Sentences with phrase «spells in»

There have been others, such as Dominic Matteo, Martin Kelly and Jon Flanagan who have had spells in the first team, but never really established themselves...

But in a 21 - year - career, that included spells in Spain and Brazil as well as that World Cup win with Argentina in 1978, the charismatic keeper established himself as one of the best of the modern game.

Forlan struggled at Old Trafford but later enjoyed successful spells in Spain with Villarreal and then Atletico Madrid and has been a regular scorer for Uruguay.

During Moyes and Van Gaal's spells in charge at Manchester United, the fans were clamouring for Mata to be given a run at number 10 (only the arrivals of Paul Pogba and Mkhitaryan has stopped those calls).

Mazurkiewicz later enjoyed spells in Colombia and Chile before returning to Peñarol in 1980, where he won a fourth Uruguayan title the following year before finally hanging up his gloves.

West Ham have agreed a three - year deal with Argentine forward Mauro Zarate, 27, who has had spells in Europe with Birmingham City in 2008 and more recently with Italian giants Lazio and Inter Milan — Daily Star

The good news, if you can call it that, for Wilshere is that his most recent spells in the treatment room have been caused by tackles, one from Man United's Paddy McNair and one from his own team mate Gabriel in a training session.

Most famous for his goalscoring exploits with Juventus and the French national team, David Trezeguet is still going strong at the age of 37, playing in the Indian Super League with Pune City after recent spells in Argentina with River Plate and Newell's Old Boys.

The Spanish forward joined the club from Deportivo La Coruna last summer in a # 17 Million deal, and he has impressed in spells in the first - team.

Zamparini has sacked 20 managers since taking over at the club in 2002, although he did lead them from Serie C back into Serie A for two spells in the top flight.

Our set - up assured that our opponents were limited to only brief spells in or around our penalty box for much of the first half, but we also did not create enough goalscoring opportunities in the opening 40 minutes either.

He's had two significant loan spells in European football and been average at best, then he's had a full half season in the prem and offered diddly in training obviously because he's not been deemed good enough for a look in.

But we should not forget that he also had good spells in the team and impressed when Sagna was unavailable and has now improved and has proven himself in the Premier League.

The only player that fits the bill is Jack Wilshere, Oxelaide Chamberlain has excelled in brief spells in central midfield but Wenger will always keep him on the wings.

As a player the Mancunian played for the Owls in two spells in the 80s and is a well liked at the club and the supporters will hope that he can get their promotion plans back on track after a period of poor form that cost Alan Irvine his job.

Drogba rejoined the London giants last summer after spells in China and Turkey, but has not looked at his best despite mainly being used as a backup option to the likes of Diego Costa and Loic Remy.

The Northern Irishman's career hasn't exactly been glittering since, with spells in the Championship and Greece following his time with the Red Devils.

Glen has spent much of his career in The States, with stints at LA Galaxy, Columbus Crew and Metrostars (New York Red Bulls), as well as spells in Portugal and his native Trinidad.

The pair have had a heated relationship for the most part, as they've been involved in some hostile exchanges through the media during Mourinho's spells in England.

Russian winger Denis Cheryshev has struggled to get minutes with Real Madrid over the past few years and has taken on several loan spells in an effort to get minutes.

Mikel has had spells in and out of the team with almost every manager at Chelsea over the last decade.

Once his playing career was over, decent spells in charge of Swindon and Chelsea propelled him to the England job, which he inherited from a scandal - dogged Terry Venables after the sugar - rush of Euro 96.

The 23 - year - old enjoyed one of his most productive spells in front of goal last season, but rumour has it he is unhappy at Old Trafford, and could be looking to ship out.

The Spurs forward jointly leads the Premier League goalscoring charts after four underwhelming loan spells in the Football League, and Dyke has used that to illustrate the lack of chances afforded to top young players.

By moving from Germany to Everton at a young age he grew up fast and his spells in Italy's Serie A and Spain have given him great experience of different types of the game and he has all this experience and talent at the relatively young age of 24.

