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The fine performances of 18 year - old Max Meyer in attacking midfield explain why Julian Draxler remains a left sided player despite expressing a desire to move infield.
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The Scotland international has just enjoyed a brilliant campaign between the sticks for the south Wales outfit, despite his side's eventual relegation from the Premier League that is, with Marshall being voted as the club's Player of the Year.
Even the title I have put at the top of this post could be seen as a bit on the harsh side on the 28 - year old, as he scored 19 goals for the Gunners last season, at a ratio of just better than one every other game, and he already has three for the new season so far, despite being well down the pecking order of forward players available to the boss.
Ronny Deila will be confident of taking his side to Europe's top club competition despite having only reached this stage by default due to Legia Warsaw fielding an ineligible player.
On the flip side, we lost our best player since the Invincibles in Sanchez, despite his in / out season thus far, we lost OG which was sad but inevitable, even though it was to Chelski.
The Colombian has become one of the most talented players on the continent since making his $ 80 Million move from Monaco following a highly impressive World Cup campaign, and has proven to be one of the most consistent creative players in his side, despite being used sparingly.
42 year old Lambert, who won the Champions League as a player with Borussia Dortmund and enjoyed eight years of success at Celtic, may have felt that he had achieved as much as he could with his East Anglian side and despite Aston Villa's recent struggles the Midlands side is considered by many as a «Sleeping Giant» who could be awakened under the right management.
Bale has long been regarded as one of the top attacking players in Europe despite his recent struggles and would therefore surely be a gamble worth taking for most Premier League sides.
West Ham, Tottenham and Southampton are all apparently keen on the 26 year old Mexican but one imagines that any chance to remain at the Bernabeu may tempt Hernandez, despite the fact he has been something of a bit - part player at the La Liga side this term.
After earning his first international cap at just 15 and becoming a key player for his club side Stromsgodset, he is unlikely to be short of suitors in the near future, but Liverpool may have the edge; despite the player seemingly happy in Norway at he moment.
While they were rebuffed in January, Marcelo Bielsa's side are expecting to sign the player this summer, despite interest from Arsenal.
It is also unclear whether Celtic's Champions League reprieve will affect the situation, with the SPL champions now set to play Slovenian side Maribor in the play - off round despite a 6 - 1 aggregate defeat to Legia Warsaw, with the Polish side having fielded an ineligible player in the second leg at Murrayfield.
Despite inheriting a side in total disarray anyway, Felix Magath fared extremely poorly at Fulham with a decent set of players, getting the club relegated after a long stay in the Premier League, before then struggling badly in the Championship as well.
Despite being keen not to speak about other team's players, Conte let slip that he's a fan of Van Dijk, calling him «a really good player» after his side's win over the Saints.
Despite his comments earlier in the week, Sam Allardyce has not started a bunch of kids and apart from a few players like Jermain Defoe, has named as strong a Sunderland side as possible.
Koscielny has been a key player for the side in recent seasons, because despite having a fairly shakey start to his Arsenal career when he joined back in the summer of 2010, the Frenchman has since grown into not just one of the best Premier League defenders but one of the best defenders of the current generation on a world wide scale.
The youngster has been dubbed the «French Fellaini» despite being an attacking player, and the likeness must simply be from his similar hair - style (thankfully), and the forward can boast six goals in 16 outings for the French Under - 17 side.
The 30 - year - old scored four goals before a knee injury hampered his progress, playing a key role in Mourinho's side despite largely being a utility player prior to that in his Old Trafford career.
Whilst he plays in the centre of defence for his nation, Belgium, Arsenal's Thomas Vermaelen is a player who continues to be integral to the fortunes of Marc Wilmots» side despite his diminishing influence at the Emirates Stadium.
Brazilian Oscar had something of a muted season last term but is almost certainly a player Jose Mourinho would look to retain, despite interest from the Serie A side.
I can certainly see the attraction to Tuchel, having made Dortmund into a top European side despite Bayern Munich stealing all their players, and its obvious that he has been very loyal to the club.
The 23 - year old Greece international was already settled into the national side, despite his young age, but his performances at the World Cup in Brazil this summer, where he was voted one of the 50 best players in the tournament, really catapulted him into the thoughts of club managers around Europe.
Sanchez came very close to reuniting with former boss Pep Guardiola at Man City after the two clubs agreed a # 60M fee for the player as per the Daily Star, however the move fell through after Arsene Wenger's side failed to secure a replacement for the want - away forward, report the Express, with the Gunners failing to agree a deal for Monaco winger Thomas Lemar despite having a # 92M bid accepted.
Despite the player's solid defensive performance, Savic's mistake was costly, as it ultimately cost his side the win.
Paul Clement has now claimed that Arsenal could be an excellent side, but lack the consistency needed despite an impressive squad of players.
Fer is one of the few Queens Park Rangers players who may be in demand by Premier League sides in the summer, and despite a mixed campaign, he demonstrated his class here with some energetic midfield play and this fine finish.
It really is a testament to Chelsea's summer spending that we're leaving such big names out of the side, while also partially forgetting the existence of exiled Diego Costa who remains a Chelsea player despite his desire to leave.
