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06 Jul 2026 17:16:13
I note that Ipswich, his first club before moving to Bury as a 16 year old, are now favourites to sign Nick Pope.
I realise that the response will be the same as it was when I suggested Wolves attempt to sign Nathan Ake, but if Wolves are to simply say that they can't compete with all of the Prem teams and the vast number of sides in the various European competitions then it will indeed be a very difficult transfer window.
Once those sides have had their fill, what will be left again?
There is obviously a divide between ambition and realism but if aiming at Nick Pope, going to a side that was in the Championship last season and probably will be next year, is over ambitious then Wolves should prepare for a long, long stay outside of the Top levels of football.
1.) 07 Jul 2026 17:35:52
I don't get why missing out on Nick Pope is seen as a bad thing. He used to be a great keeper, but ask a Newcastle fan, and they all, or the majority, think he's a busted flush.
His weaknesses have been exposed, and he's lost confidence. Granted, he may get this back, but wage-wise he could be an expensive gamble if you're granting him he'll be first choice.
2.) 08 Jul 2026 10:30:14
Obviously, all a matter of opinions, and I certainly can't claim to have seen him regularly last year.
1. He was the undisputed number 1 at the end of last season at a top level Prem team.
2. He is home-grown.
3. He is cheap - even with his limely wage demands.
4. No matter how weak he is, you are comparing him to a disinterested Jose Sa and Sam Johnstone, so he is a major upgrade.
Wolves desperately need to sign cheap, high quality, experienced, home-grown players (to be fair, Trippier), and I have highlighted two that fit those criteria over the last couple of days.
It appears Wolves had no interest in either.
In my view that is a mistake.
03 Jul 2026 22:20:18
Although wages might have been a bit toppy for Wolves in the Championship, Nathan Ake for £7m was surely a "no brainer" and not getting involved is a bad mistake.
Homegrown, despite being Dutch, left-footed and versatile - lcb or lb.
He would have been a class above any other defender in the league.
A back 4 of Trippier, Mings, Krejci and Ake would have been - although on the old side - way too good for most Championship teams' attack!
Ps Would he have been willing to move to Wolves from Manchester?
Well, the key word is move.
He could well have stayed in the same house, his kids stayed at the same school/nursery, etc etc and driven to work instead of moving his entire family to Istanbul in Turkey!
1.) 03 Jul 2026 22:51:33
He has taken a massive pay cut to join Fenerbache. He's agreed to a £100k a week deal. Down from the £160k per week he was on at City. Plus, he's had a £4.5m signing fee, which equates to £45k per week over his 2 year contract.
Wolves are never likely to compete with wages like that in the Championship.
2.) 03 Jul 2026 23:23:04
Wasn't aware of the signing fee, and don't deny 100k would be toppy for Wolves now, the problem with getting yourself relegated, but I'd rather have proven quality than proven inadequacy.
Sell Toti Gomes and Marshall Munetsi, neither of whom should be considered for the team even in the Championship, and you would have covered both the wages and the fee, hopefully with a fair bit to spare!
3.) 04 Jul 2026 00:05:37
He's not going to join us. Let's be realistic: wages. Our owners are poor and inadequate. Championship or Champions League?
4.) 04 Jul 2026 08:12:35
I agree that the likes of Toti, Hwang, and Munetsi need to go, but the issue is, who, after seeing them play last season, is going to buy them and pay them the same as we currently do.
Toti was on £80k per week (reduced upon relegation). If a club came in and offered him, say, £35k per week, what's to stop him rejecting it and remaining at Molineux until his contract ends?
5.) 05 Jul 2026 19:53:18
Good points made - Champions League or Championship, wages, and the general toxic nature of the club over the past few years.
However, you seem to be saying why any player would join Wolves, yet Trippier and Jimenez have.
When you see the prices young prospects (especially British ones), outside of total gambles from the lower leagues, are going for, and consider the risks associated with them, it is obvious that Wolves should be aiming for a core of players like Trippier and Jimenez.
Ake is/was at the top end of that list.
Persuading him to come would have been difficult, and would have had to have been based on his family's needs over the level of football on offer.
However, as stated, his fee and wages should have been easily met by selling the unwanted players in the squad.
Of course, they were insanely paid - the club was insanely run - sorry to all those posters who, despite everything that has happened over the past few years, think everything is still fine.
But, surely, after taking a 50% cut due to relegation, they should be saleable, albeit at knock-down prices.
If you don't think Toti and Munetsi, even at knocked-down prices, cover the cost of Ake, then Wolves are in a whole heap of trouble.
They have far, far less attractive players to get rid of, and to survive they do have to raise pretty substantial sums just to pay down the debt, let alone fund whatever the ongoing costs are and the rebuild.
