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17 Jul 2026 21:14:51
I don't think we will sell half of the player quoted as being available because no one wants them. Simply put, they would of gone by now. Season starts in a few weeks, don't it. I think we will have similar squad with maybe 2 in.

17 Jul 2026 21:59:16
A really good point with just 1 issue. We've already signed 3 players. Other than that, you're bang on.

17 Jul 2026 23:01:30
Not sure they would have gone if those clubs interested knew we were in a position of distressed sales. Look at Gomes, Athletico were reported to be signing him for £40m and £5m add ons. Villa have waited it out, and are now getting him for the bargain basement price of £35m and £3m add ons.

Time is on the buying clubs' side, and not ours. With Krecji having been at the WC, I wouldn't be surprised if Leeds start low balling us some time soon. The problem is that, as we've just seen with Gomes, we are so desperate that it clearly works. 😭

18 Jul 2026 14:10:14
We may be desperate, BBII, but even our saleable assets have deficiencies, which is why clubs aren't falling over themselves to acquire them. This means no bidding war to hike up the price, and is why Krejci may go for a song, because, despite his qualities, he is slow and his distribution is sometimes lacking.

17 Jul 2026 16:25:44
Looks as though Mosquera and Munetsi are staying, so a team “that fans can really identify with” is going to be the same team as before, with a few additions. The Fosun cheapskates are pulling the fans' knickers down - again. Now the season tickets have been sold, they can bring in as much revenue as possible from player sales and spend as little as possible.

The Fosun model continues.

GK: ?

RB: Kieran Tripper
RCB: Yerson Mosquera
LCB: Toti Gomes
LB: David Moller Wolfe

DM: Andre
CM: Marshall Munetsi

RW: Rodrigo Gomes
AM: Fer Lopez or Mateus Mane
LW: Rafiki Said

CF: Raul Jimenez

That team won’t finish in the top two. Not enough goals.

17 Jul 2026 21:45:12
Personally, I like Mosquera. Yes, he's a bit of a hot head, but still young, so if he manages to control himself he seems like a solid defender. Hopefully those that stay can put up a fight and return us to the Prem, make up for last season's fiasco.

It's all a bit contradictory in here at the moment. Some are complaining we are selling all our assets, but others are complaining that players are staying.

So far only Gomes has gone, and by all accounts he was sold last Christmas to Man Utd, which goes to show no one knows what's going to happen, and isn't that half the fun. Let's see who else we bring in. Three signings already, and pre season hasn't started yet. Definitely different from usual, so maybe Fosun have learnt, maybe.

17 Jul 2026 23:48:40
I'm almost with you, Franco, but where's Hugo and Armstrong? FWAW.

18 Jul 2026 09:47:11
At Championship level, Raul and Armstrong will score more than enough to be top two, as long as we can stay solid and provide them with the chances to score. Plus, I suspect we will still be looking to strengthen further, as well as selling a few more, like Tolu and, unfortunately, both Buenos.

17 Jul 2026 15:27:06
It seems that Gomes is gone so that is one player with Prem experience out of the door. Clubs seem to have an interest in Hugo Bueno so if he does go that's another experienced player we won't have if we do gain promotion.


Factor into that the strong suggestions that Sa, Kreji, Toti and possibly others may depart and it does make you wonder how we would cope if we do go up with what would be, quite probably an inexperienced squad.

17 Jul 2026 16:03:12
No team copes with the same squad. You have to get up first (a big if) and then assemble a squad for the higher league.

17 Jul 2026 08:46:00
So, the great Raul Jimenez is 'same old rubbish' now? FWAW

17 Jul 2026 10:29:41
Love Raul, and Trippier will hopefully be a great signing. Preston, after a positive start to the summer, I was hoping for more.
Time will tell, I guess. 🤞

17 Jul 2026 10:32:16
I think Raul and Trippier are a very smart bit of business, but signing two 35-year-old players on free transfers doesn't justify selling the family silver for pence on the pound!

17 Jul 2026 11:29:47
I don't think Banksy meant what the club under Nathan Shi is trying to do, Preston, and yes, those signings are certainly crowd pleasers and, hopefully, smart from a football perspective, but against a background of what? Years of decline, with the inevitable consequence, and no evidence, in truth, of any significant change in Fosun's behaviour.
Personally, I like Nathan Shi, and I believe he will genuinely try his best for Wolves, but if he doesn't get the backing, irrespective of who we sign or keep at the club, will he be carrying the can in a year or two?
People were keen to blame Jeff Shi for everything, but I personally believe there were other actors in Shanghai equally culpable.

Let's not forget, once the Esports was up and running, he got promoted, not sacked, not even pushed out sideways somewhere.
I believe the phrase 'same old rubbish' is therefore appropriate when considering the part that Fosun will, but probably won't, play in all of this.

17 Jul 2026 12:18:18
What Fosun are doing is simply asset stripping. Anything with a decent value, they move on and pocket the profit. Every time they do it, they weaken the team. Then sign mostly inadequate replacements. Wolves fans should be used to it now, they are business people, and football is just a hobby for them.

17 Jul 2026 15:50:29
I think Wolves fans, myself included, have to accept that life under Fosun is not going to improve. They'll possibly throw the fans a bone and give us a good season in the Championship, but the Premier League is a step too far for Fosun and Wolves.

