WELCOME, João Gomes!!!

[Skrilla]

Didn't know Julen's son was part of his staff did I miss anything?

First team analyst I think. When Julen's backroom staff was announced this was added, "Spent three years at UCFB Wembley studying football business and finance, before working on opposition analysis at MK Dons and player analysis for a leading football agency."

I assume he met Edu Rubio at MK Dons and reccomended him to his father. Speaks perfect English as well apparently, I remember Julen said he'd be relying on his son to improve his English!

 

[Wolf316]

Great video love this kid already. I really hope he gets some minutes tomorrow he’ll get such an ovation and he’ll know he made the right choice.

 

[Wonder Boyo]

Here's his BTS:

He seems well up for it after being in the country less than 24 hours. Lopetegui asked him how many days training he's missed (three) and if he's feeling tired. His answer was, "No, I'm ready to play." JL's questions might also indicate that he has plans to include him in the squad for Liverpool, probably on the bench.

If you think about some of the crappy ageing mercenaries looking for a nice pay packet we signed after previous promotions (hello Oleg Luzhny), this kid is the polar opposite.

 

[welshy]

JL has had 2 weeks with the squad to prepare for Liverpool no way he will start him after being here 2 days.

He will get minutes from the bench.

 

[lets all have a disco]

Don't think he will make the match day squad for a few weeks.....hasn't played for 2 months....that's why lopetugui kept Hodge I reckon...

 

[Fenrir_]

Don't think he will make the match day squad for a few weeks.....hasn't played for 2 months....that's why lopetugui kept Hodge I reckon...

Dunno, he has still been training and nine players on the bench so wouldn't be surprised in the slightest to see him on it, don't see him getting more than a few minutes here and there for this month though

But he'll come on for the last five minutes against Bournemouth with us 2-0 up, make three tackles, get booked for two of them, and we'll hang on for a 2-1!

 

[JamesWolves]

Involved in recruitment l believe.

Thought he was a data analyst

 

[Black Country Wanderer]

Welcome Joao
Nice to hear how involved Cunha had been with him coming here,both seem very nice people
Good to see his sense of humour with the freejoaogomes stuff too
It will take time for him to get up to speed and settle in but this is a long term signing more than a sticking plaster
I wish him all the luck in the world and hope he proves to be the best signing of the lot eventually

 

[Northampton_wolf]

First team analyst I think. When Julen's backroom staff was announced this was added, "Spent three years at UCFB Wembley studying football business and finance, before working on opposition analysis at MK Dons and player analysis for a leading football agency."

I assume he met Edu Rubio at MK Dons and reccomended him to his father. Speaks perfect English as well apparently, I remember Julen said he'd be relying on his son to improve his English!

He speaks great English, Spanish and Portuguese i believe. Big help for JL and his team.

 

[SuperGran]

Involved in recruitment l believe.

No he’s data analyst part of the back room staff

 

[BrierleyHillWolves]

First team analyst I think. When Julen's backroom staff was announced this was added, "Spent three years at UCFB Wembley studying football business and finance, before working on opposition analysis at MK Dons and player analysis for a leading football agency."

I assume he met Edu Rubio at MK Dons and reccomended him to his father. Speaks perfect English as well apparently, I remember Julen said he'd be relying on his son to improve his English!

i think i read Julen met Edu Rubio at a football coaching course and said he knows he's stuff

 

[clivewolves]

Julen Lopetegui: Joao Gomes will be important for Wolves' present and future

Head coach Julen Lopetegui believes new signing Joao Gomes will be a key player at Wolves ‘for the present and the future’.

www.expressandstar.com

 

[BlahBlah]

Welcome Joao
Nice to hear how involved Cunha had been with him coming here,both seem very nice people

They're a couple of smilers, it's good to see. It'll be interesting to see what temperament they have in difficult match situations when they get kicked.

 

[Adrian_Monk]

All those snarky comments about Hobbs look a bit clueless now

It's funny, at the time I didn't think they were genuinely critical because nobody really knew who Hobbs was and what he was there for, other than rumours of Fernandez and then later Osorio and Perrone.

