Nunes to City

[NottsWolves]

Love BBC stating that Nunes was excellent steering us away from relegation last season. Talking up the bang average midfielder because he's signing for City.

Predictable.

The midfielder who saved us last season??? Step forward Neves. A player who will always be welcomed and goes down as a legend!

Nunes, simply passed through.

 

[theweave]

Does it really matter how much we got? What matters is who comes in before the end of the window

 

[Wolf 82]

It seems an extra fee has been technically added with the cheap deals for Doyle and Bueno

I suspect it made more sense for us to do this than show big profit, what with Sportings sell-on clause being profit based.

 

[Adrian_Monk]

Whether we got a good deal or not here is basically dependent on whether Doyle and Bueno go on to deliver for us. If they do, it's a decent deal, if they don't, it's a mistake. Let's reserve judgement until then.

 

[Burford T Justice]

If he even makes their squad!

I reckon he could do more for City than Doyle does for us

 

[WolvesAndCows]

Does it really matter how much we got? What matters is who comes in before the end of the window

Of course it matters

 

[maws]

The midfielder who saved us last season??? Step forward Neves. A player who will always be welcomed and goes down as a legend!

Nunes, simply passed through.

People still underestimate how good Neves was as a player and as a person, he’s up there as a true legend

 

[the 15th Wanderer]

I suspect it made more sense for us to do this than show big profit, what with Sportings sell-on clause being profit based.

Exactly

 

[Lobo de Ouro]

People still underestimate how good Neves was as a player and as a person, he’s up there as a true legend

Almost Bully level legend for me.

 

[Wolfy McWolf-Face]

Almost Bully level legend for me.

I only caught the end of Bully. Neves the king for me!

 

[MasWolf]

The more I read about this deal, the more I don't like it (from what they are saying om Sky). Of course we don't know the full details. However, due to Nunes' idiotic behaviour, he essentially forced our hand - which is how player power has got these days it seems.

On the plus side, if we invest this money wisely it could turn out to be a great thing for us. Only time will tell.

 

[WolfInSheep'sClothing]

Yeah - I assume they're viewing last season as a one off. Don't get me wrong, I think there is a cracking player in nunes. It's just a shame we never saw it.

Personally I think we did. I think people expecting a different player to the one he is.
It has done my nut in how we have used him.

 

[theweave]

Of course it matters

Why?

 

[WolfInSheep'sClothing]

People still underestimate how good Neves was as a player and as a person, he’s up there as a true legend

I don't. He's a massive miss for us this season. There has been times where our midfielders have tried to hit switch passes and it has been hilariously bad.

 

[EastDorsetWolf]

Man City will always play it as if they got the better deal. We will probably never know. Doyle for £5m was most likely the sweetener and who knows if they had a hand in the smooth signing (hopefully!) of Bueno.

 

[Sussex Wolf]

I suspect it made more sense for us to do this than show big profit, what with Sportings sell-on clause being profit based.

Good point

 

[Urko]

Remind me not to give Jeff £20 to go and get the chips.

As you don’t know what he’ll come back with.

 

[Leominster_Wolf]

Sadly he won't though will he. He'll get the odd boo but that'll be it. Molineux is about as intimidating as Waitrose these days.

Waitrose intimidates me - have you seen their prices!!

 

[stever]

Waitrose intimidates me - have you seen their prices!!

It's 20 quid just to walk in there now

 

[OLDGOLD]

Make no mistake ......he'll get it big time .

He won't. He won't even make it onto their subs bench....

 

[OLDGOLD]

People still underestimate how good Neves was as a player and as a person, he’s up there as a true legend

I'll bite. Good loyal servant who stayed with us for longer than we all thought he would, and seemed to love the club, fans and area, ut also part of a turgid, sideways moving, negative midfield for the last 2 years.

 

[Hawkguy]

Sell Doyle straight to Sheffield for £15m

Why? He's good. And we'd only make 5 million.

 

[YouGottaRaulWithIt]

60m with add ons plus Doyle at a cut price and obvs the Bueno is something to do with it. Not bad.

Its not though is it.

 

[Wolf in Kenilworth]

So Nunes for £60 million (ish if the moon aligns with Pluto, there’s a favourable exchange rate and it’s 8am in New Zealand) and Cole Palmer is £45 million.

