Tommy Doyle

[Monketron]

Tommy Doyle: Wolves to sign Manchester City midfielder permanently on 1 July

Wolves will make the signing of Manchester City midfielder Tommy Doyle permanent for a fee of just under £5m on 1 July.

www.bbc.co.uk

Random day to announce it but good to know it's fact now. Even if we all knew it was gonna happen.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1786304691246072208

 

[SuperGran]

We will miss him against city

Boubs will do ok

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Why? They bought Nunes for 10x that and he's half the player

Two different types of midfielders

50%! Sell on & buy back clause for city. They can’t lose really.

 

[Werewolf of Wombourne]

Absolute steal.

 

[Timberwolf]

Probably the most sensible transfer Jeff will ever make. Fully deserved.

 

[Jawwfc]

Absolute no brainer, a 22 year old English Premier League level midfielder for £5m is brilliant business.

 

[Starsky]

Great news. Proper player and character.

 

[SuperGran]

Great news. Proper player and character.

Future captain I’m sure of it

 

[nomadwolf]

Doyle | ‘It’s exciting to be part of this journey’

From early on this season, Tommy Doyle knew Wolves was the best place for the next stage of his career and that will continue after the summer, with the...

www.wolves.co.uk

Hobbs | 'He’s a fraction of the player he will be'

Matt Hobbs says the way Tommy Doyle has conducted himself off the pitch and his progression and potential on it make him the perfect fit for Wolves.

www.wolves.co.uk

 

[Fenrir_]

No brainer move really

Doyle is good for under £5m, right now he's the kind of player who'd look brilliant in the Championship but so so in the PL. Good passer of the ball but needs to add more. Looking forward to seeing how he develops and if he can force his way into the team

 

[WickedWolfie]

Random day to announce it but good to know it's fact now. Even if we all knew it was gonna happen.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1786304691246072208

Needed some good news before the ST renewal prices are revealed....

 

[FJRWolf]

No brainer for the price, great option or cover in midfield and if he doesn't work out flip him for a profit.
Don't think he would have started Saturday, we'll need the mobility and athleticism of Lemina, Gomes and Bouba for that one.

 

[Big Saft Kid]

Good player who will get better. Still only 22

 

[Ned]

It still feels like great news even though we knew it was going to happen anyway!!

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Doyle | ‘It’s exciting to be part of this journey’

From early on this season, Tommy Doyle knew Wolves was the best place for the next stage of his career and that will continue after the summer, with the...

www.wolves.co.uk

Hobbs | 'He’s a fraction of the player he will be'

Matt Hobbs says the way Tommy Doyle has conducted himself off the pitch and his progression and potential on it make him the perfect fit for Wolves.

www.wolves.co.uk

Hobbs sounds very happy with him

 

[clivewolves]

I like him. Good signing. He comes across as a bit of leader as well.

 

[Scallywolf]

Two different types of midfielders

50%! Sell on & buy back clause for city. They can’t lose really.

That’ll be £25million for us and £25million for them, then.

Happy with that.

 

[Scallywolf]

At last. Some decent early transfer news.

Another 4 quality signings, with no outgoings and I’ll be more than happy.

 

[Clifton Wolf]

How long is his contract?

 

[Scallywolf]

How long is his contract?

Signed till 2028, with a 2 year option after that.

 

[Monketron]

At last. Some decent early transfer news.

Another 4 quality signings, with no outgoings and I’ll be more than happy.

Scallywolf in a few months:

 

[Clifton Wolf]

Two different types of midfielders

50%! Sell on & buy back clause for city. They can’t lose really.

I've got a solution to this.....sell him to Grasshoppers for £500k, sign him back for £500k and then sell him for £50m!

 

[Wolf in Kenilworth]

Was always going to happen.
City done us a favour with the low price and agree to the loan so it wasn’t in this years books.

Doyle is a lovely little player. If he had a touch more pace he’d be worth much more and probably still be at City.

 

[Norman Bell]

Needed some good news before the ST renewal prices are revealed....

You are nothing but a cynical curmudgeon .................................... Which is why I agree with 99.9 % of your posts

 

[lets all have a disco]

And they say we never announce anything early.....

Mind you it was done last summer wasn't it.

So technically it's another late announcement...

 

[Mardenboroughs Shoulder]

There's only one Tommy Doyle!!! Welcome (again) to Wolves!

