Sentences with phrase «while star striker»

Not exact matches

So either Napoli will continue to hold out and keep their star striker, or Juventus will go back with an offer big enough to persuade Napoli to cash in while there are still two years left on the contract of the in form Argentina international.

Sanchez is of course also starring in the centre - forward role, while we have Lucas Perez and Danny Welbeck set to increase pressure on the Chilean and Giroud for the striker spot, which Alexis is currently winning the race for.

They were claimed to have raised his asking price to in excess of # 50 Million, while the star was added to their playing squad, and they now have two top options available to play in the sole striker role, although neither is expected to be happy playing a bit - part role.

This has also seen star striker Gonzalo Higuain linked with a move to Anfield, while Hamsik is also attracting strong interest from Manchester United and Chelsea.

However, while van Gaal has backed the young Belgian to step up and replace departing stars Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao as a striker, might he not do better as a potential alternative for Angel Di Maria?

Arsenal wanted to sign Chelsea striker Diego Costa while he was still at Atletico Madrid, Arsene Wenger has revealed, according to the Daily Star.

He was joined by Michy Batshuayi last week as the Chelsea striker hit back at EA Sport after getting on the scoresheet, while Chelsea ran a video on their official account revealing that a number of stars were disagreeing with their respective ratings.

Vitor Saba, Seyi Adeleke and Daniel Mullen are reportedly on the outer at Western Sydney, while an unnamed Chinese Super League club are believed to have made a lucrative offer for star striker Tomi Juric.

It is easy to understand Sherwood's stance on the issue, while he will be reluctant to let his star striker move to another club, he is well aware of the fact that Benteke really should be playing for a bigger team and should a big - money offer come in, the former Spurs boss will certainly not stand in the way of the deal, so I believe that Arsenal can get him if Wenger is indeed interested.

For now though, Cascarino only has him in third place, with Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero in second spot while former Liverpool star Luis Suarez remains the top dog.

So even though Wenger has chosen not to take our star striker Alexis Sanchez in order to give him a well earned rest, it sounds like he is going to field a strong side at Preston to make sure that our love affair with the FA cup continues at least a little while longer.

We also have strong rumours that the Spain international Nolito is set to join Pep Guardiola at Man City while Chelsea have apparently beaten Crystal Palace and others to the Belgium international Michy Batshuayi but this might not be such bad news for Arsenal after all, because according to the football media the striker that Chelsea really wanted to sign was their former youth star Romelu Lukaku and I think the reason they have abandoned the pursuit of the Everton player is because they know he is going elsewhere and that elsewhere could very well be Arsenal.

While the Germany international star, who Arsene Wenger smashed the Arsenal transfer record to sign from Real Madrid a few years ago, was one of a number of high profile Gunners to enter the final year of their current contracts during the recent summer transfer window, there was far less talk and far fewer Arsenal transfer rumours about Mesut Ozil than there were about our Chilean striker Alexis Sanchez and the new Liverpool player Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain.

While the Italian maverick has worked tirelessly, he's yet to bag a league goal for the Reds, and rumours are rife as a result that Brendan Rodgers will bring in another forward in January to compete with Balotelli and star striker Daniel Sturrige.

While Arsenal fans will be happy to see our own manager Arsene Wenger talking tough over the future of Alexis Sanchez and seeming to be determined not to sell the star striker despite strong interest from a number of clubs and the Chilean international's own wish to leave, we are not so pleased about the French club AS Monaco and their apparently similar stance on the young French winger Thomas Lemar.

So Shkodran Mustafi starts alongside our France international star Laurent Koscielny at the heart of the back four, while somewhat surprisingly the Spanish striker Lucas Perez starts ahead of Olivier Giroud.

The manager also spoke about whether to play the star striker this weekend against the Hornets after the disappointment of Chile missing out on next summer's World Cup and some of the physical treatment he took while on international duty.

We were certainly happy that Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal board held firm in the summer and refused to complete the deal that would have seen our star striker Alexis Sanchez sign for Man City while in return we got a reported # 60 million fee that sounded pretty generous considering the Chilean was going into the final year of his contract.

Apparently, Inter Milan management is interested in keeping their star striker on the payroll for a while.

While Citeh uses all its star strikers Wenger keeps on rewarding fellow French man Giroud preparing him for world cup ahead of Benzema.

England, who rank 16th, are without star striker Harry Kane for the international double - header, while the squads of the other nations studied here — Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, France and Chile — vary in size as the managers seek to give opportunities to fringe players ahead of making their final 23 - man selection.

Lyon described Lacazette as «irreplaceable» in their statement on Tuesday while the club's president, Jean - Michel Aulas, has said «it would be malpractice» to sell their star striker.

Arsenal face increasing competition to keep star striker Alexis Sanchez, and while contract negotiations with the club continue to stall ex-Manchester City manager and current boss of Chinese Super League side Hebei China Fortune, Manuel Pellegrini, has made the Chilean a truly eye - watering offer.

Star striker Emiliano Alfaro is sidelined for the match after accruing four yellow cards while Romaric is yet to recover and gain match fitness.

Raith Rovers manager Barry Smith has been named Ladbrokes League 1 Manager of the Month for August, while the club's star striker Lewis Vaughan has scooped the Player of the Month prize.

Connor Wickham remains a doubt for the game through injury and while Pardew will be desperate to have his star striker available for the clash, he will surely have no problems in continuing with Emmanuel Adebayor in attack.

Moreover, star man Luis Suarez remains suspended, while the only recognised and available striker left at the club can't even make the team - sheet in his absence.

While a move to Barcelona looks increasingly inevitable, there is one silver lining that Liverpool can take from the potential sale of their star striker.

That, in turn, would have likely thrown Napoli for a complete loop if their star striker was sent off while they were looking a 2 - 0 lead — if Vucinic actually did what he's paid to do — right square in the face.