Wolves wait on Mancienne return
Saturday 24th January 2009, 12:02PM GMT.
Wolves are playing a waiting game in a bid to re-sign Chelsea defender Michael Mancienne on loan.
Boss Mick McCarthy wants to strengthen the centre of his defence this month and would love to bring the England under-21 international back to Molineux for the rest of the season.
But he is being forced to be patient in his quest and is awaiting the go-ahead from Stamford Bridge, while working on signing other targets.
John Terry’s expected return from a minor back injury in the FA Cup fourth round tie at home to Ipswich might persuade boss Luiz Felipe Scolari to allow Mancienne to come back.
Chelsea also have Ricardo Carvalho, Alex and Branislav Ivanovic as central defensive options, but like McCarthy, counterpart Scolari wants at least two players competing for every place.
Mancienne was recalled by Scolari at the end of his three-month loan at Wolves, after both clubs had initially agreed to extend his stint with McCarthy’s side, only for Chelsea to fail to process the paperwork.
The 20-year-old was expected to be handed his debut in Chelsea’s third round tie against Southend, but was an unused substitute and is still to make his debut.
Wolves conceded just six goals in the eight starts Mancienne made, plus a two more games as substitutes, while they have leaked five in two league matches since his departure.
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Oh God yes please!!!! If we could get him on loan till the end of the season, I would be much more optimistic.
Come on Wolves pull out the stops. I’d pay for him on loan, say 300K or something. He is not going to play at Chelsea. Get yourself back here Mancienne! PPLLEEAASSEE
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He is a must !!!!
Dont care weather we have to pay a million just to loan him through the season….
… BRING HIM BACK MOXEY AND MORGAN !!!
This is Morgans first real test to show he’s commited to Wolves or not.
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If we dont get him make sure we get someone with pace and strength in the air.
He isnt the biggest lad but has plenty of pace ,can leap like a frog and is a quick thinker.
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It would be great to have him back and in partnership with Stearman again !
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Moxey wants him on the cheap. He basically wants him on a free.
Some stuggling premier team will sign him for next to nothing and we will lose out. Never mind we have got COLLINS.
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Oh this is what I hope was happening in the back ground!!
If we can get him back for Tuesday that would be perfect!
Good work mick and moxey for not giving up on him!
Come one you wolves!!
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here’s hoping we can get him back on loan he could be vital in our push for promotion…i still say we ought to put a big bid in for him now because if he does come back plays well and helps get us promoted his value will double and be out of our grasp then….£3.5 million offer now morgan i say!!
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im happy that were attempting to get him back on loan but im not getting my hopes up because i dont want to get let down again. and if he does i sign on loan id add these sneaky clauses (cannot be recalled, and can be bought at any time after promotion for the agreed fee) haha optimistic i no but who isnt 3-1 wolves today come on me babies.
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In all the posts on this site over the past weeks I can only remember reading one negative comment about Mancienne’s ability. For any player to unite Wolves supporters in such a way speaks volumes about his talent.
Scolari knows that to improve, a player needs competetive action. He also knows that he has players available to him at Chelski who are bigger and stronger at the moment than Mancienne. If Mancienne wants to come back I feel sure that he will ask permission and that Scolari will grant it.
Boy do we need him!!!
Up The Wolves
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It would be great to get him back.
He can fight with Stearman for his place to play alongside Mick McCarthy’s Neil Collins.
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It’s quite simple, with Mancienne Wolves WILL go up automatic.
Without Mancienne, automatic promotion will be a struggle.
SIGN HIM UP, SIGN HIM UP, SIGN HIM UP!
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If we could loan him for this season and maybe for a quantity of next then Chelsea would be very well served. In a years time he would be competing seriously for a Chelsea shirt or be away for 7/8 million pounds…
Either way I wish the lad the greatest success. he seemed absolutely first rate.
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god we need some one but have we realy got ambition here? now i see that bolton what davies but muppet mick will not bring him back when we need a midfield player,and also say collin is good so what is going on who knows.
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Mancienne is undoubtably a good player with a good future if he maintained his work rate and consistency.But nothing is certain in life and the happenings in the field.
Having said that, it would be most unlikely that Chelsea will loan him out again given their own injuries problem in the defence.
It will be better for Wolves to find for other option and if there is a chance of signing Mancienne on a permanent basis, it should be looked at before the start of next season if Wolves gained promotion.But an outrageous transfer fee should be avoided.
Forward the Wolves!!!
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If the 3 Ms are serious then show some commitment. Buy him now, £5m is not too much to virtually guarantee promotion. But Mick has to stop experimenting with Steartman and Foley playing out of position!!!