 

[Wolf in the Lions' Den]

With impeccable timing, The Athletic have a decent piece today on why the player we swapped him for has underperformed so far at Man City (paywalled but the TLDR is: moments of brilliance amid a fair number of areas to improve to move up Pep's pecking order)

Matheus Nunes is not another Kalvin Phillips - but he needs to step up next season

The midfielder fits the Manchester City mould in theory, but he has not yet be trusted in the biggest games by Pep Guardiola

theathletic.com

 

[Mardenboroughs Shoulder]

And important stadium redevelopment news, Jeff has sent Johny Richards down to B&Q to use his pensioners discount to acquire 10 tins of Dulux Butter Biscuit gloss for the Steve Bull stand!

 

[clivewolves]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1786321369027825729

 

[Scallywolf]

Scallywolf in a few months:

He’s better looking than me as well!

 

[Monketron]

With impeccable timing, The Athletic have a decent piece today on why the player we swapped him for has underperformed so far at Man City (paywalled but the TLDR is: moments of brilliance amid a fair number of areas to improve to move up Pep's pecking order)

Matheus Nunes is not another Kalvin Phillips - but he needs to step up next season

The midfielder fits the Manchester City mould in theory, but he has not yet be trusted in the biggest games by Pep Guardiola

theathletic.com

I feel he was never suited to the way City play (or rather, how teams play against City). Nunes strengths are that he is really good at taking the ball near his own box with his back to goal and finding a way to withstand the press on him while having the ability to carry the ball up the pitch. But who plays this way against City? who's pressing them up the pitch and risking a big gap behind them for him to run into?

Even the top teams like Arsenal and Real Madrid didn't do this and preferred to hit them on the break instead. I always thought it was a weird purchase by Pep, he seemed to be obsessed with him ever since he played well against them for Sporting.

 

[Sussex Wolf]

With impeccable timing, The Athletic have a decent piece today on why the player we swapped him for has underperformed so far at Man City (paywalled but the TLDR is: moments of brilliance amid a fair number of areas to improve to move up Pep's pecking order)

Matheus Nunes is not another Kalvin Phillips - but he needs to step up next season

The midfielder fits the Manchester City mould in theory, but he has not yet be trusted in the biggest games by Pep Guardiola

theathletic.com

Interesting article. Also good to see that Pep’s reservations around using Nunes more, that he tends to give the ball away more than others in his squad, are similar to reservations expressed during his brief time at Wolves. On the positive side, it’s clear that his strengths of taking the ball and opening up tight defences are those which likely attracted Wolves. Used like that, alongside Cunha, and they could have been a lethal combination. But given the deal we got for him, I’m not complaining about his departure.

 

[Aurum Lupus]

Does this mean he can play against City tomorrow? Would explain the strange timing

 

[Aimless Balls]

We knew Nunes wouldn’t work there because we actually watched him play. All talent, no skill, and none of the 4 managers he had here trusted him in the middle of anything.

We also knew that even Citeh valued Doyle at ~ £15m but the number was low as part of the deal, they’re not that stupid.

The news to me is city’s buy-back clause on Doyle that they can trigger this summer or next. Keen got half of something here, he still needs to wriggle inside the club a bit more. Have to know the number.

 

[iamthenewno2]

Does this mean he can play against City tomorrow? Would explain the strange timing

No, still on loan officially.

 

[old wittonian]

We knew Nunes wouldn’t work there because we actually watched him play. All talent, no skill, and none of the 4 managers he had here trusted him in the middle of anything.

We also knew that even Citeh valued Doyle at ~ £15m but the number was low as part of the deal, they’re not that stupid.

The news to me is city’s buy-back clause on Doyle that they can trigger this summer or next. Keen got half of something here, he still needs to wriggle inside the club a bit more. Have to know the number.

I wonder if we can but out the buy back clause?

 

[JamesWolves]

And they say we never announce anything early.....

Mind you it was done last summer wasn't it.

So technically it's another late announcement...

So should I be happy ?

Should I be outraged ?

Or should I be mildly annoyed at the announcement ?

 

[Aimless Balls]

I wonder if we can but out the buy back clause?

Good question. Id also like to know how it actually works, would they need to declare their intentions to trigger it before each window opened or could they just swoop in and scupper any deal or what. Honestly, who does a buy-back clause!

 

[Aimless Balls]

So should I be happy ?

Should I be outraged ?

Or should I be mildly annoyed at the announcement ?

We announced the Hwang one early. Let the club announce him 3 times and the last two he was like a new signing.

 

[Plastic Shrapnel]

The good thing about this signing, and the Joao Gomes signing is that it offers a club to aspiring young English talent (Brazilian in Gomes' case) to have faith in that they'll get game time, play in a team that plays decent football and more importantly offers an avenue of Premier League exposure and development.

Signings like this nudge other players in our direction.