Wolves FPL picks for 24/25 Premier League season and latest on the transfer front following Pedro Neto’s departure
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00:00And looking at Wolves, obviously from an FPL angle as well, one to sort of avoid and two
00:06maybe to get in this season that you could see doing quite well?
00:10I think the ones that I'd probably take a look at getting are Mateus Cunha for one.
00:15I mean, we saw last season just how well he did with his attacking involvements. The hat-trick
00:20against Chelsea was so, so impressive and the way he gets involved in the build-up play
00:24as well, assisting goals, creating opportunities for his teammates. And a 6.5, I mean, there
00:29are other players in that price bracket you might want to take a look at instead. And
00:33I've maybe, I'm kind of contradicting myself here, maybe avoid him at the start of the
00:37season when the fixture is a bit tougher. But when it starts to swing in September and
00:41after the international break, I think Cunha could be a really good option.
00:45Aint Noorie as well, someone who's a defender listed for four and a half million. I think
00:50that's a bit of a bargain. But once again, with the early fixtures, they're not going
00:54to keep many clean sheets, Wolves, or at least you'd expect they wouldn't keep many clean
00:57sheets. But he does get forward down that left-hand side a lot, scores plenty of goals
01:01and gets lots of assists as well. So I'd definitely take a look at him. In terms of avoids, it's
01:07tricky actually, but I'd maybe say Pablo Sarabia for five and a half. It's cheap, I know that,
01:14but there are so many other options in that price bracket. And I don't think his minutes
01:19are going to be as guaranteed this year. There were so many injuries towards the end of last
01:22season. And he was kicking on, he was playing well, to be fair to him. But when you've got
01:26so many young and pacey wingers out there, and Gary O'Neill wants to be direct, I'm not
01:30sure Sarabia is going to be the man.
01:33And let's just look at Wolves' transfer business. Obviously, a lot's changed since we last caught
01:38up. Losing Pedro Neto for 50-plus million pounds, I mean, it's not really the worst
01:44deal in the world, considering he was averaging over his Wolves career 15 games a season due
01:50to injury, which is quite remarkable. So what's your take on that? And then obviously, you've
01:54got to look at players in with Jorgen Strand-Larsen, quite similar maybe to that signing of Raul
02:00Jimenez, and that worked out so well. He sort of signed a big No. 9 to come in, and he's
02:05slightly unknown from La Liga. Hopefully, everything can go well, because the signing
02:11with Sascha Kolajic isn't quite due to injury.
02:15Yeah, the Kolajic one's disappointing, isn't it? Everyone thought he'd come in and score
02:19bucket loads of goals, because he did in the Bundesliga. Being so tall as well, could he
02:23be that target man, and being unstoppable with his heading ability? But Gary O'Neill's
02:27not really taken to him, whether it's the injury, the long-term injury has maybe taken
02:31a bit out of his legs. I'm not too sure, but no future at Wolves for him, it seems. But
02:35Strand-Larsen, I think, is a promising signing. He's looked decent in pre-season and of course
02:40got I think 12 or 13 goals in La Liga last season. Not a huge return, but considering
02:45his assault of ego, I don't think that's too bad at all. He's someone who's going to get
02:49better as well, he's in his mid-twenties and hopefully going to relish the opportunity
02:53of playing in the Premier League. In terms of the exits, I mean, Pedro Neto, every time
02:58he was on the ball, he was just lighting up the pitch, fans off their seats, one of the
03:02fan favourites. But the problem is, he wasn't very much on the pitch. As you said, he only
03:06averaged about 10 or 15 games a season. And considering that's the case, to get over £50
03:12million for him, I think is a great deal. Some fans might disagree with that, saying
03:17maybe he could get more because on his day and in his peak, he can be one of the best
03:21wingers in the Premier League and he can still get better. But it's just that reliability.
03:25He doesn't have it. He's so injury prone and as a result, I think it's a decent deal for
03:29Wolves. Max Kilman to get, what was it, £45 million or £40 million from West Ham United.
03:34It's a big loss to lose your captain and he was so consistent in defence. But then again,
03:39I don't think his ceiling was that high. That might be a bit of a controversial thing, but
03:43I just don't think he was that good for that price. I think you've got to snap your hands
03:48off for that, haven't you?