da mrbet： Wolverhampton Wanderers were linked to an array of players during the transfer window, though none were more exciting than Hirving Lozano, who has already been making them pay this season…
What was the word?
da bet7： Ahead of the summer, Italian outlet Calciomercato claimed that the Midlands outfit were one of three Premier League teams chasing the enigmatic Mexican winger.
Both West Ham and Everton were also interested in signing him.
The Toffees were likely the front-runners due to both Carlo Ancelotti and Marcel Brands having an influence in his career at Napoli and PSV Eindhoven.
A move to Molineux would have seen him link up with his international teammate Raul Jimenez, and what a partnership that could’ve been this season.
One that got away?
According to ESPN, the Serie A outfit appeared to be offering the 25-year-old out to anyone that would bite despite costing them €42m (£38m) just a year earlier.
Well, perhaps Jeff Shi and Nuno Santo should’ve taken their arm off as Lozano has since scored four goals in four league games for Napoli, averaging a whopping three shots, 1.3 dribbles and 0.5 key passes per game, via WhoScored.
Brands, who signed him for PSV, once likened ‘Chucky’ to Lionel Messi in an interview with AD (per Football.London), claiming:
“When you look at his playing style, without wanting to compare, you know, Lozano has what Messi also has – a centre of gravity low to the ground, the ball is usually quickly under control, very explosive and agile. Then your opponents automatically force mistakes.”
The Mexican’s spell in Holland was particularly lucrative, bagging 40 goals and 23 assists across two electric seasons.
Nuno has called on his side to start sharing the goals around – well, the solution was staring him right in the face if he was truly keen on signing Lozano.
Jimenez has scored four of their six top-flight goals with only Pedro Neto and Romain Saiss chipping in with the other two, per WhoScored.
Daniel Podence’s 1.4 shots per game is surely a worry to his manager after his recent comments, so maybe he’ll regret not bringing in the explosive Napoli star this summer.
Not bringing in the tricky dynamo has clearly cost them dearly. An unforgivable error from the Wolf Pack boss.
AND in other news, Wolves have dodged a massive bullet with “special player” Nuno once lauded…