenal and even Southampton, the addition of a world class performer like the Spanish World Cup winner could make all the difference as they look to mount a more serious title challenge.

Last season Koke finished as one of La Liga's leading assist - makers and provided 16 assists in all competitions and Simeone may well fear that Atletico Madrid may be set to lose another key performer.

The Brazilian international bagged his 11th Premier League goal of the season to emerge as the star performer for the visitors, while Simon Mignolet deserves credit for his second - half save in particular to deny Matt Phillips to preserve Liverpool's lead as he put in a great performance too.

the only hope with wenger is other teams slipping up and he has been lucky for last 3 or 4 seasons in terms of delivering a CL place and related income stream... and he looks like being lucky again this season as there is only one consistently good performer... all credit to the saints but they will run in to trouble....

Although Rodgers does offer an additional rushing dimension (Rodgers out - rushed Brees 259 to 5 last season), it's worth noting that Brees actually finished last season as the higher ranked fantasy performer.

There is no place for ASSE skipper Loic Perrin, one of the division's key performers so far this season, while internationals such as Yohan Cabaye and Yoann Gourcuff are also absent.

The madness and beauty of the world renowned Premier League is what we love, and we have to be noted as the most consistent performers in recent years, and with a good summer of spending (and a little luck on the injury front), there will be no reason why we wont be challenging for next season's league title.

It will be a massive surprise and in my opinion a travesty if Ozil does not pick up the Arsenal Player of the Year award as he has been one of only a few consistent performers in the Gunners team this year and his contribution of goals and assists has been the most telling, while he also broke the Premier League record for consecutive assists and chances created over the season.

With United underperforming badly last season as they finished 7th in the Premier League, it is all too clear that there are too many passengers in the squad at Old Trafford, and van Gaal has shown he means business as he looks to rid himself of a high number of under - performers.

The Welshman has been a key performer for the Swans since their promotion to the Premier League, and even led the side to silverware last season as they won the Capital One Cup.

I don't think I am taking too much for granted when I assume that two of the Arsenal front three that starts our first EPL game of the season against Liverpool will be Alexis Sanchez and Theo Walcott, as the Chilean is our star performer and most likely game winner in the absence of Mesut Ozil, while the unavailability of Olivier Giroud and Danny Welbeck leaves the speedy Walcott as our only experienced centre forward.

Rahman was one of the stand out performers in the Bundesliga last season as he helped Augsburg achieve a fifth - placed finish in the league after registering four assists in 31 appearances.

At the time of writing this article, the Arsenal website had not revealed which player had been voted by the fans as our best performer this season.

«as I much prefer the idea of bringing in a 26 year - old proven performer than a 21 year - old who would be arriving on the back of just one good season in Ligue 1...»

The 24 - year - old has been arguably Man United's most consistent performer over the past two seasons, and was regularly Louis van Gaal's last line of defence as the Premier League side secured a top four spot in 2014/15.

Other amusing players suggested are Liverpool pair Simon Mignolet and Dejan Lovren, who have both at times been regarded as the team's worst performers this season, while Iago Aspas also gets a shout despite just one dreadful season at Anfield before being sent back to La Liga on loan.

Perhaps they could understand his longing to return to his former club and one FA Cup success from seven seasons as a first team regular is not going to help a side keep it's top performers.

So after 4 competitive games we can see the makings of a squad that can't compete for EPL or cl... Bringing in rotation players won't change the equation as we already have too many mediocre performers... if we bring in quality DM and attacker I think we can have a first team to match the best and hope fitness and injuries aren't against us... otherwise it's another underperforming season ahead

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

We also believe that fantasy football managers are overreacting to Arian Foster's injury, as the Texans running back could be an excellent late season performer if managers are willing to show patience.

The 22 year old adaptable performer can play as a centre back or on the left side of a back four has been in fine form this season and has earned his first full Spanish national team cap as a result.

David Ospina is now expected to stay in North - London and remain as back - up to first choice Petr Cech this season, who has proven to be one of the most consistent performers in England for a number of years now.

Wengers past 13 seasons I've seen leceister city win the league, Jose win leave come back amd win the league gets fired and prolly be in a better position to win the league next season, south Hampton get promoted and become a stable club, oh yea leceister too, pep struggle in a league (still finished above us) Chelsea change managers and Yh they won too, Tottenham just basically becoming a better side plain and simple smh, Liverpool and Everton go through management changes and still be competitive while we're here struggling to just to even compete in our own league and getting embarrassed in europe and now as a fan we don't only have to worry about us getting players and other clubs hijacking our targets (just as every season thus far) but probably losing two of our best players and a slew of others including one our better performers in oxlade - chamberlain and our immovable manger is still showing how not to win the league and gets a bumper new deal for his struggles

Vermaelen's drastic drop in form has not put off a number of major clubs making a move for him, as he was considered one of the Gunners» most consistent and reliable performers prior to this season.

If Duda can put up a decent BA with some power, or if Jay can keep an OBP above.350 -.360, then there is value in a cheap niche player who has shown himself as still a decent performer at the ML level same - season.

He probably won't leave at all this season as Dortmund will want a massive sum for him, they can't lose their 3 best performers in one transfer window.

The smart money, however, says that the Gunners will be looking to add a striker, central midfielder, centre back and keeper and so this report on the stats website Squawka.com might be of some use to the prof as it lists the top 10 performers in defence across the top five leagues in Europe this season.

The 74 - year - old then reportedly described Kanté as the league's best performer this season «by a long way».

Nacho Monreal has been a fantastic performer this season, establishing himself as the club's first - choice left - back, and he was superb both at the back and going forward against Chelsea.

The midfielder has been one of the standout performers for the Europa League champions this season and scored as they defeated Dnipro in the final

With so many different ideas on what it takes to be the top performer — scoring the most goals, creating the most assists or winning the most points — it was decided that the winner would have to be the shortlisted finalist who covers the most bases as an individual match - winner, a key player for his team - mates and one of the deciding factors in the Premier League season.

Ever since Iker Casillas played his debut season with Real Madrid back in 1999, the Spanish goalkeeper has been a consistent performer as he has made over 18 league appearances at club in the Santiago Bernabeu with the only exception being the previous season which concluded one month ago and the veteran shot - stopper was featured in just 2 matches.

The 24 - year - old Belgium midfielder has excelled in Everton's hot early season form and is seen as one of most consistent performers in the Premier League.

Maybe he's protecting an injury — I remember him having a slow start last year when BFS chucked him into the First Team when he was still not fit after a hamstring injury — as the Season went on he improved and was one of the better performers in a pretty average team.

This part of the poll received the most attention, as over 950 people had their say over Chelsea's worst performer so far this season.

The stand out performer though was the same person as it has been for the majority of the season.

The centre - back was one of the French club's star performers last season as they reached the quarter - finals of the Champions League, defeating Arsenal along the way.

Hazard is likely to cost more than three times the price of Belhanda, according to The Independent, as he has been a consistent performer for the last few seasons.

All kinds of theories have been expounded as to why Leicester are in freefall especially since only one of last season key performers, N'Golo Kante, has moved on: manager Claudio Ranieri has lost the faith of his players; confidence is wafer - thin; workrate has plummeted; too many players are living on their laurels.

Herrera looked like the guy who won United Player of the Year last season, as he was their best individual performer today.