Sentences with phrase «team cap despite»

Tielemans is already into the third season in the Anderlecht first - team set - up and is on the fringes of earning his first senior Belgian national team cap despite having only turned 18 in May.

Not exact matches

Now, we're in an offseason where a potential superstar like Shohei Ohtani is only getting the league minimum after signing with the Angels for a capped international bonus figure; where one of the very best hitters in the game, J.D. Martinez, still can't find a reasonable offer with less than two weeks to go before spring training; where Yu Darvish can't sign with either of the teams he would like to (the richest out there, the Yankees and Dodgers), despite their having a need for a starter of his caliber, because they «need» to clear salary in order to avoid paying the luxury tax.

So instead of adjusting his system in order to best maximize his assets, he blows $ 5mil in cap space trading away Ricky for a lateral move in Teague because a scoring PG fits his system better (despite the fact that defense was obviously this team's problem).

Although he has represented his national team at both Euro 2008 and Euro 2012, and despite earning a total of 45 caps for the World and European Champions, he remains somewhat of an unknown commodity to those outside of Spain.

Bellerin earned a place in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year for last season, despite his young age, and followed that up with earning his first ever international cap with Spain.

Despite playing for England's U21 side, he ended up playing for the Jamaican National Team, with whom he won two caps.

Despite having played only 31 games for the first team, he has already gained two caps for the full Spanish side and could yet make their squad for the Brazil world cup.

Chelsea wonderkids Ola Aina, Dominic Solanke and Fikayo Tomori plus Liverpool duo Sheyi Ojo and Ovie Ejaria remain eligible to represent the Super Eagles despite having caps for England youth teams.