Bale netted 22 goals in his opening season at Real Madrid, helping Carlo Ancelotti's side to Copa del Rey and Champions League triumphs, and has continued to impress during the club's superb 22 match winning streak and despite reports of any potential bust - ups with team - mates it's unlikely president Florentino Perez would be considering offers for the player any time soon.
The 29 year - old left - sided player has become a bit - part player at the Nou Camp since the club signed Jordi Alba from Valencia following Euro 2012, despite initially being a first choice player at the Catalan club after signing from divisional rivals Sevilla.
Despite this it could still cost any side # 25 million to sign the player, who is under contract until 2020 and has made 26 appearances this campaign.
Chambers - Paid a lot of money for a young player with little experience in regards First Team and Premiership games.He looked a good prospect and because of injuries to the squad he found himself playing very soon into his Arsenal career.This caught up with him a bit as did playing with different CB partners and filling in at full back.Form dipped and was out of the side till a year long loan move to Boro.He was playing every week and despite them going down he was one of their best and consistent players.He has been indifferent since coming back but has looked better in last few games he has played.I believe there is a very decent centre back in this player and would not describe him as a bad buy at all.
Ramsey is one player who has been a regular in our side over the past five years, despite his own injury problems, but the recent emergence of Alex Iwobi and the inclusion of January signing Mohamed Elneny has limited his appearances over the past couple of months.
Wenger had already named an unchanged side for the Boxing Day match, and although some may think that our manager is showing loyalty to his players despite our disastrous loss, but the fact is that we don't really have that many options to bring in, especially if we are trying to improve the side....
Many pundits and former players alike are already writing off our chances tonight, with our defence looking shaky in recent weeks, and our form matches that, but Wenger will be putting out a strong side today despite knowing that a draw could well be enough to set us up to win on aggregate.
17 - year - old Foden is one of the brightest stars at Man City right now, with the player grabbing big attention despite only making one first team appearance for Guardiola's side.
Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere is determined to stay at the club beyond this summer and fight for his place in Arsene Wenger's starting line - up, despite the player attracting interest from Serie A side Sampdoria, according to the Telegraph.
As talk of a potential Arsenal move for the Liverpool youngster Raheem Sterling continues to do the rounds in the media, the Gunners» legendary striker Thierry Henry has confirmed that his former side are indeed in for the player and has claimed that he would love to see him at the Emirates, despite admitting that the talented winger may have been badly advised by his agent.
It is being reported by German news outlet Bild that agent of 17 - year - old Hamburg starlet Jann - Fiete Arp, Jurgen Milewski, has stated that the Blues aren't close to signing the Bundesliga ace, despite the fact that the Mirror were reporting that Antonio Conte's side were closing in on a deal for the player.
I'm starting to believe there are some people here who have a crush on Xhaka want to brain wash others with his display regardless good or bad and today he was clearly terrible and made two fatal mistakes and if compared to Elneny the later made the 1st goal assist and almost not one touch wrong on the ball despite the few back and side passes which were necessary against a team playing zone defense intimidating any Arsenal player on the ball
Most of our league wins have come against poor / average sides, and hardly any of them have been convincing, despite having some top players in our squad.
Le Coq is a great players in the making but he's way far from being in the same league as some of the other choices that Dechamps has available and this is indicative of the Arsenal problem, half our Squad are not good enough to make thier national sides despite what Le Fraud says about them, lets not forget Cabaye was in our sites ubntil we offered a lower sum than what the magpies wanted and now he's at Palace Le Coq himself was farmed out to Charlton with a view to being dropped by Wenger, circumstances dictated that he had to come back to us and yes he has made an impact but he's NOT as good as is available currently and thats my point.
Despite our side struggling to challenge for top honours in recent years, and with the ongoing speculation, players still dream of playing for our club, well French players certainly do.
Despite their poor showing against Man United last time around, Everton are a decent side sitting just four points off the top four and with players like Lukaku, Mirallas, Colemanm Stones and Barkley they could give the Gunners real problems if we are not at our best.
Van Dijk is rated amongst the best defenders in the Premier League at present, despite representing a mid-table side, and Southampton are known for selling players for the right price, and will most certainly lose their star centre - halve this summer.
On the surface, Newcastle's squad is largely made up of Championship quality players, however despite a shaky start on their return to the Premier League, experienced boss Rafa Benitez has handled his side with a real panache that highlights why he was such a coup for the Tyneside club in the first place.
They were in a different league, with a collective of specific types of technical players, under a different manager that actually, despite the possession and attack focus of that side, was very disciplined and well coached.
Despite this failure, the team possess several talented players and should provide a tough test for an inexperienced U.S. side.
After the disappointment of going out of the European Cup at the hands of Bayern Munich despite coming within one goal of qualification to the Quarter Finals, Arsene Wenger's Arsenal side have to pick themselves up once more this season for the tough trip to this year's Carling Cup winners Swansea City who have caused Arsenal sizeable difficulties on the three occasions the two sides have met thus far this campaign with player of the season Michu having already registered three goals against the Gunners.
Despite being arguably our best outfield player last season, Herrera found himself out of the side for an extended period, much to the frustration of the fans.
Despite having allowed Kouyate and Noble to blag season ending sick - notes he attempted to maintain the same system equipped with unsuitable players against a Liverpool side that were set up very differently.