Sentences with phrase «to play first team football»

Chambers looked like a guy who hasn't played first team football in a year.

Arsenal have three young defenders, who need to be brought on; one would hope Steve Bould is working with them after all Tony Adams played first team football at 17 if I recall correctly.

Our transfer policy needs looking into IMO because something is not right when you buy someone, knowing he has no chance at all of playing first team football for your club, then loan him out for six years, sell him to the club you got him from, buy him back to sell him but can't so sell him back to the original club again.

Diaby hasn't played first team football in over a year and you're saying he IS playing well enough?

Even more ridiculously though, Real Madrid defender Pepe didn't even play any first team football in 2010 until September.

While Roma were also seriously interested in the player, the opportunity to play first team football persuaded Morrison to move to Upton Park and the Championship rather than stay in the Premier League or move abroad.

Wenger did NOT deem him surplus to requirements — Gnabry was very young (17 - 18) and being developed at the club when he suddenly had a chance to play some first team football due to injuries.

It now appears that The Ox is the player that Walcott should've been and he's come good at last and now plays first team football regularly and does it well.

«In five years» time, I see myself hopefully playing first team football, settled with a girlfriend and talking of houses and family.»

I'm not sure Bubs might be cuz he's still 19 or 20 and only started playing first team football last season (maybe a few games the year before) I think Ajax or PSV had a bid turned down in the summer but my Danish is very elementary so I struggle to keep up with the press & TV..

It's imperative that you're playing first team football so I've now just got to give it my utmost.»

Now Arteta, he's been total professional but if he can play first team football at Sociedad and Arsenal few mils out of him, then why not.

Which 23 year - old footballer has played first team football for the following teams but has never made a first team appearance for West Ham?

Now it seems he has been told by the France manager Didier Deschamps, that he is in danger of missing this summer's World Cup if he doesn't play first team football.

Surely he still wants to play first team football and if Arsenal gets few mils for that deal then its a win - win situation.

His choices have been limited as quite a few of our top graduates decided not to renew their contracts so they could move away in search of more chances to play first team football, like Dan Crowley, Donyell Malen, Chris Willock and Kaylen Hinds.

Akpom should be away on loan getting some first team experience in the championship so he can come back in 2 years and play first team football.

It would appear that Campbell and Wenger have never really seen eye to eye, and the Costa Rican international has always made it clear that he wants to be playing first team football at this stage of his career.

It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever and if you look back at all the great players the vast majority were playing first team football at 17/18 years old.

We've got a lot of young prospects who need to play first team football, Wenger's made it clear that Akpom will not be going on load before the start of the season so it must be on his mind to give him some playing time while he waits for Giroud to come back.

However on that basis, it's very difficult to begrudge him a move as he deserves to be playing first team football.

«He is a young player who has had a couple of frustrating years with injuries and not playing first team football but he is a player with great ability and is someone who I am sure will be hugely beneficial to the team.

Manny suggest he should be playing first team football, he might fit into the team well, but considering he has not yet had any U23 level football at the club, he could find himself well out of his depth.

«You still have to perform to play first team football.

It was a largely inexperienced team with Dan Agyei and Gudmundsson's former Charlton team mate Nick Pope the only others to have played any first team football at Burnley.

A player of his age and experience should be playing first team football and it seemed to be a good time to let the experienced professional move on to another club.

Federico Macheda, who scored Manchester United's first goal in their 2 - 0 win over a Malaysian XI, has claimed that he has a lot to learn from Michael Owen and is grateful to the manager for him giving him a chance at playing first team football.