27 Jun 2026 23:03:05
Notts Forest are very interested in Joao Gomes, wages agreed, talks have progressed with Wolves over fee circa 39million.
28 Jun 2026 09:23:44
Makes sense, especially when you've just banked £116 million for Anderson. Joao isn't as good as Anderson, but he's more than good enough for Forest and their aspirations.
Have to feel for Newcastle. Needed to sell Anderson to comply with PSR and got a poxy £35 million for him.
The PL is an utter snooze fest. What chance do the lesser clubs have when they have to spend £50 million on Larsen or £55 million on Wissa, and Man City can spend a British record on a midfielder and it doesn't even touch the sides? The spending rules changing will do nothing other than bring Spurs back into the fold and make Man Utd title contenders again.
Their revenue will allow this.
Fosun need to start becoming geniuses at player trading, otherwise Wolves back in the Premier League will be the same as it has been for the last few years.
28 Jun 2026 10:46:35
None of your previous rumours have come true mate so suggest your 'source' is not a reliable one . LOL!
28 Jun 2026 14:10:20
Obviously I don't know if it is true or not, but on the surface it makes complete sense.
Sell at a ludicrously high fee and buy at a ludicrously low one.
Sounds a pretty smart strategy - wonder if Wolves had ever thought about doing that?
I know a lot of posters on here, bizarrely, don't rate J. Gomes, but surely no one can think you should be able to buy Neves, Ran and Gomes for the price of Anderson?
PS, I continually hear that Gomes is only defensive and does not create enough, a point certainly supported by the very poor stats he produces.
However, I would make two points in his defence.
Firstly, I reckon you could have had prime Kevin De Bruyne and Bruno Fernandes in the Wolves side last year and they wouldn't have been able to get the traffic cone that was Jsl, Tolu and Hwang to double figures - between the 3 of them.
Secondly, Wolves were regularly overrun last year, and he and Andre spent the entire time putting out fires and trying desperately to cover for the wholly inadequate players they were surrounded by.
I think the stats for defensive actions will show how well they did that!
Also, to provide assists you need players who are willing and able to receive passes and then convert the chances created.
It also helps if you have players around you who can retain possession and pass to you to enable you to make the passes required for assists to be created.
28 Jun 2026 20:02:40
The big issue last year is we had no pace up front, so no outlet to aim for.
We really missed Cunha, Semedo, and Sarabia.
To then lose Ran was suicidal.
But I can't remember a forward keeping possession of the ball last season.
Andre and Gomes looked up, but the forwards didn't move.
Mane offered a link, but that got sussed out after the international break.
I think moving to a back 4 with pace will mean more attacking players can be brought in, and more midfield creativity and steel in certain games.