We'll now make a loan offer for Kalvin Phillips.
Matheus Nunes - Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Seeing them sign this lad for peanuts is actually sickening.
55 is a peanuts now, okey so we got Mount for peanuts, nothing to worry about!
We must be really skint because he is a very good alternative to FdJ. He ripped us apart only a couple of weeks ago too, so ETH has seen first hand what he can do.
That's euros including add ons.
That was Matheus Cunha no?
They were both standout players. Nunes had a lot of fun with our midfield.
We are just never in for these obviously good players. Why?
Why would Nunes pick us over City?
He's a ball carrier #8, exactly what we need. 
A midfield of Nunes-Casemiro-Fernandes would very likely be way better than trying to mould Mount into that left sided #8 position...I really hope I will be proven wrong, though.
A midfield of Nunes-Casemiro-Fernandes would very likely be way better than trying to mould Mount into that left sided #8 position...I really hope I will be proven wrong, though.
Was going to say the same thing. £55 mill is a amazing price as well.
I’m pretty sure the club that spent needless 65M on Mount is not skint, just incredibly incompetent.
Your manager doesn't want them?
Selling Cole Palmer for 45m and then signing Nunes for 47m is quite simply fantastic business.
They've improved the squad and barely spent any money in doing so.
They've improved the squad and barely spent any money in doing so.
I'm at a loss to explain how Wolves, after signing Nunes a year ago for £42m - effectively taking a very successful punt on him adapting to the Premier League - are now selling Nunes for £47m to city.
City either have the best transfer negotiators in the business. Or...?
City either have the best transfer negotiators in the business. Or...?
So Wolves buy him just 12 months ago for £42m and then sell him to City for £47.3m, despite him having 4 years left on his contract.
Yeah..... nothing fishy about that is there?
If we went in for him it would have cost at least £55m.
Yeah..... nothing fishy about that is there?
If we went in for him it would have cost at least £55m.
Yeah, they reported it was rejected and Wolves demanded a fee in the excess of £60m and now they accepted a £47m!!
And you believe this? Wolves have a dodgy ownership with Mendes mixed up in it, City are cheating feckers... Wouldn't put it past both that there will be an under the table payment to make up the difference.
he’s not ex Ajax or ex eredivisie. It Seems that’s the only knowledge Eth has of players.
Two De Jong alternatives moved to City this summer.
yeah this isnt fishy in the slightest. And had united gone in for him think it wouldve started at 60 easy for negotiations by wolves. We shall see i guess.
What a joke.
they sell Cole Palmer to Chelsea so they can buy Nunes
We don't really know what position he'll be playing. He seems like a ball carrying box to box #8, people say he played as an 8 at Sporting, so he could also be playing alongside Rodri and alongside Kovacic. We'll see.
Journalists say the deal is £47m with no add ons. Tommy Doyle is going to Wolves on loan with a £5m option to buy. So it's a good deal.
£47m
Talk about meltdowns...
They are going to have to start digging tunnels with this much money under the table.
Accept a minor (at best) profit or sit with a player that's on strike. Sadly it's a straight-forward choice for Wolves. I think we've pulled some deals this way through the years as well.
Or they just have better negociators than MU and many many, other clubs in the world.
And they got a plan. Not saying that they don't have many skeletons in their closet, they absolutely have, but this just sounds like sour grapes. There's currently no real reason for him to chose MU, or any other PL top club for that matter, over Man City. They sold Palmer who never had a real chance under Guardiola and never would have, to buy a player more suited to their system. System being the key word here. Palmer will do well elsewhere, imo. People might (rightly, most of the time) object to Man City's dealings, but they buy and sell smart. Furthermore, from a player point of view, it's just a no-brainer, especially with them now breaking that perennial CL mental block. They now have a bit more than just the financial pull.
No aiming at you personally, but I get the feeling that too many people are letting their bias getting in the way of facts.
Yup if a metrononic playmaker wasn’t available this sort of player who is a strong ball carrier and quite press resistant was the type we needed. At this point I’m not even surprised, we have consistently watched our rivals sign the midfielders we needed, for over a decade now.
Seems like we got mugged off on Mason Mount when we should have gotten this fecker. Not happy.
Publicly quoted fee is probably the baseline fee, with a large signing bonus from a shell company(s) and it is funneled to the selling club, agents, player, and maybe even buying club in some form of third party transfer consultant that is controlled by CFG.
Since when does a player move after 1 full season for the slightest of marginal gain on their initial transfer fee? And wages aren't an issue?
Bellingham had one or two very good years at Dortmund then went exponentially higher to Madrid. Makes sense.
Even di Maria went for a few million less after a poor season at United to PSG. But it wasn't as if he was totally written off as a loss because it was only 1 year from a player United desperately wanted to get rid of.
Since when does a player move after 1 full season for the slightest of marginal gain on their initial transfer fee? And wages aren't an issue?
Bellingham had one or two very good years at Dortmund then went exponentially higher to Madrid. Makes sense.
Even di Maria went for a few million less after a poor season at United to PSG. But it wasn't as if he was totally written off as a loss because it was only 1 year from a player United desperately wanted to get rid of.
Nah its definitely fishy. They buy and sell smart sure but you can't say this deal was down to good negotiating unless nunes was terrible. Especially with how much money was being thrown around, city themselves were ready to throw money for Paqueta.
All these ideas about undercover payments is nonsense really its just good handlers on city's part with negotiations. Wolves get a replacement in the form of Doyle and have money to spend to reinforce the position.
I personally would have preferred him to Mount as an 8. You can't look at the people in key positions at United and be surprised other clubs can pull off good business.
I personally would have preferred him to Mount as an 8. You can't look at the people in key positions at United and be surprised other clubs can pull off good business.
It's not nonsense when there's a lot of precedence on City's part, found to have cheated but lucked out on a technicality
City offered significantly higher fee, which was originally declined, then comes back and has a fee significantly lower accepted with no add ons?
It's quite logical to question it. And players rarely go the other way to begin with and it's small amounts, just a loan and a 5M option?
How is it lower. It’s gone from €50+€5m to €55m straight up and a good young player on the cheap. Wolves have some FFP challenges and City / Nunes have clearly taken advantage of that. I suspect it wasn’t until Mendes got involved that City expected Nunes to even be available.
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Hardly a bargain as some here liked to whine about, dude has a lot to prove, he was a standout in Wolves, but also was Kalvin Philips in Leeds.
What does this mean? Mendes is always involved, he basically runs Wolves.
I agree - he's a bit flavour of the month on here cos he had a good game vs us (even though Cunha was actually better), but he's been hit and miss since joining Wolves. I do think it's a good transfer for City but as usual, the overreaction on here is a bit silly. The easy swipes at Mount, EtH or the club are also unsurprising but disappointing.