Wolves make Jonny Evans a target
Friday 24th June 2011, 11:10AM BST.
Wolves are eyeing Manchester United centre-back Jonny Evans as an alternative to their top defensive targets.
The club have so far been frustrated in their efforts to land Roger Johnson and Matt Mills and are considering moving for a familiar face to Molineux scouts.
Manager Mick McCarthy wanted to recruit Evans more than two years ago, before Wolves were promoted, but the Northern Ireland international enjoyed two separate loan spells at Sunderland instead, helping Roy Keane’s side to the Championship title in 2006-07 and then gaining Premier League experience the season after.
But Wolves have kept a close eye on the 24-year-old and McCarthy would relish the chance of signing Evans.
Evans, who has been United’s back-up with Chris Smalling in the absence of Rio Ferdinand or Nemanja Vidic, has seen his chances of regular football take a dip with the £20million arrival of Phil Jones this summer.
The six foot-plus stopper only signed a four-year contract at Old Trafford just over a year ago and it would appear Wolves’ best chance of bringing him to Molineux would be on loan.
United are willing to offload two experienced versatile stoppers in Wes Brown and John O’Shea and Sunderland have been heavily linked with the pair.
But Wolves are having to play a waiting game as the Black Cats, managed by former United favourite Steve Bruce, are also considering moving for Evans in the event they miss out on Brown or O’Shea, who are also interesting Everton.
Evans has made 84 appearances for United and his calmness on the ball would help Wolves.
Fitting in with Wolves’ young and hungry profile, he has proved a winner with Premier League title successes and two League Cup winners’ medals.
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do it do it do it!!!
Evan’s is top quality.
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would be a great addition,but could he get in in front of stephen mc ward?or big george?
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Noooooooooooooooooooo did you see him against Wolves, he was rubbish !
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Would be a great signing but im unsure we can pull it off.
We need to get going on it if we do as the article confirms what I heard elsewhere, he is heavily linked to other clubs.
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Sign him up ASAP, stop playing this daft waiting game before we miss out on all our targets!
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Welcome at the Mol anytime. Brace yourselves for Aston Villa making a move for Jarvo!! i knew this would happen,why did we sign Hammel if it hasn’t already been sorted!!
UTW
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Told you weeks ago about Jonny Evans.
Just hoped that the rumours from Belfast wernt true.
No better than what weve got.
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It seems clear to me that Evans chances of first team football are going to be extremely limited at Utd. That being the case, if the player has any ambitions he may well press for a permanant move.
The news may also have an impact at B’ham if they believe that Wolves maybe dropping their interest in Johnson.
There is also a report this morning that Wolves have had another bid for Mills rejected by Reading. The key to whether Wolves are successful may well rest with the player. If he indicates that he wants to play at a higher level I think Reading will sell.
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I think we would be taking a risk bringing in fringe players from the big teams. I think its fair to say that these defenders that play for uts and chelsea etc have to deal with less attacks than other clubs, so in some cases are made to look better than they are. I have seen Evans on a few occasions and sometimes he has been top class and others he has struggled, but i think he is better than what we curently have, but is he the best that we can get is the improtant question.
Evans on loan with a permanent signing of either Mills, Johnson, Bassong or maybe someone else could be a good bit of business. Then all that would be left is a left back really.
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Deal with it… now!
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Couldn’t afford the £25m it take to get him from united, so maybe a loan deal for one of the best young defenders in england is on the cards.
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We won’t get him – not with Sunderland sniffing around and awash with cash following Henderson’s sale. Think this is a smokescreen given the comments that were attributed to Moxey yesterday.
I think we would get more joy speeding up the decisions of other clubs (i.e. Birmingham and Reading) if we didn’t reveal our intentions.
If the transfer merry-go-round is akin to a poker game, Moxey has effectively told everyone that we have a strong hand and then raised the stakes modestly. Not sure if Reading or Birmingham would have believed him more had he just raised the stakes without any of the chat
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Anyone enthusiastic about this has not seen him the last year. Why do you think they have signed Smalling and Jones? He has no pace at all and makes numerous errors. Also for a big lad he cannot cope with the physical side. Stear well clear!
