17 Jul 2026 17:12:40
There’s a lot of moaning about Fosun, as always, but just wondering, where do you think we would be now if they had never bought the club. Because, glutamate we are now in a similar place to where we started under them, however have had some great games and a couple of great seasons, in the Europa League, FA Cup semi etc.
I understand that feels a long way away now, but where do you think we’d be now, and what do you think would have happened to the club if Fosun never bought us? (Obviously there is no chance of saying for sure, I’m just making a point that, despite now running us shockingly, Fosun did once provide us with some great memories and experiences.)
17 Jul 2026 19:14:55
Who knows what Wolverhampton Wanderers would look like now had Fosun never strode into town.
It's very possible that Wolves would be in a worse position. It's also possible that Wolves would be in a better position.
Whatever Fosun achieved in the past - helped enormously by Mendes - they're simply not up to the task anymore.
They don't have the skillset to run a successful Premier League football team. Whether they have the finances or not, they don't have the knowledge, desire or inclination to turn Wolves into anything but what they are now.
17 Jul 2026 19:38:46
True, we wouldn't have enjoyed the success we had under Nuno, but the style of play over the last 2 seasons is my main concern, because we were awful to watch.
17 Jul 2026 20:46:53
It's the ssn. They didn't back Nuno when it all started to go wrong. Two 7th places and an FA Cup semi final were the time for major investment to push on. Nuno left, and it was downhill from then on. The reason Nuno left was being refused the money to invest. Relegation was just a matter of time.
18 Jul 2026 14:20:28
Fosun have failed on two accounts, as I see it. Firstly, on poor player trading: buying deadwood and selling on good players cheaply is not a good strategy. Their lack of football knowledge, and eagerness to take poor advice, has been disastrous. In that respect, we compare badly to clubs like Brighton, Bournemouth, Palace, etc. Secondly, they did not improve and expand Molineux early on. This would have improved income, and could have been paid for by Fosun without breaking financial rules of the day.
Now, with such poor player trading and static income, they cannot put cash in for fear of breaking the rules and thus getting points deductions. These may be a simplified view, but they stand out to me as big errors. Fosun are an investment company, and it is shocking that they did not seem to do their homework before purchasing Wolves and thus made simple but costly errors. They also played on fans' aspirations with false promises. If they get this season wrong, there will be a wholesale fire sale of players.
18 Jul 2026 15:00:23
Yes, there was promise and action from Fosun early on, but since the Chinese government changed their minds regarding investing in football, it's all gone to s***.
And, there are no guarantees we're going to get a reset and do it all again. Fosun are an investment company, just not in us!