Despite joining in September. He only played 11 times for them across the season, so the clauses must have had some low settingsQuote:
Originally Posted by EalingGreen
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Despite joining in September. He only played 11 times for them across the season, so the clauses must have had some low settingsQuote:
Originally Posted by EalingGreen
Seemingly so.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
This is what the local paper was saying in mid-December:
"Boubacar Traore's loan at Wolves is set to be made permanent as clauses in the deal to bring him to Molineux are to be triggered, the Express & Star understands.
Wolves signed the 21-year-old in the dying hours of the summer transfer window on a season-long loan from French club Metz, with a £9.5million option to buy him next summer.
However, Wolves also confirmed that the loan would automatically become permanent if certain clauses were triggered.
Now, the Express & Star understands that the £9.5million deal is set to be triggered on his appearances in a Wolves shirt. The number of appearances needed is understood to be very low and it is a matter of when, and not if, Traore signs permanently.
The midfielder has already played nine games for Wolves and with the second half of the season to come, it is expected to be a formality that he stays with the club."
https://www.expressandstar.com/sport...t-wolves-move/
I think we can take it that Traore's Agent is Jorge Mendes, so that the player's contract with Wolves was negotiated by him and he gets a cut when the deal becomes permanent.
I mean, lots of people feel that Mendes virtually runs the club, or their Recruitment operation, at least:
https://talkingwolves.co.uk/news/opi...mendes-wolves/
No prizes for guessing who Matt Doherty's Agent is... :cool:
Meanwhile, talking of Wolves + Low Settings, this one from January makes Traore look like a veritable bargain:
Wolves complete £44m transfer after bizarre clause triggered
Wolverhampton Wanderers have officially signed Matheus Cunha on a permanent deal after activating a clause.
Strangely, the clause that has seen Wolves pay Atletico Madrid the player's transfer fee is after he played three matches. Those appearences came against Aston Villa in the Premier League, Liverpool in the FA Cup and Nottingham Forest in the EFL Cup. Cunha is yet to start a game for Wolves after coming off the bench in all three of his appearances so far.
More here: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/spo...after-25964269
If Mendes does as well for his clients as he does for himself, it's no wonder The Doc doesn't need to take the Saudi cash.
Three appearances is a ridiculously low bar to trigger a transfer, isn't it usually at least 20?
Cunha did play 20 games for Wolves last season, and scored twice, so it probably would have gone through anyway.
Very true.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
As against that, if a player is on 17 or 18 appearances with eg half a dozen league games remaining until the end of the season, but the owner is having second thoughts or is pushed for the transfer fee, it is not unknown for him to have a quiet word in the Manager's ear to see that the player remains on the bench until the qualifying period is over.
Of course Mendes is far too clever to fall into that trap, indeed he turns it round to use it against the club.
I’d expect it was some FFP workaround.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Rather than sign the player immediately- loan him, with an obligation to sign for the following season if clauses are met. Ridiculously low Loan fee paid immediately. First payment of transfer fee can be paid once clauses are met (so within weeks) - but transfer fee is pushed into next year’s accounts for FFP…
Makes sense; possibly also tax impiications?Quote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum
Either way, after all this "kicking the can down the road" they look finally to have run out of road, hence the emergency sale of anyone who will fetch a fee, to be replaced by free transfers like eg Doherty.
You have to wonder, just how much has Mendes taken out of the club for himself, and how have their owners allowed him to get away with it? Unless they're benefiting in some way too?
https://www.wolves.co.uk/club/about-us/ownership/
Returning to Wolves apparently
Officially a Wolves player again and supposedly signed a three year deal too.
It will be interesting to see how he is used by Lopetegui, who I believe favoured four at the back when he came in. We know that Doherty thrives in the wing-back role more than the full-back role. He's up against Nelson Semedo and to a lesser degree Jonny, right?
Centre-back = = Doherty is destined to play centre-back.
The thought did cross my mind...Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
It is written in the annals of the stars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Predator
Really? Is he good enough in the air?Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
Is John Stones ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
That’s not the questionQuote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
I have not noticed that being weak in the air is a part of Matt Doherty's game ~ ~ How many big / good in the air centre forwards do you get these days ~~ I suppose that still leaves set pieces to deal with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
He's covered CB before but that's when Wolves played with a back three. I'd say Doherty is likely coming back to be back up that can cover RB and LB. Wouldn't be depending on him as a first choice FB.
Started tonight against Blackpool and Wolves have went with a back three with yours truly starting RCB. Doherty managed to score himself a brace though from CB.
He has been destined to play Centre-Back ~ ~ It is written.Quote:
Originally Posted by JR89
But Doherty can’t defend ;)
Defend the defenders.
He looks like he walked down on Christmas morning and got that scooter he asked Santy forQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Looks like Wolves are signing a Uruguayan centre back, so that should free up Doherty to revert to his more familiar role on the bench.
Everyone should sign a Uruguayan centre back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
I'm honestly surprised and disappointed with Doherty's trajectory. How do you go from being one of the most influential players in a flying Wolves team to a bench player at Spurs, and now a bench player back at Wolves?
I think we saw vs. France earlier in this campaign there's still a good player there -- but really disappointing to see him not getting a start at lower level premiership level (I appreciate it's early in the campaign and this could change).
On the bench. He's not going to play much this year.
Came on with about a half an hour left against Liverpool. Did he lose a bet or something? The haircut like.
Ninth goal scored by an Irish player in the Premier League this season, one more than last season
Fair dues to Matt Doherty.
Chelsea have some woeful defenders and some woeful players all round as well.
Half their XI are mid table standard players and have a MLS standard GK yet expect to compete for Europe never mind the league! They’ll do well to finish top half this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
Yet there seems to be no pressure on Poch compared to Ten Hag with United.Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
Assume it’s because Poch is in year one and there’s definitely an improvement on last year (despite losing some of their best players: Kante, Kovacic, Mount, Havertz etc etc), whereas Ten Hag’s side have obviously regressed from last yearQuote:
Originally Posted by JR89
I think also Todd Boehly just doesn’t know what he’s doing and there’s general acknowledgment of how bad their side is, Palmer and Nkunku aside.
Any way to undelete a post? Was just trying to update it
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Originally Posted by elatedscum
A nice read of a bad corner ( opposition's corner ) and set up Pedro Neto for a goal ~ Ok ~ Neto had plenty to do.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/68122882
Made his 150th premier league appearance against Arsenal at the weekend
Hard to believe, TBH. In recent years, he has only shown flashes of what he once was and I get an uncomfortable sense of 'can't be bothered' off him far too often.