20 Players who will not be in the Premier League next season – Part 6
Article continued from Part 5.
Schwarzer has been extremely consistent during his years as a Fulham player and he has reached the age of 38 where most goal keepers start considering hanging their gloves in the few years to come.
Time has nearly run out for him and on his dream of playing for a top European club. The biggest opportunity of his life went past him last season when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 showed interest in signing the Australian.
However, there may be one last hope for the veteran if Sir Alex Ferguson signs him to deputize for the retiring Edwin Van Der Sar. Manchester United was favourites to land http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Manuel-Neuer-c23424 but he opted for Bayern Munich instead. With the transfer market devoid
of top quality shot stoppers, Ferguson might turn to Schwarzer to fill in for a year or two.
Milan Jovanovic (Liverpool)
Signed by Roy Hodgson last summer, the Serbian striker has failed to reproduce his form which made him a nightmare for the defenders in the Belgian league. Only scoring twice in his 18 appearances for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809, after the signings of Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll,
means that the former Standard Liege player is no longer needed by Kenny Dalglish.
He has failed to perform whenever he is given a chance and has thus been reduced to warming the bench. At 30-years-old, he is not the fastest of the strikers and certainly does not have age on his side. A summer move is all but impossible if he wants to save
his career.
Although he can be a good cover striker and his decent pace makes him a good option, he has never given the kind of performance that is expected of a striker of a club of Liverpool’s stature. It is safe to say that Anfield will not be missing him.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Shay-Given-c33284 (Manchester City)
There was a time when he was known to be among the top most goal keepers of the Premier League. Since his move to Eastlands in the summer of 2009, all has changed. Shay Given has only featured once this season and that also in the Carling Cup due to the scintillating
performances of England’s Number One, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Hart-c18699.
Lost in the player shuffle that is currently going on in Manchester City, the Irish international has seen his career take a turn for the worse and is keen to make a move away from the English club in order to gain more first team action.
He rebuffed advances by Arsenal last season saying that he was willing to stay at City to fight for his place and challenge for top honours. However, things have not worked out the way that he had intended and at the wrong side of 30, he doesn’t have much playing
time left. A move this summer is in his best interest s and he is well aware of that.
It is impossible for him to take the Number One spot from Joe Hart and at 35 years of age http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323 would not be willing to take chances with him. His time on the bench will make a summer transfer for him difficult and his skills are not going to improve
without having a crack at competitive football.
With the amount of talent that Shay Given has, he deserves to at least have a major trophy to his name. The situation at Manchester City is very bleak and he needs to move away fast if he needs to grasp a diminishing opportunity for top honours.
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