Lots of Wolves fans have had their say on Twitter to the suggestion that Thomas Lemar will not be coming to Molineux.
Despite being linked continuously to the Black Country over the past few weeks, respected journalist from the Athletic Tim Spiers has come out and quashed the rumours.
When asked by a fan whether there was any truth in the rumour that Atletico Madrid were looking for Jorge Mendes to try and get a deal done between the club, he said that he heard there was nothing in the deal, which seemed to disappoint a few fans.
Would you pay £60m for Thomas Lemar?
Definitely, class player
No thanks, not for that money
Maybe in the summer, we have bigger fish to fry
After the tweet, popular fan account @TalkingWolves tweeted about the reporter’s quotes, to which many fans responded with their personal opinion on the incident.
There was a pretty mixed response in all fairness. Some suggested that Tim Spiers hasn’t got the best track racord, others suggested that they didn’t want the World Cup winner, while other fumed that he wasn’t coming through the door at Molineux.
Here is some of that mix below…
He also said there was nothing in the neves deal
— (@wolves_forever_) January 14, 2020
The guys scored the same amount of goals as Ryan Bennett
— Biss (@MarkBissell4) January 14, 2020
Players are coming, trust in the club , done us fans proud the last 3 seasons .
— Stealthwolf 70 (@footsyball2019) January 14, 2020
Desperate for 3/4 signings, we got rid of Cav and Costa (which means we needed 5/6 signings, but got virtually nobody when we had all those extra games to play. If Fosun are as ambitious as they suggest that wouldn’t have been the case. Nuno continually looking at the bench
— Jonathan Wilkes (@JayWilkes34) January 14, 2020
On Saturday was sad when you think we are 6th in the EPL and had nobody to bring on !!!! If they are ambitious then this situation is unforgivable !!
— Jonathan Wilkes (@JayWilkes34) January 14, 2020
@TimSpiers gives about as much away as Nuno in the transfer window.
— Tom williams (@Tomwill11245893) January 14, 2020
With reports suggesting that Atletico are wanting to shift off the winger for a fee of around £60m – even if it does come after a loan spell – it shouldn’t come as a huge shock that the club doesn’t want to pursue the deal.
Defenders and strikers are clearly more pressing issues for the club with a big 2020 ahead, so that is probably where the work is being done at the moment.