Sentences with phrase «young shot stopper»

Whilst England have competent replacements waiting in the wings, Hart's presence and experience of major tournaments would be very useful for the younger members of the squad this summer — especially for the likes of young shot stopper Jack Butland.

The young shot stopper is among the names coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr is considering for a call up for the World Cup 2018 Qualifiers against Cameroon.

It remains to be seen if the club will think it is worth it to lose such a top young shot stopper, but the chance to sign Bale would no doubt be tempting.

Not exact matches

The north - west giants have been keeping close tabs on the young Argentinian shit stopper of late as new head coach Manuel Pellegrini prepares to bring a new shot stopper to Eastlands this summer after losing confidence in England international Joe Hart.

During Atletico Madrid's Champions League penalty shoot - out win over Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday, there were two quality young stoppers on show — in Jan Oblak and Bernd Leno — while the Premier League have Thibaut Courtois and David de Gea.

The 17 - year - old has established himself as one of Europe's top shot - stoppers over the last 14 months, showing quality and maturity well beyond his young years.

The former Chelsea star has proven to be one of the most consistent shot - stoppers in the English top flight over a large number of years, and you could also argue that he was unfairly benched in favour of his younger counterpart Thibaut Courtois while with the Blues.

The curling shots that evaded keeper at the last moments, the dipping free kicks which so easily used to fool the shot stoppers, the midfield that always found an Arsenal player at the end of the ball irrespective of how many defenders were in the way and the solo tricks and dribbles that mesmerized numbers of young Arsenal fans few years back (that includes me); that is just not evident in the current squad.

Since the young age of 16, Shay Given had attracted the attention of Manchester United but despite having the chance of joining one of the most highly - rated clubs of the entire English Premier League, the Irish shot - stopper opted to instead make a move to Celtic.

It's a tough call — an impossible call really — for any young or old shot stopper to make it into our own senior squad presently.

Cech has found himself mainly surplus to requirements at Stamford Bridge this season with young Belgian shot stopper, Thibaut Courtois, becoming the Blues» «number one» and, as uncertainty surrounds the Gunners» «keeper position, the commanding Cech is seen as the ideal replacement to make a short move within London for regular playing time.

You're banking on his becoming that reliable shot stopper but it's kind of Karius again — a young player who's not the finished product yet.»

Though he has not played in the first two matches of the season for Manchester United, it looks increasingly unlikely that the young Spanish shot - stopper will leave before the end of the current transfer window.

It was during his time in Spain that the 22 - year - old established a reputation as one of the finest young shot - stoppers in world football.