Our managers track record with centre backs is abysmal. The best at the club is Craddock – enough said.
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SKY Sports website has just stated Wolves have had a second bid for Mills rejected. Personally I would be happy with any of the central defenders we have been linked with so far, aslong as we sign 2 of them. A right footer and a left footer. Then snap up Bertrand before he goes to tesco’s and job done i think!
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11,Tj.
Good god,if you thought Berra/Stearman were error bound,then you aint seen nothing yet.
Anyone see the Carling Cup against West Ham,then you will know what i mean.
Dont think hes played for United since(certainly not started).
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get the lad from villa as part of the jarvo deal…that cuellar is better than what we have
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The “sign him up brigade” need to stop and engage brains.
Maybe, just maybe, the selling club and player await all offers before making a considered decision.
It’s not a trolley dash boys.
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Can’t believe we are being linked with Evans! It’s fantastic news if true, he would be a much better bet if we could get him for £7 or £8 million than Johnson. What concerns me more would be the wages he’d demand, there would be a few envious glances from a lot of the other first teamers, who no doubt egged on by their agents would be beating a path to MM’s door demanding a raise. Best bet would be as reported and thats as a season long loan provided we can afford his wages.
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Mixed bag performances from what i have seen, also seems to lack pace and i think we need someone quick.
Could also be just be hype to put pressure on clubs with our real targets!
A left back too please!!!
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M&M – The money that sunderland have got wont even make a dent in the debt they have got themselves in. Then again, these teams dont care about that, and they will probably end up spending it anyway, forcing themselves into even more debt.
Everyone saying stear clear because hes error prone needs to realise that when a player isnt playing first team football week in week out, hes bound to make errors when hes put into the team. Given an extended stay in the first team with the same defensive partnership, im sure he could get back to the form that he has shown for utd in the past. I dont think he would be a bad signing, but i do think there are better options than him.
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Speculation … Just up the bid for Johnson n mills and get then in. They r 1st choice make them feel wanted and up the bid chuck in Berra & halford or keough
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Would be a good signing but he still needs a good partner,this and a left back,Zubar fit and we might just have a half decent defense.DeFries should be No.1.Keane back and next year I would fancy us for a good position in the Premiere.Moxey is stalling again,Morgan is following him and MM just has no say.What a way to run a club.
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I said a few weeks ago we are sleep walking into the newseason, exactly as we did the the last two.
The reports coming from the 3M’s have been consistant in there negativity.
One thing for sure if someone doesn’t sort out 2CB’s 1 LB, a new Captain then we are going to start the season again without knowing which is our best team, without a true leader and if we do sign players it will be too late for them to fit in whatever system McCarthy is going to play this season.
If anyone read Henry’s statement a few days ago, it shows again the lack of desire of him and the Manager to become safe well before the last game of the season.
I don’t think many fans want to go through that again.
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GET HIM !!!! I would prefer him to any of the others, a quality player at a quality team with a quality manager and a quality training set up.
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Could od a job at leftback he’s played there before with Sunderland on loan a few seasons back but can we attract him here? Wait and see
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Not sure about this!!
Just because he plays for Man Utd doesnt make him any better than what we have to be honest. This guy makes a lot of mistakes….more than Stearman, and Stearman plays in a side who will expect to get bombarded.
Evans was a good prospect that hasnt developed to the reputation he had.
I really dont know about this one. ;0+
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Could do a job I mean
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leave well alone, glasgow rangers have only offered 1.5 million for carlos cuellar, wwfc can get him for 3 million villas asking price, a player who once was sold for 7.8 million and a class act. he is streets ahead of mills,jhonson,dann,berra,stearman.
utw
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All these names being banded around & still no closer to a signing, you just know we will have to settle for whoever our feeder club,sunderland,have got surplus to requirement.