Zelalem had short spells in both games but impressed in the time he had on the pitch.

Akpom already had brief loan spells in the past at Brentford, Coventry City and Nottingham Forest.

Since then his career started to go downhill, going for loan spells in Germany where he failed to impress.

Francis has always been a quality player whose progress tumbled when he prematurely left loan spells in the League 1 to come to Arsenal.

One Arsenal player who does not think this will be the United approach is also the one who knows their manager better than anyone else at Arsenal, because our keeper Petr Cech spent many years under the Portuguese manager in both of his spells in charge of Chelsea.

The England Under 21 international rose through the academy ranks at Old Trafford and came into the thinking of United fans with his impressive performance during loan spells in the Championship with Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers in recent seasons.

We will never know for sure if losing Ramsey, Ozil, Walcott and more cost us the Premier League title a few years ago or whether we would have beaten Leicester City to the trophy last season if Coquelin, Cazorla, Alexis and all had not spent long spells in the treatment room.

But the injury - plague playmaker did not make a single appearance for the Milanese giants and, after loan spells in Holland and his native Brazil, you can now find him playing for Fujieda MYFC in Japan.

The likes of Ranieri, Avram Grant, Ancelotti and most recently Jose Mourinho have been let go after what many would call successful spells in charge but even so you could forgive their current boss Antonio Conte for expecting hi8s remarkable debut season at Stamford Bridge would have bought him power and influence at the club.

After uninspiring spells in the English Football League and Scotland, Jeffers started afresh with Newcastle Jets in Australia and now finds himself playing for Floriana... in Malta.

Oli's never going to be the Lewandowski or Higuain No. 9 that «spunk the budget» supporters bleat on about and, yes, he goes from balmy to Baltic spells in front of goal, but think West Brom, Man Utd, Preston, or even the consolation at Chelsea this season — the guy turns up when everyone else has downed tools.

Chamberlain has had numerous uninjured spells in which he has failed to establish himself.

Mixed fortunes during loans spells in the Championship and a failure to dislodge Szczesny, Ospina or Cech have filed him under the «too young for a top level keeper, yet» category, but worth keeping hold of.

I want to say that Jack Wilshere is a more consistent creative threat, but his injuries mean that he isn't usually available for extended spells in the first - team.

GRANIT XHAKA 6.0 The midfielder was quiet at times in the game but had some good spells in possession.

Benitez led Valencia to their last La Liga title in 2003 - 04, after which he left for Liverpool, and he has since won major European trophies in spells in charge of the Reds and Chelsea.

bellerin mustafi chambers... We have a non existent midfield and a series of overhyped youngsters... Iwobi, the French kid who was the next Henry maitland miles the polish kid who was the next viera... Etc etc... Some might still make it after loan spells in lower leagues but after 10 years of cheapskate mismanagement the rot runs deep and can no longer be treated with a polishing here and there... Your endless reference to FIFA 18 has lost even it's flippancy... The club has entered the second tier of the EPL and serious supporters need to get behind a campaign to remove wenger and kroenke before we go the way of leeds villa and forest... All clubs with wonderful pasts just like us

they have had dry spells in the past but compensated for it by being able to go to the hole and score during those droughts.

His spells in the national squad and Arsenal were not so successfull as everyone expected.

Two loan spells in previous years to Chilean clubs O'Higgins and Union Espanola saw promising goal returns for the young attacker, leading to a big move to South American giants Universidad Catolica.

Silva impressed in brief spells in charge of both Hull and Watford, before recently leaving the Hornets after a dip in form at Vicarage Road.

Campbell joined Arsenal back in 2011, but has yet to establish himself in the side and has since undergone loan spells in France, Spain and Greece (via Mirror).

Currently, however, Pennant plays for non-league side Billericay Town after disappearing off the radar somewhat with spells in Singapore and India.

First up is loaned - out German forward Lukas Podolski, who has not had the best of spells in Serie A with Inter Milan this season.

Disappearing for long spells in most games for a player that cost # 42 million and on # 150,000 a week is going to cause concern and criticism like it or not.