Sentences with phrase «talent in midfield»

The overwhelming wealth of talent in midfield at his disposal is a cause for concern.

Even with the wide array of attacking talent in the midfield, the Spanish will likely need Torres to deliver if they are to win Euro 2012 without David Villa.

United have the talent in midfield but it is a disjointed unit right now because of Paul Pogba, who is determined to do everything rather than what he is good at, and Mourinho's lack of trust in Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Juan Mata.

That's because the former - Barcelona manager has a wealth of attacking talent in his midfield too.

«But let's be honest, he has an abundance of talent in the midfield and I don't think that if Yo had gone at that time, whether he would have got into that Arsenal team, he would have had to fight.

WE USED TO BE KNOWN FOR THE DEPTH OF OUT TALENT IN MIDFIELD.

If we keep making deals for top targets like the rumoured Lemar and bring in an all around talent in midfield in Goretzka for example what do you think Sanchez might think?

We have got enough talent in midfield.

He playes wing for Germany because they have so much depth and talent in midfield, but he is average in that position.

With the great amount of talent in our midfield I hardly see the Spaniard and the Frenchman in a striker partnership, but if I have to chose one I'd like us to give Perez with a chance.

So we might have gibbs out, kos sdoubtful (sort of), but we have shieetload of talent in the midfield and in the final 3rd..

Arteta is certainly very talented, despite getting on in years, and will be hoping to get chance to impress Arsene Wenger before the season ends, but with the dogfight Arsenal are in with Man City and Man United for second place means that he is unlikely to be risked at the moment as the club has a whole host of talent in midfield right now.

Arsenal could be lining up three exciting raids on the Bundesliga this summer with Arsene Wenger eyeing up three potentially world class talents in midfield and attack.

Not exact matches

The Sun though even go as far as to say that both Liverpool and Chelsea see him as a future of their midfield, and while the early signs are promising and he's widely regarded as one of the top talents in Europe, it's surely too early to be splashing out # 35m on him to meet Porto's clause.

Barcelona don't exactly look short of options in midfield right now, but are often on the lookout for the best young talent due to their proud tradition of nurturing youth and building a team that can grow up together instead of simply splashing out on big - name signings.

Young midfielder greatly impressed towards the end of last season, especially against Liverpool, and is a bright talent who could make an impression in Jose Mourinho's squad this term.

The 21 - year - old looks a top talent after seeing increased playing time in United's midfield this season, despite plenty of big - name competition from the likes of Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matic and Ander Herrera.

It is only by admitting that we have lots of midfield talent and we should make use of it and that real defense actually starts in the midfield.

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Arsenal do not possess much in the way of effective defensive or holding midfielders, with the number of creative talents far outweighing those who can get «stuck - in» and offer protection.

This is the heir apparent to our midfield an he has been a huge disappointment In fact him an mustafi that's 70 million pounds of talent....

We all know that Roy Hodgson believes that Wilshere is a special talent and is worth risking being in the squad despite his lack of game - time, but will the Euros just arrive just a little too early for our terrier - like midfielder?

With Arsenal lacking considerable talent in the defensive midfield department and having to often rely on Aaron Ramsey to provide them with cover in the position, Jankto would certainly be welcome at the Emirates.

Rest 4 will be given freedom We should sell Xhaka on Summer and buy Jorginho from Napoli... He is terrific defensive midfielder talent and can pick long passes as well... He can be directly slotted in place of Wilshere and then Ramsey and Wilshere will compete for further in midfield..

In Central midfield we continue to ask for more players even when we have the likes of Xhaka, Ramsey, Wilshere and even young emerging talent.

The Arsenal legend Thierry Henry is well aware of Jack Wilshere's latent talent as a fiery midfielder, but he is worried that his long absence from the game through injury means that he will not be ready to set Europe on fire in France next month, as a lack of competitive football may be his undoing.

You cant escape he fact that Podolski was played rarely and when he was he was played out of position much the same way that Wenger has assembled a squad of players most of which are a talented bunch, but, Wenger has failed to build a team who fit n with each other, we have a midfield that overtly populated with players who al excel in the same role BUT have no solid defensive midfield talent and no options in defence when players have crap periods or are long term injury problems.