17 Jun 2026 07:39:02
{Ed's Note - thefutureisoldgold3 has posted a new article entitled, Wolves Face a Reckoning After a Chaotic Season
01 Apr 2026 11:21:15
Assume everyone has seen the "headline" financial statement information released by the club yesterday.
It tragically explains completely why Wolves decided to "align" their financial year-end from May to June.
An alignment that conveniently allowed the rushed and dreadfully executed transfers of Cunha and Ran to be included in the accounts for the new period.
The underlying, ongoing, before one off transfer, loss made by the club has exploded from just under £80m in the period to May 2024, to a mind blowing £132m in the new period.
Obviously, as it is a 13 month period not a 12 month one some adjustments need to be taken into account but however you cut it turnover is down and costs, (wages), are massively up.
There is also a fairly chunky write down of the value of "a" or several players, (still in the squad), acknowledging the over payment in the transfer market.
These are truly dreadful accounts and do nothing to assuage concerns regarding the prospects of the club.
1.) 01 Apr 2026 14:55:55
Turnover will be down by an est £150million next season.
2.) 01 Apr 2026 15:25:20
These figures are absolutely awful as the club has posted a loss even though they've sold Cunha, Ait, Kilman and Neto.
3.) 01 Apr 2026 15:59:01
Years of mismanagement and a lack of development have led us to this, but it could potentially get worse.
Fosun's group revenue is also down by £2Bn, so will this ensure our future in the lower leagues, as the chances of them spending on the club are surely diminished.
4.) 01 Apr 2026 16:32:34
Great analysis as always, TFG. Anyone seen the Prems' recently released list of agents' fees? We are 7th on the list, just think about that for a second, 7th! For a team that's managed just 17 points all season, how is that even possible when we are buying unproven players from unproven leagues?! For context, here the only teams above us are last season's top four, plus United and Villa. Now let's take a look at the league: can any fan genuinely tell me that we've been even in the same league for signing the calibre of players those around us have?! Sorry, but poor mismanagement from Fosun! I bet each agent pretty much doubled their demands the moment Jeff walked through the bloody door! Some of us have been saying it for years, but the level of mismanagement at our beloved club is genuinely horrific! Makes me very angry, to be honest.
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5.) 01 Apr 2026 21:33:16
I just hope the removal of Jeff Shi and his incompetence can repair the damage he's caused over the last few years.
04 Feb 2026 15:07:27
Good note.
Both of your two main threads are bang on.
Recruitment has been beyond abysmal - so so many very obviously poor players bought for substantial sums and put on large contracts - whilst the selling has been worse!
Additionally the total failure to develop income streams and control costs has been scandalous.
Sadly Jeff has not had his eye on the ball!
However whilst I love your optimism I don't think the club is going to spend money on the ground when it's far from full which it will be in the Championship, if they didn't when it 'was sold out.
in the Premiership
Indeed now I would argue that every penny that can be spared should be spent on the team to get the club back to the Prem or at least stabilise it in the Championship.
1.) 06 Feb 2026 18:17:46
Now's the time to enlarge the one stand by 10, 000. It would show confidence in their plan and not affect revenue as much while in the Championship, if we are there next season.
Might have a few seasons to improve the other stands, too. Nothing is for certain.
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11 Jul 2026 23:24:52
Well, that is axiomatically correct.
Sadly, though, that is also the case for every player ever acquired.
Some of whom will have been brilliant - the aforementioned Mr Bull, some will have been ordinary, and some of whom (and, tragically lately, that some could be replaced with most) will have been abysmal.
His record is modest, but as I have never seen him play, it would be wrong of me to dismiss him.
Consequently, whilst I am not optimistic, I have not said he is a bad signing - yet - but have said that there must be safer ones, i.e.
players who have a better or more relevant track record.
All signings are a gamble, but this one, especially for the price, looks a substantial one.
However, as the new manager is just that new, perhaps he is entitled to a punt; after all, he can't be blamed or held responsible for the shambolic transfer dealings of previous regimes.
11 Jul 2026 13:21:38
As I said in a previous post, that is all we can do.
If he turns out to be half as good as Mr Bull, we will all be delighted.
However, it is far from certain you can compare the 2 transfers, as Bull was only 21 and was bought for a bag of beans, whereas this player is 26 and was acquired for a fairly sizeable fee.
10 Jul 2026 20:15:50
Just over the last 3 or 4 years.
Major disposals such as Ran (mind blowingly bad!), Neves (less than 40% of top-level CMs), Cunha (one of the top players in the league - try and buy him back for less than £100m!), and Neto (disappointed at Chelsea for reasons discussed previously, but at time sold, see Cunha!).
Plus disposals where the club managed to sell players that had turned, or been turned, into damaged goods such as Emmanuel, Podence, Lemina, Guedes, Boly, Coady, and Raul.
