Summer 2021 transfer window

[YoungWolf]

I think I saw it ‘reported’ that Diawara wasn’t keen to join us

 

[Wilf Wolf]

I think there's a danger of just writing everything off post-Nuno before we've even seen what it actually looks like.

I'm not advocating signing a bunch of no-hopers and crossing our fingers in silence, and I've been plenty critical of some of our transfers in the past, but I feel like there's a danger of holding ourselves to impossible/unrealistic standards... these 'best that are out there' players. Maybe we'll sign a couple of them (Trincao?), with maybe a couple of gambles too.

There are very good PL players who came to clubs with little fanfare or pedigree and are now coveted. It can happen.

Nobody is disputing less glamorous signings can work but some of us feel too often we don’t cast our net as wide as we could. Is Sa the best keeper available at a given price or is he the best Mendes client available?

 

[Kenny]

Nobody is disputing less glamorous signings can work but some of us feel too often we don’t cast our net as wide as we could. Is Sa the best keeper available at a given price or is he the best Mendes client available?

He will be [scottsellars]a player we have watched for a few years and sat at the top of our list of targets[/scottsellars]

 

[sycophantia]

Nobody is disputing less glamorous signings can work but some of us feel too often we don’t cast our net as wide as we could. Is Sa the best keeper available at a given price or is he the best Mendes client available?

I suspect its the latter but if he's ok it doesn't matter to me.....if he's shit of course, I'll soon be on the Mendes out bandwagon
Not many were complaining about Mendes when we were signing Rui, Jota, Neves, Boly, Jiminez etc.....seems a bit hypocritical to do so now.

 

[YoungWolf]

I suspect its the latter but if he's ok it doesn't matter to me.....if he's shit of course, I'll soon be on the Mendes out bandwagon
Not many were complaining about Mendes when we were signing Rui, Jota, Neves, Boly, Jiminez etc.....seems a bit hypocritical to do so now.

Yeah, we can't have our cake and eat it but we've got to the point where the absolute top Mendes clients who would improve us aren't necessarily going to come here, so it would make sense to cast a wider net where we might better value where we couldn't previously.

 

[Tony Towner]

I suspect its the latter but if he's ok it doesn't matter to me.....if he's shit of course, I'll soon be on the Mendes out bandwagon
Not many were complaining about Mendes when we were signing Rui, Jota, Neves, Boly, Jiminez etc.....seems a bit hypocritical to do so now.

Then happy to be a hypocrite. YW has described the difference. Getting you better than you'd ordinarily get versus getting you the best he has who'd come to you.

I want what's best for Wolves, not Mendes. If the two align then I'm happy with that, if they don't, I'm not

 

[prawnking]

Nobody is disputing less glamorous signings can work but some of us feel too often we don’t cast our net as wide as we could. Is Sa the best keeper available at a given price or is he the best Mendes client available?

Yep, I agree with this to an extent, and I can see where TT and others are coming from. I think I'm just trying to allow it to play out a little before I can really take a view.

It sounds like common sense, wanting a wider net etc, but maybe that requires a different kind of infrastructure that we don't have/don't want?

I think the point about possible diminishing returns from Mendes at the level we're at has some truth in it, but we're clearly in bed with him for the long haul, and it'll probably see a couple of proper flop signings and a poor season (without the extenuating circumstances of the last) to shake Jeff and the majority of fans

 

[sycophantia]

Then happy to be a hypocrite. YW has described the difference. Getting you better than you'd ordinarily get versus getting you the best he has who'd come to you.

I want what's best for Wolves, not Mendes. If the two align then I'm happy with that, if they don't, I'm not

Oh I agree with you (and YW) in principal and as a club we should be working towards that, nothing has really happened yet though apart from Trincao who is probably as good as we could hope for with or without Mendes. Sa could well end up being top class, I've only seen DW that has had completely negative views on him (he could well be right of course)
I'm just not ready to completely bin off Mendes until such time as its proven he has a negative impact overall over a period of time.

 

[YoungWolf]

Mosquera isn't anything to do with Mendes as far as I am aware, so I think we will see a little more variety in who we sign going forwards tbf. I'm pretty sure he has come through the recruitment team where his defensive metrics have stood out for his age, as we have also tried to sign Kossounou before he went to Brugge (who also tried to get Mosquera)

 

[Tony Towner]

Oh I agree with you (and YW) in principal and as a club we should be working towards that, nothing has really happened yet though apart from Trincao who is probably as good as we could hope for with or without Mendes. Sa could well end up being top class, I've only seen DW that has had completely negative views on him (he could well be right of course)
I'm just not ready to completely bin off Mendes until such time as its proven he has a negative impact overall over a period of time.

Aside from the fees in general (Doherty, Fabio being the obvious ones) I think it only really bothers me when it comes to the manager and the goalkeeper, both of which we've obviously turned this Summer. I just think if you narrow your search in those crucial areas then you are unlikely to get the best option for where we are at now as a club. Naturally I hope both Lage and Sa if he comes prove to be great signings

 

[Throbber3]

I just think if you narrow your search in those crucial areas then you are unlikely to get the best option for where we are at now as a club.

That is very true , but a bit utopian. We are in bed with Mendes, like it or not , so the majority of business is always likely to come through him. Its the nature of the arrangement and unlikely to change much.

Naturally I hope both Lage and Sa if he comes prove to be great signings

And I am with you there. They could easily be an upgrade or a downgrade, but I am reserving judgement until I have seen wolves in action for a 3rd of the season.

 

[Tony Towner]

Reports that Vinagre to Sporting is a 1 year loan which only becomes permanent after an undisclosed number of appearances. €10m +50% sell on clause.

 

[The Bion]

Apropos of nothing, Benfica's president has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and tax evasion...

Luís Filipe Vieira detido após ser alvo de buscas (com áudio)

"SIC Notícias" revela que o presidente do Benfica foi hoje detido. Autoridades realizaram hoje buscas no estádio da Luz, sede do Novo Banco e a empresas ligadas ao empresário José António dos Santos, que também já foi detido, segundo o "Nascer do Sol".

jornaleconomico.sapo.pt

 

[Wolvensam]

Joao Felix has followed Wolves on Instagram…

 

[Kenny]

Joao Felix has followed Wolves on Instagram…

https://twitter.com/x/status/1412792823791902720

 

[Kenny]

Man with 77 followers see's Instragram news and tries to beat his likes and retweet record

https://twitter.com/x/status/1412797875847847939

 

[Quirkafleeg]

Today really kicks off silly season

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

Apropos of nothing, Benfica's president has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and tax evasion...

Luís Filipe Vieira detido após ser alvo de buscas (com áudio)

"SIC Notícias" revela que o presidente do Benfica foi hoje detido. Autoridades realizaram hoje buscas no estádio da Luz, sede do Novo Banco e a empresas ligadas ao empresário José António dos Santos, que também já foi detido, segundo o "Nascer do Sol".

jornaleconomico.sapo.pt

"The operation also targets the businessman and his friend José António dos Santos, known as the 'king of chickens' and the largest private shareholder of Benfica SAD"

Nothing says shady organisation like "king of chickens".

 

[Quirkafleeg]

"The operation also targets the businessman and his friend José António dos Santos, known as the 'king of chickens' and the largest private shareholder of Benfica SAD"

Nothing says shady organisation like "king of chickens".

The Colonel better go into hiding at this rate.

 

[Throbber3]

"The operation also targets the businessman and his friend José António dos Santos, known as the 'king of chickens' and the largest private shareholder of Benfica SAD"

Nothing says shady organisation like "king of chickens"