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Mmmmm….the Jarvo rumours seem to be getting stronger. If Downing follows Young away from Villa then they will be looking for wide men.
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@17 Cliche man well said..
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In response to a few comments on here. If Jonny Evans is rubbish, do you not think that Fergie would have got rid of him? Furthermore, he has played many games for Northern Ireland and they have had plenty of good results over the years. Cuellar would be a good signing but his Villa partner, Dunne, would not! Mills… forget him, as Reading want too much money for a totally unproven player.
Finally if Villa do come in for Jarvis, on the back of losing Young and possibly Downing? Do not think that Jarvo is a cheap replacement? Wolves will be asking for about £10m and rightly so!
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With at least 4-5 players in front of him at MU he will not make the cut into the 25 first team pool this season at United.
This makes the sale of the player commercial sense for United and for the player a move to possible first team choice at another club.
He is a sound player, it is just that United have the financial clout to buy what they think is better.
We do not!!
A loan move with a possible commitment to buy, ala O’Hara would seem to be sensible.
Up The Wolves
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DO NOT RATE HIM!!!!
slow pace and slow reactions. he has been trained by Man Utd and will no doubt be trying to learn from arguably the 2 best CB’s in England (Vidic/Rio) which is great but that just masks how poor Evans is. take him out of that environment and he will be poor!!
i think Roger Johnson is much more a better player than Evans and my fingers, toes and anything else that bends are crossed that we can seal this deal.
would’ve liked to have seen us attempt a move for Joseph Yobo as he doesnt want to go back to Everton but seems to have his heart set on staying in Turkey.
stick with the main targets in RJ and MM till the last possible second as these pair will give us what we need.
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Should not be a backup plan!
If there is any truth in this he should be ahead of Mills in list!
Get him in!
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Now thats what I call a proper signing,a fully fleged ready to go out the box Prem CB now thats what I call ambition.
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spanish ray – I think you will find he has already put in bids for players, and clubs have rejected the bids. If Moxey hadnt been stalling we would have paid £14 million for Johnson, £4 million higher than what Birmingham now want, and probably £6 million higher than what he will actually sell for. But sure, he shoudl go out and settle for everyones valuations of their players, it will only put us into debt, Its not like its Moxey’s job to get the best value for money for this club.
Ancient Wolf – Dont worry about the Jarvis rumours because they are just that. Aston Villa havent got the pull to tempt Jarvis like Man utd did with Young, We are in a financial and league position to reject any offer we want bar silly offers, and Jarvis is only 1 year into a 5 year contract so we have many years to negotiate a higher fee still. If we do end up selling Jarvis im pretty confident that it will be for more than what Villa got for Young, because were in a position where we can hold out for silly money, and can you really see them spending that much on a replacement, because i sure cant.
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Forget Mills hes untested at this level and too pricey Reading are dreaming if they think that they will get 4mill.
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29 yorkshirewolf Please clarify? Since Halford I can’t recall anyone from Sunderland. There have been 3 transfer windows since then, and so far in this the 4th since Halford, 2 signings, neither from Sunderland.
Again we have already done more business than most this transfer window, and I am sure we are doing all possible to get the right centre half in, at the right price.
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Wolfy 74
Yer having a laff mate if you think Stearmans any where near as good as Evans,if Evans is that bad why did Sir Alex give him a new 4 year deal,hes what they call work in progress.
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Stumbling block for Wolves to complete signing of Roger Johnson is that Brum want Ebanks-Blake to be part of the deal. Wolves are interested but Brum only value him at £1.5m!
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Do the people on here slating Jonny Evans think that our other targets are perfect? Roger Johnson was nowhere near as good as the previous season and was absolutely dire versus Fulham at home. Does that make him a bad player?
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he makes to many basic mistakes United fans dont rate him so stay well away
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Not a single quote in this story from anybody at Wolves, Sunderland or United. Nothing from the player, his agent, his ma & pa. They couldn’t even be bothered to go for the “a friend of the player” or “a source at the club” angle !…….. this is just a speculative article from the E&S on a slow news day….. i’m not going to think about this one too much for the moment.
