What shoould Wolves do next with Fabio Silva?

[WickedWolfie]

Guo needs to remind Mendes that he's in the business to make a profit on players, as per the 'Football leaks' story, not losses.

There is no such thing as a club which only makes profits on transfers.

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

I’d see if Luton want him for Adebayo lol

 

[DJLWolf]

I dont get that at all the Championship is far more competetive than the SPL and apart from Celtic/Rangers there are bigger clubs than the SPL I'd much rather be playing against the likes of Leicester, Leeds, Sheff Wed, Norwich, Ipswich etc than the likes of Kilmarnock, Ross County and Hibs.

The standard of player is also much higher I couldn't see celtic or rangers beating Ipswich, Leeds, Southampton, Leicester if I'm honest.

Agreed

Silva would get absolutely bullied in the championship.

A lot of the centre backs in that league are big and very physical.

He wouldn't stand a chance and it would negatively impact his value even more so than this stint in Scotland.

 

[brianm]

Just had a peek at Twitter and, uh, I don't think people were impressed with Fabio in the first half against Dundee.

Sounds like the whole team has been ****, mind.

 

[Matt]

Just had a peek at Twitter and, uh, I don't think people were impressed with Fabio in the first half against Dundee.

Sounds like the whole team has been ****, mind.

Just done the same… yikes. Getting absolute pelters isn’t he.

 

[Wolf316]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1780552408076001541

 

[Jay Jay de Wolf]

Fabio taken off for Rangers and he doesn't look very happy with Ross County going ahead 2-1

Rangers will not pay £10 for him on this showing never mind £10 million

Same again Fabio taken off tonight early second half against Dundee at 0-0 making no impact at all in the game at this low level!

 

[RosehillWolf]

Rudiger has to score there

 

[Irish_Wolf]

If he is not setting that league alight, then he won't make it in the Premier league. The likes of Boyd and Larrson have looked world class in Scotland and been average elsewhere. Our Oscar Wilde lookalike has flattered to deceive, but he hasn't got it. Any money we get fir him is better than paying his wages. Nice lad I'm sure, but not a proper premierleague striker

Larsson average elsewhere is total BS pal.

 

[Aurum Lupus]

Either way, Guo needs to be in Mendes' ear about the Silva deal, looking for compensation in some form.

Or get him to use his Saudi connections...

 

[OLDGOLD]

Larsson average elsewhere is total BS pal.

If you look back I owned up to that not long after I posted it. I thought he spent longer at united than he did and had little impact. Didn't remember him leaving so soon and just being there as a stop gap.

 

[Andywolf74]

The loan to Rangers surely has to be the last throw of the dice before we cut our losses in the summer, moving Fabio on permanently, saving on his salary + whatever fee we can get for him. All clubs make poor choices in the transfer market and the skill is to know when to cut your losses. Can honestly say I think Che Adams would add more value to our squad than Silva.

 

[wwbug]

Lets move on now . He is a past mistake.

 

[Matt]

Rudiger has to score there

Tbf I don’t think that’s on Fabio.

 

[Wolves Heathen]

Player ratings for Fabio against Dundee tonight.
Fábio Silva average rating 2.03

How the heck can a £35 million footballer sink so low against Championship opposition ?, more to the point who would want to buy him ?, Cradley Town might take him on a free.

 

[Scallywolf]

It’s getting to the point where I wonder what on earth we are going to do with him.

Fabio is on loan to Glasgow Rangers, currently and for a long time, the second best club in the whole of Scottish football. He would be scoring goals for fun if he was any good.

The football level in Scottish Premier League is probably the equivalent of the English championship at best, yet our £35million striker has been substituted against Ross County and Dundee in the last 2 matches, where Rangers have picked up 1 point out of 6. He’s not scoring goals or creating chances despite starting games and Rangers fans seem to have nothing good to say about him.

What on earth are we going to do with him? GON doesn’t want him, otherwise he would have kept him due to our awful injury problems. He’s had numerous loans, which don’t seem to have worked out or are working out at Rangers and his career seems to be going nowhere

I have no idea what is value is or what club would permanently sign him. I really don’t. Does anybody else?

Maybe he needs someone to put their arms around him and tell him what he’s doing wrong, which is a hell of a lot imo, otherwise he may drift into obscurity.

 

[CelebrityWolf]

Turning into a really sad story all in all isn't it?

The fee is the killer here though isn't it, if you were to say he is 22 and has scored goals in the prem and various other top flight leagues you wouldn't think badly of him at all, but that 35 million price tag is the kick in the nuts.

 

[Aimless Balls]

A sad heist story? A solemn caper?