Though Mata finished the last two campaigns as Chelsea's Player of the Year Mourinho initially preferred to use Eden Hazard and Oscar as his creative midfield talents and when the former Valencia man has been used he has failed to hit the heights that saw him play a pivotal role in the West London club's Champions League and Europa League successes.

Brendan Rodgers has already welcomed in four new additions to his Liverpool squad but had been strongly linked with interest in Shakhtar Donestk attacker Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who subsequently joined Borussia Dortmund, indicating that the Northern Irishman was keen to bring in a creative midfield talent this summer.

A versatile talent who can play equally well at left - back or midfield, Daley Blind had some really good games in his first season at Old Trafford.

Young Greek international is considered by many as one of the best young talents in Europe and the defender / defensive midfielder has certainly impressed at Schalke over the past two seasons.

Pirlo's performances over the last decade have seen him become widely regarded as one of the finest midfielders of his generation, and is still a highly rated talent even in the advancing years of his career, and his manager has described him as a player who is «hard to find».

I do think Toral has talent but at 21 years old, time is running out for the midfielder to get in the door at Arsenal before being dumped out of Arsenal's plans.

With him being a central midfielder and with Arsenal having just signed one of those in Mohamed Elneny to add to the already strong squad options like Aaron Ramsey, Santi Cazorla and all, the Swiss star would have to be a pretty special talent to come to Arsenal and become a first team regular.

New United manager David Moyes is keen on bringing in youthful talent into his midfield area, after failing with bids to sign Thiago from Barcelona and Luka Modric from Real Madrid.

The Dons have earned something of a reputation in recent years for developing young talent, with Chelsea striker Patrick Bamford having flourished on loan at the club last season and teenage defender Brendan Galloway recently having been sold to Everton for a six - figure fee and midfielder Dele Alli having been linked with a host of the country's top clubs this summer.

Also, with Arsenal having so many promising attacking midfielders coming through the ranks, Tomas can be a perfect mentor to the vast talent that Arsenal have in his position.

Those who weren't familiar with Sanches before Euro 2016 are certainly aware of his talents now, with the driving force in midfield emerging as one of the stars of the tournament.

The competition for places in Arsenal's midfield is too fierce that leaving out any of these playmakers will be a waste of talent.

So with no injuries and the massive new depth of talent now in the squad, we actually find we only have two certified central midfielders available.

A midfielder in superb form for PSG last season, Javier Pastore is an underrated talent that United may be able to get for surprisingly cheap as the French giants continue to track bigger names in midfield like Paul Pogba.

Maybe he's not in fitt but the talent never leave.If you take a new player and wait him for developing you can wait as mutch as for Walcott.But Wilshere is one of the best English players after Rooney, at the same level with Sterling I can say.Is a briliant player when he's in fitt, let's be honest when he play bad, our team play bad to, if he wasn't injuried now when our team play well, I'm sure he play well too.We need a new midfielder this summer, I think Gotze could be perfect for creation with Wilshere, and Coquelin in their back to secure defence.I don't know why but when I see this to player's first, in 2010 - 2011, I see them as better as Iniesta - Xavi.

Luckily for Arsenal, midfield is the area in which we have the most depth of talent.

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In a PSG squad brimming with expensive talent this midfielder has held his own and then some and is now a stalwart in their midfield and regular for the Italy national teaIn a PSG squad brimming with expensive talent this midfielder has held his own and then some and is now a stalwart in their midfield and regular for the Italy national teain their midfield and regular for the Italy national team.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

We have options up front and in the midfield now, so I hope some of that talent isn't wasted on the bench.

ALEX IWOBI 6.0 The Young Nigerian forward had the quality and talent but lacked the level of confidence and guile required to boss the midfield in such a massive game at Anfield.

We have a lot of talent and depth in central midfield.

We have a wealth of talent in attack and midfield BUT need a complete new defence top to bottom.