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21 Mar 2026 18:08:56
Silas Anderson is on our radar for the summer rebuild says x.
1.) 21 Mar 2026 21:26:18
It seems that Celtic and Rangers also have an interest in Anderson, so I can't see our interest being successful. I think it will be a big problem when we can only offer Championship football.
2.) 22 Mar 2026 20:31:22
I don't know, Ray, is the Championship inferior to the Scottish top flight? Also, we can dangle the carrot of an early return to the PL. And, remember the Portuguese maestros who signed for us in the Championship back then.
3.) 23 Mar 2026 08:03:53
Chalk and cheese, Deep Throat.
The Fosun that took us over and the Fosun now are 2 different animals. Long gone are the days of us signing those type of players, and Celtic and Rangers will be able to "dangle" European football. The best we can hope for in regards to Europe is they bring back the Anglo Italia Cup. ?
4.) 23 Mar 2026 10:32:01
The past is a foreign country, someone said. My opinion is that Fosun cannot just carry on as they are. Something fundamental must happen next season. Once China blocked external investment in football, Fosun should have sold out, for a splendid return on the original £30-40mil investment.
It's incredible to think that Fabio Silva cost as much as the whole Wolves club and land holdings. Nathan Shi must shape up or sell out. It's probably only the Americans that can supply the vision and money, fronted by a Wolves legend or two. The Wrexham example shows what can be achieved.
5.) 25 Mar 2026 23:17:37
Never really got this rumour, Deep Throat.
Yes, it's a Chinese company, Fosun, but are you sure that everything is transparent with Chinese authorities.
I believe that Fosun as a conglomerate invested all over the world. Wolverhampton Wanderers is a British company, not Chinese, our assets are in the name of Wolves. This was the plan all along, making the club self sufficient for PSR or whatever disguise it is now.
Fosun also has sizeable stakes in Cirque du Soleil, European banks and insurance, Gestifute, pharmaceuticals etc etc.
They were part of the reason for the first vaccine for Covid.
What I'm saying is, under each group under the umbrella of Fosun, they have invested and profiteered.
China doesn't really have a say, apart from Fosun's business in China and stopping them from causing a collapse of Even Glade Properties if they sold all the invested amounts when they could have.
That would have caused a crash, as every investor would have sold their stake in Even Glade.
Maybe unpopular, but I still think Fosun want Wolves to be successful. I'm glad Jeff Shi has moved on. It would be good to know the new football philosophy going forward, and whether the academy and women's team will be supported as they should.
6.) 26 Mar 2026 15:17:30
Madman
Your thesis, that Fosun are and have been supportive/neutral at worst during the last few years and that the current state of affairs is consequently simply a series of events beyond their control/influence is not an uncommon one amongst Wolves supporters.
It is also the default response from non Wolves fans. Most non Wolves merely view the current situation as Wolves returning to their rightful place and good riddance to bad rubbish.
However I give you "Occams Razor".
This states that when faced with competing hypotheses that explain a phenomenon equally well the simplest one - the one requiring the least assumptions is usually the best.
Now the post Seville path from a successful, (2 league 7ths, a cup semi and a euro quarter), and profitable club with modest debt to the current situation, massively loss making, huge debt and just about to be relegated is a matter of record.
So the question is why?
Is it as you suggest simply because Jeff was grossly incompetent?
I find this hard to believe not just because Jeff is, as his career record indicates, a highly intelligent and successful businessman but also because it assumes that as the wheels came off both financially and in football terms - remember Wolves lose £80m pa more than Brentford and debt has spiralled out of control whilst the side has tumbled down the table - no one in the entire Fosun organisation noticed.
Wolves may be a relatively small part of this multi billion conglomerate but the accumulated losses plus the decline in the potential market value of the club total many hundreds of millions of pounds.
Not a small sum even for Fosun.
These assumptions are surely far too outlandish to contemplate.
The option?
Fosun used to modestly fund Wolves development and saw fantastic returns on that investment - they undoubtedly could have cashed out at Seville for a not insignificant multiple of their investment.
But come Covid Fosun not only couldn't continue investing in Wolves but needed a return.
Maybe they made the decision - foolishly - that with the help of Mendes running a football club was easy and that they could make/take money from it.
However they couldn't legally take dividends as the club has negative reserves so had to construct a network of inter company trading schemes - the balances of which are on the balance sheet and are vast - to extract cash from the club!