You wouldn’t think badly of Fabio but you wouldn’t expect him to succeed in a top-5 league either, there’s no attribute or production to indicate that he would. Top-10 could be a stretch. If he weren’t a Wolves player, every time you saw him it would be, “Oh yeah this guy exists.”

 

[SA Wolf]

Another day, another Fabio's value has reduced story.

 

[loppers86]

it’s actually starting to look like paid £35m for a future Doncaster Rovers bench warmer isn’t it.

 

[Kebab Warrior]

Either way, Guo needs to be in Mendes' ear about the Silva deal, looking for compensation in some form.

It WAS compensation - but from us to Mendes

 

[Darvo]

It’s getting to the point where I wonder what on earth we are going to do with him.

Fabio is on loan to Glasgow Rangers, currently and for a long time, the second best club in the whole of Scottish football. He would be scoring goals for fun if he was any good.

The football level in Scottish Premier League is probably the equivalent of the English championship at best, yet our £35million striker has been substituted against Ross County and Dundee in the last 2 matches, where Rangers have picked up 1 point out of 6. He’s not scoring goals or creating chances despite starting games and Rangers fans seem to have nothing good to say about him.

What on earth are we going to do with him? GON doesn’t want him, otherwise he would have kept him due to our awful injury problems. He’s had numerous loans, which don’t seem to have worked out or are working out at Rangers and his career seems to be going nowhere

I have no idea what is value is or what club would permanently sign him. I really don’t. Does anybody else?

Maybe he needs someone to put their arms around him and tell him what he’s doing wrong, which is a hell of a lot imo, otherwise he may drift into obscurity.

It’s fairly obvious what we’re going to do with him …

Make a great big loss!

 

[Minimalist]

It seemed to start fairly well for him at Rangers, when he was sharing/alternating in the 9 role. Doesn’t seem to have suited him since he’s played that wider left role. Which I’m not actually surprised about.

 

[lobodelsur]

There is no such thing as a club which only makes profits on transfers.

And not many that let themselves be conned into paying a huge sum for an unproven teenager.

 

[Dr Wolfenstein]

Guo needs to remind Mendes that he's in the business to make a profit on players, as per the 'Football leaks' story, not losses.

I'm sure Mendes makes a profit on all his players-it's the other suckers who suffer.

 

[Jd132]

I have got my fingers crossed that our best hope for moving on from this sorry saga is Braga. They have had Rodrigo Gomes out on loan, we have had Fabio out on loan. Hopefully there is a chance of a swap deal so we can all just move on.

Fabio clearly needs to go back to Portugal and get back to basics for a few years. Braga could have interest in a Portuguese u21 with 10 goals in 20 games in exchange for a player they haven't used all season.

I just can't see anyone paying a fee and can't see any other place but Portugal being the right fit for Fabio himself.

 

[WeAreTheWolvesII]

We have to ask serious questions of why we allowed him to go to Rangers. It was never going to work and the physicality of the league was always a real concern.

I still don't think we need to do anything though because there's no need.

We're not getting the book value for him, and we're probably not even going to get a proper offer of more than £5m truth be told. So, selling him should be out the question, and that's fine.

He still effectively has three years left on his deal, but we just need to treat him as what he is now - a young player who will head out on loan.

He's a Portugal U21 international, he scores goals for them, so there will be takers.

I still think his big issues are mentally, so if he sorts that out, maybe he can become a good player. I know it's hard to believe now, but that's still so young, he's just been around for ages.

Wolves deserve a lot of blame for sending him to Rangers but ultimately it's on Silva. He needs to sort his attitude out.

He may have felt after doing reasonably well with Anderlecht and PSV that he warranted more opportunities this season than he had, which is fair enough, but this Rangers spell is a bump back down to earth.

He needs to get himself right, go out on loan next season and see what happens. And we need to hope something clicks.

 

[DJLWolf]

We have to ask serious questions of why we allowed him to go to Rangers. It was never going to work and the physicality of the league was always a real concern.

I still don't think we need to do anything though because there's no need.

We're not getting the book value for him, and we're probably not even going to get a proper offer of more than £5m truth be told. So, selling him should be out the question, and that's fine.

He still effectively has three years left on his deal, but we just need to treat him as what he is now - a young player who will head out on loan.

He's a Portugal U21 international, he scores goals for them, so there will be takers.

I still think his big issues are mentally, so if he sorts that out, maybe he can become a good player. I know it's hard to believe now, but that's still so young, he's just been around for ages.

Wolves deserve a lot of blame for sending him to Rangers but ultimately it's on Silva. He needs to sort his attitude out.

