Mendes has actually grown in importance because of FFP rules that unfairly penalise a club like Wolves. The only way we can progress is by creative transfers of players and to do it effectively you need an enabler like Mendes.
People have been scoring this transfer window based on the quality of players brought in, but from a non-footballing perspective this has been a 10/10 window that probably sets us up for the next 4 or 5 years. Assume we turn the loans of Vitinha and Rayan into purchases we will have Silva, Rayan, Hoever and Vitinha all under 20 and at least one of them will be earmarked to move on in a few years like Jota and probably at a price more than they are worth. We have taken FPP and worked within the rules because buying and selling is the only way we can generate revenue until we have significantly expanded capacity and have cracked the global market.
Jota isnt worth north of £40 million and Doherty (in the current market) is probably worth a little more than £15 million... it the combined fee for both is probably about right and that was engineered by Mendes.
No decision should be seen in isolation. This transfer window we have largely balanced the books while improving the depth of the squad and definitely upped the potential. We also have the ability in January or next summer to go big without worrying too much about FPP.
I have no qualms about the Mendes involvement because all he is doing is bridging the disadvantage between the biggest clubs and the rest. We just have a head start and the very best agent. Long may it continue.