17 Jul 2026 19:04:04
So who would you let go or be glad to see the back of?
??????????
Johnstone
Arokadare
Hwang
Armstrong
Hoever
Angel Homes
Tatchouka
Doyle, maybe I've listed someone who's gone already, soz.
Any one else, good riddance too.

17 Jul 2026 19:55:56
All except Doyle and Armstrong. Who would believe Hwang is one of the top paid?

18 Jul 2026 09:52:20
We can't sell Angel Gomes, greyleg, he's not ours to get rid of as he went back after his loan finished - we didn't invoke the option to buy.

16 Jul 2026 18:47:53
I’m starting to become very tired of Fosun. It’s causing me to become very tired of Wolves.

Fosun are deceitful owners. Molineux ain’t ever getting a rebuild. The training facilities won’t ever get an upgrade. It’s literally two pitches and a set of dumbbells. The youth set-up is average at best. No better than half the teams in the Championship.

From the fans forum, where’s the team that’s going to look very different? Where’s the team that fans can really identify with? Wolves fans are being lied to again.

Ron Moore has made me see the light. He’s bloody right. I don’t care about the moaning, he’s spot on. We march into the stadium like hopeful mugs, to slowly trudge out with our shoulders slumped. The good years were seven years ago. It’s been continual decline ever since. Why the chuff did we have to hound Steve Morgan out? Wolves are now back to where they started ten years ago, except the club now has about £200 million of debt. Steve Morgan is a billionaire property developer.

Fosun are Gordon Gecko types who buy up businesses with pretend money.

Look at the attendances towards the end of last season. Fans are becoming fed up. Wolves get promoted to the PL, but what happens then? Fosun don’t have the ability to keep Wolves in the Premier League. Last season saw the real Wolves under Fosun. It had been coming for a while.

Was it Johnny Phillips who said if Wolves don’t get promoted back to the PL at the first attempt the club's finances will be in an atrocious state. That surely also means that in the Premier League there will be very little money for genuine quality players.

Wolves are going into a Championship season with several other teams who are more than capable of sitting above Wolves and staying there. Southampton will be dangerous this season. The same goes for Burnley, West Ham, Middlesbrough, and possibly Wrexham and Blues. Maybe Millwall, too.

Under Fosun, supporting Wolves is becoming a chore.

16 Jul 2026 19:54:14
It's nothing new. Nice One, some preferring not to see it for what it is, even now. I see Mat Jackson is predicting a speeding up in the transfer market as teams return to training, probably knowing they would soon have £38M (on paper) to spend.



It's a total mystery to me why Fosun are doing this. It's a money pit that they can't (or won't) afford to get involved with. They should have sold it 5 years ago unless they just want the brand name.

16 Jul 2026 20:06:05
Realistically, that's life being a football fan, unless, of course, you follow the so called big 6. Do you honestly think Spurs fans are happy? West Ham? They're all moaning. Chelsea, Liverpool. How many managers have some of these clubs gone through!
We're all Wolves supporters on here & always will be. Some, like me, don't go as often these days, but it's the first result I look for, and it still ruins my evening or weekend when we lose. I don't like or trust Fosun any more than other contributors on here, & it makes me sick to see how The Vile are doing & even the ambition of the blue noses, but all we can do is support the team & show our dissatisfaction to Fosun by protest if Nathan Shi, etc., don't come up with the goods.

They've created this mess & it's up to them to get us out of it. They've said time & time again that they don't intend to sell us, so let's pray they want a Premier League club where the money is. We all knew J Gomes was going, but let's see who we bring through the door. If I'm very optimistic, I'm hoping Shi has sold Trippier & Raul a very ambitious plan to attract both to our club. Here's hoping to a very good summer transfer window.

16 Jul 2026 20:26:02
You're right, Long. Football is a money pit, and Fosun don't have the money. That's the reality. They don't have the money. Everything they purchase is on the never never. It's all debt on debt on debt. They're Klarna boys.

Steve Morgan had wealth. His wealth is real. He had the money and contacts to rebuild the Molineux and training facilities. Guy was hounded out from the minute we lost 5-1 to the Boggies, and he went into the dressing room.



Who has more money - a guy on £120,000 per year with massive overheads and loads of debt, or some dude who earns £35,000 per year, has low overheads and no debt?

Fosun is the first guy.

That's why Chelsea were so successful under Abramovich. Yes it was pre PSR, but the guy was stinking cash rich.

16 Jul 2026 21:40:52
Nice One Franco. Guo has a personal wealth of $2.4b. Fosun have assets worth $24.05b

The issue is that PSR does not allow for an owner's personal wealth to be used for everyday capital at the club that they own. Guo could easily build the stadium using his own money, and that would not count towards the PSR, and any future extra revenue would go towards the club's finances. I fear that Guo simply isn't interested in expanding the stadium anymore.



This current mess is all down to Jeff Shi and his incompetence. He was the CEO who signed off on the players and everything, draining the club of finances. He is the reason why, despite us all knowing the true value of Joao Gomes, we have become financially insecure and are having to sell him on the cheap. We are a sinking ship, and the better players are the rats, trying to leave to ensure that their career doesn't nosedive into oblivion.