02 Jul 2022 19:56:09
Good news.Wolves have made a signing. 16 year old sriker (Leon chiwome) has signed for us for a undisclosed fee.

1.) 02 Jul 2022
02 Jul 2022 20:29:57
Forgot to add sorry,.From AFC Wimbledon

2.) 02 Jul 2022
02 Jul 2022 21:20:19
Good singing for Grasshoppers is that.

3.) 03 Jul 2022
03 Jul 2022 09:50:32
I woundnt mind but most the kids we sign endup being crap

4.) 03 Jul 2022
03 Jul 2022 18:35:00
Bew- I get your point cause I've bemoaned how few players we sign for the under 23's actually make it into the first team but the problem is that is the name of the game in youth recruitment! Its all a numbers game, if you sign six 18/19 year old cbs you'll be lucky if one makes it! For every Marquez there's a Gomes Totti! There are many reasons why the biggest clubs bring through the best youngsters but one of the main reasons is simply because they find/sign SO many of um! When you break it down their ratios are probably worst than ours but the initial number on the intake (in terms of quality) is SO much higher that it just looks like they are doing much better!
Having said all that part of the problem is the need to out-manoeuvre these bigger clubs in those situations. When you see what happened with Marquinhos then (saddly) I fear we lack the back room team to truly compete these days. Let's hope I'm wrong eh ??

5.) 03 Jul 2022
03 Jul 2022 20:49:16
That is true. The intake of youth at bigger clubs is well . Bigger. It's just the way it is. You back every horse in the race you will win!

Also there is a financial element. As long as they go for more than it cost to sign and develop then it's job done. Most of the youth at City, United, Arsenal etc end up outside the prem.

I think the problem is we are in a sticky situation. We need better player to get European football but we need European football to attract those better players. Also we need to be realistic. We aren't as established in the prem era as most of the teams below us. Everton, West Ham, etc. They are all bigger names over the last 3 decades. We have had quite the rise and we are back. But it's going to take time and consistently being ripped as the ones there to break up the top 6 party. Maybe in a few seasons and another European qualification we can attract these players.

I fully believe if we had gotten Europe this season we'd have no problems with getting the players we want and tying down Neves. I think we'd have gotten in someone like Nunez which would be a sign of intent to Neves to say "look, Ruben, we really do want Champions League one day. One day soon!" . But that's all ifs and buts.

I want to be optimistic. I have fears but I want to believe we will sign at least 3 really good players and that one of them will be a player that is the heights of when we got Neves. As in a player we have no right signing. I mean I can dream that we somehow get Mbappe can't I?