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Evans is not the worst player and would be an improvement, but I am inclined to agree AP the Dingle.
Ex Man Utd players do not get any better when they leave Old Trafford and almost all look better than what they really are within a team littered with the worlds best.
I would prefer Johnson, Dunne or Bassong.
My advice to Jez would be, don’t get ripped off but be prepared to up the stakes if you definately want them. If Blues want Ebanks or Berras or Berra as part of a deal, then just do it. Life is to short, we need to move on.
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Defenders are not perfect even the worlds best defenders make mistakes.One way to stop errors being made is play a little more attack minded.I have certainly criticised “BERRA & STEARMEN” as they do make some real “HORLICKS” on the other hand they see the ball much more than most defenders in the premiership.With super “HENRY” always passing back.It must be said that our defence is put under pressure by our own play.They are unable to get control it becomes a ping pong scenario.I am not convinced 100% that getting two great defenders would mean we will become unbeatable.We require a couple of players who can hold the ball and play it forward,how many times does HENRY hold the ball for more than 15seconds?
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what are alot of you on about! jonny evans is a way better defender than roger johnson, matt mills or bassong! foolish people sayin that he isnt! heh ad some poor games for utd but thats gonna happen when your playing with world class players, your not going to stand out as much are you! and why would you want to go anywhere near richard dunne? old, slow, and a trouble maker! wake up to yourselves wolves fans and get a grip! jonny evans is a far better defender than anybody you’ve been linked with so far!
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@44 My thoughts exactly.
Somebody earlier said we’re being slow. The only clubs in the PL to have signed anyone so far are us (2), Sunderland (2) and Man U (1).
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we dont need him at any cost ….Iv’e seen him perform.
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I trust that these rumours about Jarvo are no more than that. I cannot believe the Club would let him go at this stage. There would be one hell of a reaction if they did.
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40 Wolfhound. Just think for a minute. Fergie is no fool, by extending his contract he is a valuable asset. However he is destined to be a bit part player with Fergie signing Smalling and Jones. I think 26 WolfyTor is correct. Evans is no better than Stearman, both make silly errors, BUT, both are young enough to improve.
He wouldn’t be top of my list for this key CB role, I would prefer Roger Johnson, having seen him play for Blues, and Cardiff, a few times, but a loan deal might suit everybody.
IMO Blues are trying to claw back as much of the debt they’ve landed themselves in as possible ( £4 million for Ridgewell ? C’mon !)
Reading, however genuinely want to keep their captain to mount a promotion campaign next season. I think eventually the player and his agent will isist on Premiership footy.
Moxey and Morgan are making it clear that they are not going to pay daft prices and we just have to be patient.
22 and 23 I see those two bright sparks are at it again.
Flying Whinger did you know Jesus wants you for a sunbeam ?
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jonny evans would be a good signing. like everything though in football now get ready for the vastly overblown price and staggering wage demands.
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dont sell ebanks-blake at any cost…..he will cum good this season round…..cant bear to think of blues gettin promoted next season n he scores 20+ for them
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48,Brian you forgot about Albion,Liverpool,Newcastle
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yes i can see jarvis going the villa we will get 15 million plus two players from villa dunne and some one else i bet he be irish as well lol
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Wolves till i die – Blake would score 20+ in the championship with his eyes closed. He did it for us, and since then he is definately fitter, and in general better than he was back then. He has now scored 7 goals this season and only started 11 games, so without doubt is a prem striker. Someone mentioned that Blues value him at £1.5 million, if thats the case, thats the biggest joke of an offer ive ever seen. We spent a similar amount on him, and since then he has been championship top scorer twice, and has proven he can score in the prem. I would value Blake at a minimum of £5 million, but considering hes still young, i honestly think that he could easily fetch double figures given a propper chance in the premier league.
