Sentences with phrase «side start the bidding»

Let the other side start the bidding, the thinking goes, and they will be forced to show their hands, which will provide you with an advantage.

Not exact matches

Ideally Wenger would like to bring in Schneiderlin in the January transfer window and is readying a # 20m bid for the St Mary's star but understands that such a move is unlikely to succeed with Southampton ready to fight to keep hold of the former Strasbourg man as Ronald Koeman looks to maintain his side's excellent start to the season.

That will be music to the ears of Chelsea fans as with Gary Cahill and David Luiz on the wrong side of 30, Antonio Conte will arguably need to start thinking about rebuilding that part of his squad and he has previously been linked with making a # 53m bid for Koulibaly last summer, as per The Telegraph.

City's prolific forward has made a quick start to the new season, and he will certainly be crucial to Pep Guardiola's side moving forward in their bid to land silverware.

The 26 year - old has been in impressive for in Serie A this year, fighting off all challengers in the bid to earn a starting role in the side, and was believed to be keen on extending his stay in Italy, but his deal appears to have hit the rocks.

Draxler could of brought more pace and experience to our starting XI, and would have also been a huge boost in our bid to defeat Bayern Munich in the Champions League, with his former side having failed to qualify for the competition this term.

De Boer had made three changes and reluctantly switched to a 4 -4-2 formation in a bid to kick - start his season, but looked on aghast as Lee's horrendous early error piled more pressure on his beleaguered side.

Capoue hasn't been given a start under the Argentine for a long time now, and the good form of Ryan Mason and Nabil Bentaleb hasn't helped him at all in his bid to force his way back into the side.

English Premier League side West Bromwich Albion have started the bidding for Parma winger Jonathan Biabiany.

Arsenal had a bid for Evans rebuffed by West Brom last year but Arsene Wenger wants to sign a centre - half after his side's calamitous start to the season and could look to muscle in on City's efforts to sign the player.

Vicente del Bosque used Busquets as a starting midfielder in the side than won the country's first World Cup in South Africa in 2010, and he also starred in the successful defence of the European Championship crown in 2012 and in Spain's less successful bid to retain the World Cup in Brazil i 2014.

It would appear not, as on Saturday, when his side face up to Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup, Houllier is willing to jeopardise his relationship with his squad by making a host of changes to his starting XI in a bid to protect the conditioning of his key figures ahead of a potentially make or break finish to the season.

Boss Steve Kean is likely to field an attacking lineup in a bid to end his side's losing start to the season, with Junior Hoilett and Mauro Formica providing attacking threat from the flanks and deadline day signing Yakubu handed his first start alongside David Goodwillie up front.

Guardiola will keep his side focused, even though the target will be on ending their Champions League drought more than ever, and will strengthen his squad in a bid to start an empire at the Etihad Stadium.

And I'm looking forward to meeting food reps, and gaining more knowledge on that side of things now that I'm starting to help with bids.»