The club, however well it is managed, is though highly unlikely to be able to raise substantial sums of profit and/or cash.
Consequently either believing that it is possible, ( it isn't), or simply because there was no choice the club started selling off the best players and tried to replace them with further prospects.
This thesis fits the facts perfectly and merely requires one to believe that Fosun made a poor decision in not selling when they could?
So by Occams Razor Jeff has merely been doing the job he was given but as everyone involved in football should know - Fosun aren't and of course listened to Mendes who had a very vested interest in helping them come to their false conclusion - it was impossible to achieve any other outcome than that which has occurred in the medium term.
7.) 27 Mar 2026 22:40:48
Well said, Future.
14 Jan 2026 12:31:59
I just read on x that all players will have a reduction in wages 30 to 50 per cent on relegation that's interesting
1.) 14 Jan 2026 13:38:32
Absolute tosh on X I’m afraid, you’re telling me that every player at the club has a clause in their contract that says they take a pay cut? Not in a million years, some may but the high earners will be gone anyway so it wouldn’t make that much difference.
{Ed001's Note - yes mate, it is standard. There are very few players in the top flight without that clause, outside of the likes of Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal and Man City.}
2.) 14 Jan 2026 13:40:00
Yes mate full article - Wolves are ready for relegation financially: every player has an automatic wage drop clause (30% to 50%). And there are no relegation release clauses, so Wolves can set whatever asking price they want.
3.) 14 Jan 2026 15:03:33
Rated - if it is only 30 to 50% they are nowhere near sharp enough as the salaries some are on are far more than double a Championship wage
4.) 14 Jan 2026 16:31:15
The highly-saleable players will obviously go. We may have a problem with the duds left behind, as their reduced wages in the championship may still be over the top, as Future notes. It could unsettle new players brought in on championship wages, if so and so from this season isn't worth his money. For me, the rot started when we signed Fabio Silva for silly money on silly wages.
Thanks Jeff. Far more talented players were earning far less. Then, the excuse was that the 'generational player' poor Fabio was thrust into action when still too young. Youth hasn't hurt Mane, has it? Didn't hurt the 18-year old Wayne Rooney either.
5.) 14 Jan 2026 16:36:42
The key part for me future is gold mate is their are no minimun release fees which means the vultures can't lowball us.
6.) 14 Jan 2026 20:57:44
Agreed for the handful of good players that are saleable but for many just getting rid will be difficult especially on the salaries they are on.
Which players are clearly Prem quality
Gomes and Andre are top 6 players.
Krejci looks fine
Emmanuel has the talent but questions will be asked about his poor form at the start of the year
JSL was good last year but huge red flags not only about his poor form this year but also his attitude/competitive edge and professionalism.
Mane in a v v short period is probably viewed as a player with high potential and Gomes R might also attract some interest?
Tolu, Yerson, Arias, (with everything crossed), and Bellegarde might be bottom end players.
After that
Sa and Johnstone are v v ordinary,
Hoever, Jackson and Doherty all sub standard prob not even Championship level - harsh on Doherty but he is not getting younger or quicker!
Wolfe, Bueno H, Santi, Hwang, Munetsi and Toti are Championship players
Fer Lopez is not ready for adult football in England but is in his 20s so sadly not sure he has a future in England!
Not going to be easy to shift any of the 12 I have listed above or even afford to keep most of them even on half their salaries!
7.) 14 Jan 2026 23:46:25
I don’t think we will see hoever in the old gold again thank god I’m sure his contract is up at the end of this season
09 Dec 2025 12:48:06
No rumours since 1st dec everyone given up lol
1.) 09 Dec 2025 15:07:28
Probably waiting to see who wants to come and play in the championship next season
2.) 09 Dec 2025 15:55:13
I thought Costas de Game and Diseason Over were playing for us last night but then I realised it was only 8th December, and they couldn't have been playing for us but it certainly looked like it.
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27 Feb 2026 22:19:24
What a win bit of luck and hard work
1.) 28 Feb 2026 00:05:31
Surprised, delighted, enthused by the overall team showing. They seemed to fully understand what this fixture means to so many fans who will be able to walk down the road with heads held high. If it takes nights when the heavens open, let's all start doing a rain dance now. But, humour aside, I am really pleased for all at the Molineux. Well done, lads.
