The Incoming Transfers Everywhere Thread: Summer 2023

[Lycan]

Do you think Cunha, Sarabia, Nunes, Podence, Hwang and Neto 'clicked' at all last season?

Because these are the main guys currently charged with winning games for us in three weeks time.

No doom and gloom or relegation prediction here, but I can't be bullish about what our team is going to look like as it stands right now

Cunha, Sarabia & Nunes have at times.

They'll be going into next season as key players and I'll certainly be expecting more from them than they've shown in a Wolves shirt but equally I think they've shown enough to be excited about. Neto there are questions over obviously but still we've just got to hope he can get back to how we remember him before his first injury, definitely not going to write him off.

Podence is gone.

Hwang is shite I'll give you that.

I'm hoping for big seasons from Kalajdzic, Lemina, Gomes, Traoré, Dawson, Elvedi, Toti & Bueno as well.

I don't particularly like them but Kilman, Semedo and Sá if they're still here aren't the worst options.

If we can add 4 or 5 to that in key areas there's a good squad there and most importantly I think we've got a good manager.

Short term I think we'll be a good side and think we can have a good season or 2. My worries are medium to long term. Something needs to change at ownership level in the next few years.

 

[Wolftone]

We don't really know how Sasa is, how mended he is, and how good he can be.
Fully fit and with good service he could be a revelation.
I'd like to see Fabio back. (Probably get a few laughing emojis on here).
The few times he played, he got into some good positions and fluffed the chances. That was decision making in front of goal, trying too hard, for a kid with a £35M price tag hardly surprising. He's more experienced now, stronger and a lot less lightweight.
Add Cunha along with Neto, Sarabia and Nunes play them in the right positions and we've got plenty to build on.
Lots of ifs and buts, a reasonable season is not beyond the realms of possibility though.

 

[Johnny75]

Cunha, Sarabia & Nunes have at times.

They'll be going into next season as key players and I'll certainly be expecting more from them than they've shown in a Wolves shirt but equally I think they've shown enough to be excited about. Neto there are questions over obviously but still we've just got to hope he can get back to how we remember him before his first injury, definitely not going to write him off.

Podence is gone.

Hwang is shite I'll give you that.

I'm hoping for big seasons from Kalajdzic, Lemina, Gomes, Traoré, Dawson, Elvedi, Toti & Bueno as well.

I don't particularly like them but Kilman, Semedo and Sá if they're still here aren't the worst options.

If we can add 4 or 5 to that in key areas there's a good squad there and most importantly I think we've got a good manager.

Short term I think we'll be a good side and think we can have a good season or 2. My worries are medium to long term. Something needs to change at ownership level in the next few years.

I think that's fair and probably as optimistic as I should be.

I don't see us buying any more than Elvedi, Cresswell and Scott unless Fabio departs. If somebody told me or first 3 signings of the summer would be King, Doc and Cresswell I'd be even more worried than I am now.

Maybe Amad Diallo (Utd) and Wahl on loan now he's tied up at Chelsea.

I thought we might go for Medina and the Brazilian CB but that may be a long shot.

I agree about the ownership.

 

[prawnking]

Cunha, Sarabia & Nunes have at times.

They'll be going into next season as key players and I'll certainly be expecting more from them than they've shown in a Wolves shirt but equally I think they've shown enough to be excited about. Neto there are questions over obviously but still we've just got to hope he can get back to how we remember him before his first injury, definitely not going to write him off.

Podence is gone.

Hwang is shite I'll give you that.

I'm hoping for big seasons from Kalajdzic, Lemina, Gomes, Traoré, Dawson, Elvedi, Toti & Bueno as well.

I don't particularly like them but Kilman, Semedo and Sá if they're still here aren't the worst options.

If we can add 4 or 5 to that in key areas there's a good squad there and most importantly I think we've got a good manager.

Agree with this. Not many players you can bank on definitively (that's where we'll miss Neves) but hopefully more will work out than not.

I think the two forward signings (Raul and Podence replacements) will be key

 

[WsWolf]

I think that's fair and probably as optimistic as I should be.

I don't see us buying any more than Elvedi, Cresswell and Scott unless Fabio departs. If somebody told me or first 3 signings of the summer would be King, Doc and Cresswell is be even more worried than I am now.

Maybe Amad Diallo (Utd) and Wahl on loan now he's tied up at Chelsea.

I thought we might go for Medina and the Brazilian CB but that may be a long shot.

I agree about the ownership.

Think Amad might be done for a while. Got crunched in a friendly last night and left on crutches and a pretty heavy knee brace.

 

[Lycan]

I think that's fair and probably as optimistic as I should be.

I don't see us buying any more than Elvedi, Cresswell and Scott unless Fabio departs. If somebody told me or first 3 signings of the summer would be King, Doc and Cresswell is be even more worried than I am now.

Maybe Amad Diallo (Utd) and Wahl on loan now he's tied up at Chelsea.

I thought we might go for Medina and the Brazilian CB but that may be a long shot.

I agree about the ownership.

LB - please find someone better than Cresswell

Elvedi

Scott - or someone of a similar profile if we can't get a deal done

Striker - Judging by our interest in Gyökeres and this other guy we seem to want a physical striker

Wide forward - We were loosely linked with Iván Jaime earlier in the window, I would love for that to happen.

