17 Jul 2026 23:58:03
Johnny Phillips, who is a man you can trust, reckons if we don't go up next season... we will be in very serious financial bother! If we're not already. FWAW.
18 Jul 2026 08:43:48
Apparently the finances at Wolves are in a desperate state. Promotion back to the PL has nothing to do with Wolves belonging there; it has everything to do with the £200 million black hole at the club.
This is why Wolves have signed two freebies and one cheap player.
Jimenez is merely a smokescreen.
The team that has struggled for years in the Premier League is about to struggle in the Championship. Nowhere near enough goals in that team, and it’s been proven that those players can’t defend.
18 Jul 2026 09:39:39
TFIOG understands the finances much better than I do, but I believe the point Johnny Phillips made was: if we don’t get rid of some of our higher earners who didn’t have a wage reduction clause in contract, then, if we haven’t gone back up, we’d be in serious financial difficulty, as the parachute payment is scaled back for each year you are out of the Premier League.
18 Jul 2026 09:59:34
There's no We in Fosun.
We're not in financial trouble. They are.
18 Jul 2026 10:32:58
What a load of BS.......
Journalistic trash
18 Jul 2026 10:40:10
A player is only worth as much as someone is willing to pay. I didn't see any bidding war breaking out for Gomes. Man U were credited with an interest months ago, but nothing happened. Villa came along and found themselves the only bidder.
We can't say we should have got more if no other club wanted to bid. It wasn't even a quick sale, so we can't say other clubs were caught napping. That is the reality.
18 Jul 2026 11:41:36
Don't 99% of players have a relegation wage reduction clause built into their contract?
18 Jul 2026 13:55:45
I'm not sure how this is news. The club has been losing money for years. With lower revenues and the EFL financial rules, it's even more of an issue. The idea that even if Fosun have the money, they can just pump it in without sanctions is nonsense.
It's also why players need to leave before more could arrive.
The wage bill needs to be in line with what can be paid for. We can all rightly point the fingers as to why the club were relegated and why the revenues aren't being maximised.
But, as others have pointed out, the squad is in too bad a shape to be wholesale reset in a single transfer window.