15 Feb 2026 15:46:46
So there we av it 1 0 win old classic pitch lol. We made it hard I think at times good block by santi at the death
01 Feb 2026 15:40:51
Great signing angel Gomez
1.) 01 Feb 2026 17:13:49
I liked him. Played well when he got on England team so the talent is there. Spurs were after him a while back. I think he can be good and a decent price.
2.) 02 Feb 2026 14:32:33
Crikey, Simon, when did we last praise a signing on here? Too little, too late of course. But with a good run of form we can bank a profit on Angel Gomes in the summer. The other signings look like down payments on our championship squad next season.
3.) 02 Feb 2026 15:01:13
Deep it is hard not to be happy isn't it? Gomes was a full international only 2 years ago! As a natural pessimist however I do wonder what is going on.
Why is he available for a mere £7m? Has his career fallen off a cliff?
I obviously don't watch French football but he does appear to have lost his place in the Marseille side and over the last couple of months is regularly on the bench.
At that price though and given that Wolves will be playing in the Championship next season he should be a really good signing.
P.S. Someone suggested he would be an easy flip at the end of the season however whilst I don't want to be negative but if that was the case why is he available today at the lower price.
Are Marseille really stupid and allowing Wolves to arbitrage them?
P.P.S. As an addendum he, Armstrong and Adams if they all come will all be "homegrown" and between them will cost approximately half the fee raised by the sale of JSL.
Don't normally do this but if it comes about "well done Wolves"!
4.) 02 Feb 2026 15:19:09
This is a signing we see other clubs make and say why couldn’t we get him, so it’s a thumbs up signing from me
5.) 02 Feb 2026 16:15:43
Are we becoming a team o Gomes's: João, Toti, Rodrigo and now Angel. Is this Wolves saving on shirt printing buy 1 get 3 free!
6.) 02 Feb 2026 16:55:00
We are becoming a team of 5ft nothings, , no height in the team!
7.) 02 Feb 2026 17:57:59
Where does it say Gomes has signed? Armstrong has not signed-and this is three minutes to 6-00 pm.
Deja vu?
8.) 02 Feb 2026 18:01:47
Adams ain't coming.
Alfie pond gone to my local team crewe
On loan
9.) 02 Feb 2026 18:21:27
Wolvo remember we had a small team including Cameron Rae and others. We were intimidated before kick off.
10.) 02 Feb 2026 18:46:34
Well Wolvo, hopefully we have sold our misfiring giant JSL. But lack of height might be a problem, although the 5ft nothings at least have a lower centre of gravity. I see that 6'2" Dominic Solanke did well yesterday, but he's not so lanky as Peter Crouch!
11.) 02 Feb 2026 19:04:27
Maybe he wants to be seen so he can sign with a Premier League team during the summer.
30 Jan 2026 20:07:50
And the binman as sighned
1.) 31 Jan 2026 08:47:29
There could be two more from china, Has Bin and where you Bin.
2.) 31 Jan 2026 12:10:58
Linked with another one from China. Wu Da Fuk RYhu
3.) 31 Jan 2026 12:16:12
No more Chinese takeaways, thank you guys. There's a promising young striker in Italy. Pino Grigio. Maturing like a fine wine.
30 Jan 2026 19:59:42
Se signed someone yey! Dapo Anunlopo
Simonandlaura's rumour replies
17 Jan 2026 20:28:00
He scored today for west ham
17 Jan 2026 11:29:12
It was beinick afobe we brought and sold
27 Nov 2025 18:52:51
Another dm how many do we need j gomes and andre are as defensive as u need we need att mids or wingers not dms
18 Nov 2025 08:05:34
We apparently after dwight mcnieal and kalvin Phillips if this is the case at least prem and English experience
08 Nov 2025 11:23:43
Yes I seen this got to be a positive on our part looks like he's on his way to us
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17 Jan 2026 11:17:52
Me and mrs watched neighbours for 15 years shame it went down under hopefully there's a new era just like with wolves rest and restart
07 Jan 2026 21:59:15
I totally agree with u we need to go and attack with pace and really through the kitchen sink at them
13 Dec 2025 12:46:32
I think when it comes from a financial point f view jeff is on point I don't see any problems with the club struggling financially. Its just his shocking football decisions that are poo.
that's how he keeps his job doing good maths for fosun. I got someone in the kkow at the mol who assures me jeff is no idiot when it comes to runnning a business profitable.
11 Dec 2025 07:51:10
Playing dmw at lcb?
11 Dec 2025 07:43:27
Scrap that I can't count my bad too early for me