Summer 2021 transfer window

[Tony Towner]

Ok, so we sign Guedes who allegedly can play as a lone striker. £30m and 80k/week (probably more). So is he starting alongside Trincao? Can’t really not play them with that level of investment. Who misses out when Neto is back? Traore purely a sub? And only getting the odd minute here and there when Neto back. Podence/MGW on cup duties or sold/loaned?

Then you are just going down the Mendes route again. Someone like Jarrod Bowen could have done that job a year or so ago. Someone of that profile is where we should be looking. I think he cost £19m. Neto plays if fit and back, Podence I'm not fussed about, Trincao isn't our player yet and Traore has always been an impact sub for me, I would have sold him if the price was right

 

[PuntsWolf]

Then you are just going down the Mendes route again. Someone like Jarrod Bowen could have done that job a year or so ago. Someone of that profile is where we should be looking. I think he cost £19m

I’m just thinking of players. Ignore the names.

Can Jarrod Bowen play down the middle in the role we’d require? not for me. But that’s a seperate matter.

The issue is we’ve signed a player for £35m (and most of our budget) who 12-18 months in, possibly 24, we can’t trust to play anywhere in our forward line (personally Id trust him, we’ve made our bed).

But apparently we couldn’t have signed him if we waited any longer! He’d be worth even more by now!

 

[YoungWolf]

There are problems to solve and issues to resolve, including in midfield, where Lage thinks Ruben Neves, Joao Moutinho and Leander Dendoncker are too similar. “Sometimes from my point of view they want to do the same thing at the same time,” he says.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Wonder if that's something he thinks he can overcome, when you investigate further they are quite different in some aspects so makes you wonder how much of the similarities have been coached in under the previous regime? They all had to fulfil a similar role in the previous system regardless of their individual strengths and weaknesses which saw them become much of a muchness, could a different approach see them start to diverge?

 

[Throbber3]

Wonder if that's something he thinks he can overcome, when you investigate further they are quite different in some aspects so makes you wonder how much of the similarities have been coached in under the previous regime? They all had to fulfil a similar role in the previous system regardless of their individual strengths and weaknesses which saw them become much of a muchness, could a different approach see them start to diverge?

We live in hope

 

[YoungWolf]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1426082123610460161

Not offering an excuse but this is quite interesting. I was talking to a West Ham fan yesterday who says they all can’t believe they haven’t signed a striker, especially having got good money for Haller.

 

[Jinky]

If Raul “breaks his leg”, then it’s time for this guy to step up…

LiKe a NeW SIgNiNg.

Sounds like we’ve pissed them off:

El Wolverhampton complica el fichaje de Mir por el Atlético

Cuando parecía que todo estaba cerrado para que Rafa Mir se convirtiera en nuevo jugador del Atlético, la operación se ha complicado. El Wolverhampton, club al que pertenece el del

t.co

With the agreement between the footballer and Atlético completely closed, Wolves is putting numerous obstacles at the last minute to close an operation that seemed to be closed. The idea was that this week the transfer would be signed but the new situation is that the footballer will have to join the discipline of Wolverhampton to start the season there.

 

[BGreenWolf]

That's the idea of any incomings fucked, then.

Marvellous.

 

[The Bion]

I'm sure Mir is going to be delighted at this turn of events (assuming true, that is)

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

We need to get rid of him, surely. Otherwise he just leaves for free.

 

[Throbber3]

This underwhelming window just keeps on giving doesnt it?

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Pretty poor form if we tried to change the deal at the last minute.

 

[Johnny75]

Just part of the negotiations by the looks of things.

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Just referring to this paragraph

Wolves is putting numerous obstacles at the last minute to close an operation that seemed to be closed

Although that could be atletico spin, maybe they just had a reality check!

 

[BGreenWolf]

This underwhelming window just keeps on giving doesnt it?

Unless something major changes in the next few weeks, it's been little short of disastrous.

 

[Nando]

Marca FFS. Ignore.

 

[Mel Evo]

Can’t imagine either Wolves or Forest fans thought they’d ever see him again. Now both might quite soon.

 

[Dire Wolf]

Unless something major changes in the next few weeks, it's been little short of disastrous.

Yep, appoint a new manager to change the direction of the team and then neglect to back him in the transfer market. What a shit show, Bruno has been completely thrown under the bus really.

 

[GLASGOWOLF]

Marca FFS. Ignore.

Marca are pretty reliable, that would have come from inside Atletico's camp.
Wether Atletico are trying to spin it for their fans is another thing

 

[Throbber3]

Yep, appoint a new manager to change the direction of the team and then neglect to back him in the transfer market. What a shit show, Bruno has been completely thrown under the bus really.

If he succeeds then Fosun will say they are vindicated which is just as bad. I still think there is enough quality in that squad to hold their own in the league. But if we lose a couple before the window ends my optimism will tail off significantly.