Connor Ronan

Argentina have MLS players in there squad along with other top tier nations if Ronan does well then why not but needs to be getting good numbers to warrant a call up no doubt.

We'll have to see. He needs a settled spell at a club before we know his true ceiling yet still young enough he's never had that. Wolves wouldn't have kept him around for so long and given him long term contracts if he didn't have ability.

We aren't that good as a nation we can turn our nose up at the MLS. No worse than the SPL outside of Celtic or bottom half championship. Plenty in that league play for decent level nations. He's a good player but needs gametime.

Linked with an unnamed MLS club.

https://mobile.twitter.com/mcgrathmike/status/1615669486195208192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1615669486195208192%7Ctwgr%5E7e68dd8032a042860899d18ce077e2b17d4d8030%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.molineuxmix.co.uk%2Fforum%2Findex.php%3Fthreads%2Fjanuary-23-transfer-window-thread.697716%2Fpage-188

Strange career he's having though I don't hate the idea. MLS is getting stronger as a league and is a high profile enough stage to get a good move back to Europe at some point if he impresses. He needs games. As for Ireland I don't think playing for an MLS club is any worse than choosing from bottom half championship/L1/SPL. There was MLS players at the world cup so shouldn't rule him out.

Edited by SC92 - 18 Jan 2023 at 11:51am

Yeah it's common sense that a move now is more beneficial than sitting on his arse at Wolves. Even forgetting any Ireland related stuff he's gonna have better offers in the summer from clubs if he's playing regularly between now and the summer.

The O'Shea wrote:

You Tell Me wrote:

I'd say he'll be gone by the end of the month, despite what the manager said. 25 in a couple of months, he needs to find a club at a lower level now where he will play every week.

So in other words, he's 24. Whether he leaves now or in the summer will make no difference at all, he's right to take his chance.

I'd say it could make quite a large difference actually.

He's played about 70mins of football this season (5mins in the PL). Wolves are looking to sign a new CM (and are in a relegation battle), so chances of more minutes in the second half of the season look extremely slim (regardless of what Lopetegui says).

I think it's pretty clear he isn't going to play any major part at Wolves. Getting involved with Ireland could help him get a better move in the summer. But he isn't going to get an Ireland call up sitting on the Wolves bench.

If he goes somewhere now and is playing regularly, he puts himself in the frame for the Euro qualifiers for the whole campaign and would have a good shot at getting his debut vs Latvia in March. If he does well there he becomes an option for the Gibraltar/Greece fixtures.

If he waits until the summer, then half the Euros quals are gone (March, June,) he wouldn't be thrown in vs France or Netherlands in September, so then you're talking October (Greece/Gibraltar) but that's probably too late anyway as another player could have taken that potential spot in the squad by then.

So maybe he gets a cap in the November friendly when it's all done...

Being involved in the Euro qualifiers, or not, could be a pretty big crossroads in his career. He's got a big decision to make in the next couple of weeks.

Edited by Greenie50 - 11 Jan 2023 at 11:09pm

You Tell Me wrote:

I'd say he'll be gone by the end of the month, despite what the manager said. 25 in a couple of months, he needs to find a club at a lower level now where he will play every week.

So in other words, he's 24. Whether he leaves now or in the summer will make no difference at all, he's right to take his chance.

We're decent enough..

You would think promises of minutes would get Ronan a run in the EFL Cup, but apparently not.

I'd much rather the lad take this into his own hands & go out on loan to play every week. It's abundantly clear he's not going to get much gametime for Wolves.

I see Huddersfield, Cardiff & Coventry also mentioned as interested clubs.