Alves loaned to Huddersfield - Official

[Mendi]

Good luck to him

[Stadt]

2 goals and 3 assists in about 700 minutes of senior football.

[Gamble92]

I feel like Louis Page's advisors getting him to turn down the deal the contract offer has probably had a big impact on them giving him game time to try and keep him. Which has in turn meant Alves gets loaned out. 

 

Might not be a bad thing for him but if he carries on like this and we still don't play him next season he should tell us to do one. 

[Ric Flair]

1 hour ago, Gamble92 said:

I feel like Louis Page's advisors getting him to turn down the deal the contract offer has probably had a big impact on them giving him game time to try and keep him. Which has in turn meant Alves gets loaned out. 

 

Might not be a bad thing for him but if he carries on like this and we still don't play him next season he should tell us to do one. 

I don't think this is the case, in fact it's being alluded that the reason Jake Evans hasn't been included recently is due to not signing a pro deal yet.

 

 

[JimJams]

Alluded to by?

[Sol thewall Bamba]

1 hour ago, Gamble92 said:

I feel like Louis Page's advisors getting him to turn down the deal the contract offer has probably had a big impact on them giving him game time to try and keep him. Which has in turn meant Alves gets loaned out. 

 

Might not be a bad thing for him but if he carries on like this and we still don't play him next season he should tell us to do one. 

Ironically if we get promoted this season the chances of losing Alves will probably go up significantly.

[coolhandfox]

18 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Ironically if we get promoted this season the chances of losing Alves will probably go up significantly.

If he has a good season in L1, and we go up I can see him going out on loan again in the Championship.

 

If we stay in the championship he's back in the squad.

 

He's still you only 20 and contacted until 2028, I think he's a slow burner like KDH.

[iancognito]

They're all "slow burners" til they get actual game time. The division is full of teams giving their youth players a chance - because they havent got underperforming deadwood like Faes, Kristiansen, BDR and Soumare taking up spaces in it.

I get it at PL level its a huge jump so you loan them out. But this is the division you loan them out to, as we're here we should be playing them in it.

[Taz_The_Fox]

I get the impression from the snippets I've heard (admittedly second hand)that he doesnt particularly like it at Leicester, too many egos etc. And he enjoyed his time at Cardiff much more.  

 

Wouldn't be surprised to see him leave at some point regardless of whether we want to keep him 

[JimJams]

1 hour ago, iancognito said:

They're all "slow burners" til they get actual game time. The division is full of teams giving their youth players a chance - because they havent got underperforming deadwood like Faes, Kristiansen, BDR and Soumare taking up spaces in it.

I get it at PL level its a huge jump so you loan them out. But this is the division you loan them out to, as we're here we should be playing them in it.

Which is fair but given in his loans spells he's being played LW, if he was to stay he's in a queue behind Mav and Monga, who shows that youth WILL be given a chance if they're at the level.

Mavs off it now, but has the benefit of history and experience on his side and Monga is simply better, so Alves is 3rd choice.  You can say he's a 10, but it seems evident that's not where he'll be trusted currently, and Monga says he sees himself as a 10, so if you are sticking a youth player in that spot, he's 2nd choice out of the young lads again.

I suppose ideally we'd have loaned him out to a championship side, but maybe the top sides have no need for him and it's felt that it's better for him not to join another Cardiff. A season chasing promotion might be better than one where they're fighting off relegation.

 

We have literally fielded the two youngest players in the division this season, so I don't think you can beat the club with a stick about not using youngsters.  Though you can for hanging onto the underperforming deadwood.  But none of those listed are keeping Alves out.  There's a grievance for Nelson and Aluko there, but not Will.

[Out Foxed]

30 minutes ago, Taz_The_Fox said:

I get the impression from the snippets I've heard (admittedly second hand)that he doesnt particularly like it at Leicester, too many egos etc. And he enjoyed his time at Cardiff much more.  

 

Wouldn't be surprised to see him leave at some point regardless of whether we want to keep him 

makes sense going by what his personality seems like 

[Noahfence]

32 minutes ago, Taz_The_Fox said:

I get the impression from the snippets I've heard (admittedly second hand)that he doesnt particularly like it at Leicester, too many egos etc. And he enjoyed his time at Cardiff much more.  

 

Wouldn't be surprised to see him leave at some point regardless of whether we want to keep him 

I’ve heard something similar to this 

Edited 7 September 2025 by Noahfence

[coolhandfox]

37 minutes ago, Taz_The_Fox said:

I get the impression from the snippets I've heard (admittedly second hand)that he doesnt particularly like it at Leicester, too many egos etc. And he enjoyed his time at Cardiff much more.  

 

Wouldn't be surprised to see him leave at some point regardless of whether we want to keep him 

Playing minutes probably helps.

 

I think you are going to struggle to find a football club without egos 

 

I think Marti will get that under control, like Enzo did.

 

Marti gives me Pearson vibes.

