Summer 2019 Transfer Thread

[Jinky]

Wolves' latest whisper to AS Monaco for 18-year-old defender Benoît Badiashile is a loan with option to buy proposal; Manchester United & Valencia have now made contact - L'Équipe

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[Langers]

The Zinchenko thing didn't end up mattering because Doherty ended up playing out of his skin all season, but that was by no means a sure thing, and a long-term injury to Doherty would have been really bad news last season. Ditto Bonatini for Locadia.

We were lucky on both occasions.

That's ever so slightly disrespectful to both players, the coaching staff and the medical team, don't you think?

 

[PuntsWolf]

If we go into the season like we are now then that would be ludicrous and we’d be in deep shit unless we just effectively forfeited the EL. It simply will not happen and if it did I think Nuno would walk.

The EL in pre season makes literally no difference, we are playing people probably worse than the friendlies we’d arrange. But we need 4 signings at some point between now and the deadline, and I’m confident it will happen. If it doesn’t then Fosun have lost the plot.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

People just need to show a bit of patience.

 

[BGreenWolf]

That's ever so slightly disrespectful to both players, the coaching staff and the medical team, don't you think?

Don't get me wrong, all involved did a great job, but if someone had snapped Doherty or Bonatini's leg, we'd have been in the shit.

Again, we know for a fact that we wanted both players quite badly- it's not like I'm saying anything controversial here.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

We’d have played Vinagre for Doc.

 

[Banjo]

I'm pretty confident we're saving the away kit launch for signings, with announcements being made as soon as next week when we open the shop in China. Where I am surprised is that there have been no leaks of new players heading to China to meet up with the squad.

 

[Johnny75]

I'm pretty confident we're saving the away kit launch for signings, with announcements being made as soon as next week when we open the shop in China. Where I am surprised is that there have been no leaks of new players heading to China to meet up with the squad.

A lot of folk said this about the home shirt too.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Not sure why people are drawing correlations with a shirt launch and signing players.

 

[Alan]

People just need to show a bit of patience.

Hi, welcome to the internet, let me show you around...

 

[Kenny]

Not sure why people are drawing correlations with a shirt launch and signing players.

We did it once with Neves (although circumstances meant we did that I think as Neves was due to be announced on the Friday and away kit on the Saturday)

 

[BGreenWolf]

I'm pretty confident we're saving the away kit launch for signings, with announcements being made as soon as next week when we open the shop in China. Where I am surprised is that there have been no leaks of new players heading to China to meet up with the squad.

There are no leaks because it hasn't happened.

This idea that we're keeping high-profile players under wraps to tie in with a kit launch is just pure fantasy.

 

[Kenny]

This idea that we're keeping high-profile players under wraps to tie in with a kit launch is just pure fantasy.

This I agree with.

In this day and age it is almost impossible to keep a signing secret.


I do believe the links to Alvarez and that obviously has its complications with the Gold Cup and the lad needing a break. So we could have that one sorted but holding back on announcing until he has put his feet up for a bit but equally we might not have got near to the player yet.

 

[Norman Deeley]

Dont see any reason at all why new shop = new signing. Hope I'm wrong but I don't see Alvarez flying from Mexico to China.

But wait! Talisca is already in China...

 

[YoungWolf]

Dont see any reason at all why new shop = new signing. Hope I'm wrong but I don't see Alvarez flying from Mexico to China.

But wait! Talisca is already in China...

ANNOUNCE TALISCA

 

[Deano]

A player like Alvarez would make sense in that we want to keep a small squad and he can cover a couple of positions but I don't think that is done or close to being done, that's even if we have any interest. The E+S have said we don't and in any case there are a number of clubs including Ajax that are reportedly in for him.

 

[Kenny]

A player like Alvarez would make sense in that we want to keep a small squad and he can cover a couple of positions but I don't think that is done or close to being done, that's even if we have any interest. The E+S have said we don't and in any case there are a number of clubs including Ajax that are reportedly in for him.

E&S just said the reports we had agreed everything and he was our player were wide of the mark. They didn't actually say he isn't a target.

A lot of the Mexican press seem convinced he will sign for us. Not sure if that is them wanting him to join to Raul or they know something though

 

[machin05]

Not sure why people are drawing correlations with a shirt launch and signing players.

I was just thinking that.

 

[White Wolf]

You can't still believe that?

Don't see any reason not to believe it. All the reports were that Cocu pulled the plug at the last minute.

PSV had sorted their replacement by buying some Argie striker for €10m in December which explains why Locadia left in the following window.

 

[sycophantia]

Thought Cav was our most clinical finisher first half of last season, thought we'd keep him with the extra games even with a forward coming in, must mean we have 2 forwards in the can surely?