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Although "potential girlfriend" Tierney is still hesitant, it is easier to introduce Kounde to the right back. After hearing that he can get some Premier League appearances this season, Kounde does not even ask for too high a salary.

Kounde should be a substitute player for the right back.

The 18-year-old Kounde has just won the U19 League Championship. This player who is not tall and not strong has become a leader on the field. This is why he has attracted the attention of many teams.

Wei Le believes that the Wolves' advantage is not obvious when competing for young talents. Although it is unconventional here and can give players the opportunity to start, when the real giants come here to compete with the Wolves, most of the young players will not hesitate to join the giants.

In the final analysis, the Wolves are just a relegation team, and they are not yet stable in the Premier League.

Although they have just won the Championship with a record-breaking performance, who cares about the Championship? In the final analysis, it is just a relegation team with an uncertain future, at least for now.

Therefore, if Wolves want to gain an advantage in the competition for young players, they need to strike first.

Wolves were the first to offer for Gonçalves; Wolves were the first to offer for Tierney; Wolves were the first to offer for Alphonso Davies.

And this time when they came to Kounde, Wolves were also the first to make a move.

In the senior football circle, Wolves are already famous. But this fame refers to snatching people from the hands of giants. They snatched Maguire from Leicester City, competed with Manchester United for Gonçalves, and competed with Bayern Munich for Alphonso Davies...

Now, Kounde is added to this list.

Due to Kounde's French nationality, many strong teams including Paris Saint-Germain have expressed interest in him. But it is just an expression of interest.

You know, expressing interest may mean that their scouts come to watch a game played by the player, or just put him on the candidate list, or even just mentioned him casually in the meeting room.

After all, there are so many stars, even if one or two are lost, it will not be a big deal. The giants have their own dignity, they can't rush to ask players to join.

Even if they ask, it has to be in the form of "invitation".

Especially Kounde is not a real genius, he is just an excellent young player. He is not strong, nor tall. This is particularly fatal in the position of central defender.

Now, he has begun to appear more on the right, and the Bordeaux youth team has also begun to try to put this atypical central defender on the wing, thinking that this problem may be avoided, but in the final analysis, he is not perfect.

Therefore, the giants are really cautious about this young man.

Wolves can therefore take the lead and contact Kounde.

After Wei Le and Kounde described that Kounde would be arranged on the right, Kounde expressed full interest. Kounde is a thoughtful player, and he also has some views on his position.

He realized that his speed might be wasted if he was in the position of central defender, but he was a little worried that he would not be able to adapt to the feeling of playing on the wing.

Wei Le believes that Kounde, who is only 180 cm tall, is not completely unable to play as a central defender. On the contrary, there are many players who are not tall but have achieved success in the central defender position.

But on the wing, Wolves especially need such chasing ability.

In Wei Le's plan, Kounde will not be used in one position until death. He can even appear in the position of defensive midfielder as long as he is suitable for playing in this way.

The two talked a lot about Kounde's future training. Although they could not reach an agreement on some issues, this at least conveyed a message to Kounde, that is, Wolves know Kounde very well and are willing to know Kounde.

Kounde was also surprised that a Premier League head coach would be willing to spend his vacation time to find potential transfer targets to lobby in person.

"I'm not an ordinary person. Isn't this also considered traveling?" Wei Le seemed particularly proud. "Borde has beautiful scenery. After I persuade you, I will stay here for two more days before going back."

"It's a public expense anyway." Wei Le winked at Kounde cunningly. Kounde was obviously not a good kid either. He understood it immediately and laughed.

Kounde raised a realistic problem. If Wolves want to introduce Kounde, then Wolves need to not only bear Kounde's transfer fee, but also help Kounde's parents take root in Wolverhampton - they want to be with their son.

Kounde's father is from Benin and his mother is French. Although his family is not particularly poor, they do not have a particularly wealthy background, just like those ordinary descendants of immigrants., Kounde's family still needs to work hard for a living.

Kounde explained that this was not aimed at Wolves.

Kounde would make the same request to any team that might come to Kounde. Wei Le readily accepted it and said that there was no need to worry about integration.

The only thing Kounde needs to work hard on is that he needs to learn English. There are really no French people in the team so far.

"Although some people can speak French, but... if you want to take root in the team, then you must learn English."

Kounde's academic performance is not bad, he can understand and is willing to try.

In fact, there is another reason why Wolves are interested in Kounde, that is, Kounde is now in the contract year.

Since the youth contract is renewed once a year, Kounde's contract is about to end, and Kounde refuses to continue playing in Bordeaux and is willing to transfer to Wolves. Wolves can buy out Kounde's contract at a cheaper price.

After paying a transfer fee of less than 4 million euros, Kounde rejected Bordeaux's professional contract and moved to England.

Therefore, the Wolves added another prefix to their reputation of "rich interceptors" in the football circle - "stingy rich interceptors".

Wei Le was very satisfied with this.

In the position of full-back, Wolves have currently introduced two players, namely left-back Alphonso Davies and right-back Kounde, although these are not positions they are familiar with. One of them is a winger and the other is a central defender.

Tierney, who Wolves are close to signing, has not yet been confirmed. Wolves are also pursuing Chilwell, a rotational full-back born in 1996 in Leicester City.

After ensuring that Chilwell and Tierney can come, Wolves ended the recruitment of full-backs. The next thing to consider is the Wolves' midfield and frontcourt.

The current situation is that Wolves lack one or two main midfielders. If Rodri tends to attack, then there needs to be a full-time defensive midfielder.

Agent Mendes came to the door and recommended Ruben Neves.

Sure enough, it's the Portuguese again.

In a sense, Ruben Neves and Rodri actually have similar responsibilities, more of which are the connection and organization of the offense. But he is obviously not as comprehensive as Rodri.

Ruben Neves is undoubtedly an excellent player, but Mendes said at the beginning that his client must play in most of the games because he believes that Ruben Neves's ability is far better than all the players of Wolves.

Matt Hobbs was a little hesitant when he heard this. And Wei Le flatly refused it - no way! In Wolves, you have to fight for your position.

In addition, the expensive transfer fee and a considerable agent commission also made Wolves have to think again and again. Wolves hesitated whether to pay a transfer fee of more than 25 million euros for Porto's rotation players last season.

In the end, Ruben Neves himself was still a little skeptical about transferring to a Premier League relegation team, especially after learning what the Wolves coach thought of him.

The bottom line for Wolves is that Ruben Neves must fight for his place from the bench, because he didn't even become a regular in Porto last season, which doesn't prove his ability at all.

In the end, Ruben Neves' transfer is basically a failure, at least for the time being.