January 2024 transfer window thread.

[Mile End Wanderer]

He’s a winger/wingback and won’t join until the summer.

We also have a player from Brazil, lined up for the summer apparently. Good times ahead

 

[Sheffield Wolf]

We also have a player from Brazil, lined up for the summer apparently. Good times ahead

Last couple of Brazilians seem to be working out ok.

 

[Northampton_wolf]

We also have a player from Brazil, lined up for the summer apparently. Good times ahead

Veiga?

 

[MattH]

Taken from braga forum. Dampens expectations and gives me vinagre vibes.



"It seems like an excellent sale to me, especially if we keep a percentage of the pass.
I believe that AJ and the current system are to be maintained and I don't see Rodrigo Gomes fitting well in any position.
He doesn't have what it takes to play in an attacking position here (at least to be a first and good option) and the full-back in a four-man defense I have a lot of doubts about. He is a player who runs a lot and still often makes bad decisions. He is capable of providing a lot of width and depth, but it doesn't seem to me that he is capable of providing great guarantees in the rest (defending, coming from behind, thinking and pausing the game more).
At Estoril he is playing in the ideal position for him (winger in a system with three central defenders), he has a lot of space to run… it is the ideal context for his characteristics, it was impossible to do better."

Confirms he's great as a wing back so seems a good option for us.

 

[Wolf316]

Veiga?

Vic or Vinny?

 

[Northampton_wolf]

Confirms he's great as a wing back so seems a good option for us.

Perfect fit for our current system

 

[Wolf316]

We also have a player from Brazil, lined up for the summer apparently. Good times ahead

Gabigol is out of contract in the summer.

 

[Loojay]

Gabigol is out of contract in the summer.

We don't want him, he's a *****

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Veiga?

What was said….. “Wolves have been extensively watching some players in Brazil. One ready made for the summer window”

I see Morgan Whittaker has scored again loooool

 

[Northampton_wolf]

What was said….. “Wolves have been extensively watching some players in Brazil. One ready made for the summer window”

I see Morgan Whittaker has scored again loooool

I'm sure it's Gabriel veiga.

Yes Whittaker on fire

 

[NothingButNeto]

What was said….. “Wolves have been extensively watching some players in Brazil. One ready made for the summer window”

Why would we wait for the summer when their season restarts in January?

 

[Skrilla]

Why would we wait for the summer when their season restarts in January?

A bit like with the apparent Gomes deal, with our situation we can perhaps line deals up now, let them play out their seasons and get them in the summer. Maybe Hobbs is looking ahead to next season rather than rushing into anything in this window. Sign players now that they think will increase their stock between now and the summer, and let them play out the season in their respective leagues.

We're sitting quite comfortably at the moment and playing good football, is a European push realistic now? I think it's still a very long shot with sides like Newcastle, Brighton, Chelsea that should only improve.

 

[NothingButNeto]

A bit like with the apparent Gomes deal, with our situation we can perhaps line deals up now, let them play out their seasons and get them in the summer. Maybe Hobbs is looking ahead to next season rather than rushing into anything in this window. Sign players now that they think will increase their stock between now and the summer, and let them play out the season in their respective leagues.

Right, but their season is over now. So it makes less sense for us to let them play the first half of a season for their Brazilian club and then have them pick up and come join us in the summer.

 

[Darvo]

A bit like with the apparent Gomes deal, with our situation we can perhaps line deals up now, let them play out their seasons and get them in the summer. Maybe Hobbs is looking ahead to next season rather than rushing into anything in this window. Sign players now that they think will increase their stock between now and the summer, and let them play out the season in their respective leagues.

We're sitting quite comfortably at the moment and playing good football, is a European push realistic now? I think it's still a very long shot with sides like Newcastle, Brighton, Chelsea that should only improve.

I think it’s a long shot (Europe) … but the quality of our team against an admittedly poor Everton does give some grounds for genuine optimism.

 

[Aurum Lupus]

He was involved in all 3 goals on Saturday, I particularly liked his part in the first. He reverse passed back towards the corner instead of the safe option of passing back to a defender.

I dont think I've seen enough praise for him. It was his passing ability that really helped us play that way. I'm not sure any of our other players allow us to play that way.

 

[JohnB]

I think it’s a long shot (Europe) … but the quality of our team against an admittedly poor Everton does give some grounds for genuine optimism.

If VAR evens itself out as everyone says it will then we’re on 35 points…..dreaming is for free.

 

[SB_Upper]

https://x.com/Aljeeves/status/1741874013771612425?s=20

On Rodrigo Gomes

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Take most stuff with pinch of salt but will always tell folk.

I reckon Hobbs met Guo last week big plans for next season. (They may invest again)

I see the Rodrigo Gomes signing as replacement potentially for Neto but think of the Neto money….. We will have good things coming our way. If he goes Man City we are talking good money up front again

Anyway let’s just enjoy the here and now.

