It is easy to forget that there was a time when Portugese international defender Jose Fonte was reportedly on the radar of Manchester United as Jose Mourinho began his still unfinished search for a experienced and reliable central defensive duo.
Since early 2017, Fonte’s late-blossoming career has tailed off somewhat, from Southampton he did not manage to build on his Euro 2016 medal by joining a top six side, choosing to move to West Ham instead.
That move to east London did not plan out as Fonte planned to the extent that he chased the money on offer at Dalian Yifang, but his contract has just been terminated after he played just nine games for the Chinese Super League outfit.
That said, Fonte featured in all four of his country’s matches at this summer’s World Cup in Russia, which indicates that he has something to give, and Wolves are looking for another central defender to go alongside Conor Coady and Willy Boly.
So, we put it to Wolves fans to decide whether Fonte would be a good acquisition by Nuno Santo, and 61 per cent of Old Gold fans said that he would be, as you can see from the full results below…