He may have felt after doing reasonably well with Anderlecht and PSV that he warranted more opportunities this season than he had, which is fair enough, but this Rangers spell is a bump back down to earth.

He needs to get himself right, go out on loan next season and see what happens. And we need to hope something clicks.

Agree that for financial reasons he'll far more likely just keep getting loaned out and then perhaps sold with a year left on his deal.

Unfortunately, I don't think his issues are just mentally, although his confidence is shot for sure.I think there is just a real lack of ability as the root cause (especially at the top level).

He will end up spending his career in B grade European leagues like Holland, Belgium or Portugal where he'll probably build a reasonable career for himself, but evidence suggests that's his ceiling.

 

[Ginger Chimp]

He didn't impress Nuno. He didn't impress Lage. He didn't impress Steve Clark (I know, I know). He didn't impress Lopetegui. He hasn't impressed GON.

Except for the finances involved, he's an irrelevance. He'll never play for us again.

And now he's not impressing anyone in Scotland.

 

[Ebbo]

The way I look at it, is we were very much on the Mendes carousel, so you get favours and deals that work well for you…and some payback when required.

So within the carousel of teams within his sphere of influence (let’s call it that) we benefitted from so many deals for players to get us promoted and then to 7th place twice…

Without him the likes of Neves, Jota, Boly, Moutinho etc wouldn’t have signed for us and certainly not for the low fees we secured.

So, not surprising that when another club on the carousel needs money… Porto for instance in the case of Fabio… the favours are called in. We wasted money on others too, on that carousel, but Fabio's age makes this one really stand out!!

Now we are less reliant on Mendes it’s unlikely to happen so much but imho we need, as a fan base, to stop overanalysing the Fabio fee and the signing. It was a deal that wasn’t necessarily in our interest, but it was a result of others that were... IMHO...

 

[Incognito]

Loan him out to Bilston Town FC?

 

[bod101]

i still stay keep him, he's a player i think will look and be a lot better with better players supplying him, he makes a lot of good runs

 

[Sedgley Gold N Black]

We need to stop letting him dictate where he goes for a start.

He seems to want to just go somewhere he'll get to play European football of some sort, rather than what'd actually best for his development or for us to recoup some of our outlay.

 

[Rhyl Wolf]

I'm all Fabio'ed out. Have a feeling he won't be sold anytime soon and will remain a perennial problem / dilemma. I really would like to read Shi's opinion? He's become a figure of derision for Celtic fans and one of anger, by fans from the other side of Glasgow. It wasn't supposed to be like this? We won't be the first club to be had-over in a hefty transfer fee and certainly won't be the last.

 

[Sedgley Gold N Black]

i still stay keep him, he's a player i think will look and be a lot better with better players supplying him, he makes a lot of good runs

The problem is, he doesn't seem to want to be here, or at least be here whilst needing to fight for a place.

 

[brianm]

To be fair to Fabio, I had a peek at a Rangers forum and it sounds like they have been playing a very direct, long ball style that doesn't really suit any of their attackers. It obviously will never suit Fabio, whose only notable skill that I can see is finding space with good movement in a more static game.

Not sure Clement is helping is my point. To be honest, I expected Rangers would play a more possession style domestically. Obviously this isn't working for them!

 

[RosehillWolf]

Loan him out to Bilston Town FC?

I’d argue that the Jamaican lad who plays up front for Bilston is better that Silva !

 

[old wittonian]

To be fair to Fabio, I had a peek at a Rangers forum and it sounds like they have been playing a very direct, long ball style that doesn't really suit any of their attackers. It obviously will never suit Fabio, whose only notable skill that I can see is finding space with good movement in a more static game.

Not sure Clement is helping is my point. To be honest, I expected Rangers would play a more possession style domestically. Obviously this isn't working for them!

I watched a couple of games and it seemed like they avoided the left side which is Fabio's wing.

 

[Rowzed]

Stick him in the scuppers with the hosepipe on him ?

 

[WalsallWolf]

It is what it is with Fabio. I have gave him pelters for his ability and stand by that, but it goes beyond that

It is the Mendes system. Let's pretend we paid £35m for Pedro Neto, £15m for Fabio Silva - would the latter deal hurt so much? Would the former sound about right?

I remember being told when it first became apparent Mendes was going to be a big part of our recruitment, fees quoted meant absolutely nothing. And for much of that period of 2017-2020, you could argue it is about right. Even at the age of 31, João Moutinho for £5m was nothing short of stupid really.

For the good of the club and Fabio, this needs to come to an end in the summer. I don't even doubt he won't have a decent career of some sort. But it will never come in a league of any high credibility.