 

[MattH]

Take most stuff with pinch of salt but will always tell folk.

I reckon Hobbs met Guo last week big plans for next season. (They may invest again)

I see the Rodrigo Gomes signing as replacement potentially for Neto but think of the Neto money….. We will have good things coming our way. If he goes Man City we are talking good money up front again

Anyway let’s just enjoy the here and now.

Could you see City going for Neto? He's struggled when not playing as a fairly conventional winger and I doubt he'd be able to do that under Pep.

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Could you see City going for Neto? He's struggled when not playing as a fairly conventional winger and I doubt he'd be able to do that under Pep.

They’ve asked the question if he would be interested in going there…(on socials) hopefully be a bidding war on this one….

 

[Ponty]

Could you see City going for Neto? He's struggled when not playing as a fairly conventional winger and I doubt he'd be able to do that under Pep.

If the fee is based on the fee for Nunes and their respective abilities Neto goes for more than £150m. I could live with that!

 

[MattH]

If the fee is based on the fee for Nunes and their respective abilities Neto goes for more than £150m. I could live with that!

Oh aye, if they want to pay anything above £75m then I think he would be a brilliant fit for their squad and take them to the next level.

 

[Skrilla]

Right, but their season is over now. So it makes less sense for us to let them play the first half of a season for their Brazilian club and then have them pick up and come join us in the summer.

True, but their season starts in April again, so a full preseason and 2-3 months out there before joining us is probably better than sitting on our bench/U23's though.

 

[Hsvwolf]

Oh aye, if they want to pay anything above £75m then I think he would be a brilliant fit for their squad and take them to the next level.

This is why I hate transfer windows …… what about trying to keep him as long as possible and take us to our next level..,. A fit and firing Neto is irreplaceable

 

[Ponty]

This is why I hate transfer windows …… what about trying to keep him as long as possible and take us to our next level..,. A fit and firing Neto is irreplaceable

Nobody wants him to leave but it’s our business model. Just to cheer you up remember we won three games over Xmas without him playing anything but a very minor role against Everton so there would be life after he left.

 

[Hsvwolf]

Nobody wants him to leave but it’s our business model. Just to cheer you up remember we won three games over Xmas without him playing anything but a very minor role against Everton so there would be life after he left.

Remember we have no Ait Nouri , Lemina , Traore or Hwang for potentially the whole of January, so even considering letting him go in January would be madness

 

[SuperGran]

Remember we have no Ait Nouri , Lemina , Traore or Hwang for potentially the whole of January, so even considering letting him go in January would be madness

Why no lemina
We only play two games in jan too

 

[Hsvwolf]

Why no lemina
We only play two games in jan too

That’s okay then …. Move him on then mid season just when we’ve got some momentum going on which he can only improve …..

 

[cannockwolves]

Maybe with all these summer payments for January signings we are actually spending the Neto money before people see we are rolling in it?

I can't see Neto going in January, but I expect him to attract big bids in the summer.

 

[GoldenHorseshoe]

Oh aye, if they want to pay anything above £75m then I think he would be a brilliant fit for their squad and take them to the next level.

Take them (city) to the next level?

I thought they were already at the next level.

 

[AndyWolves]

If someone comes in with big enough money neto is going, there isn't a single thing we can do to stop that, and to pretend otherwise is disingenuous.

What we can do is plan for this event, that's within our control.

 

[MattH]

Take them (city) to the next level?

I thought they were already at the next level.

Sshhh do you want them to pay top dollar for Neto or not?

 

[GoldenHorseshoe]

Sshhh do you want them to pay top dollar for Neto or not?

Me and my big mouth.

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Me and my big mouth.

He’s going to be hard to replace whoever we bring in. If we get anything over €70m be an amazing deal. For us Mendes and keeping the champions sweet. We can maybe take another one of their youth products? Doyle wasn’t bad either

 

[Bill McCai]

https://x.com/SkyJohnnyP/status/1741902328901337424?s=20

 

[Matt]

We were interested in McAtee from City weren't we. Could possibly be part of any Neto deal in the summer.

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

We were interested in McAtee from City weren't we. Could possibly be part of any Neto deal in the summer.

What a shout that is

 

[Glow69]

Cant see anyone going for Neto till the summer. Obvs his a worldie for us put still has alot prove with his body and wether it can hold up to warrant someone coming in for 80m plus.

 

[Bradstonian]

It’s amazing how we worry about losing players that we sell for a big profit, and then mysteriously are in the same situation just a year or two later, with others in such demand. Almost as if our recruitment policy is doing really well.

 

[The Wolf In The North]

We can't sign another Gomes. It's already a nightmare on the predicted line up threads with Toti and João. Will someone please think of the forum posters for once.

We all dream of a team of Tres Gomes