Sentences with phrase «young midfield star»

It will take a miracle to get to the playoffs, and the team will just have to do it without their bright young midfield star.

The young midfield star has been a revelation for Sporting this season, and his tireless efforts for the Lisbon outfit have inevitably caught the eye of some of Europe's biggest and brightest.

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It was a rumour that has been doing the rounds and it was not just Arsenal, but our Premier League rivals Chelsea and Liverpool that were said to be keen on the talented young defe3nsive midfield star.

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For Arsenal fans it is not only our on loan midfield star Jack Wilshere that has many of us keeping an eye on the performances and results of AFC Bournemouth this season, as their young English manager Eddie Howe has been touted as one the potential candidates to take over from Arsene Wenger when the Frenchman finally decides to call it a day.

Much will depend on Villa keeping hold of stars Ashley Young and Stewart Downing but other areas need to be freshened up, notably in goal, defence and the midfield.

The young midfielder has starred for the reigning French champions in recent matches — notably the 1 - 0 defeat to Real Madrid — but still isn't an automatic first choice for Laurent Blanc.

Arsenal are set to end their lengthy pursuit of Real Madrid and Germany midfielder Sami Khedira, report the Daily Star, with Arsene Wenger set to go after an optimistic # 40 million move for powerful young star Paul Pogba from perennial Serie A champions JuvenStar, with Arsene Wenger set to go after an optimistic # 40 million move for powerful young star Paul Pogba from perennial Serie A champions Juvenstar Paul Pogba from perennial Serie A champions Juventus.

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Pirlo says he wan na play in a different league nxt season, hw about we sign him for cheap n he plays as a deep lying midfielder as wel as increasin d belief among our young stars n squad Just a suggestion tho

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They are wide forwards or wingers or attacking midfielders and perhaps the reason why Wenger is not going to be forced to pay over the odds for someone like that is that, along with the likes of Alexis Sanchez and Theo Walcott, we already have a young playerr who looks like they may turn out to be a world class star in that area.

The ex central midfielder gave special attention to the recent performances of Francis Coquelin, as reported by the Daily Star, and accepted that the young Frenchman has, for now at least, secured his place in Arsene Wenger's starting line - up.

Wenger is well - known for stacking his midfield with stars, and with Rosicky, Arteta and Cazorla approaching their twilight years he could easily make room for one more young superstar.

While Tottenham Hotspur currently have one of the most talented midfield groups in English football, the team will likely need even more young stars at the position if they hope to compete in the Champions League next season.

From listening to the high praise of Djourou for his young team mate, though, the French with Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny could have a really tough task on their hands, as Xhaka is said to be so good that he is in the same league as the great Italian central midfield star Andrea Pirlo.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

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In recent weeks the reports have all but declared the Xhaka to Arsenal move a done deal and the German press this week suggested that Arsene Wenger has already made a transfer bid for the central midfielder but the sporting director of his current club Borussia Monchengladback, Max Eberl, has moved quickly to slam such rumours, even though he also admits that his Bundesliga club is going to struggle to hold on to their young star if the right sort of offer from the right place comes in.

It is fair to say that the Arsenal career of Calum Chambers has so far been a disappointing one, despite the former Southampton academy star coming to north London with a great reputation and being known for his versatility which has seen the young Englishman play at right back, Central defence and even central midfield.

According to reports this promising young player is going to be a real star of the future and at 19 - years old Riechedly Bazoer is already a mainstay of the central midfield at the Dutch club Ajax.

Okay the Gunners paid over # 30 million to bring in the Swiss international midfield star Granit Xhaka from Borussia Monchengladbach and he does look a proper player, but after that we only have a reported # 2 million swoop for the young Bolton centre back Rob Holding and the signing of the unheard of Japanese youngster who is not even allowed to play football in England.

As per the Mirror, Philipp, 17, is one the brightest young talents in Germany at the moment, with the midfielder having starred for Bremen at all age levels these past few years.

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There's gongs for the best goalkeeper, centre - back, full - back, central midfielder, attacking midfielder and striker of 2015/16, plus our tribute to the best young player and overall star of the season.

Midfielder Emile Smith Rowe starred as the young Gunners swept into a 4 - 0 lead at half - time, three of those goals coming in five minutes.

Premier League leaders Manchester City are ready to give young star Phil Foden a new, long - term contract once the midfielder turns 18...

Talented young midfielder Kim Little will be one of only two Scottish stars representing Great Britain at the London games this summer.

The 22 - year - old, a younger brother of Eden, is an attacking midfielder who started his professional career in his native Belgium, first with White Star Brussels and then Zulte - Waregem.

As for the midfield, how it missed the injured young Welsh star, Aaron Ramsey, who before being hurt had been in such splendid form.

Young French midfielder Remy Cabella started, and so did star player Younes Belhana.

With all the star - studded names that already occupy Man City's growing roster of players, it is quite baffling that Mancini would opt to sign young Isco with Spaniard David Silva and ex-Barca midfielder Yaya Toure already on the books.

At the young age of 20, former Manchester United midfielder, Luiz de Abreu Oliveira had the whole soccer world at his feet after being awarded the Golden Boy award, with all indication that the Brazilian prodigy would end up becoming a big star in world football

Meanwhile, Weiler will rely on the team's young star, Youri Tielemans to provide the firepower from midfield with prodigious Belgian enjoying a breakthrough campaign with Anderlecht this season, with Nicole Stanciu providing the supporting act.

Arsenal midfielder Fabregas was named Young Player of the Year — an award which Ronaldo also won in 2007 — at a star - studded ceremony at London's Grosvenor House Hotel tonight.

According to the former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard, the Italian tactician Antonio Conte is a manager who is not afraid or hesitant on giving younger players the opportunity to show their worth at the big stage in the pitch along with the rest of the senior and star members of the squad.

It's been a five - star week for young Royal Blue midfielder, Leon Goretzka, starting for Germany in their recent friendly versus Italy, then scoring the only goal of the game in Wolfsburg.