 

[Mardenboroughs Shoulder]

Last year I thought he played within himself and was not the same player as at Sporting. The talk of a pre agreement to sell him on in Summer 2023 to Liverpool for an agreed fee didn't help to shake this belief. It will be interesting to see which player shows up at City.

 

[Wiltshire Wolfie]

Get Kevin Muscat out of retirement for when we play Citeh and he can "do a Bellamy" on Nunes, worth a red card...

 

[goldeneyed]

Truth is no one on this site has a clue what the price is or how the deal is structured.
Most important aspect is we look like the squad size is increasing.

Never mind the quality feel the width....

 

[YouGottaRaulWithIt]

So Nunes for £60 million (ish if the moon aligns with Pluto, there’s a favourable exchange rate and it’s 8am in New Zealand) and Coke Palmer is £45 million.

Coke Palmer? Have City rebranded him as part of a commercial deal with coca-cola?

 

[brianm]

I'm just going to say....I have some grudging respect for the blinder Mendes is playing for himself here. He's good.

Don't care for him, and I would like Wolves to disentangle themselves from him, but he's good at what he does, huh?

 

[Golden Arrow]

Last year I thought he played within himself and was not the same player as at Sporting. The talk of a pre agreement to sell him on in Summer 2023 to Liverpool for an agreed fee didn't help to shake this belief. It will be interesting to see which player shows up at City.

Think he'll do very well.
Their coaching is exceptional and he's surrounded by quality.

 

[Sussex Wolf]

I'm just going to say....I have some grudging respect for the blinder Mendes is playing for himself here. He's good.

Don't care for him, and I would like Wolves to disentangle themselves from him, but he's good at what he does, huh?

You mean good at extracting a large amount of commission from clubs? Yep, he sure is.

 

[MasWolf]

Remind me not to give Jeff £20 to go and get the chips.

As you don’t know what he’ll come back with.

A cow and 3 magic beans.

 

[Wolf in Kenilworth]

Coke Palmer? Have City rebranded him as part of a commercial deal with coca-cola?

Whoops….

Autocorrect!

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

Last year I thought he played within himself and was not the same player as at Sporting. The talk of a pre agreement to sell him on in Summer 2023 to Liverpool for an agreed fee didn't help to shake this belief. It will be interesting to see which player shows up at City.

I'll mostly be interested to see what role he has. Been saying for a long time, if we're not going to trust him to play in a deep position, we should cash in. I think we've got a good deal, just hope the re-investments are wise. Surely some cash left for January too....

 

[Glow69]

Its not though is it.

What is it then?

 

[Sussex Wolf]

What is it then?

It’s 47m plus addons.

 

[goldeneyed]

There are no add ons though as I understand it (granted they'll never publish it). The point I think is that the way we should look at it is....

£47m in cash
It's upfront, so we can spend (lol) rather than taking out loans to future payments (Jota style) which would cost us £6m of that.
We can buy Doyle for £5m when he's valued at maybe £10-15 so up to £10m bonus there.
Then there's Santiago Bueno who seems to be a bit of wheel oiling for €8m when he's (possibly) worth double that.

So potentially the deal is worth £70m if we got really lucky, but probably £60m is about right.

Nice bit of spin. The only substantial addition who could slot into the first team is Santiago. That's it thus far and the latest news on Diarra and Wharton is that neither are available to us. Tick tock and less and less deals become possible unless you pay exhorbitant fees. The Paraguayan kid is irrelevant for now. Doyle is a squad player, perhaps slightly better than Hodge. The last minute strategy of the club is risky even foolish but we will see where we are on Sept 1 at 11.00. Up front money yes useful but the fact is City stuck at their £47m and we got someone who isn't even in their first team squad at a slight discount on an option. There may be some add ons which may provide a bit more eventually but let's not pretend at this moment we have strengthened our first team. Nunes is a big loss in quality and we now have very few game changing players left.

 

[Wolf in Kenilworth]

It’s 47m plus addons.

And interest on the payment structure.

It’s £53 million plus add ons.

 

[Glow69]

It’s 47m plus addons.

That's what I said. Which make it to the value of 60ish.

 

[Bradstonian]

Glad we didn’t award him a testimonial before he went.