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Never felt like this before about a loan player but when he left i was gutted, i think this lad is wolves and i believe he would sign if chelsea were willing to do business stop penny pinching moxey and offer them 5mil+ he IS worth it !
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No.2 From Costa Del Wolf…..’This is Morgans first real test to show he’s commited to Wolves or not.’
Hang your head in shame Sir
We are very very lucky to have someone like him … how ungrateful can you get … they (people like Morgan) just cant win can they
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O.K Mancienne’s a good player but we need to start signing not keep gatting players on loan thier’s got to be more quaility out thier we found Knightly and SEB time to spend money Morgan
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17 – You are absolutely correct to condemn such a stupid, ungrateful and uninformed comment.
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the wolves board are scared to let the money go, i really do think that these people who run the club dont actually want to get wolves promoted, we need players now and when we get into the prem if nad when. if we do get to the promised land then the board will have to spend money for the club to stay up or fear for the team that we will be relegated in the same season
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SIGN HIM ASAP! Mr Morgan try using the 3mil we got for olifinjana.
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I have a season ticket and neil collins is the worst player I have ever seen. He keeps getting chance after chance and makes silly schoolboy errors. Today has to be the last straw. Everyone can see he is rubbish apart from mm
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Its is usually the waiting game that we have to endure with Jez Moxey and often we end up with the manager’s third or fourth choice.The quality of the player and potential effect on the team is way down the pecking order.Due to Mick McCarthy’s excellent scouting network there have been a no of notable exceptions in recent years egKightly and SEB,but we seem to be slipping back to the old ways in going for cheaper options that don’t fit the bill eg Hill and Shackell.The club have now only got a few days to show us they have any ambition and selling Davies is not a good start.
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lets just rent him off chelsea half a mill if we get promoted
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The quality drips from this player. If we can get him until the end of the season I would be confident we are going up as champions. He and Stearman looked tremendous together. I don’t believe Chelsea are going to sell a future England regular. If they even hinted they would I would happily pay 6 or 7 million for him. He will be worth at least double that in two years. You can’t lose. Considering his quality and character, having been with the England squad, I don’t believe for a minute he is one of these players who is going to be happy picking up his money playing reserve team football for much longer. He would walk in to 6 or 7 Premiership teams, I am not sure he would take a risk of signing for us now, but he enjoyed his time with us, and with the fans totally behind him as we are, if he can help us to promotion, ask Chelsea what he realistic chances are, I could imagine the prospect of becoming a hero for us might just tempt him. The club will show our ambitions over the next week or so.
My greatest concern is the fact that where money is no object to Chelsea, why would they even bother letting go of such potential for what, essentially, is peanuts to them?
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16 is right – buy him. Offer anything up to £6M – he is worth it especially to us. Him and Stearman make a great pairing.
Please Jez – sort it!!
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GET HIM BACK FOR READING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We don’t need Mancienne we’ve got a perfectly good defender in Collins…is what i would be saying if i was a complete moron…Yes get Mancienne back for us, we need a defender who can…i don’t know…defend?
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The thing with all this that confuses me is that at some point this season (macarthy realised that collins wasnt good enough) so we signed mancienne.Now however he seems to be persisting with collins,what has changed? collins is not good enough end of story.I am sure we could get him back with a £3m bid.Our form since he went back is P6 W1 D3 L2.In four of these games we been unable to hold a lead.If Macarthy cannot see this I fear the worst.
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get both Mancienne and Robbie Keane on loan and we will be on our way!
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Has anyone considered the lad might be happy to get some match practice here but may not fancy the idea of signing permanently?
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This one is simple Moxey, We want Mancienne say we want Mancienne, We want Mancienne say we want Mancienne, We want Mancienne say we want Mancienne, We want Mancienne say we want Mancienne, we want Mancienne say we want Mancienne, we want Mancienne say we want Mancienne, do you understand.
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If Davies wants to go and Bolton want him why not do a swap deal for Shittu the Premier league centre half who wants to leave them. He is a very good player AND if Mancienne does come back we would have AN EXCELENT BACK TWO for a change.
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Mick have you tried offering collins in part exchange, Chelsea may snap your hand off.
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we want michael mancienne :)
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Koumas,Michael Brown,Mancienne,Shittu and nugent or danny welbeck PLEASE SPLASH THE CASH BOARD. When we go up we need to sign 3 of them a keeper who can catch and a new centre forward in the summer survival is a definate :D
And can i ask why have we signed quashie and let davies go theres a big difference an old over rated former blunose and tesco man and a young hungry former england player STRANGE ONE :s.
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