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Sanderson bid after talks with Wolves

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  1. young2077

    young2077 Well-Known Member

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    Fair enough mate. Don't think the club have stopped looking at other options while waiting. As a result no harm done waiting on a decision from him but I honestly thought they had given up and moved on weeks ago.
     
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  2. Dorset

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    https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/under-23/20210719-new-contract-and-loan-move-for-sanderson/

    Nice words from Wolves, thanking Sunderland for improving their player.

    Defender Dion Sanderson has signed a new four-year contract with Wolves and joined Championship side Birmingham City on loan for the 2021/22 season.
    Born in Wolverhampton, the defender has been on the Molineux books since the age of eight and committed his future to the club, before heading out to gain more experience.

    The loan move across the West Midlands is the third of its kind for Sanderson, who has previously enjoyed productive spells at Cardiff City and Sunderland.

    Having helped the Bluebirds reach the Championship play-offs in 2020, the 21-year-old repeated his success in the north east, where he was voted Young Player of the Year by supporters.

    Sanderson’s progression on loan follows on from impressive performances for the under-23s, which earned him a senior Wolves debut against Aston Villa in the Carabao Cup in 2019.

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    Wolves technical director Scott Sellars said: “Dion’s still very young, he’s only 21, a homegrown centre back with a lot of quality, and we want him to gain experience to hopefully come back and progress with us.

    “Ultimately, there’s real value in loans and this is a prime example of it, if you can find the right club. We certainly thank Sunderland for giving Dion the opportunity and he came out of that period with a lot of confidence and improved as a player.

    “It’s about getting an opportunity to play real football, there’s a progression through 23s, but we certainly feel the real value to a player comes from first-team experience, either here or somewhere else.”

    While at the Stadium of Light, Sanderson played 28 times and caught the eye, but now faces a fresh challenge one tier higher in the Championship, where he had plenty of interest.

    “Dion had a fantastic second part of the year at Sunderland, he really progressed. We wanted him to have the loan experience and kick-on as a player, which he did. Watching his performances, he really gained a lot of confidence and belief, and he attracted a lot of great publicity.

    “He won Sunderland’s Young Player of the Year, which was fantastic. We wanted him to progress, to try challenge him again. He’s getting close to full fitness and the opportunity to go to Birmingham and play Championship football was great for him and great for the club as well.

    “We were very surprised nobody from the Championship came in for Dion after his spell at Cardiff. Sometimes that’s football, but credit to him, he got his head down, went to Sunderland and really challenged himself and this summer we had four or five offers from the Championship for him, so we’re delighted.”

    Gold star for our coaching team
     
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  3. young2077

    young2077 Well-Known Member

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    Is this not quite as bad as us sending a player on loan to the mags, is their rivalry not very strong?
     
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    cumbrianmackem Well-Known Member

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    Good luck to the lad wish him well, time to shut this thread down perhaps.
     
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  5. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    Threads always die of their own accord tbh, Mods should let the mob decide <laugh>
     
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    WBA are their main rivals but still.
    More lke us loaning one of our players to Boro.
     
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  7. young2077

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    Cheers mate. Couldn't see us and the mags doing it either way, sales yes but loans no. We have however loaned players from Boro. So makes more sense.
     
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  8. Southern A

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    4 year deal at Wolves suggests they were never going to sell him. We move on.
     
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  9. LD19SAFC

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    Mental if you expected him to return here. Good luck to the lad at Birmingham.
     
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  10. Pablo

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    Good business for Wolves as well btw, showing how it’s done by loaning their best young players out, but giving them a new contract before doing so. We could certainly do with learning a thing or two from them.
     
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  11. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    It was mental thinking Defoe would come here but it happened ...

    ... there's no harm in a little whimsical optimism, doesn't mean people have staked their house on it.
     
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  12. Pablo

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    Spot on. Fair play.
     
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  13. young2077

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    They had to extend or sell didn't they as he was out of contract at end of season? Agree though I hope we have more players out on loan in future.
     
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  14. Nads

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    Lad was way above the level we are at, soon as we stayed down he was gone.

    Hope he has a class career, never once did he look like a loan player and that’s a big compliment.
     
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  15. Pablo

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    Probably the best thing Parkinson did was get him in. Not that he played him, but still.
     
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  16. Nads

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    Ah Parky. No Dion. No Geads. Knew his **** didn’t he <laugh>
     
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  17. LD19SAFC

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    Was it, really?

    There was always a decent chance as we had Altidore to offer and that suited Toronto.

    Defoe wanted out and he knew our manager at the time.

    The transfer made total sense.
     
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    :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
     
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  19. Pablo

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    This. I wasn’t surprised at all when he came here.
     
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    LD19SAFC Well-Known Member

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    Smug absolutely shell shocked by the sounds of it. Still can’t believe it…
     
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