VillaChris Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Will be interesting who they sign as CF in the January. That really will define their season. Wonder if they'll go for someone like En-Nesyri. Lopetegui wasn't happy about Jimenez going to World cup when he's been injured since August so he won't be figuring much and Costa was just a punt after Kaladzic injury so he'll just be a impact sub. Probably another CB is needed aswell as they really lack depth at the back. Would be amusing if they make Coady's loan permanent as they play Everton in the penultimate game of the season and that's looking a relegation decider at present so would be odd to allow them to get him permanently if there's no option in the deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 18 minutes ago, villa4europe said: The squad isn't big enough for a start, they've not got enough depth in too many positions They should have enough to stay up but bad injury luck to certain first teamers, jimenez again, and they're in massive trouble They went too young over the last 2 years, lots of potential that's not ready and out on loan Been bizarre the thinking with Fabio Silva. Played loads in his first season but understandbly for someone at 19 was too much. Even in the run in last season he was playing a fair bit but then they just loan him out to Anderlecht which feels an odd decision if they're still banking on him to be a decent premier league striker eventually. Think they know aswell they should've sold Adama 18 months ago when his stock was pretty high. Now he's doing little and likes of Spurs certainly won't be interested in him as they were last January. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted November 19, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 19, 2022 It'll be interesting to see if there are players looking to jump ship in January. The managerial appointment is a good one I think, and the league is going to be very unpredictable, but unless they find ways to score goals it's going to be very tough for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Adama is probably their 3rd or 4th best winger and has been for a few seasons Definitely should have cashed in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 25 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Adama is probably their 3rd or 4th best winger and has been for a few seasons Definitely should have cashed in Conte was still desperate to get him in last January as a wing back. Instead they just loaned him to Barca for probably 6-7m loan fee and assumed they'd just sign him permanently in summer given Barca were signing so many attackers but didn't happen. Will get a massively reduced fee for Neves aswell if they go down given he'll only have 12 months left on his deal compared to selling him in any point in last 12 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Why's Costa having such a shocker? Always seemed decent albeit a thug. Just too old/past it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 2 hours ago, VillaJ100 said: Why's Costa having such a shocker? Always seemed decent albeit a thug. Just too old/past it? Too old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted November 19, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 19, 2022 I'm also not sure how motivated Costa is. 6 months of free money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Mendes to try and get Ronaldo in for a 6 month loan? I think Ronaldo would probably rather train with the kids at United. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 On 19/11/2022 at 17:08, VillaJ100 said: Why's Costa having such a shocker? Always seemed decent albeit a thug. Just too old/past it? He declined pretty badly at Atletico Madrid and they released him early from his deal, think that was early 2020. Then went back to Brazil and hadn't played for six months by the time Wolves picked him up so was never going to hit the ground running. He was just a stop gap given they couldn't have foreseen Kaladzic getting ruled out for the season on his debut. At least we got Kamara back pretty quickly and hopefully Diego Carlos will be back in contention by March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Wolves not having much luck with centre-forwards, Kalajdžić, Costa, Willian José, Fábio Silva, and Cutrone have only scored seven league goals combined between them in ninety plus Premier League appearances. According to transfermarkt they paid seventy-nine million euros in transfer fees for those five players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Cunha, who we were linked with, going to Wolves now and will be ready to make his debut against, yes you guessed it, us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 According to Wiki his record at Athletico is 6 goals in 40 appearances. He’ll fit right in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 He was good at Hertha Berlin, just hasn't kicked on since which plenty of forwards at Atletico haven't in last few seasons. Might come off but then Guedes had a solid scoring record in Spain and he's been very poor for them so far. Nearly half time and they've failed to score versus the worst current team in the top four leagues. Front 3 tonight of Podence, Diego Costa and Guedes. Did Matheus Nunes go to the WC with Portugal? Don't remember him featuring for them and I remember the endless hype on here after his debut at Spurs, now he's bench warming behind some Hodge guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 (edited) Its a loan with obligation to buy 40m. So if he flops on loan they still have to sign him. These loans with obligations to buy can sometimes **** you up. They should just sign him now because if he flops and they ahve to blow 40m on him the fans are going to be furious For that amount im glad we didnt bother. Better value out there than this and his record looks very suspect. Big risk this one as i think english football is tougher than spanish football in terms of physicality and time on the ball Edited December 21, 2022 by Demitri_C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 6 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Its a loan with obligation to buy 40m. So if he flops on loan they still have to sign him. These loans with obligations to buy can sometimes **** you up. They should just sign him now because if he flops and they ahve to blow 40m on him the fans are going to be furious For that amount im glad we didnt bother. Better value out there than this and his record looks very suspect. Big risk this one as i think english football is tougher than spanish football in terms of physicality and time on the ball They are done for FFP reasons 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 55 minutes ago, Zatman said: They are done for FFP reasons Did wolves spend big in summer ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 11 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Did wolves spend big in summer ? Yeah, about £140m odd 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Atletico bought Cunha for £27 mill, flops there gets sold to Wolves for £43mill. Just bailing out all these big European clubs who's overspent massively. I think it's a pretty stupid transfer by Wolves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 It does seem like an excessive amount of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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