Sentences with phrase «squad over the summer»

We will see variations of this squad over the Summer and hopefully they stay together next Season as they can be a dangerous group now with a bunch of PT logged together.

Sunderland may seek to bring in Manchester City's Jack Rodwell, 23, on loan in a bid to bolster their midfield following several departures from their squad over the summer — Daily Star

The north London side invested over # 80m in their squad over the summer and Arsene Wenger is keen to tie down two of his first team set - up to new deals.

We will be better this year, we have our better players fit and have strengthened our squad over the summer.

We might also nod towards to the churn of the squad over the summer, and note that buying players isn't the same as building a team, particularly under the highest possible expectations.

According to the Daily Star Benitez is expected to overhaul his squad over the summer transfer window as the club look to make a swift return to the Premier League.

It appears that Man United's money - men are happy to back van Gaal financially, having handed the Dutchman over # 150m to invest in his squad over the summer, and clearly realise that investment in the club's playing staff is key to their recovering following last term's shocking seventh place Premier League finish.

Burnley manager Sean Dyche is said to be looking to bolster his squad over the summer as Burnley bid to stave of relegation this time around and strengthening the midfield has reportedly been seen as a priority by the 44 - year - old.

United are in a far better position this year as opposed to last, what with the return of the Champions League and the improvements that they made to the squad over the summer.

Although we say it every year, with a few good additions to the squad over the summer transfer window, I feel that we can make a real push for the top four next season.

He has been shaking up the squad over the summer with the arrival of Darren Randolph and Ashley Fletcher from West ham and they shelled out # 15 million for Britt Assombalonga from Nottingham Forest as well.

Mertesacker was a key figure in Germany's World Cup squad over the summer and he stepped down after lifting football's most prestigious prize.

The pressure is already beginning to increase on the Portuguese manager due to the huge sums of money that was invested into the squad over the summer.

As a result, manager Claudio Ranieri will be looking to strengthen his squad over the summer and quite a few names have started being linked with a move to the King Power Stadium over the past few weeks.

They have added to the depth and quality of their squad over the summer and again, returning to their home form, they carded four wins from their last five home matches at the end of the Championship season.

While Palace still have the FA Cup Final to look forward to, manager Alan Pardew will surely have to strengthen his squad over the summer in order to avoid the continuation of their terrible form in the Premier League.

It has to be one of the low points of the campaign for Milan, who invested heavily in the squad over the summer.

Despite investing over # 40million in the squad over the summer, Argentinian schemer Lanzini remains West Ham's most gifted player.

Man City have been bolstering their squad over the summer with some great signings and this could be a rough introduction to the top flight for the Seagulls, even on home soil.

Not exact matches

With Xabi Alonso joining Bayern Munich late on in the summer transfer window and Sami Khedira possibly set to leave for free at the end of his contract next year, Toure could be an ideal addition to this squad, and he could be available after causing some trouble over the summer when making a fuss over City failing to adequately celebrate his birthday.

Giroud ain't that bad I think we play better with him I'm not all that gone on him either its a strange relationship i think he is after improving but we got a lot of options now with a full squad with spurs coming up cmon things are looking up Gabriel on the way i believe in this team needs a bit of tinkering over the summer but we got a good crop of talent quit bitching

With the uncertainty still hanging around over the possible transfer to Arsenal of the England and Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, along with the possibility that Arsene Wenger would like to add more than one new forward to the Arsenal squad this summer, there is still plenty of scope for us to look at the many Arsenal transfer rumours about potential striker targets.

It is thought that the Red Devils will enter into talks concerning players» contracts over the next few weeks, with six members of the squad set to finish their spells at Old Trafford during the summer.

Van Gaal invested over # 150m in new additions over the summer, and then brought in experienced keeper Victor Valdes in January, though it seems the Man United manager is keen to once again dig deep into the club's coffers to help improve his squad.

The Italian international boss has emerged as the strong favourite to replace interim manager Guus Hiddink over the summer and is already said to be taking notes on possible changes he could make to the squad.

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The Dutchman took over at United in the summer, and has made a great number of changes to the first - team squad at Old Trafford, offloading some under - performers and spending big money on some exciting high - profile names such as Angel Di Maria and Radamel Falcao.

The Old Trafford side have spent over # 130m on new signings this summer and van Gaal has his sights set on one or two deadline day captures but has been told that his squad must be trimmed in order to finance such transfers.

