The former Sampdoria player is a solid defender and should form
a strong central defensive partnership with French international Laurent Koscielny if he does end up moving to the Emirates.
Arsenal have had some very
strong central defensive pairings over the years, perhaps more notably back in the days when that was seen as the strongest part of our game, which gave rise to the famous chant of «1 - 0 to the Arsenal».
The addition of
a strong central defensive weapon could be just what Liverpool need given that Dejan Lovren and Mamadou Sakho haven't done all that well alongside the usually reliable Martin Skrtel.
Not exact matches
Well it's done now...... but I'd hazard a guess he wanted an established
central midfield partnership with
strongest possible
defensive qualities (Coquelin / Elneny) infront of an untried, young, emergency centre back pairing.
As tough as it may be, if Wenger manages to sign a world - class
defensive midfielder and a world - class
central defender in January and add more stability to the side, it will make for a really good foundation for the team to be much
stronger next season.
We need a
strong, tall,
defensive minded
central midfielder!
They need a tough, world class
central defender, a hard working
defensive midfielder, an attacking midfielder that defends and a
strong, pacy striker.
We need either Cazorla back or a similar player AND a
strong defensive minded
central midfielder.
Manolas, who represented Greece at this summer's World Cup finals, will offer Wenger a
strong back - up to his first choice
central defensive pairing of Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker.
Those two top teams have big rugged
central defenders and
strong defensive midfielders.
SPRFCD =
Strong, Pacy, Right - Footed
Central Defender SPLFCD =
Strong, Pacy, Left - Footed
Central Defender SPDFCD =
Strong, Pacy, Double - Footed
Central Defender PSDFWB = Pacy, Skillful, Double - Footed Wing Back SPRFDM =
Strong, Pacy, Right - Footed
Defensive Midfielder SPLFDM =
Strong, Pacy, Left - Footed
Defensive Midfielder PSDFCM = Pacy, Skillful, Double - Footed Creative Midfielder TSPDFS = Tall,
Strong, Pacy, Double - Footed Striker
Arsen wenger knows fully well that two good
strong defensive or
central midfielders in our dear team will certainly wipe off injury issues we are encountering.
Van Gaal knows de Vrij well from his time in charge of the Dutch national team set - up and the 23 - year - old could offer Man United a
strong additional
central defensive option.
However, it has been suggested that United will be seeking other signings this summer with the four players Mourinho wanted being a
central defender; Victor Lindelof, a striker; Romelu Lukaku, a
defensive minded midfielder; Nemanja Matic with the fourth being suggested as an attacking midfielder
strong on the wing, or a winger if you will.
The 25 - year - old is considered by many as one of the
strongest central defenders in Europe and was one of the key
defensive players for Luciano Spalletti's Roma this season.
Kolo Toure was also an unused sub against Villa, and again in midweek versus Villarreal, with Mancini deciding to stick with the
central defensive partnership of Joleon Lescott and Vincent Kompany that has helped City boast the joint -
strongest defensive figures after eight games.