Sentences with phrase «strengthen central defence»

David Moyes has regularly claimed he will be looking to strengthen central defence next summer but with the emergence of Rice and Pask not far behind he may just be able to keep his money in his pocket.

I certainly like the idea that Wenger still wants to strengthen the central defence, despite the signing of the Brazilian Gabriel from Villarreal in January and Subotic is a quality player.

Everton have wasted little time in strengthening their central defence after agreeing a # 12m deal with Swansea for their captain Ashley Williams.

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Arsenal needed to strengthen and upgrade this summer, and by the looks of this graphic, it appears as though they are doing so in central defence with Mustafi likely to establish himself as the top - choice partner for Laurent Koscielny moving forward.

who knows whether a disgruntled Sanchez plus an untested lacazette will produce a better attack than last year and while I have hopes for kolasinac its already clear there will be teething issues with him... but the point is we are not fighting last year's battles we are in this year's EPL against teams that have strengthened over the summer and it was wingers job to bring real quality to two key areas where we have clearly fallen behind in midfield and central defence..

Man United boss Louis van Gaal is looking to strengthen his defence and has earmarked a move for a fresh central - defensive addition and ESPN have outlined four possible targets to help in that regard.

Arsenal qualify for the Champions League Wenger keeps his job Wenger fails to strengthen the squad in essential areas e.g. goalkeeper, central defence etc..

Manchester United have strengthened every key area of their team this summer, with the signings of Victor Lindelöf, Nemanja Matić and Romelu Lukaku reinforcing central defence, central midfield and centre - forward positions.

Prolific forward Lucas Perez was brought in from Deportivo La Coruna while the central defence saw further strengthening with the arrival of highly rated German international Shkodran Mustafi in a big money move from Valencia.

Everton succeeded where we failed in the transfer window and their defence will be strengthened by the loan of Manchester City's central defender Mangala.