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just go get bassong from spurs and that kid from chelsea and tell reading to get in the real world and smell the coffee
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we will get johnson if we wait the price will drop down and then we can sign him
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This guy Evans is all over the place every time he plays. Bad reading of the game, poor marking, not even great at tackling and has the attention span of a a kid who’s drank several cans of red bull…
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51 Farmer Ted, seemingly you are allowed to put your points of view but as last season you have to have a pop at someone with another view, I see you haven’t been able to make a comment without the name calling again sad really, 22 makes a good point, the problem with your patient is you can end up in intensive care!
Rest assured I will put my points of view in the face of posters like you who think they have a divine right on this board.
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Cuella(best bloke on the pitch,when we played Villa at the Mol)and Majid Bougherra.
Can get them both for £5 mill.
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Assuming that he stays fit, the best signing for the defense for next year has already been made.. Jody Craddock! And the player I’d realistically like to see playing alongside him would be Johnson.
As for Jarvis, you can’t play him AND Hunt on the left wing, and neither are as good as Kightly or Hammil on the right: I expect him to go if / when the price is right. That should finance sorting the defense out once and for all!
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List of centre halfs that will improve us (Any of these 2 please)
Bougherra
Johnson
Mills
Evans
Cuellar
Dann
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60 (23) Flying Winger
Sure, you have a right to post your opinion, but, as I’ve said to you before why do you never have anything positive to say about what the Club is doing ?
And you accuse the 3Ms of being negative !
You say the club is “sleepwalking into the new season” “if somebody doesn’t sort out 2CB and 1LB”. Are you not seeing and hearing what is going on regarding recruitment, eh ?
Perhaps you are one of the brigade who think we should have paid Birmingham’s opening gambit of £14m for Johnson.
As regards your mate Spanish Ray. “Moxey stalling and Morgan FOLLOWING”. Are you two for real ?
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“Jonny Evans a Wolves target”
“Villa after Jarvis”
“Freddie Starr ate my Hamster”
It’s all papertalk, boys and girls….and almost probably incorrect.
Jonny Evans is pretty average for the Premiership and prone to unforced errors, not a lot better than what we’ve got. Some of the targets that have been named are better for us IMO.
Jarvis has got to be worth double figures and could be used in a player/cash negotiation. I don’t think that will happen, personally, but if the deal is right for Wolves you never know. Also we have Hunt, Hammill and possibly Kightley if he can make the grade.
Freddie Starr was not guilty. The word in Showbiz circles was that Paul Daniels and Debbie McGhee BBQ’d it.
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All the defenders we have been linked with are better than what we have at the moment i’m not worried about waiting on the ones coming in i would like to see alot of the dead wood gone as we dont seem to be moving them on, Berra, Ward, Halford, Keogh, Hoff would say Henry as well but that will never happen
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If Mills is top of the list of Mick’s centre back requirements,we should pay the £4m and get him.The fact that he is in the last year of his contract is irrelevant.It is what he is worth to us on the pitch that matters,provided we have the money to pay for him.If the club think he is only worth £3M top dollar then he is probably no better than what we already have,and we should move on.What matters is how good a footballer he is,not that we have screwed a good deal out of Reading.
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Farmer Ted you know the flying winger is only talking about something he is a expert at-negativity. I agree with him that we all have opinions but his are always the same..I suppose he will ours are always the same, I don’t care if he calls me an happy clapper, I is…
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Do some of you lot need help getting dressed in the morning or what? How would Evans be a bad signing? If the chase to get Johnson & Mills is coming to a end( all beit prematurely in my opinion) the thus is a pretty good back up plan, he’s young,an international footballer, got premiership experience with a big club, and he craves first team football, i think he would fit in well with our policy of young and hungry. He’s only going to get better and he almost certainly better than what we have got now ( Craddock apart)
I swear some of you lot would moan if we were linked with John Terry!
Up the mighty wolves!
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I do think Evans would be a good addition, but don’t think we should actually go for him.
I would be happier for us to hold out for Johnson as not sure about Mills and also go for either Bassong or Cuellar. Forget about Dann – no chance (but happy to eat my hat if we do get him!!).