It seemed more flippant and amusing than a stick to beat the club with, and nobody seemed to hold it against Hobbs when he was appointed Sellars' replacement.

Until the Gomes deal looked like it might not work out and pretty much everybody on here had decided that Hobbs empty-handed trip to South America was a catastrophic failure and that we were destined to never do business in that continent because Brighton and West Ham are far more adept and savvy than us.

 

[Monketron]

It would be nice to hear from Hobbs himself what actually happened with Fernandez as there seems to be at least 3 different stories circulating around over what happened. Any journalists reading this please take note!

 

[wolvesaywe]

Surely if he's on the bench today we have to get a chant of "Free Joao Gomes" going

 

[lets all have a disco]

Surely if he's on the bench today we have to get a chant of "Free Joao Gomes" going

Might be wrong but the two midfield options on the bench today I suspect will be moutinho n Hodge......João gomes is still in his pre season.....hasn't played since October....

 

[Supadavewolf]

Might be wrong but the two midfield options on the bench today I suspect will be moutinho n Hodge......João gomes is still in his pre season.....hasn't played since October....

Feet under the table before feet on the pitch

 

[wolvesaywe]

Might be wrong but the two midfield options on the bench today I suspect will be moutinho n Hodge......João gomes is still in his pre season.....hasn't played since October....

The disgusting treatment of his human rights continues...

 

[Eastyorksyeltz]

It would be nice to hear from Hobbs himself what actually happened with Fernandez as there seems to be at least 3 different stories circulating around over what happened. Any journalists reading this please take note!

I have never seen the controversy around Fernandez. We never really had a chance. Just a long shot hyped up by the press. He was always going to choose Benfica over us and the results of him doing so have more than confirmed that was the correct choice, for player, agent and club's involved.

 

[lets all have a disco]

The disgusting treatment of his human rights continues...

Nelson Mandela didn't get president a week after his release....

 

[Flaneur]

It sounds like the Fernandez situation was the reverse of Gomes. Fernandez kept his promise just as Gomes did. So give the club a break on missing out there.

I have never seen the controversy around Fernandez. We never really had a chance. Just a long shot hyped up by the press. He was always going to choose Benfica over us and the results of him doing so have more than confirmed that was the correct choice, for player, agent and club's involved.

Interesting to see Johnny Phillips saying different to Madeley & the Athletic, in his article this morning...

Johnny Phillips: Fosun’s January ambition is a statement of Wolves' intent

Wolves’ January transfer activity stands out from any other mid-season window during Fosun’s time at the club.

www.expressandstar.com

Understand it's all done with now, but something has clearly changed behind the scenes at the club to go from not being willing to spend early on in the summer, to ending the window spending £100m, and a sizeable amount again in January!

 

[Monketron]

Interesting to see Johnny Phillips saying different to Madeley & the Athletic, in his article this morning...

Johnny Phillips: Fosun’s January ambition is a statement of Wolves' intent

Wolves’ January transfer activity stands out from any other mid-season window during Fosun’s time at the club.

www.expressandstar.com

Understand it's all done with now, but something has clearly changed behind the scenes at the club to go from not being willing to spend early on in the summer, to ending the window spending £100m, and a sizeable amount again in January!

Exactly. Different journalists have been briefed differently (dare I say it, depending on how bad the actual truth made the person doing the briefing look).

You don't go to the expense of sending Hobbs all the way out to South America (something I don't think we've done before?) unless you have been told by agents that there's a deal to be done. Hobbs also getting promoted and Sellars getting sacked not long after us not landing him and his value skyrocketing seems like more than just a coincidence possibly? Did Hobbs want the signing but got overruled? Did Shi just not want to spend that much on a relative unknown? was the fact we had to wait potentially till Jan a factor? did he just not want to join Wolves? who knows, which is why it would be nice to just get the facts out and done. I highly doubt that would happen by the way, just would be nice is all.

