NUFC Transfer Rumours

[nufc123]

1 minute ago, STM said:

The kid is mustard and I'm convinced he'd quite quickly bump Joelinton out of the side, who can also play RW by the way.

Hes a fantastic player, but I think you are very wrong about bumping Joelinton out easily.

[Ikon]

Sign a such expensive player for rotation? Come on, as if last season didn’t happen. football isn’t about 11 players. It’s also about being able to rest and replace people without the quality dropping massively, and competition. Different sets of skills depending on situation as well. Players that can make. Change from the bench in certain tactical moves. 
 

im gonna be quiet about Cunha now. I just feel like he would take us to the next level. We play 3cm and we only have 3 of good enough consistent quality, even then that can be improved upon. Plus all the other roles he can offer something in. And no, I don’t see him as the typical CM type. He doesn’t need to be. He’s different class to Joelinton when it comes to football ability. Obviously not the same defensively. 

 

 

Edited Friday at 18:50 by Ikon

[HayDen Traces]

Big fan of Cunha. I reckon Man Utd will throw the cheque book at him though.

[John P]

Cunha could easily start as the right winger, with licence to drift infield to create, with Livramento overlapping. It's essentially what we did with Miggy on the right as he would always cut inside and it created space for Trippier to overlap. The only difference really is that Cunha is 10 times better than Miggy. He hasn't played much there for Wolves but he seems the sort of player who has the attributes to play anywhere along the front line. A quick look at his highlights from this season shows him scoring and creating plenty from an inside right position 

[Mike]

10 minutes ago, HayDen Traces said:

Big fan of Cunha. I reckon Man Utd will throw the cheque book at him though.

 

No way Jim paid to have checks made.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

2 hours ago, John P said:

Cunha could easily start as the right winger, with licence to drift infield to create, with Livramento overlapping. It's essentially what we did with Miggy on the right as he would always cut inside and it created space for Trippier to overlap. The only difference really is that Cunha is 10 times better than Miggy. He hasn't played much there for Wolves but he seems the sort of player who has the attributes to play anywhere along the front line. A quick look at his highlights from this season shows him scoring and creating plenty from an inside right position 

 

That's not the only difference. Miggy and Murphy both work their arses off to press and defend. 

 

I think Cunha is really good like. 

[Thumbheed]

Cuhna has a feel of one of those players the club references when they say they're not been looking to do business but will make a move if the right player comes up. 

 

On one hand, he'd absolutely solidify our depth in the front 5. On the other, it'd be somewhat a square peg in a round hole if they used the limited funds we have to purchase and play him at RW at the expense of specialist RWinger. 

 

Don't think either school of thought is wrong tbh.

 

 

Edited Friday at 22:29 by Thumbheed

[M1tche]

For me Cunha is a Joelinton upgrade, he has most of the same attributes, and is much better on the ball. 

 

He can also play anywhere across the front line or off a front man if we need to change things up. 

 

Going from 1 thread where Fernandes walks into our team as our best midfielder, but Cunha doesnt fit in. Baffling. 

[r0cafella]

To be clear, I think Cunha is a quality player but I just don't see how he fits into our system. 

 

If your looking to strengthen the ring wing it feels like a round leg in a square hole to me, we won't see the best out of him in that role imo. So that leaves us with the question of are we changing system and if we are the right wing problem isn't fixed and your dropping either Joelinton (one of our highest paid players btw) or Gordon (ditto). 

[Disco]

Again, and I can’t highlight this enough, he walks more than any other player in the league. Yes he’s quality with the ball and when things are going well but he’d a massive worry off the ball and if not. Not too mention unless we’re changing formation he’s not an improvement on the first XI. 
 

Albeit as a 10 in Joelintonless 4-4-1-1/4-2-3-1 it’d be very interesting to see how it worked albeit you’d be stifling the other two somewhat.

 

And this is someone who has always thought Howe has never really fancied Big Joe.

[Oregon_Geordie]

Agree he's an upgrade/variation of Big Joe. We forget that Jo plays every game and is playing fucked most the time, Cunha could arguable play instead of Isak, Gordon, Murphy, Big Joe, allowing all of those players to rotate in and out to provide more rest.  I could even see Big Joe playing on the wings and Cunha in a Left Attacking Midfield role at times depending on fitness of others and the opposition.

Versatility and rotation being key for Eddie! Lot's of games to play IF we get ECL and there's no doubt he adds that star factor, he's also a stubborn so and so who fits the team ID.

 

 

Edited 23 hours ago by Oregon_Geordie

[Yorkie]

6 hours ago, Disco said:

And this is someone who has always thought Howe has never really fancied Big Joe.

 

What gives you that idea?

[Dr.Spaceman]

We need to add some versatility into our style of play, surely we can't just keep adding the same type of player to the squad without changing anything tactically. I think it would be interesting to see what Eddie Howe could get out of someone like Cunha. Wolves doesn't feel like a good fit for someone like him, a club on a downward trajectory since the days of Neves and Moutinho. It's easy to see why someone like him would want out and subsequently find it difficult to give 100% every game. We've seen it here with many good players over the years during the dark days.