Think those are definitely going to happen and I think we probably won't want to be spending any more than about £50-60M on those players all told.

Then if someone like Kilman, Sá or Silva are sold we'll replace them straight from whatever fee we receive from them.

 

[Deano]

We will probably try and find a couple of players on loan with a future option to mitigate against having to spend right now if we really are worried about FFP, even though it makes little sense.

 

[PuntsWolf]

Think the FFP is a load of bollocks. We just don’t want to spend the money. There’s several reasons for why that might be, but mostly negative ones.

 

[Del Woppio]

I feel like there's a lot of hope that a couple of Neto/Nunes/Sasa/Cunha consistently perform like the better players outside the big 6 - which is possible, but certainly optimistic. If they continue in flatter to deceive mode then it's going to be a largely rancid season.

 

[PuntsWolf]

It’s not going to be a great season anyway. We are going to be another Crystal Palace. Got enough quality to stay out of trouble but not enough to trouble the European places.

People can be optimistic and think we can push the those top spots which obviously isn’t impossible but is somewhat unlikely without a few stars aligning.

The only positive spin I can have is it’s a down year to absorb the damage from the shite over the last couple and then we can go at it a bit better in the future. Alternatively we’re just existing with no owner investment until we nearly get relegated again.

 

[jd1981]

Going back to FFP it’s utter BS and everyone knows it and isn’t stupid to the situation.
Unless we’ve been a special ruling by the PL exclusively for just us then it’s crap. It’s clearly cash flow, if so be honest.
Of course we won’t be happy and would want new owners but at least we’d all know the situation. Don’t trott out lines that anyone who owns a calculator and a few brain cells can realise is utter tripe.

 

[jd1981]

To add the social media meltdown by our fans is all for the wrong reasons the outgoings are absolutely fine and probably all justified for the money payed.
Problem is lack of incoming quality.

 

[Alan]

Getting to a place in which we can consistently challenge for Europe is a marathon, not a sprint. Unless we’d like to take a check from the PIF.

Next season may be midtable but that doesn’t immediately equate to “rancid”, and if it does for you, I’ve got some bad news about our realistic prospects for the next 50 years.

 

[Deano]

Getting to a place in which we can consistently challenge for Europe is a marathon, not a sprint. Unless we’d like to take a check from the PIF.

Next season may be midtable but that doesn’t immediately equate to “rancid”, and if it does for you, I’ve got some bad news about our realistic prospects for the next 50 years.

Consistently challenging for Europe isn't a marathon either, it's not possible. Not under this model or anything like it. It would take year upon year of big investment.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Getting to a place in which we can consistently challenge for Europe is a marathon, not a sprint.

I admire your optimism, particularly as we already had Europe, and we've gone backwards ever since due to many, multiple, appalling decisions.

 

[jd1981]

Getting to a place in which we can consistently challenge for Europe is a marathon, not a sprint. Unless we’d like to take a check from the PIF.

Next season may be midtable but that doesn’t immediately equate to “rancid”, and if it does for you, I’ve got some bad news about our realistic prospects for the next 50 years.

Mid table PL is fine by me our current running of the club and squad investment barely puts us there now.

 

[Johnny75]

Getting to a place in which we can consistently challenge for Europe is a marathon, not a sprint. Unless we’d like to take a check from the PIF.

Next season may be midtable but that doesn’t immediately equate to “rancid”, and if it does for you, I’ve got some bad news about our realistic prospects for the next 50 years.

The frustrating thing was we were challenging for Europe and it wouldn't have taken a great deal of investment from where we were to keep that up.

Jeff fucked that the moment he bought Fabio Silva, the arrogant prick.

 

[Alan]

I admire your optimism, particularly as we already had Europe, and we've gone backwards ever since due to many multiple appalling decisions.

And that was great, and our immediate slippage from that perch shows just how thin the margins are.

I think my point is that any suggestion that there’s a realistic path to Europe NEXT SEASON is a bit… fanciful. There’s a process to getting situated in such a way that we have wider margins when players need replacing.

Now, is Fosun thinking about it in those terms? I’ve no idea, none of us do. They could absolutely be asset stripping the club to prep for a sale. But they could also be trying to manage the finances more responsibly than we had prior to Hobbs appearing.

It’s not an impossibility that we see another upturn under Fosun and *gasp* even Shi.

 

[PuntsWolf]

Mid table PL is fine by me our current running of the club and squad investment barely puts us there now.

We still have A LOT old expensive players. Most of them haven’t shown to be worth that but we’re still not relegation fodder with the team we have as it stands.

 

[Wolvensam]

The problem is when you lump on a horse it has to win. For us it hasn’t - we spent a truckload last year banking on potentially making a Europa League push and it didn’t work out. In hindsight, it was pretty thick.

Newcastle lumped on a winning horse. Villa have got quite a lot of FFP breathing room after getting £100m for Grealish last year.

The spending from this club has been fairly criminal for two seasons and now we’re paying the price for that. Something tells me things will get better as JL would have walked in the summer if this was going to be Wolves forevermore. I still fancy him to get us in the echelons of 8th-13th as we nearly broke the top 10 last year despite having 10 points at Christmas and, let’s face it, the confidence was rock bottom. I’m interested to see what he does with a full pre-season, as last year was very much making us hard to beat to limit the damage.