WE ARE WOLVES!!!
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64, yes I am for real, What is positive at the moment, have you read “Moxey ready to pull the plug”? Perhaps you should read all the articles before you go off on a rant. My original post is fact. Never said anything about Johnson.
Read Henry’s post, my comment is fact on what he said.
We have signed a Goalkeeper, good to see we are getting our priorities right.
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Can’t you dingle muppets see you are being used as pawns in hiking transfer prices up. What decent premiership player would want to come to the bright lights of Wolvo and get blowed away by all it’s charm and culture. I think you all have delusions of grandure thinking that 1) top quality palyers want to come to a lesser club, and 2) you think you are going to get into europe to tempt these players to come!! Never laughed so much in my life you poor misguided fools.
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Rubbish we dont want him another never has been cos morgan thinke hes good cos he is a manure player he is rubbish
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No No No!
Evans confidence was shot to bits last season. Look at cup exit to West Ham.
When we tried to sign Scott Dann Blues offered 5k more money per week and we pulled out of the deal.
How much is Dann worth now?
If the stumbling block on the Mills deal is that they want an extra million we shoul pay it. If he performs well next season his value will increase.
PS if we want to sign a Man Utd defender why not try O’Shea he can play anywhere across the back AND defensive midfield.
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The same Jonny Evans who played for United in Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 – Manchester United 1.
ok
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As soon as i saw Evans was in the line up , i thought we had a chance against United. We need a Centre Back with physical presence , not a lightweight like Evans. The United glory hunters i know will be delighted to get shot of him , certainly no better and no more imposing than Stearman.
I told you all to get on Warnock to be first Prem Manager to go . Got 16/1 on Tuesday , now he’s 9/2.
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Sorry, not interested in this possible deal for Evans. We got a defence that makes as many mistakes as him already…..and he plays in a better team than ours. Gut instincts are usually key and the mention of Johnson and Mills sounds right….especially Johnson. If EB is part of the deal, perhaps we could add a clause for more money if Blues come up if we not happy with their evaluation…..or basically stick to our guns as we are bigger than them ;-)))))))
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We will only buy 1 centre back this window believe me. With Moyokolo coming back from injury Mick will want to prove he has not failed with his signing.The bids in for Mills and Johnson are safety bets and only 1 of them (if any)will be at Wolves for pre season. Robbie back on loan for the season is also a good bet. With the players already at the club who have kept us in prem football for 2 years ie Ward,Henry and others continually slated on here just get behind the lads and SUPPORT them whoever plays.
UTW
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i would love to see some of the players mentioned come to wolves but i just can,t see it why moxey,s still there,remember years ago he was doing exactly the same thing at stoke once they got rid look at them nowthis will be their 6th consecutive season in the prem spending big money on good players and paying prem wages we will end up with championship gargage who mick says will put a good shift in come on moxey go and get johnson and bassong and konchesky before somebody beats us to them
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Cuellar for Jarvis and a couple of million to pay his wages.
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Just read that Villa want 3m for Cuellar, what a bargain.
We should offer Henrey and 1.5m
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I saw a silly article on E&S from moxley claiming we would pull out of deals and move on if we dont get the man we want for the price we bid.
Barcelona the biggest club in the world have been chasing and waiting for Fabregas for 3 seasons now. Have they given up?
I’m afraid we will have to sit and wait to see what develops.We must improve our defence and 2 central defender with prem experience are a main priority and there are only a few available and they will have several clubs to choose from.
I agree with some points raised here .Mick doesnt seem to be able to pick a good defender. He should also be looking abroad, remember mark hughes when at blackburn brought in samba for a small fee and what a great defender he is.
Johnny evans is a good defender but error prone imv and thats why sir alex has lost patience in him and brought in smalling and mills.
