09 Jul 2026 09:13:35
Being realistic - removing the Football Manager mentality - how many players do Wolves need to get rid of?

The club has to sell Tchatchoua, Tolu and Johnstone. I know other players are likely to leave, but certain players staying won’t be the end of the world. The club did the right thing in releasing Doherty.

Looking at the team, the only players I can see that definitely need dumping are Tchatchoua, Tolu and Johnstone. Johnstone isn’t a good keeper, and he’s had too many ‘injuries’. It might seem harsh, but Tchatchoua and Tolu were dreadful signings.

Have I missed any players that need dumping as a priority?

1.) 09 Jul 2026
09 Jul 2026 10:22:30
Hwang, just for starters, Zephyr.

2.) 09 Jul 2026
09 Jul 2026 10:55:09
Jesus, forgot about him. That's quite depressing that I forgot about Hwang: a Wolves player who's been pretty much anonymous from day one.

3.) 09 Jul 2026
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.

4.) 09 Jul 2026
09 Jul 2026 14:16:43
Bellegarde, Fer Lopez, in addition to those mentioned above.

5.) 09 Jul 2026
09 Jul 2026 14:31:39
Bellegarde and Lopez don't need to be sold as a matter of urgency. Both players will be useful in the Championship. Tchatchoua and Tolu have no future at Wolves. Same for Hwang. Hwang is less of an issue, but Wolves signed him purely for commercial reasons, and he's on about 90k per week.