Not exact matches
The 16 year old
midfielder is clearly a
player who is well thought of but given that Halilovic has only just made his first
senior club appearance it may be a little too early to be doling out the superlatives and unrealistic comparisons.
Thus far the
midfielder has managed just 31 minutes of Premier League action though has found time to net his first goal at home to Wigan Athletic and is clearly a
player with a bright future and next term could be the right time to loan out the teenager for some much needed
senior experience.
Wilshere our most
senior player has played with Elneny so those two really had responsibility to own that
midfield area.
Here is my thoughts of the team as it is currently Keeper - Cech, Ospina CBs - Holding, Chambers, Mustafi, Per, Nacho, Boss RWB - Bellerin, Debuchy LWB - Kolasinac, Campbell
Midfield - Coq, Wilshere, Ramsey, Xhaka, ELneny, Santi Left Wing - Sanchez, Perez Right Wing - Ozil, Walcott Striker - Lacazette, Giroud, Welbeck That «s 25
senior players Have n`t included OX for obvious reasons
If our
players have football brains, Ramsey will have learned that sometimes being a box to box
midfielder means spending time defending in your own box, Gibbs and Chambers will have learned that they don't always need to bomb up and down the wings, Rociscky, BFG and Flamini will have learned that as
senior members of the squad they have to step up and lead.
Mathias Pogba is the
midfielder's other more
senior sibling, and Florentin's twin, and he is also in on the family business, playing topflight football up front as a centre - forward for Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam — another link back to his younger brother as the team with whom ex-United boss Louis van Gaal started coaching as a
player.
Van Persie is part of a core of
senior players in the 24 - man squad that also includes captain Arjen Robben and
midfielder Wesley Sneijder.
The versatile
player who plays at the right back and central
midfield leaves Ewood Park with his 200
senior appearances.
The young attacking
midfielder has also been a part of the squad since the 2011 season (Man, Marotta and Paratici wasted no time in completely revamping our
senior AND youth squad setups), and as such, he should already count as a club trained
player should he ever earn a first team spot.
The Barcelona
midfielder is still an ever - present in the Spanish national side and is now considered a
senior player within the squad.
The
midfielder spoke on his favourite role on the pitch, role model, favourite shirt number, favourite Nigeria
senior national team
player as well as the meaning of his nickname Kakatrigger.
According to the former Chelsea
midfielder Frank Lampard, the Italian tactician Antonio Conte is a manager who is not afraid or hesitant on giving younger
players the opportunity to show their worth at the big stage in the pitch along with the rest of the
senior and star members of the squad.