Finally, of course, disasters like Semedo, Sarabia, Saiss and Traore, where they left on free transfers at the end of their contracts.
10 Jul 2026 14:06:36
I'm interested in buying a pound coin for 75p - who wouldn't be?
Sadly, as a desperate seller, with a very poor track record of obtaining good prices, clubs will see Wolves as fools who are easy to exploit.
What a mess!
10 Jul 2026 14:04:12
Sadly, this is one that all we can do is take on board the comment so often made on this site - even in the face of overwhelming evidence that it is not deserved - "give him/Fosun/the club/etc etc a chance".
At 26, with no more than an adequate record in a very modest league, it is far from an exciting signing and, as many are saying, looks fully priced at best.
Surely there were far better value options out there, and certainly "safer" ones, but let's hope he outperforms what are pretty low expectations.
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11 Jul 2026 13:31:20
So common, in fact, that I have read it twice already today with respect to the new guy.
Plus, we have also had the usual posters complaining that posters are complaining about Fosun.
I really admire their loyalty to Fosun, but just don't get it?
Shouldn't posters on this site support Wolves?
I guess some people would have been delighted to have plenty of ice available when the berg sunk the "Titanic"!
10 Jul 2026 16:11:23
Ron, I was merely pointing out that this is a common comment.
It was in relation to the highly underwhelming signing the club has made. I know that if you criticise a new signing (or indeed a manager or Fosun), then someone will jump on you saying that you haven't given them a chance.
Surely, if you have ever read any of my posts you would realise that I am far from convinced that Fosun has had Wolves' football team as a primary concern over the past few years.
PS, I am pretty sure it was you who brilliantly said, "If Fosun had wanted a Premier League team they would still have one".
09 Jul 2026 11:13:55
From a football or financial perspective?
Axiomatically, from a football perspective, most of the players are not good enough for the Prem, but many of those may be adequate in the Champ - assuming they want to stay.
So, it is hard to say how many Wolves need to sell - probably, as you say, only a handful - if survival in the Champ is your aim.
However, it is highly likely that Wolves need to sell to both reduce costs - wages and amort - so as to stay within the new SCR rules, but also to pay down debt and cover the extraordinarily high non football related costs the club seemingly incurs.
This is before any expenditure on developing the squad.
In this case, of course, it depends on who you sell and for how much.
Selling low earners who are home grown or with modest amortisations will make very little impact on SCR, but if you sell anyone for serious money, this will help with the other matters.
For me, the club should attempt to get promoted this year, so probably needs to lose about a dozen inadequate players and add 5 or 6 better quality ones.
The squad is probably too large anyway and needs culling and thinning.
I have detailed names of those to leave and ideas for those to join previously - all of which could be done in a financially sensible way.
PS Calum Wilslon on a free would have been great, but with a club like Brentford, who Wolves astonishingly are now miles below in the pecking order, interested, unrealistic sadly.
08 Jul 2026 10:30:14
Obviously, all a matter of opinions, and I certainly can't claim to have seen him regularly last year.
1. He was the undisputed number 1 at the end of last season at a top level Prem team.
2. He is home-grown.
3. He is cheap - even with his limely wage demands.
4. No matter how weak he is, you are comparing him to a disinterested Jose Sa and Sam Johnstone, so he is a major upgrade.
Wolves desperately need to sign cheap, high quality, experienced, home-grown players (to be fair, Trippier), and I have highlighted two that fit those criteria over the last couple of days.
It appears Wolves had no interest in either.
In my view that is a mistake.
05 Jul 2026 19:53:18
Good points made - Champions League or Championship, wages, and the general toxic nature of the club over the past few years.
However, you seem to be saying why any player would join Wolves, yet Trippier and Jimenez have.
When you see the prices young prospects (especially British ones), outside of total gambles from the lower leagues, are going for, and consider the risks associated with them, it is obvious that Wolves should be aiming for a core of players like Trippier and Jimenez.
Ake is/was at the top end of that list.
Persuading him to come would have been difficult, and would have had to have been based on his family's needs over the level of football on offer.
However, as stated, his fee and wages should have been easily met by selling the unwanted players in the squad.
Of course, they were insanely paid - the club was insanely run - sorry to all those posters who, despite everything that has happened over the past few years, think everything is still fine.
But, surely, after taking a 50% cut due to relegation, they should be saleable, albeit at knock-down prices.
If you don't think Toti and Munetsi, even at knocked-down prices, cover the cost of Ake, then Wolves are in a whole heap of trouble.
They have far, far less attractive players to get rid of, and to survive they do have to raise pretty substantial sums just to pay down the debt, let alone fund whatever the ongoing costs are and the rebuild.