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Wolves won’t sell jarvis this summer I’m sure about that, we don’t need to sell and nobody will pay what wolves will ask. As somebody said earlier villa just wouldn’t have the pulling power to persuade jarvis away from wolves. In my opinion big eck has got a very hard job to stop villa going in the wrong direction. As for Evans yes he is better than what we’ve got but would need a good partner to really bring him on. Looking forward to next week because I think more progress will be made in the transfer market. U t w
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Evans would be a good addition but would still prefer a partnership of Mills and Bassong. Don’t Sunderland seem to be linked with everybody? Perhaps they would like Berra?
Get two central defenders then we can go after a left back, perhaps Bertrand.
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In most negotiations there’s a lot of kidology at work and no doubt that’s the case with Johnson and Mills,(and maybe others too that Wolves aren’t talking about).
However, this close season there are a lot of useful players around who are either out of contract or are potential loan targets and I truly believe, rather than buy players who are not as great as the hype about them suggests, Wolves would do well to go that route for this year.(I’m not sold on Evans by any means and Johnson is definitely over priced imo).
£10m plus for ordinary players would look bad business if we were bottom feeding or close to it by Christmas!
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73 Vindaloopi.
Just trying to decipher your post. It seems you are making a link between our Chairman, Morgan and Jonny Evans being a Manchester United player. Am I on the right lines ?
Would you care to explain, I’m intrigued.
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Would be a good signing but cant see him joining us also all these centre halfs we have been linked with half of them i wudnt even bother with Johnson not worth even 7 million if we did buy him shud pay 5 or 6 mill and not a penny more overated ok alongside Dann who i like but can see him joining Liverpool or the Villa Mills not to sure on unproven at this level also when ive seen him play can make a few mistakes also if we spend 3 or 4 mill on him wud be better putting that money to a proven prem league player dont want us wasting millions on players like we did with Halford the Hoff etc Upson i hope is just paper talk 2 old now no pace injury record bad and only after one more big pay deal Bassong of Spurs wud b another good signing but the problem is we wud lose him in the new year to Cameroon for the African Nations i myself wud go for the 2 at the Villa Dunne and Cuellar think they wud be a great partnership for us and if we cud get him on a pay as u play deal Woodgate on his day still a top defender as for the left back role the lad from Chelsea wudnt b a bad loan deal but wud like us 2 sign Warnock from the Villa and wudnt waste 5 mill on Gardner from Blues either go for Joey Barton who wud b a cheaper fee than Gardner or Reo Coker on a free transfer up the Wolves
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yes get rid of eblakes in part off the deal for roger johnson then we can go abd get robbie keane back for our 3rd striker
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Take Brown and definately O’Shea. Experienced defenders from a top team. Don’t drag out the Mills and Johnson saga. If they don’t want to come or their club don’t want to sell for our offer, make one small increase to those offers and if still no agreement f.t.Off… Championship proven, not Premiership proven. Evans might be a good move. Better than Mancienne (but thanks for your hard work Michael). UTW
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Sign Jonny Evans? Never trust anyone who drops {h]is “Hs”.
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Very funny comments here it will all come out in the wash
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Read the Man United fans posts on a line.They say can’t wait can’t to get rid He is ‘so statiic Ain’t we got 2 like him in can’t judge the bounce pull your shirt Berra and Stearman ,Please Wolves don’t pay big money for him.
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It is obvious that we need 1 or 2 defenders, I trust the club will do the right thing but this could mean the difference between staying up and going down..We showed last season that non of our centre halfs are really premiership quality! Signing a proven premier league centre half is imperative..if it means we have to to spend a bit more than we want then do it. We have splashed out over 12m for strikers in previous years and spent peanuts on defenders, which has shown! Roger Johnson and Paul Konchesky will do nicely..and if Reading only want 4m for the best centre back in the Championship id go and get him as well
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Absolutely no chance of this happening, same as the Johnson and Gardner rumours. We need to start realising that we are looked upon as one of the small boys in the league and will be viewed by potential signings as only better than the three promoted teams. A loan would be the only option but if he’s available on loan then teams like Sunderland, Everton and Bolton will be ahead of us.
COME ON WOLVES BE REALISTIC!
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