A title challenge comprises solid preparation over the summer addressing key weaknesses squad flaws and bolstering depth and that in turn allows a team to cope with 9 gruelling months of football.

Still, Conte has high standards and also axed big names like Diego Costa and Nemanja Matic over the summer as he sought to rebuild his squad at Stamford Bridge.

«I opposed the early start because I preferred to play one more game over Christmas, because everybody has the squad that can deal with it and give the players a real rest in the summer.

So this means a manager needs to come in who would be 100 % focused on the job at Arsenal and he'd have to take over the moment the summer starts in order to get his ideas to the squad as well as the signings he wants.

Wenger was looking to increase squad quality not quantity over the summer, so I don't think his plan was to stay quiet.

Depay has found himself on the fringes of United's squad following the appointment of Jose Mourinho over the summer.

While the rest of the teams in the EPL are making concrete moves and, at the very least, putting out the feelers with potential players to boost their squads either for right now or the summer, Arsene Wnger and the mighty AFC quibble over what amounts to pennies for a 17 year old Polish boy who may or may not be the new Patrick Viera in four years» time.

Captain Gary Cahill has echoed those sentiments, despite the fact that the reigning Premier League champions have spent well over # 100m this summer on bolstering their squad with the signings of Alvaro Morata, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Antonio Rudiger.

Wenger has done very well to maintain the squads confidence over the summer and hopes that will lessen the pressure, but as he begins his 20th season with Arsenal he still feels the butterflies.

While it may seem ruthless to some, the Ligue 1 outfit have consistently failed in Europe over the last few years despite their heavy spending, and it would undoubtedly have been a huge disappointment for their owners who will expect to be a contender given the quality in the squad, particularly after the summer signings of Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.

Arsene Wenger has had some good news on the injury front this week though, with Metro reporting that our Spanish striker Lucas Perez, the summer transfer capture from Deportivo La Coruna, is back in training after picking up a knee injury that kept him out for the Arsenal squad for the win over Burnley.

Conte, as per the Telegraph, has already spent around # 130M on signings such as Alvaro Morata, Antonio Rudiger and Tiemoue Bakayoko this summer, however the Italian is growingly increasingly concerned over the club's lack of movement in the transfer market, and is worried that his squad isn't strong enough to defend their Premier League title.

The 26 year - old was no doubt denied a chance to make the England squad for the European Championship this summer by a lack of football, and having been in - and - out of the international squad over the years, he will certainly want to nail down a place over the next two years.

Having bemoaned the lack of depth in his squad already this summer, it doesn't seem to make too much sense to sell more squad players, but there still seem to be question marks hanging over Batshuayi as he looks set to play second fiddle again this season.

Luiz would bring plenty of experience and know - how to this increasingly youthful Real squad, which lost influential names such as Pepe, James Rodriguez and Alvaro Morata over the summer.

The injury cost him a place in Joachim Low's Germany national team squad which competed at Euro 2016 over the summer.

«We want to keep the squad stable over the summer while strengthening where possible» said Wenger, that means for us Arsenal fans we must lower our expectations we won't be getting the world class players that we need to win titles or compete in the champions league

The former Valencia ace is currently on an extended break after featuring at the Confederations Cup earlier this summer, but he's due to report back to Valverde and the rest of the squad for pre-season training this coming week and answers over his future will likely follow soon after.

Chelsea's transfer business over the last few years, and especially this summer, has been widely praised, but there is one major issue with the squad at Stamford Bridge that has not been addressed.

tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of endless gallic bullshit....4 th place junkies wetting themselves over 3rd place finish should realise that other teams will be strengthening in summer definitely the others in top 4 and always a surprise or two outside... wenger has f @@@@@ us over for ten years now selling top players and bringing in a string of jokers... yes that changed with ozil and sanchez... but giroud coquelin and monreal while all decent and can help us to another 4th place but not beyond that (coquelin could still be a top class player but ai nt there yet) walcott and podolski will never deliver and merteshaker would not be in any other top 15 team in europe... so the idea that the squad is on the cusp of greatness is moronic and confirmed by end of season performance... we need four quality signings but i would settle for two (attacker plus DM) and an upgrade (left back)..

The Dutchman has already overseen plenty of squad personnel changes since taking over at United this summer, offloading many under - performing players whilst spending big on the likes of Angel Di Maria, Ander Herrera, Luke Shaw and Radamel Falcao.

While Man Utd will also look to strengthen their squad further next summer, January should represent an opportunity for them to dismiss any question marks over key players in the team already.