The Keen & Judah Show: What do Wolves need to do to keep Daniel Podence?

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Liam Keen and Nathan Judah discuss 5 Wolves players that caught the eye during Wolves' pre-season training camp in Marbella.

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00:00We are back, baby. It is Freeview Channel 276. Of course, it is exclusively on Shots

00:10TV. We love a bit of Shots TV, and we love a bit of this person here. Number three on

00:14the list, Rodrigo Gomez, Dan Bentley, were five and four before the break, after the

00:18break. My goodness, we didn't even expect this player to potentially be in Marbella,

00:23but he was, and he made a significant impact, not only in training, but also in the one

00:29game that we watched. It's incredible. He's almost gone from zero to hero among the fan

00:36base, and that's what six days can do for you in the sun, and that's not Liam Keane.

00:39That is Mr. Daniel Pedentz. Liam, probably one of the stories of preseason so far, Daniel

00:45Pedentz's rise and rise, and look, it remains to be seen. We know his future is still in

00:51doubt. It has to be in doubt, but as we stand here, as we sit here, on Monday, the, I've

00:58got to check the date, 22nd of July, you know, Daniel Pedentz is a Wolves player and one

01:03who thoroughly impressed in Marbella.

01:05Absolutely. Out of nowhere. Come with the moment, come with Daniel. Just a shock, as

01:11you say, for him to even be there.

01:14Shots TV.

01:15There you go. Look, he writes itself, doesn't it? Yeah, we didn't really, I mean, there

01:20was other players that weren't in Marbella that it wasn't a surprise. He was maybe a

01:2550-50 at best, if we've been generous for at least what we expected, and then to see

01:29him there, a surprise, to see him so heavily involved. He was, I mean, the fittest player

01:34in the squad on the training pitch. His endurance and running ability was brilliant. He seemed

01:41pretty focused in training for the most part. We know for a fact that with Daniel Pedentz,

01:47it's normally the stuff off the pitch that we need to keep an eye on. Is he settled?

01:51Is he happy? Is he causing any issues? We haven't heard of any so far. He seems fine

01:55around the squad. But of course, his future is still massively in doubt. He's got one

02:00year left on his contract. There was a year option on that as well, but it's still very

02:05much in doubt with other clubs obviously interested in a player who had a very good season.

02:11But what we've seen so far is Gary Neill willing to give him a chance. At the moment, he's

02:15taken that chance. Now, the sending off, obviously, against Coma was unfortunate in the circumstances

02:20sort of backing up Kwanghee Chan. It was understandable, although Gary Neill wouldn't say that publicly

02:25for obvious reasons, but I think probably understandable from our point of view for

02:29Daniel to react that way. And as you say, the supporters have taken to him quickly when

02:35things like that happen, but disappointed to not be able to see him fully in action.

02:40But what we did see for 35 minutes or so, or 30 minutes, was a player that I think needed

02:48a little bit of time to get up to speed. And once he felt comfortable, started to show

02:52some of the skills that we used to see, there was one beautiful pass in behind the fullback

02:57to release Giacchino down the left side. He was playing as the sort of 10 position behind

03:01Kwang. And when he pops up in those spaces, he's close control, he's low centre of gravity,

03:06his ability to look after the ball, retain it and find passes is what makes him quite

03:11an exciting player to watch. So there's no doubt that from a talent wise, talent perspective

03:16that Daniel Penance is more than good enough to play for Wolves in the Premier League next

03:19season. And it'd be interesting to see if the, the off pitch concerns with him can be

03:24squashed.

03:25Yeah, in absolutely great shape as well. I mean, he's beasted the guys in any kind of

03:30fitness drills. I mean, that's always been top draw. Doesn't need any excuse to take

03:34his top off and show his physique a bit like someone else opposite me in the pool. Every

03:39time, every time I look flexing in that pool, the sun glistening on his muscles, absolutely

03:46shocking scenes.

03:48You love to say it. Don't be jealous. There you go. Look, you've got some as well. Come

03:55on.

03:56So in terms of Daniel Penance, how, what are the factors that need to go into him staying

04:01at this football club? Because Gary O'Neill stated, like you say, that, you know, he wants

04:05to keep quality players and Daniel, Daniel Penance is a quality player, but there are

04:09a lot of hurdles to jump through for him to be starting at Arsenal or on the bench at

04:14Arsenal, so to speak.

04:15Yeah, I think three, three different factors in my opinion, Gary O'Neill wanting him to

04:20stay. And he has said publicly to us in an interview in Marbella that from a selfish

04:25point of view, if the budget allows for it and the player and the club working out that

04:29he would like Daniel Penance to stay because he adds to the attacking option. So that one's

04:33a tick.

04:34The other two are going to be maybe slightly more tricky. The club, first of all, happy

04:39to keep him again, budget wise is, is a, is a reason, but also the fact that, you know,

04:43he's got a year left in his contract. If they get an offer that they deem is, is a decent

04:47enough offer and they want to take, take it and bring some money in, then that could have,

04:51that could, you know, definitely happen as well.

04:53And then on top of that is maybe the biggest hurdle as I tried to describe already in this,

05:01in this show is yeah, Daniel Penance himself, because he's, he's been the kind of person

05:05that's caused a cause a little bit of fuss at times. Maybe not the easiest to, to, to

05:12keep happy and keep calm. If he's happy to stay happy with his role in the squad and

05:16goes out there and performs, then, then that obviously is a big tick as well, but there's,

05:20there's quite a few big ifs there. So it's one that I think is going to need a little

05:24bit more work on to, to make reality.

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