 

[Woolywolf]

So there are a thousand posts dedicated to different songs for Gomes….and he gets presented to a full house before a Liverpool game and we all just clap politely. What a let down

 

[Wolf in Kenilworth]

He must have been absolutely loving it today.

 

[Flump]

You don't go to the expense of sending Hobbs all the way out to South America (something I don't think we've done before?) unless you have been told by agents that there's a deal to be done.

Expense? It's almost zero cost to a PL club!

Scouts travel around the world all the time to watch players. Just because 1 journalist wrote about it this time, everyone's latched onto it.

 

[cannockwolves]

He must be some player if he is going to push Neves or Lemina out of that midfield.

I know he is intended to replace Neves next season, so this year is about bedding in to the English environment.

He must have loved it today, I bet the dressing room was bouncing.

 

[reanswolf]

I reckon the buzz in the dressing room and the atmosphere will be superb now.

 

[TheConcourse]

I reckon the buzz in the dressing room and the atmosphere will be superb now.

Yeah. Other teams should be worried about Wolves. We haven’t been on any kind of run yet, but you get the feeling one is around the corner.

We’ve got way too much quality to win one and lose 5 until the end of the season.

The upturn since JL has arrived has been mad. They’ll be buzzing for the Southampton game.

 

[northnorfolkwolf]

He must be some player if he is going to push Neves or Lemina out of that midfield.

I know he is intended to replace Neves next season, so this year is about bedding in to the English environment.

He must have loved it today, I bet the dressing room was bouncing.

Slightly OT but wouldn't it be great if JL could persuade Neves to stay? If we could get say top half this season (9 pts away presently) and with more quality recruitment in the summer we can dream that Neves may see some future at Wolves? He's a great mentor for Gomes. Why would he want to go to Liverpool?!!!!

 

[17miles]

My attempt at a tune for Joao.....
To When Johnny Comes marching home.
Ends with .....

Joao Gomes is Wanderers 35

Nice and simple

 

[hollo]

Slightly OT but wouldn't it be great if JL could persuade Neves to stay? If we could get say top half this season (9 pts away presently) and with more quality recruitment in the summer we can dream that Neves may see some future at Wolves? He's a great mentor for Gomes. Why would he want to go to Liverpool?!!!!

We should try of course but we should be planning for his replacement.
If he does want to leave a 1 year extension with a modest 35 million buy out clause would be a nice gesture. Tim Spiers intimated last year that it would happen but hasn't so far.

 

[Fenrir_]

We should try of course but we should be planning for his replacement.
If he does want to leave a 1 year extension with a modest 35 million buy out clause would be a nice gesture. Tim Spiers intimated last year that it would happen but hasn't so far.

Think that's the kind of thing Neves would to to ensure we got a decent fee, sign a deal but with a modest release fee (and probably to a CL club). We'll never get the money he's really worth, but he's repaid us many times over

 

[SanFranWolf]

I presume someone is already working on a massive 'Free Joao Gomes' banner for the South Bank to mark his first game?

 

[derbyrameater]

He must be some player if he is going to push Neves or Lemina out of that midfield.

I know he is intended to replace Neves next season, so this year is about bedding in to the English environment.

He must have loved it today, I bet the dressing room was bouncing.

IF I can ask how do you know Neves is leaving ?

 

[Bangla Wolf]

From Facebook (Wolves-news)
“Gimme Gimme Gimme (ABBA) ” Gomes Chant:

Gimme Gimme Gimme a pit bull from Rio
He plays in the middle next to Ruben Neves

Gimme Gimme Gimme a pit bull from Rio
Number 35 and his name is Gooomessss

 

[DPE]

IF I can ask how do you know Neves is leaving ?

He doesn’t, and he’s not. EVER…

 

[Dr Wolfenstein]

He doesn’t, and he’s not. EVER…

 

[Miniwolf]

I bet he is itching to play and get involved after watching the game yesterday. Great time for him to arrive and see what its all about.

 

[clivewolves]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1622271968446668801