Sentences with phrase «senior central defenders»

Our four senior central defenders are all ruled out for different reasons so it's almost a case of putting some names into a hat.

Spurs were forced to cope without Vertonghen for nine games last season when he missed nine Premier League games due to medial collateral ligament damage in his knee, which left Pochettino with just Kevin Wimmer, Eric Dier and Alderweireld as his only senior central defenders.

it seems they had the perfect balance for the back three; 2 senior central defenders, 2 entering their prime defenders, and 2 young defenders.

We can't do a season with only 2 senior central defenders.

The 27 - year - old has not missed a single minute of Tottenham's league campaign, and the club's other senior central defender — Jan Vertonghen — has not played since January.

Arsenal fans were disappointed this summer when Wenger chose not to sign a third senior central defender, having teenager Calum Chambers as the main back - up to Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker, a decision that has already been made to look foolish this season and was again by two Hull goals against a makeshift back line.

Not exact matches

There are other central defenders in the squad but Southgate used our young Gunner in the final warm up game and with Chambers having dropped down from the senior side to go to these finals, you would think that he would get the nod for the opening game against Portugal tonight.

The reason behind the conversion of captain of the senior Nigeria national team John Obi Mikel from a midfielder to a central defender has been revealed.

The 25 - year - old central defender is among a list of players who have been handed a return to the Ghanaian senior national team.

Supervising Trial Lawyer / Senior Training Coordinator, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Central District of California (1975 - 1979), tried approximately 60 Federal Court cases involving federal felony and white collar charges