Sentences with phrase «since returning to the squad»

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It continues a busy transfer window for Mancini since his return to the club where he won back - to - back Serie A titles, with Brozovic following loanees Xherdan Shaqiri and Lukas Podolski into the door and the San Siro squad, the latter having come from Arsenal.

Even since Campbell returned to the squad last summer, there have been issues of whether to play him, loan him, sell him and his agent keeps popping up and having a moan.

In turn, if he does opt to leave Stamford Bridge, Antonio Conte will have a major void to fill in his squad as the Belgian international has been a pivotal figure for them since returning from his loan spell with Atletico Madrid in 2014.

This summer our club only brought in two players to our first - team squad, a return far lower than any of our rivals, but it was us who needed the most improvements after finishing outside the top - four for the first time since Arsene Wenger joined in 1996.

Perez has since talked about a return to his former club this summer, as he looks to assure himself of more regular football, with his place in the Spain international squad at risk without playing time.

Now we also have the possibility of Carl Jenkinson returning to the squad as well, since Wenger today ruled out selling him in this transfer window.

Since Francis Coquelin's return to Arsenal in the New Year, Flamini has not made one appearance for the Gunners, and was not even given a space in the squad for the opening game of the season against West Ham United, which would seem to indicate that he is completely out of favour with Arsene Wenger.

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...

Ever since he returned to Manchester City, the player has been the heartbeat of the squad on many occasions despite recent injury and erratic form.

So far this season, Ozil has managed a quite impressive four goals and six assists, three of the goals and four of the assists coming since his return to the Arsenal squad in January.

Since their return from injury i have tried to give Welbeck and Wilshire the benefit of the doubt when others have slagged them off for some pretty average displays.Regrettably I am now of the opinion that they will never reach the standards required to make a meaningful contribution towards the revival of Arsenal and along with 3/4 others in the current squad they should be moved on.Their performances against Stoke was the last straw as far as I am concerned.It will be interesting to see if Gareth Southgate shares my views and does not include them in his World Cup squad.

Theo Walcott is finding it very hard to get his place back in the Arsenal First XI after returning from a year out injured, and the England winger believes that this is the best squad that Arsene Wenger has assembled since the Invincibles, and the competition for places is very fierce right now.

The 27 - year - old also talked about the team spirit currently surrounding the squad since his return back to the Arsenal camp with forward insisting that the present squad looked really solid.

Wood, who has scored three times in our last two Premier League games since returning from injury, was expected to be in the first squad selected by new coach Fritz Schmidt and his omission is being regarded as the biggest surprise in the 24 man squad alongside the exclusion of regular first choice goalkeeper Stefan Marinovic.

Jonny Evans could return after missing the last two games with a calf injury while Saido Berahino is still unlikely to be in the squad as he tries to regain fitness having not played since September.

For the development squad, the under - 23s, it means a return to competitive football, something we haven't had, other than the occasional cup competition, since the end of the 2011/12 season.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who had been absent since the Manchester derby defeat to Manchester City at Old Trafford on the 10th September, returned to the squad, taking a place on the bench, which will have stopped some moaning from the supporters.

Zelalem has failed to establish himself in the squad since his return from Rangers, with his only two appearances this season coming as a substitute in the EFL Cup.

The English man has not appeared in any match since he sustained the injury last month in a match against Manchester City but is now fit to return to the squad, while Per Mertesacker and Mathieu Debuchy have also returned to full training.

The 23 - year - old has since been recovering with the Chelsea squad but has yet to make an appearance despite having returned to training, leading Schalke to revive interest that had also seen them pursue a loan move in August.

Chilean star Alexis Sanchez is likely to return to the squad for the first time since his injury.

AWOL Chelsea forward Diego Costa has been omitted from Chelsea's 2017/18 Champions League squad following his recent antics that has led to him refusing to return to Stamford Bridge since the end of last season's title - winning campaign, per The Guardian.

Padelli may be a backup to Samir Handanovic, but the Nerazzurri seem to have a full accompaniment of goalkeepers with Francesco Bari returning from a loan spell with Frosinone, Raffale Di Gennaro coming back from his loan stint at Ternana and Romanian Andrei Radu who moved up to the first team last year after playing for Inter's U19 squad since 2014.

Boufal made it to the senior squad at Lille in the 2014 - 15 season after coming through the ranks at fellow French side Angers and has since gone on to make 43 Ligue 1 appearances for the club, with a decent return of 14 goals and 10 assists to show for his efforts (stats via whoscored).