Maybe they went "all in" 2 years ago. Spent their 2-3 year budget at once. Plus covid and there you go.
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Branchini, a footballers agent says that the Juve forward will not be Suárez, not Cavani, Dzeko or Kean, but that on the contrary they will focus on the signing of Morata
Maybe but they are taking a risk if they just stand still. Should strengthen your squad from a position of power
I guess. But for £75m you’d hope you get a superstar rather than an above average premier league striker.
Seems a recklessly high amount of money on an 18 y/o while the stadiums are closed; if he can come in while Jimenez starts to tail off it could pay off well. Big gamble though
They're not as big as us/Real/Barca/Bayern; even in the 70s/80s when they were winning things consistently and we were rubbish, we were just as popular as them. Not sure how their finances are atm but they've never been super-rich like the mega clubs
They're bigger than Bayern. Translating that into making money is another issue though.
On what basis?
Ffs they've gone full Football Manager this transfer windowIt'll be interesting to see the press reaction to the season given the Lampard narrative of youth in 2019/20
Been thinking about this a bit - it will of course be conveniently never spoken of again. The UK press are in love with him, evidenced by how he somehow did a better job than Ole despite them finishing below us.
Absolutely. But when you don't have a money....
Problem in today's football that rewards for top places don't match investments. Winning CL brings you one AWB. Don't get me wrong, it is on clubs. They inflated players, not UEFA
His talent.
I just looked up his appearance record and saw that he’s played under 20 first team games. Small sample with which to conclude that parting with €40m is a good idea in this Covid climate.
I never talked about the price though. He’s a talent that many thought would go to bigger clubs than Wolves. The fact they were able to get their hands on him is a surprise to me.
Mendes is parking him there to develop and if he makes it then he will be shifted on. That’s what he does with Wolves.
How many of those have been sold by Wolves last couple of years? Not that many I'd imagine.
Atletico signed Felix for 120m last season.
So yeah..
Who has he done this with?
In today’s world absolutely. Just look at Ansu Fati being rated at £100m+.
Mbappe went for £160m around the same age.
Dalot as a RB went for €20m so a highly rated young striker being valued at €40m seems about right.
Funny isn’t it. It feels like that narrative would make sense but nobody has moved through Wolves in that way yet. Ruben Neves would be the obvious one to watch out for but as yet nobody has made that move.
Yes it’s always said but do far not happened.
No Wolves player has been good enough to move on for big money though. The Doherty to Spurs deal was evidence of dodgy Mendes dealing. Sold below value to his most important client whilst his club was skint.
That also turned out to be crazy money
But Dalot was at least pre-corona. Have Wolves this money to spend freely? How reckless is their sugar daddy?Edit: Wow, it's official
I wonder who his agent is.
Every PL team has signed someone now right?
Is the club really skint while they can spend E40m on an unproven 18 y/o? Genuine question, I have no idea on their finances
Absolutely. The agent fees for the inhalers is probably crippling them too.
Spurs are the skint club who got the player on the cheap.
We are not skint Doherty moved because spurs wanted him and he wanted to go Nuno wanted the team to evolve likes a small squad. The fee is low admittedly but he’s not going to increase in value as he’s 29
Yeah, though strictly speaking they already signed someone. I think Matty Cash to Aston Villa or Timothy Castagne to Leicester (whichever happened last) was the last one for all 20 clubs to have signed someone.
Well, Pool don't have many areas where they can improve. Only squad depth where they clearly don't want to spend so guess the plan is to sell Wijnaldum and replace him with Thiago.
Thanks for the reply, I genuinely have no idea on Wolves' finances
Want to see DOherty doing well as he's Irish hope he's as good for Spurs as he was for yeHe meant Spurs not Wolves
If any of your players receive interest from a big club they are leaving. That may change if you can get into the top four, something you blew badly last season. For all the plaudits, you ended up going backwards and the football is poor.
It’s the plan of action, you’re crazy if you think Mendes is happy to let the likes of Neves sit and not earn him a fat commission by moving on.
Truth is, your highly heralded players haven’t done well enough to garner any major interest, you’re a 7th place team.
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