The Wolves, who are in poor condition this season, only scored one goal in the FA Cup against semi-professional teams last weekend. The 35-yard lore of Vitinia actually represented the Premier League in the Europa League. The only time the team hit the target. This is their third victory in 11 games, two of which are cup matches. Because in the game against Arsenal at the end of November, the team’s main striker Raul Jimenez suffered a serious injury, which caused the team’s offensive power to be greatly reduced in recent times, but at the same time as qualifying for the FA Cup. There is also good news: they finally signed a new striker.
New aid William Jose will be responsible for the Mexican’s goal for the rest of the season. In fact, the Wolves spent a lot of money on the young player Fabio last season. -Silva, so they need to find a short-term goal solution at this stage. As a result of losing his position in the Royal Society, William-Jose was able to reach a loan franchise agreement in the winter window. The 29-year-old has played 20 times in all competitions this season, only started 9 times and scored 4 goals. This goal rate is consistent with most of his time in Spain, he has always been a stable and reliable source of goals in Spain, even if there have never been amazing statistics in return.
In his previous four seasons with Real Sociedad, William José scored the most league goals in the 2017/18 season, scoring 15 goals, but during this time-this season Before-he always scored in double digits every season. At this point, he is a stable scorer, only three other players have scored at least ten goals in the past four La Liga seasons-Messi, Suarez and Aspers, which is like A feat that neither Griezmann nor Benzema could achieve.
The Brazilian’s goal threat is largely due to his air superiority, and he will provide the Wolves with a coveted offensive fulcrum. Without Jiménez, they sometimes lack a type of high-altitude offensive method and have problems connecting their impressive midfield lineup, and this Mexican has done a great job in the past few years. .
William’s height means they should be able to become the bridgehead of the team’s offense and provide a goal for the team’s crosses.For example, Adama Traore, Pedro Neto and Portens will be more purposeful when passing the ball. After all, this is not a coincidence, Traore has been trying to replicate the state of last season, and the state of last season is so dependent on his linkage and cooperation with Jimenez. The Spaniard has not given an assist in the league this season. He had 9 assists last season, 7 of which were for Jimenez, usually to find his head.
In fact, no player can score more headers (5) than Wolves’ injured forwards last season, so William’s ability to convert new teammates’ crosses into goals will undoubtedly improve directly. Wolves’ offensive efficiency. Although his data is not outstanding, it may be more to adapt to the changes in Real Sociedad's tactics, rather than to imply the decline of players' personal abilities. William Jose scored 16 headers during his time at Real Sociedad, and only Maxi Gomez (17) has scored more goals in the Spanish top league during the same period. In addition, during his four and a half seasons at Real Sociedad, his average passing accuracy rate was around 75%, and the number of assists reached 15 times, which shows that he is more than just a finisher.
Judging from the current situation, there is a big gap between him and Jimenez, that is, his frontcourt runs without the ball, although this can also be seen as a result of the team style The difference does not stem from William's laziness. At the same time, he only completed a total of 45 tackles and interceptions during Real Sociedad, which is not up to Jiménez's first season with Wolves (56 times in the 2018/19 season).
Nevertheless, the Wolves seem to have found a striker with similar attack power to the players they lacked within the budget. The main problem is that the style of the new player is different from Jimenez, and William is more powerful when facing the goal. Another obvious question is whether he can adapt to English football as quickly and freely as Jimenez. This undoubtedly determines not only the success or failure of this trade, but also the success or failure of the Wolves this season.
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