January 2022 Transfer Thread

[WsWolf]

We'd have either had to play Neves or Moutinho semi regularly to accommodate, even then we're assuming vitinha could play in a 2.

Or we play a 3 in midfield which is something we've done once, I think, this season.

Don't get me wrong, I rate vitinha and think he will be excellent. But if we're being frugal and it was a choice between RAN and Vitinha then I think we made the right choice.

We'd have seen less of Moutinho already if Lage rated Dendoncker, however it's quite clear he doesn't.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Maybe he rates Vitinha below Dendoncker? Nuno certainly did based on last seasons minutes.

 

[Tony Towner]

We'd have seen less of Moutinho already if Lage rated Dendoncker, however it's quite clear he doesn't.

Neves is rotated out more for Dendoncker than Moutinho is

 

[AndyWolves]

The fact we didn't go for Vitinha makes me think there might be a slim chance of getting in a CM this window.

We had the funding to do it because we went for players like Sanches and kamara (I think?) but got knocked back. We could have signed Vitinha as an alternative but didn't, I guess because we wanted someone who could come straight into the first team (at the time Vitinha wasn't that player).

I'm probably grasping at straws here though!

 

[jlo]

Why couldn't Vitinha have been the one to turn us down? An agreed transfer fee doesn't force the player to sign. In his shoes, I wouldn't have wanted to join and sit on the bench again.

 

[Tony Towner]

Why couldn't Vitinha have been the one to turn us down? An agreed transfer fee doesn't force the player to sign. In his shoes, I wouldn't have wanted to join and sit on the bench again.

Feasible, but in Mendes world unlikely

 

[The Bear]

Or we decided on Sanches as a target and let Vitinha go thinking we had a deal wrapped up already.

 

[AndyWolves]

On another note, was Semedo mooted as Trippers replacement if Tripper left AM?

 

[Tredman]

On another note, was Semedo mooted as Trippers replacement if Tripper left AM?

Tripper?

 

[Tony Towner]

Tripper?

 

[WsWolf]

Neves is rotated out more for Dendoncker than Moutinho is

Is he? He's been recovering from a positive covid test then banned and that's the only time I think he's actually missed any game time.

 

[WsWolf]

Maybe he rates Vitinha below Dendoncker? Nuno certainly did based on last seasons minutes.

A scary thought.

 

[Jinky]

We signed anyone yet?

 

[AndyWolves]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1477434218145882117

 

[PuntsWolf]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1477434218145882117

You’ve been had

 

[Jinky]

This doesn’t fill me with confidence. I’ll be more gutted when Ruben leaves than any of our other players, Fosun era.

 

[AndyWolves]

You’ve been had

Damn, I didn't spot that. The Twitter handle looked legit

 

[Jabbawolf]

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This doesn’t fill me with confidence. I’ll be more gutted when Ruben leaves than any of our other players, Fosun era.

Funny how we see things differently - the last sentence made me feel positive.

 

[Tony Towner]

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This doesn’t fill me with confidence. I’ll be more gutted when Ruben leaves than any of our other players, Fosun era.

The actual piece feels more like a shot at the board than it does about Neves

Arsenal and Man Utd sent firm message over Ruben Neves transfer

Former Porto midfielder Ruben Neves is one of the undoubted stars at Wolves and remains on the wish-list of many Champions League outfits including Manchester United

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[Templeton Peck]

Sounds like Neves has real affection for the club but that he wants to be playing European football. Fair enough. Lage is putting pressure on the board saying his future is dependent on our ambition not what we pay him.