19 May 2026 11:46:03
Hi all
Unpopular opinion but i think we will recruit well this year and retain more of the players who currently think will leave (some of them won't have options to leave they think)
New GK (Freddie woodman Liverpool 3rd choice)build it around a young keeper liek Burnley did with Trafford
New RB
Convince Santi to stay
Toti will be great in champ
Wolfe will stay
Tommy Doyle - champ experience and forward passes
New combatative athletic CDM
Rodrigo - RM
Mane - LM (inverted like MGW at Forest role)
Armstrong
off Raul Jimenez (that's the signing that galvenises fans & owners) and whatever wages cost will get back in shirt sales / season ticket renewals
Keep DOC as squad player experience and homegrown
JRB option Cm or RM/LM
Djiga back as 4th CB - raw but what's alternative for him sell him cheap
Bouba as back up CDM
Enzo Gonzalez back up winger
Sasa back up striker / option of bench
Edozie
Sign
Experienced CB on way down - Adam Webster (Brighton) leader
New FB who can play either side - Trippier would be a good shout and have set pieces and leader
New exciting raw wide player - someone like Chiqinho
Tap into Loan market well
Experienced No 2 GK to step in if yound Gk dips in form
19 May 2026 12:54:22
And, as long as Toti stays, we'll struggle. He's useless.
19 May 2026 14:27:47
So Wolves are keeping pretty much their entire squad? Most of the players have proven they're not worth a tripe supper.
There has to be a massive change at Wolves. Almost all of the players currently at the club either aren't good enough or want to be elsewhere.
19 May 2026 15:20:10
I think there also needs to be a bit of a reality check here on what our available wage budget will be. So, if we keep Djiga he is currently on a reported (and somewhat insane) £70k a week, so let's say (at best) he has a 50% relegation wage drop in his contract, that would still put him on £35k a week. For context, the average wage in the Champ is apparently between £15-20k. So, how then are we going to maintain a (supposedly) 4th choice CB, who therefore is hardly playing on £35k a week?!
Same goes for half the other names I'm reading.
I love Raul and I like Kyle Walker, but how much do you think those guys would want to sign for us? I suspect at least £40k a week and we simply won't have that kind of wage budget going spare. Like I say, I think a reality check is needed for some, because where we are headed is an insanely competitive league and not one where you can afford to hand out £40k contracts just for a bit of nostalgia! Gonna be an interesting window, but filling our squad with aging and over paid players is not going to achieve anything other than further FFP headaches!
19 May 2026 16:57:04
Jeff Shi's sheer incompetence is going to cost us big time. I believe all the players have a 25% reduction clause in the salary if relegated. Capology say the yearly player wage bill is £70m, so it will now be £52.5m. Players like Joao are on big money, so simply have to be moved on.
Nathan Shi has inherited a complete mess. I hope he is a man of his word, and things are already in place, so we have a fighting chance next season, but I think that Jeff has ruined so much, so fast, that I, as a 50 year old, will never see Wolves in the Premier League again in my lifetime.