The Summer 2025 Transfer Window Thread

[Tredman]

I don't mind that so much, our previous data analysts were a bunch of nepo babies IIRC

 

[basher]

I've said it before but it's pathetic that they're still tied to Mendes after a near 10 years running the club.

Great to get the ball moving in the first instance... but just a fuckin drain on resources since and denuded of quality year on year...

 

[Lycan]

This bit is absolutely insane in 2025

I'd be stunned if this wasn't Keen either guessing, misspeaking or grossly misunderstanding how things are done both at Wolves and elsewhere.

I've got no issue with how we identify players. It's the actual negotiation which seems to be the problem.

 

[pavlosmacwolf]

Chairman Go's wife owns a chunk of Gestifute does she not?

 

[AndyWolves]

This bit is absolutely insane in 2025

you sure m8? we bought the quickest player in serie A! Speed is a metric!

 

[basher]

When agents fees were discussed on this thread, Post in thread 'The Transfer Thread 2024/25 - Everything Not Wolves' https://www.wolvesforum.co.uk/threa...4-25-everything-not-wolves.38544/post-1786765 ,

Even though Mendes isn't named in person it's still "him" in effect.

 

[Law's Bus]

Chairman Go's wife owns a chunk of Gestifute does she not?

No. She owned Grasshoppers Zurich.

Guo owns part of Gestifute personally - Fosun do not own any part of Gestifute, despite constant media reports otherwise from journalists who should know better.

 

[Muscat]

This bit is absolutely insane in 2025

Shows how naive, stupid and arrogant we are to think we can do what Brentford and Brighton do but without the tools that are essential to making it work. It's clear that we want to move towards a self-sustaining model, but it's infuriating that there are actual, real-life examples of this being achievable by clubs of a lesser stature in the league we're in and we simply refuse to explore this as an option.

 

[Jinky]

https://www.smry.ai/proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Farticle-15057399%2FInside-Wolves-summer-insiders-optimistic-business-big-concern-regrets-Rayan-Ait-Nouri-Vitor-Pereira.html

All the stuff about RAN & Semedo just had me sat here shaking my head. So if there’s any truth in all this, they openly admit they let RAN go too quickly and didn’t get enough. Then the whole Semedo situation just sounds ridiculous.

I’m also slightly concerned by some of the stuff coming out about Vitor. Accepting players that he’s never met, not realising we had a player on loan who he can now use, bleating on in every presser for a month about needing a midfielder, then actively declining one - all after giving the nod to let others go. Stating he’ll play Krejci there. We all laughed when it came out that he could play multiple positions and said “bet that one signing counts as two/three”. Now they’re literally saying that. Vítor needs to get his head down and get a tune out of this squad now, given how much influence he’s got. Quite right the new deal/contract has been shelved. We’re bottom of the table with 0 points - go win some games.

Also crazy that it’s being suggested JSL could have played v Everton but we chose not to because of all the Newcastle noise. What’s the worst that could have happened if he played an hour? Instead we go with Hwang & Munetsi in the front line.

The way the club is being ran is completely and utterly baffling. This isn’t new news, though.

 

[1986]

What is the update on Enso Gonzalez does anyone know ?

Still injured ?

 

[Wolf Hunting]

What is the update on Enso Gonzalez does anyone know ?

Still injured ?

Is he the short wunderkid we got from Uruguay who got injured pretty damn fast?
I was just about to ask about him!! (Beat me to it 1986!)
Are there any other 'kids'/men we bought back a while who we thought at the time should (by now) be coming good?

 

[Wilf Wolf]

The fact JSL didn’t play but could have makes me wonder if they hoped Newcastle would come back with an offer they couldn’t refuse. Apparently the Palace manager Glasner told the owners that if they sold Guehi without a replacement he would walk so be nice to see them do well in Europe this year.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

The fact JSL didn’t play but could have makes me wonder if they hoped Newcastle would come back with an offer they couldn’t refuse.

I wonder how motivated these players are going to be with all the noise coming out of the club lately.

 

[Del Woppio]

Morale must be through the floor tbf

 

[Wilf Wolf]

I wonder how motivated these players are going to be with all the noise coming out of the club lately.

Be nice to think they’ll play out of their skins to secure a move to club that matches their ambition. History suggests that whilst some might more will sulk. I’m pretty sure most know they’ll get a move of some sort if we’re relegated so it won’t bother them as much as us.

 

[Wellen Wolf]

I would imagine that Andre and Gomes will make a real effort at some stage having been dropped by Ancelotti from the Brazil squad for the upcoming WC 26 qualifiers.

 

[big mean bunny]

I bet it's VHS too

If you watch a certain cursed tape, then within two weeks Mendes will appear at your house and follow you around for a bit. Meddling in all your business and trying to broker deals for everything you try to buy from the corner shop and demanding a percentage for doing so.

 

[North Yorks Wolf]

All the stuff about RAN & Semedo just had me sat here shaking my head. So if there’s any truth in all this, they openly admit they let RAN go too quickly and didn’t get enough. Then the whole Semedo situation just sounds ridiculous.

I’m also slightly concerned by some of the stuff coming out about Vitor. Accepting players that he’s never met, not realising we had a player on loan who he can now use, bleating on in every presser for a month about needing a midfielder, then actively declining one - all after giving the nod to let others go. Stating he’ll play Krejci there. We all laughed when it came out that he could play multiple positions and said “bet that one signing counts as two/three”. Now they’re literally saying that. Vítor needs to get his head down and get a tune out of this squad now, given how much influence he’s got. Quite right the new deal/contract has been shelved. We’re bottom of the table with 0 points - go win some games.

Also crazy that it’s being suggested JSL could have played v Everton but we chose not to because of all the Newcastle noise. What’s the worst that could have happened if he played an hour? Instead we go with Hwang & Munetsi in the front line.

The way the club is being ran is completely and utterly baffling. This isn’t new news, though.

It's been a thing in the game for many years now that managers/coaches don't meet new signings in person before they actually sign. From the introductory videos Vitor at least appears to have spoken to them before they signed. For many managers even that doesn't happen.

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

Mendes was absolutely essential to our success when fosun took over. Without him we could never have dreamt of players like Neves.
More recently our ties to him have become a hindrance, not a help.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Mendes has a duty to get the best possible deal for his clients so he’s hardly going to be encouraging them to join low paying Wolves who’s only ambition is to come 17th. The way we operate now makes him pointless.