Nunes to City

[Hawkguy]

Wolves have their right, for sure, but the player also has his rights to not be forced to stay where he doesn't wish to be.

At the end of the day this is still employment.

Well hopefully if he's not transferred, they just suspend him without pay for 4 years.

 

[sc91]

that's as tenuous as saying football clubs should be run as businesses.

The sad reality these days, they are, see our continue ticket price rises as an example.

 

[SilverstoneWolf]

Wolves have their right, for sure, but the player also has his rights to not be forced to stay where he doesn't wish to be.

At the end of the day this is still employment.

'forced to stay'...?? So what is the point of a 4 year contract? It guarantees him his job and wages. He didn't HAVE to sign it. He wanted the security of a 4 year contract ... and so did the club. Takes two to tango.

Whoever has advised him to do this is a numpty. Unless it is Citeh themselves who have suggested it, I cannot see Pep being anything other than hugely underwhelmed by a player showing this degree of commitment to his club and his team-mates.

Wouldn't surprise me if Citeh withdraw the offer and walk away.

 

[Eastyorksyeltz]

The sad reality these days, they are, see our continue ticket price rises as an example.

The whole idea of professional football always was that it was run as a business. Nothing has changed, just the numbers are bigger.

 

[Bradstonian]

Tell ‘em to forget it and at the same time demand we take Steve Daley back. Play hard-ball.

 

[BillyBoots]

Only striker we've got

 

[WolfInSheep'sClothing]

Ahhhh so disappointing that Nunes is doing this. I mean, what’s the point in leaving under such a cloud. Just be professional and let the two clubs sort things between them.

I hate to say this but this is just part of being a premier league club in the 21st century and having talented players.

 

[SilverstoneWolf]

Stopping training could also mean 'I'm as good as signed now, i don't want the deal to fall through by picking up a knock and spoil things for both parties'.

Not sure if it compares to Hennessey's no show tbh

Let us hope it is as simple as this - in which case it is presumably sanctioned by the club (who also don't want the deal to fall through??). If the club apply disciplinary measures I think we can assume they did NOT sanction.

 

[Ches78]

Similar to Guedes I never really thought his heart was in it - just a stepping stone to greater things. I guess might have stayed on if we weren't in such a mess and in another season focused on survival. Part of me can't blame him for wanting out, especially to City, but then compare his attitude to someone like Neves - poles apart. Let's get rid now and try to use whatever money to strengthen the squad with players who want to be here, even when we're in the ****.

 

[northnorfolkwolf]

We were a shambles of a club and now this just makes everything worse. If this drags on we have open disharmony in the dressing room and with the window closing less and less time to bring in new recruits (that is if any players following this would want to come here?) What a ****ing load of crap.

 

[Oh When the Wolves]

We need replacements in tomorrow or Wednesday. No excuses

 

[Wolf in Kenilworth]

McAtee being offered allegedly.

 

[bigbluewolf]

£50/£60/£70/£80m. Doesn’t make a difference. I can’t see the club spending any of it on a replacement.

 

[Eastyorksyeltz]

Well hopefully if he's not transferred, they just suspend him without pay for 4 years.

Alternatively he, his agent, or someone else, pays up the full value of his contract. He's not a slave he has a choice. The transfer fee is a consideration in respect of termination of the contract and registration of the player. He or City need to pay up or shut up.

 

[OLDGOLD]

If he has thrown his toys out of the pram he is dead to me.

 

[Monketron]

£60m is still too low. If it was the start of the window then sure. But right now I want £80m with how the midfielder market looks. CPFC want £120m for Eze who's Nunes alternative.... It's not like they're going to refuse to pay £80m for Nunes and then go out and pay the £120m for Eze. They're just waiting for us to blink because they know Fosun want the money.

Nunes hasn't had the impact yet to demand a fee in the £80m+ bracket imo. Maybe if we took a gamble and held on for another 12 months he might, but we have to accept he had a mid-year at best last season, even if he improved near the end of it. A big part of that is how much the team in general struggled but when you compare him to Eze / Caicedo etc they were on another level performance wise.

Neves was the player we really should have got that £80m bid for but, for whatever reason, while teams like Man Utd / Barca flirted with the idea for years, nothing ever happened.

 

[Cookyssweetleftfoot]

I never want someone like him and Guedes anywhere near the club again
These Portuguese lot peaked at Neves and Jota

Funny how most said Sa and Semedo were the stand outs at Everton.

 

[Parkfieldswolf]

Well, I do apologize for getting heated. But I'm sick of people treating Wolves like trash. People who actually get to be at there. It frustrates me because I would to step into Molineux just once.

I don't mind being a stepping stone for bigger teams. Obviously I know that's going to happen. But I extremely dislike people who show zero integrity.

If it comes out this is bull**** and he's still training with the team. I will gladly eat my words and be disappointed with myself for jumping to conclusions.

I’m with you Hawkguy maybe not in the strong name calling but I have zero time for people with no integrity. Whether that be footballers to politicians to anyone in fact.

