It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

[Dribble]

lol.. Doyle.

OK, yeah someone mentioned Wolves had an option/obligation to buy for £5m this summer which I wasn't aware of.

Do we have a buy back clause inserted?

 

[Dribble]

It's actually even less

Near enough. Wolves have got themselves a good deal. Their fans love him. I hope he goes on to have a great career with them...

 

[foggy1974]

OK, yeah someone mentioned Wolves had an option/obligation to buy for £5m this summer which I wasn't aware of.

Do we have a buy back clause inserted?

Yes

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

OK, yeah someone mentioned Wolves had an option/obligation to buy for £5m this summer which I wasn't aware of.

Do we have a buy back clause inserted?

doubtful but a 50% sell on

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Not if Ake primary role is considered to be left back & when has Stones completed anything near a full season. I think we have more important positions this summer to worry about. I think an ideal summer would be
Paqueta & Bruno from Newcastle, Neves & a right winger possibly Neto. If we do add Braithwaite, that would be £300m+.

If the rags are interested in Braithwaite then his price will be near £100m

Ake is mainly a centre back now, filling in occasionally for Gvardiol as his back up.

It’s a tough one, because Branthwaite is only available this summer, then he could be a big miss, but as you say, we have more pressing areas of the squad to resolve.

 

[TonyM]

I wonder if it would have made sense years ago to eliminate transfer fees entirely and just attract players via wage, conditions, company culture, leadership etc.

And on top of that have no time period on contracts.

And on top of that limit how many new players can be registered to a club each season, e.g. 5 new players per year.

And on top of that limit who players can move to, e.g. can't go directly to a club that's within 10 points of you.

Etc etc etc with rules that I just dreamed up cos today's rules seem ludicrous anyway.

 

[Dribble]

Not if Ake primary role is considered to be left back & when has Stones completed anything near a full season. I think we have more important positions this summer to worry about. I think an ideal summer would be
Paqueta & Bruno from Newcastle, Neves & a right winger possibly Neto. If we do add Braithwaite, that would be £300m+.

If the rags are interested in Braithwaite then his price will be near £100m

Can you see us going for Bruno & Neves? I can see one or the other, with us being in the running if Wirtz confirms his statement last summer in not being interested in leaving Leverkusen before the Euros.

 

[foggy1974]

Yes

I thought there was but can't find it, so it might only be the sell on clause

 

[Dribble]

Yes

Buy back or sell on clause or both?

 

[bell_mcfc]

We’d have to lose a CB though, wouldn’t we? We’d have 6 CBs then.

My initial thoughts as well. But if we are adamant we want him I can se sit happening. Depending on what he wants of course. Pep likes a small squad and I would say we have 7 defenders currently (Ake/Gvardiol/Dias/Stones/Akanji/Walker/Lewis) You could also say Gomez but he doesn’t play and is a traditional full back if he was ever to play at the back. Even Walker fits into a back 3/5. I’d also bank on Gomez going this summer.

With injuries throughout the defence this year maybe 1 year of 8 defenders isn’t a bad thing. Also there’s a big argument that Rico is a midfielder.