Edited 7 September 2025 by coolhandfox

[Gamble92]

3 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Ironically if we get promoted this season the chances of losing Alves will probably go up significantly.

Yeah sometimes a club can progress quicker than the player. He won't be ready for Premier League and it'll be another season out somewhere else. 

[moore_94]

3 hours ago, coolhandfox said:

If he has a good season in L1, and we go up I can see him going out on loan again in the Championship.

 

If we stay in the championship he's back in the squad.

 

He's still you only 20 and contacted until 2028, I think he's a slow burner like KDH.

A good season in League One with Huddersfield

 

Then a good season with us / out on loan in the Championship

 

He would then still only be 22 and probably the kind of player people would be wanting us to be looking at signing whichever league we are in

Edited 7 September 2025 by moore_94

[cruzFOX]

I’ve not given up on alvez yet. 
I have a feeling he’s gonna be a really a really important player for Huddersfield.

hes surrounded by some good high impact players so should do well. Once his loan is over it will be crunch time to bring him into the first team or not. If not I feel Alvez will want to leave. I would not blame him either as he has to look after his career and at the elite level you can’t afford to regress or you become forgotten very quickly!

[Gamble92]

6 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

I don't think this is the case, in fact it's being alluded that the reason Jake Evans hasn't been included recently is due to not signing a pro deal yet.

 

 

Doesn't Page being played prove that isn't the case?

[Jimmy]

18 minutes ago, Gamble92 said:

Doesn't Page being played prove that isn't the case?

Ric is referring to the fact both are in the process of or just have changed their agent and therefore any negotiations would be on hold

[Gamble92]

2 minutes ago, Jimmy said:

Ric is referring to the fact both are in the process of or just have changed their agent and therefore any negotiations would be on hold

Thanks Jimmy 

[Ric Flair]

21 minutes ago, Gamble92 said:

Thanks Jimmy 

Showbiz Jim

[Chelmofox]

5 hours ago, Taz_The_Fox said:

I get the impression from the snippets I've heard (admittedly second hand)that he doesnt particularly like it at Leicester, too many egos etc. And he enjoyed his time at Cardiff much more.  

 

Wouldn't be surprised to see him leave at some point regardless of whether we want to keep him 

Ill give this the benefit of the doubt of going through people second hand. But if true, its disappointing to read. Football is full of ego's everywhere from players to agents to certain brands of managers. Im sure we have our fair share - but it will be nothing like at the big six and top half PL. Cardiff would have been easier on this front simply because of the lack of any quality in that team. And they got relegated anyway. Alves should be aspiring to hit the top. That doesn't mean he should be one of the egos but hes got to appreciate they are going to be around. Its the first indication that he might not have the self belief of mentality ro reach beyond a certain level. 

 

Lets hope its more to do about just preferring actually getting playing time and egos not getting in the way of playing time, which i would completely understand no matter what.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

3 hours ago, Gamble92 said:

Yeah sometimes a club can progress quicker than the player. He won't be ready for Premier League and it'll be another season out somewhere else. 

Yeah. If he's happy to be a bit part player in the PL I'd personally be happy with him here in that league. It would be impossible for him to be worse than Reid for example.

[sm1]

5 hours ago, Taz_The_Fox said:

I get the impression from the snippets I've heard (admittedly second hand)that he doesnt particularly like it at Leicester, too many egos etc. And he enjoyed his time at Cardiff much more.  

 

Wouldn't be surprised to see him leave at some point regardless of whether we want to keep him 

Sad to hear but entirely predictable. When we moved to Seagrave that was one of the problems we encountered, instead of a collective, we had cliques everywhere, some not getting on with others. Then you have senior pros like Winks acting like a twat. Thankfully I think Marti understands this and is trying to do something about it.

[Lambert09]

2 hours ago, Chelmofox said:

Ill give this the benefit of the doubt of going through people second hand. But if true, its disappointing to read. Football is full of ego's everywhere from players to agents to certain brands of managers. Im sure we have our fair share - but it will be nothing like at the big six and top half PL. Cardiff would have been easier on this front simply because of the lack of any quality in that team. And they got relegated anyway. Alves should be aspiring to hit the top. That doesn't mean he should be one of the egos but hes got to appreciate they are going to be around. Its the first indication that he might not have the self belief of mentality ro reach beyond a certain level. 

 

Lets hope its more to do about just preferring actually getting playing time and egos not getting in the way of playing time, which i would completely understand no matter what.

Says more about us than him. How can we criticize that opinion when it’s one all the fans share. 

 

The club was in a toxic state last season and we all know that we have these inflated egos on crap. Why would we criticize a lad who loves the club, for thinking that what’s been going on isn’t great, if we all think that as well?! 

Edited 7 September 2025 by Lambert09

[ALC Fox]

Alves's development is surely 12 to 18 months behind what it would have been had he not been injured. Maybe even two full years when you consider he's not just had to return physically but mentally and reach the level he was at before injury.

 

He has a high ceiling. A confidence-boosting loan will do him the world of good.