 

[Wombat]

Like many other players, Nunes sees Wolves as a way into the prem and onto a decent club. Jota is a great example; he was an okay player at Wolves and very good at Liverpool.
So-called financial fair play is quite the opposite. It is time to break the power of the top 6 or 8 teams and level up the division. Other elite leagues worldwide do this with reverse drafts and spending caps decreasing from the lowest upwards, for example.

 

[WolfInSheep'sClothing]

Well hopefully if he's not transferred, they just suspend him without pay for 4 years.

Then he becomes a shining example of why you shouldn't go to wolves.
This was always going to happen. People don't like it, but it's just part of modern football. It is probably what the guys with links to Man City meant when they were confident of pushing through a deal.
Personally I'd give him the week off so he can't play that hand.

 

[A wanderer from Bristol]

McAtee being offered allegedly

Where's this being reported? Might oil the wheels

 

[WolfInSheep'sClothing]

Nunes hasn't had the impact yet to demand a fee in the £80m+ bracket imo. Maybe if we took a gamble and held on for another 12 months he might, but we have to accept he had a mid-year at best last season, even if he improved near the end of it. A big part of that is how much the team in general struggled but when you compare him to Eze / Caicedo etc they were on another level performance wise.

Neves was the player we really should have got that £80m bid for but, for whatever reason, while teams like Man Utd / Barca flirted with the idea for years, nothing ever happened.

It's not about how much he is worth, it is about the timing more than anything. We can't expect anything except desperate replacements.

 

[Cookyssweetleftfoot]

Well hopefully if he's not transferred, they just suspend him without pay for 4 years.

What a great idea.
Will definitely encourage more players to make the move to us.

 

[Oldgold Wolfcub]

We removed the release clause in his contract in January, generally under the understanding that if a CL club come into him that we wouldn't stand into his way. CL champions have and in his eyes, we are standing in his way, granted the market has changed, as evident enough that if you go back to the end of last season selling him for such a price would be considered a good deal.

All this has to be in the context that he joined Wolves as a stepping stone as was made clear when he signed. I don't doubt this was the vision that was sold to him.

I can't really get on board with criticism for him and his actions

Footballers of his standing have advisors who are supposed to act in his best interest. If he was badly advised he should look to them.
The way that Jlo and Nunes have behaved shows no respect for the paying fans even if they feel let down by the club's owners.

 

[GuzzWolf]

Shows the immaturity of the player. Pep would not think such behaviour very professional and funny if they withdraw the bid. This is all so wrong in football. What happened to integrity of clubs and players?

 

[Wolf316]

Where's this being reported? Might oil the wheels

Alan Nixon on twitter

 

[SuperGran]

Alan Nixon on twitter

Alan is a pretty good source

 

[A wanderer from Bristol]

Alan Nixon on twitter

Thank you (no idea who he is though ). I'll have a look

 

[Kebab Warrior]

Stick him in the reserves.

Honestly think it’s smoke and mirrors, we’re flogging him but happy for fans to label him a Judas

 

[xbomber]

It really is very simple. This late in the day they simply need to pay the very clear asking price, plus £1.5 million to compensate for Blob Taylor, or go away.

 

[Tring Wolf]

The thing is though, we had very little leverage here, even before this leaked out.

We’ve already bought in more than £80m from sales this Summer yet are still relying on another club-record sale before we can even look at completing a £8m deal for a fairly decent centre-back that we have been chasing all Summer and desperately need.

The club want/need this sale as much, if not more than Nunes. As much as I would personally rather Nunes stay than us just bring in 2-3 squad players that pad out numbers but don’t strengthen the starting XI, it’s in everyone’s interest that cooler heads prevail and get this deal sorted.

Then it’s over to the club to get players of the required quality in. If we don’t, we’ll be very close to going down.

 

[JamesWolves]

Alan is a pretty good source

Thought he's been crap for years ?

 

[ToastedWanderer]

So, Loppy had one last lesson for Nunes, how to lob his rattle out of his pram..

 

[A wanderer from Bristol]

Honestly think it’s smoke and mirrors, we’re flogging him but happy for fans to label him a Judas

Sure deflects the anger away from the management of a club for a few days

 

[sc91]

Honestly think it’s smoke and mirrors, we’re flogging him but happy for fans to label him a Judas

Think how prickly Nuno was, but only once he left.

 

[mcwolf]

here's hoping the Saudi's come in with a ridiculous 100m bid and **** on cities chips

 

[SuperGran]

Thought he's been crap for years ?

Was right on collins that all I can remember

 

[Hawkguy]

What a great idea.
Will definitely encourage more players to make the move to us.

It was clearly a joke. But still, screw him.

 

[Hawkguy]

I’m with you Hawkguy maybe not in the strong name calling but I have zero time for people with no integrity. Whether that be footballers to politicians to anyone in fact.

Yeah, I was bit over the top, but I angry. I just hate that kind of behaviour.

 

[SuperGran]

So, Loppy had one last lesson for Nunes, how to lob his rattle out of his pram..

Yes. What to do when you don’t get your own way.