Sentence examples for securing the player from inspiring English sources

The French club have twice come close to securing the player, initially in the summer of 2011 just after the Qatari takeover of the club and again a year ago, only for the former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder to decide to prolong his stay in Major League Soccer for another season instead.

The Yankees contacted Gonzalez's agent, Jim Bronner, today, but made no immediate progress toward securing the player's approval either for the trade or for a contract extension.

The Turkish club want to reunite Whittaker with former Rangers team-mate Kenny Miller but McCoist is keen to secure the player on a new contract instead.

However, Chelsea trumped the Scottish champions' offer, believed to have been worth around £1.9m, as they moved to secure the player over the weekend.

Therefore the GBB must find £250,000 from their annual budget of £1.5m to pay for the additional cover needed to secure the player's services.

Everton have completed the signing of the Portugal midfielder Manuel Fernandes from Benfica after altering the wording on the loan agreement which will secure the player until the end of the season.

Back on the European mainland Boussoufa won the first of three Belgian player of the year titles in 2006 with Gent, prompting Anderlecht to spend €3.5m to secure the player nicknamed "king of the assists".

On Aug. 11, Gatto and Code discussed, on a call recorded on a wiretap, paying a third player — due to graduate in 2018 — and his family $150,000 to secure the player's commitment to University-7, whose description matches Miami.

Barça hope to secure the player this summer, with the Chile forward Alexis Sánchez potentially moving to Anfield as an eye-catching makeweight, and have indicated they have the funds to compete at such a level in the transfer market.

The Red Sox had the first opportunity to wrestle Rodriguez away from the Rangers, but they could not secure the player who was a better fit for them than the Yankees.

Inter, who had made concerted efforts to secure the player last summer, were under the impression a buyout clause in the Brazilian's contract drops his valuation after the tournament in Japan to around £12m.