Sentences with phrase «to face one's old club»

Former Gunner Benik Afobe will be available to face his old club after turning down a linkup with the DR Congo, while Jack Wilshere will not be able to feature against his parent club.

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The Premier League side will face Roma and Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah will face his old club following his # 34 million move last summer.

As a result, it remains to be seen what formation Conte opts to go with, although it's likely he'll stick with a 3 -4-3 with N'Golo Kante facing his old club alongside Nemanja Matic and an attacking trident of Eden Hazard, Diego Costa and Oscar ahead of them.

Mohamed Salah - who on Friday became the first ever player to win the Premier League player of month award for the third time in a season - will face his old club Roma in the Champions League semi-finals.

Jurgen Klopp faced his old club on Thursday night as Liverpool came away with a 1 - 1 draw against Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of the Europa League quarter finals.

West Bromwich Albion boss Tony Pulis faces his old club Stoke City on the back of last weekend's FA Cup defeat to Aston Villa.

The former Southampton captain suffered a slight groin injury in England's friendly against Spain on Tuesday and Klopp has said «it will be close» as to whether the midfielder faces his old club.

So that will be an interesting side note if Walker faces his old club.

And the former United forward Danny Welbeck may not be able to face his old club after all.

Le Boss was then asked if Welbeck was more motivated because he was facing his old club, but Wenger simply feels that Danny is improving all the time: «I don't know.

I don't believe Wenger, the only reason he played danny was cuz he was facing his old club.

Benched for the last two games, summer signing Morgan Schneiderlin will surely be brought back into Van Gaal's side this weekend as he faces his old club Southampton.

If Khedira is forced to miss out, that's a lot of experience and quality not at Juve's disposal for a pivotal meeting, but with time on their side still, albeit not for the Milan game which is rapidly approaching, they will hope that they can get the German international back to full health and available for selection to face his old club.

So the former Southampton star Chamberlain joined another former Saint Calum Chambers in the Gunners starting line up to face his old club, with the just fit again Olivier Giroud dropping to the bench and Danny Welbeck going back into his favoured centre forward position.

It would be a surprise if Carroll is included in the match - day squad but who knows; he has faced his old club in West Ham colours five times but has so far defied football convention by failing to score.

Manchester United face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League today and while all eyes are on José Mourinho as he faces his old club, the fortunes of his current club ride heavily on them defeating his former side.

Allen said that it was «very strange, obviously bittersweet» to face his old club, but agreed with his boss that victory was only element that mattered to the match.

Michael Dawson could face his old club, but friendships will not be remembered during the clash as all know that this is a crucial game.

It will be interesting to see if Philippe Senderos will be given a chance to face his old club.