Two days ago, I saw a fan joke that wolves in the Premier League are now completely a "Portuguese second team", at first the editor did not think so, and then saw that wolves introduced the 23-year-old midfielder Núñez of Portuguese Sports, which specifically went to pay attention to the big list of this team, and the result was a look, sure enough.
To put it bluntly, Wolves are now a complete "Portuguese legion", from the manager to the players, and even every position, it is possible to line up a team of all Portuguese players to compete in the Premier League.
Make a list for everyone.
Coach
Wolves' head coach is Bruno Lager, who was hired to coach Wolves last year. Prior to that, he coached at Benfica, Portugal, where he led the team to the 2018-19 Portuguese Premier League title and the 2020 Portuguese Super Cup.
Although I have also coached League One and Championship teams like Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea in 2015-2018, I actually spent most of my time coaching Atifika, Benfica's youth team, and was not promoted to Benfica team until 2019. But he has an impressive record, that is, in his first season in charge of Benfica, he achieved 19-18 wins, directly winning the Portuguese Premier League championship that season.
Although the club is known as the "champion team" in Portugal, Bruno Lager, who was only 43 years old at the time, was able to lead the team to achieve such a good result, which proved his ability to adjust players and his ability to conduct on the spot.
By this year, Bruno Lager is only 46 years old, but he has already gained a foothold in the top league like the Premier League, although he only finished 10th last year, but it seems that the boss Guo Guangchang still has more trust in him, otherwise he would not have spent 120 million euros to bring in a large number of players this summer.
Front
Let's take a look at who is Wolves' "Portuguese striker"?
1, Pedro Neto (22 years old), this is wolves in the summer of 2019 from Lazio, spent 17.9 million euros, to know that when it was bought, only 19 years old, 3 years later, now worth about 35 million euros. Last season, due to various injuries and other reasons, he only played 13 games, 1 goal and 1 assist, but the team still chose to renew the contract with the Portugal international until 2027. Neto has already been a starter in both games of the new season and hopes to have a good performance this year.
2, Goncalo Guedes (25 years old), the Portuguese player who has been passing on the "scandal" of the Roma club for the whole summer, was finally introduced by Wolves, a 5-year contract, spent 32 million euros + additional terms for the team, during his time at Valencia, a total of 40 goals for the team, and 32 assists, but also helped the team win the 2019 Copa del Rey.
3. Daniel Bordens (26), Wolves brought in the Portuguese player from Olympiacos in 2020, and of course, he debuted from Portuguese sports and worked out in the Greek league for a season and a half before coming to the Premier League. From the past two seasons, the playing time and goal efficiency are still good, can only be said to be medium level, and the current value is similar to when it was first introduced, depending on whether this season can have a good play.
4, Ciquinho (22 years old), Wolves just bought from Portugal's Estoril club at the beginning of this year, spent 3.5 million euros, has not yet seen any special ability, the new season's shirt number is 20, there should be some opportunities to play.
midfielder
1. Joao Moutinho (35 years old), although he is already an advanced player, Wolves has played a big role in the team since he spent 5.6 million euros to bring him in from Monaco in 2018, and his appearance is relatively stable.
Although there were rumors at the beginning of the year that he might transfer to Roma, the team finally renewed his contract for another year, and it is also hoped that a veteran like him can play a role in stabilizing the hearts and minds of young Wolves, after all, the Portuguese players in the team are basically young players. Not to mention, he also scored the key goal of the 1-0 win over Manchester United in January.
2. Bruno Jordão (23 years old), who spent 8.9 million euros in 2019 to transfer from Lazio to Wolves, but did not get much opportunity at Wolves, almost two years on loan, with Famalicon in Portugal and Grasshoppers in Switzerland, whether they will be retained this season is still unknown. So far, although Núñez has just been introduced, Wolves' midfield still needs one or two better substitutes, and the possibility of staying in the team should still be relatively large.
3. Ruben Neves (25), who transferred from Porto to Wolves for 17.9 million euros in 2017, has gradually grown into a core midfielder for Wolves, and in last season's Premier League, Neves completed a total of 197 accurate long passes, which is the most of all Premier League midfielders. In the face of such outstanding performances, the big teams have expressed strong interest in him, such as Manchester United, who belong to the Same Premier League, such as La Liga giants Barca, who told Neves's agent that the team will go all out to sign Neves, but it seems that there is not much movement.
The latest news is that Barca will bring in Neves in the winter window to replace Butzks, who may not renew their contract with Barca.
4, Matthews Nunez (23 years old), 45 million euros + 5 million euros of floating clause, imported from The Portuguese sports, set a record for Wolves to bring in, the valuation of 35 million Nunes does not know what kind of value will be played in Wolves? Let's wait and see! Although Guardiola also admires the player. Looking at this height and weight, it should still be more suitable for the League league of high-intensity physical confrontation than other players on the team.
Posterior position
1, Nelson Cabral Semedo (28 years old), after playing for Barca for three seasons, the Portuguese defender still transferred from Barcelona to the Premier League Wolves, spending Guo Boss 32 million euros, but so far, the defender has not been able to play the value of Barca players, the value has also shrunk, it seems that the manager still has to adjust to the coach.
2, Tody Gomez (23 years old), also a young player transferred from Portugal's Estoril, has been loaned to the Swiss Grasshopper Club for two seasons, the ability value is average, it is estimated that it is difficult to adapt to the Premier League games, I don't know if the new season will be rented out to exercise?
goalkeeper
José Sa, the 29-year-old Portuguese international was bought from Olympiacos for 8 million euros by Wolves last year, and was also a goalkeeper of Portugal Portula, who had a description of his characteristics: abandoning the goal to participate in the attack, and in the top ten goalkeepers selected by the Mirror earlier this year, José Sa was at the top of the list with his excellent performance. A large part of wolves' achievements were due to his brave saves.
【Summary】
If you look at the number of Portuguese players in the team, Wolves can indeed send a "Portuguese legion" to play in the Premier League, but in terms of player ability, it is still lacking. And judging from the current performance of these players, the Portuguese players who can steadily get their own number of appearances are estimated to be 5 to 6 players.
Wolves boss Guo Guangchang and Mendes
Judging from the current performance of Wolves in the first two rounds of the new season, it is indeed unsatisfactory. In the first game against Leeds United, Bordens scored in the opening sixth minute, or let the latter reverse the victory, which also shows the inadequacy of Wolves' backline. In the second home game against promoted Mafulham, although he held 60% of the possession, he only had 7 shots on goal, only one shot on target, and finally shook hands with the other side 0-0.
Although Wolves' £450 million over the past six years has been spent on agent Mendes' players, such a pure Portuguese signing would not make much sense without a good result. And does the heavy introduction of Núñez this year mean a change in Wolves' season goals?
As a very successful agent, Mendes is still more inclined to build his own transfer economic model, and Wolves seem to be a more mature part of it. Fosun Group, which currently owns a stake in Gestifute, a subsidiary of Mendes, has been strengthening their business ties with each other, and Nunez is the 23rd Portuguese player to play for Wolves' first team since 2016, which is also a testament to the success of this reinforcement model. (From media reports)
After all, so many years have passed, from the 18-19 and 19-20 seasons are seven places twice, to the thirteenth place in the 20-21 season, and then to the tenth place last season, it is reasonable to say that Wolves have gradually adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League and the operation of this capital, and the next goal should be European competition, right?
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