Hi Guys,
Wolves fan here to give you our take on Nunes.
Not salty at all, good player on his day and no doubt will be excellent with better players around him and Pep working his magic.
Am I sad he is going, not really!
I can't say many wolves fans will be crying over this if I am honest, and I know you are going to think I am being a bit salty over loosing such a player - but he has only really had two outstanding games for us - Chelsea and Liverpool. Maybe he was playing for a move, the rest of the games he was just OK.
I have been watching Wolves for 44 years, and believe it or not my first match as a kid in the 1970's was at Main Road when you lot took on Villa (my Dad was invited into an executive box) so I have always had a fondness for City rather than the Red lot.
Any way, I can say with 100% confidence that Ruben Neves was 100 times the player (and Man) than Nunes. He may not have been what you guys needed, but god I loved that bloke. Terrific professional, exceptional leader on and off the pitch - a real elite player. Best I have seen down the Mol in 44 years as a season ticket holder.
Nunes, good player. Pep will make him better, his mistakes wont be as costly to you as they are to us, and more to the point some of the ITK's our end are saying there is a lot more to this deal than meets the eye
This is what we understand is going on, and why it appears wolves have caved in - to be honest its a good deal
1. The £47m is cash up-front rather than the usual instalments (massive cashflow plus for wolves) who took out a loan when Liverpool paid in instalments for Jota (£45m at the time). People are saying this up front money and cashflow is saving Wolves another £6m in interest payments
2. After Doyle's season in the championship £5m is a steal (worth £15m) when compared to others like Alex Scott and Morgan Gibbs-White, also we don't have to pay until next season. Downside is you guys get a massive 50% sell on - great for you if we do actually sell.
3. This is something that most are missing, and it is being said the Nunes deal is being facilitated because Wolves are buying Santiago Bueno from FC Girona (a City Group Club run by Pep's brother) for £8m rather than his buyout clause of £20m
So when you piece it all together from a wolves perspective this deal is more like a £70m package, it sounds like a win win for both of us to be honest. City get a potentially great player and we get a much needed cash injection that can help us survive another year - which is probably where our owners ambitions are these days.