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Wouldn't rule them out for a place in the Europa League.Interesting to see what will happen next season with them.
Wouldn't rule them out for a place in the Europa League.Interesting to see what will happen next season with them.
No, I disagree. This is part of a more carefully planned move by Chinese tycoons to buy up English clubs. Southampton, Birmingham, West Brom, Aston Villa, Wolverhampton, are all majority Chinese-owned and ManCity are minority-owned by a Chinese media group.The Chinese know nothing about football so a shark like Mendes just takes advantage.
I think with Neves people will wait to see how he performs in the Premier League before buying him. So I expect him there next season.Mendes parked his top-league players in Wolves to flog them to the highest bidder. Once they are sold, Wolves will immediately drop back to the Championship. Good deal for Wolves, I guess, getting a lot of money for 1 season.
If the players he represented sucked, clubs wouldn't continue to knock at his door. He had done a good management of his players career to be honest.Mendes parked his top-league players in Wolves to flog them to the highest bidder. Once they are sold, Wolves will immediately drop back to the Championship. Good deal for Wolves, I guess, getting a lot of money for 1 season.
Jorge Mendes.So they've just signed Rui Patricio... Another player that could be at a higher team.
I don't really get whats going on here.
Signing players for way under their market values, the same players that wouldn't want to play for Wolves at the time of signing...
According to the chinese owner he wants the Wanderers to become a big team so maybe not a farm clubWolves becoming a farm team for Mendes' up-and-coming clients. I guess it'll help them stay up in the league in exchange for handsomely rewarding both him and his players when they inevitably move on.
Worst case it will go to arbitration and Wolves may need to pay the 18M transfer fee.Did Rio sign on a free transfer?
If so, surely a legal battle awaits before he is cleared to play
Yep, which will still be a bargain or a fair price for someone such as Patricio who's quality. Wolves are in a win-win position.Worst case it will go to arbitration and Wolves may need to pay the 18M transfer fee.
FixedPatricia is probably earning far more than she did at Sporting.
30 year old keeper that's moving for the first time abroad and joining the Premier League. Nothing bad about that.So they've just signed Rui Patricio... Another player that could be at a higher team.
I don't really get whats going on here.
Signing players for way under their market values, the same players that wouldn't want to play for Wolves at the time of signing...
Patricio could have gone to Liverpool, Arsenal and a few other teams.30 year old keeper that's moving for the first time abroad and joining the Premier League. Nothing bad about that.
They already have John Ruddy who is a decent keeper but Patricio is an upgrade.
He's not a very good keeper.Patricio could have gone to Liverpool, Arsenal and a few other teams.
He's going to Wolves due to Mendes.
Not saying it's a bad move, but he could aim a lot higher, just things happening behind the scenes.
It's like the Neves deal, he move quite cheaply, and to a Championship side. Would he have gone to Villa, Preston etc.
Mendes has something in this, no idea what, but it'll make him a lot of money
You have no idea about that. Arsenal signed another keeper today who's a lot younger. Who knows what Liverpool are doing. Everything is pure speculation.Patricio could have gone to Liverpool, Arsenal and a few other teams.
He's going to Wolves due to Mendes.
Not saying it's a bad move, but he could aim a lot higher, just things happening behind the scenes.
It's like the Neves deal, he move quite cheaply, and to a Championship side. Would he have gone to Villa, Preston etc.
Mendes has something in this, no idea what, but it'll make him a lot of money
Leno is super shaky, I'm amazed they went for him.You have no idea about that. Arsenal signed another keeper today who's a lot younger. Who knows what Liverpool are doing. Everything is pure speculation.
PL is a much bigger stage than the Portugal and every club in the middle or relegation battle can be a stepping stone.
Does he not though? Down the line when a potential money making machine of his stop performing, is he going to be okay with the coach freezing out the player and him losing a ton of money for it? Is he going to put pressure on whoever their manager would be to buy/sell/play his players according to his interests as it seems like he would be the one controlling the dressing room.Just signed up having read a bit of this thread.
There’s a fair bit of misconception here with regards to our signings. Neves we got for £14mil because Porto were failing FFP on the verge of being banned from Europe and we were the only team who tied up the bid on time.
Patricio, it was only us and Napoli who bid, they pulled out after agreeing a deal and we chased him. Offered him a contract, said we’d pay any legal fees etc. Mendes would’ve had a bit of involvement in both of these signings but we’ve Chinese owners with huge ambitions which all of our signings allure to. While a few posts about Chinese owners not knowing much, ours have built a great rapport with the fans, had a huge clear out made some mistakes but got us ties with a super agent in turn getting us quality players and a manager.
Our players will go nowhere unless we want them to, Mendes does not control our club he wanted us to wait to sign Patricio until the Lisbon president resigned so he could get his money owed we went ahead and signed him on a free.
Looking forward to this season going to the game at Old Trafford with a few United fans if we can get tickets!
Seems a bit naive to me. I don’t think you’ll be under that impression in a couple of years.Just signed up having read a bit of this thread.
There’s a fair bit of misconception here with regards to our signings. Neves we got for £14mil because Porto were failing FFP on the verge of being banned from Europe and we were the only team who tied up the bid on time.
Patricio, it was only us and Napoli who bid, they pulled out after agreeing a deal and we chased him. Offered him a contract, said we’d pay any legal fees etc. Mendes would’ve had a bit of involvement in both of these signings but we’ve Chinese owners with huge ambitions which all of our signings allure to. While a few posts about Chinese owners not knowing much, ours have built a great rapport with the fans, had a huge clear out made some mistakes but got us ties with a super agent in turn getting us quality players and a manager.
Our players will go nowhere unless we want them to, Mendes does not control our club he wanted us to wait to sign Patricio until the Lisbon president resigned so he could get his money owed we went ahead and signed him on a free.
Looking forward to this season going to the game at Old Trafford with a few United fans if we can get tickets!
Think he's better than Leno.He's not a very good keeper.
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