 

Want.

[Sibierski]

We can add versatility without needing to spend £60m on Cunha.

 

Would hope the big money is on a starting RW / CB, followed by GK. Then where there’s any money left, young/low cost potential for CM and ST. 
 

I’d envisage Trips/Targett stay for one more season.

[Mazzy]

Just now, Sibierski said:

We can add versatility without needing to spend £60m on Cunha.

 

Would hope the big money is on a starting RW / CB, followed by GK. Then where there’s any money left, young/low cost potential for CM and ST. 
 

I’d envisage Trips/Targett stay for one more season.

 

But Cunha doesn't just add versatility. He add goals and more importantly he creates chances. He would be starting every week. He's averaged 1 in 2 for goals this season and that's in a below average team. Plus a sprinkle of assists there as well.

[Andy84]

Downie speculating £100M plus before anyone leaves. No one knows but you’d think it’s going to be fluid but I hope those Miggy and Kelly sales gives it a boost 

 

 

Edited 22 hours ago by Andy84

[PauloGeordio]

I’m all in on whoever we go for, but Cunha is an exciting prospect for our attacking options. Yes please.

[Ikon]

Whoever we sign they must have really high technical ability and composure. It’s a massive priority imo for us to evolve to the next level. Doesn’t mean we have to sign weak lazy midgets with bad character. We need some guile in there. Intensity is our identity but we can’t rely on just that. 
 

Being able to control games better when it comes to ball retention also strengthens you defensively. We lose the ball too easily too often and that puts us in unnecessary situations where the opposition can gain momentum in games. As well as us having to waste more energy.

[Nucasol]

5 minutes ago, Mazzy said:

 

But Cunha doesn't just add versatility. He add goals and more importantly he creates chances. He would be starting every week. He's averaged 1 in 2 for goals this season and that's in a below average team. Plus a sprinkle of assists there as well.

He’s also PL tested and battle ready (maybe too much at times!) so you’re paying a premium for perceived lower risk of him bombing in English football.

[Cronky]

Cunha is a good player for sure, but what we ideally need is a left footed player to play on the right, who can also cover the striker position. Mbuemo ticks both boxes.

[ToonAbroad]

7 minutes ago, Andy84 said:

Downie speculating £100M plus before anyone leaves. No one knows but you’d think it’s going to be fluid but I hope those Miggy and Kelly sales gives it a boost 

 

 

 

Thing is it's just all complete speculation at the moment on both budget and targets - the 50/50 fate of being in the Champions League is so huge that anything until that's confirmed one way or the other feels like nonsense - apart from maybe Trafford.

[PauloGeordio]

11 minutes ago, Cronky said:

Cunha is a good player for sure, but what we ideally need is a left footed player to play on the right, who can also cover the striker position. Mbuemo ticks both boxes.

Mbuemo for less cost. Either would take us up a level (Maybe Mbuemo’s temperament is more suited to us also) Gonna be an interesting summer that’s for sure. Hopefully worth the wait after zero action in previous windows.

 

 

Edited 22 hours ago by PauloGeordio

[SUPERTOON]

18 minutes ago, Andy84 said:

Downie speculating £100M plus before anyone leaves. No one knows but you’d think it’s going to be fluid but I hope those Miggy and Kelly sales gives it a boost 

 

 

 

Hope reckons about half of that.

[Ikon]

15 minutes ago, Sibierski said:

We can add versatility without needing to spend £60m on Cunha.

 

Would hope the big money is on a starting RW / CB, followed by GK. Then where there’s any money left, young/low cost potential for CM and ST. 
 

I’d envisage Trips/Targett stay for one more season.

When you say young/low cost midfielder/striker I wonder who we can find that isn’t an absolutely massive drop in quality. Say that either Isak or Joelinton/Bruno is out for a month or two so next season it could mean that our season is slightly fucked. 
 

We can’t go into next season with just Isak and our midfield 3. Even as it is now our midfield and link up with Isak isn’t really THAT good every game either. I also don’t rate Joelinton as much as some do. I absolutely love him and he’s a great player/tool to have, especially defensively and the ground he covers. 

 

I would love a new GK too who's good with his feet.  I also want a new RW, but it doesn’t have to be a 60m one if the right one isn’t available, or if there’s someone slightly cheaper with massive potential that is already VERY good.
 

A player like Cunha would give us a whole another dimension  in our play and unpredictability . He would improve us more on the whole than a  new GK would. Plus being a good option if Isak needs rested and rotated. I see him making our other better players so much more dangerous too. 

[Sibierski]

23 minutes ago, Mazzy said:

 

But Cunha doesn't just add versatility. He add goals and more importantly he creates chances. He would be starting every week. He's averaged 1 in 2 for goals this season and that's in a below average team. Plus a sprinkle of assists there as well.

It’s 1 in 2 for a low side, but he’s playing centrally as a striker/2nd striker so near everything is going through him. 
 

Cunha isn’t some legit rare top talent where we have to move or rue missing him, and I’d be extremely disappointed if we dropped £60m on him.