So replace Ander with Ander?
Ruben Neves - Player watch
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Not been very impressed with him this season but some great passes today.
Agreed. But would you be confident in a midfield duo of Neves as holding mid and Herrera as the disruptor?
Tbh no reason why it can't be done at least against the vast majority of epl teams. City do it with KDB and Silva either side of fernandinho. SAF soon the title with a CM of cleverley and Anderson.
He's the second best Wolves midfielder behind João Moutinho, still a long way to go but the potential is beyond obvious.
When the opposition lets him have all the time in the world to pick out passes like Leicester did today then it's an easy game for him.
When the opposition lets him have all the time in the world to pick out passes like Leicester did today then it's an easy game for him.
I can only see us competing with City if we want him
I have seen maybe 6 games or something of him and I have struggled to assess how good he is in areas other than passing and shooting. I would like for us to buy him just from his world class involvements and moments but I have no idea if he is actually good enough overall or a good fit even.
Relax
At a 21 years old, there are still many years for him to improve and develop.
This is a decent template for a midfield featuring Pogba and Neves, methinks:
- The latter has a lot in common with Alonso as a holding-playmaking midfielder since his Porto days as an emerging player, and will hopefully become more defensively astute with experience (like Alonso at Madrid).
- Gerrard (and Lampard at Chelsea) frequently bombed into the final third because of the platform provided to them by Alonso/Macherano and Essien/Makelélé — we've seen in recent weeks how good and effective Pogba can be in a scheme that liberates him — and he definitely has skill set to emulate the statistical output of the aforementioned duo.
With de Jong seemingly off to PSG and us showing no interest in Paredes I don't see any better option than Neves for what our midfield lacks, and given his age he has a high ceiling for improvement while already being very good.
He'll be City bound. Don't do it to yourself lads
Awkward norwegian proposal on MUTV 
Oh shit, wrong thread... sorry, RubenAwkward norwegian proposal on MUTV
Mountino quietly have an outstanding season
Pep said there’s no way they’ll pay what Mendes wants
Do you mind providing a source for this please?
How much would he cost? I'm not even sure we'll be after a midfielder in the summer. Would be the fourth summer we are spending big on a midfielder in a row.
I think he should stay there 1 more season if they have money to invest on a better squad. He still is finding his place imo.
Thanks, yeah no one would pay 100m for him. But he’s likely to go for around 60/70 in which case I could see them being interested.
If the rumours Juventus is interested on him are true they surelly won't be paying that. Problem for him is even if he wants to leave their owners have a lot of money and if they are demanding that they are only telling one thing. "We don't want to sell".
Can't understand why players like Neves who signs for clubs like Wolves doesn't demand a release clause.
The release clauses are common on Spain or Portugal. Italy, Germany, England or France don't use them. Anyway I don't know if he wants to leave, its just the fact clubs on England have so much money these days that they think demanding 100 million for a player is something normal. Of course no one is going to pay that, and rightly so.
He's great, we should get him if we can I'm really impressed with him,especially his passing range and vision
You guys have good options for the midfield. Still Fred or Pereira might improve. Better buy new CB's or Fullbacks.
Fred has been ignored by Jose now Ole, still don't know why we bought him. We can't not strengthen in midfield based on the hope that he or Perreira might improve. As it stands now if Pogba is injured we are well and truly fecked. We can strengthen in midfield,fullback and CB at the same time
In Spain its actually mandatory, or it was. I havent checked recently
The problem is that any Premier League club demands huge sums of money. If with foreign leagues it is what it is.
As you said, it depends on the type of game. However, my response was to the comment you made in regards to what Chelsea do with Jorginho and how they have a disruptor next to him.
Had we got Neves, Herrera would be the type of player we need next to him.
It is, and in Portugal I think almost all the better players have. Of course they put ridiculous high clauses believing anyone is going to pay that.
A lot of players like Fred struggled on their first season and still recovered. But yes, maybe the fee was a bit high to say the least.
Yeah its to cover the clubs in case a player makes rapid growth over the season and suddenly the top clubs come in for them, so they dont lose them on the cheap. So the clubs have some bargaining power, you can pay the release fee which is a bit high even if they are in good form or you can try to negotiate with the club for a bit less. But if they dont want to sell they don't need to. If you're desperate for the player pay the clauseIt is, and in Portugal I think almost all the better players have. Of course they put ridiculous high clauses believing anyone is going to pay that.
Great player. Going to become a top player in his position, has a cracking shot on him too. Would be so good in the Matic role.
With Spanish clubs is true. In Portugal is 50/50. They do protect when they don't want to sell, but all the clubs in Portugal need to sell. It was a good movement by United to activate Dalot clause. Its still the only way to still try to buy players for a reasonable price, the rest is just ridiculous.
We never get them when we're supposed to, might as well keep splashing the cash on the highly sought players since its what we love doing
Ive seen a few wanderers games and he does blow hot and cold. Last year in the championship he was easily the best player in that league. This year he has been average in quite a few games. He has played some wayward passes and his shooting has been all over the place at times. Hes only 21 so will come good. Trouble is we have just paid £58 million for a midfielder we dont play and I cant see the board spending another £60-70 million to bring in another one who isnt consistant, especially as there are other priority positions.
Best game of the season for him without a doubt, this is the Neves from last year. Played well against Liverpool too so hopefully he is finding his feet like Jota has. If anyone wants to buy him it’ll take 100mil.
Neffsh is a really tidy player.
Might be a struggle to get him tbf. Remember reading wolves owners have the ambition of winning the league within 7 seasons, hence all the investment. You think theyd be willing to part with a key player with ambitions like that?
We could do with this player