02 Jul 2026 13:23:54
Transferfeed are reporting deal for Joao Gomes to Atletico Madrid is off. On the grounds the relationship between Atletico and Jorge Mendes has broken down.
02 Jul 2026 17:24:48
Seems like an easy excuse on their part. We literally rested him on the last game of the season because this was in the pipeline, so the fact that it's even still rumbling on now suggests that they've been dragging it out.
If they really wanted him, they would have paid the fee and signed him weeks ago. It's easier for them to blame a third party than just say we don't want to pay the fee, isn't it? ?
02 Jul 2026 18:35:35
BullysBoy 11, they have signed someone from Holland, so where does that leave Wolves buying? According to people on this site, Wolves have to sell before they buy, so losing that money screws Wolves big style.
Even though Wolves made a hell of a lot of money in Jan, I understand so much of FFP rules. But everyone telling me we have to sell before Wolves buy, no way on this earth, if I'm wrong I apologise.
02 Jul 2026 19:24:26
It's a fair question, D, and one that only the people at the club will have an answer for. I suspect it will mean that we will end up selling him at a lower fee than first hoped, or we will sell someone else to make up said shortfall. As I said a week ago, I don't think it's a coincidence that we suddenly seem to be circulating a £30m price stage for Mane since the Gomes deal ground to a halt. Then there is Krecji and Sa, who I suspect will be looking to move after the WC.
In short, D, I'm sure the Gomes deal collapsing is a problem, but these things happen. Like I said, I'm not surprised, though, because the deal has clearly been stalling for a while, so the club can't be too shocked. Transfer windows are a marathon and not a sprint, not to mention the fact that it seems to be silly season on CM prices, which increasingly makes Gomes look like decent value, to be honest. ?
02 Jul 2026 20:00:38
BullysBoy, I agree the transfer window is not a sprint, but less than 7 weeks to go. Preseason starts very shortly. Are you and everyone else not worried? The lack of movement in and out of the club is worrying, but if everyone is happy, then I will say no more.
02 Jul 2026 22:03:40
DMac, I agree with you.
I hear people saying "there is loads of time" and "other clubs aren't doing much either", but that has been their mantra for the last dozen or so windows, and none of them worked out well!
Just like you get people saying "give them a chance" when they have had countless chances since Seville to change the inexorable, headlong charge to relegation, and took none of them!
Also, most clubs don't have quite so much to do as Wolves, who, of course, need to undo the damage that has been done these last few years.
As to sell to buy, obviously, it depends on the finances of the club, which are opaque at best.
I did post previously, however, that it is possible to keep the better players, (Gomes, Andre and Krejci), pay down the debt, and put together a highly competitive side by simply selling the surplus/inadequate players, (which, even conservatively, should raise well over £100m), as long, of course, as you buy sensibly, (i.e.
frees, loans and a smattering of cheap young prospects).
An incredibly cheap side such as
Nick Pope (modest fee)
Trippier, Yerson, Mings (v modest fee), Krejci, Wolfe
Andre, Gomes
Mane, Jimenez, Armstrong
would be very competitive, although I accept the bench might be thin.
Selling a dozen-plus players, though, will not be easy, and Wolves need to be working harder to sell the deadwood in the squad.
02 Jul 2026 23:36:50
I agree, TFIOG. I think some plans have been shelved after Edwards left. But I reckon the signings of Trippier and Raul will be the best this summer.
I think Joao Gomes may stay. Not sure how I feel about it. As he is a great bloke and player. But we wouldn't have changed the dynamic in midfield...
I would like some new midfield talent brought in so we can play a midfield 3 or 2.
Then we are looking at 3 new cbs and 3 or 4 forwards/wingers.
With Krejci, Santi Bueno, Toti, Mosquera, Jackson, Hwang, Johnstone and Tolu sold.
There are also players like Bellagarde and Sasa I'm not sure where they fit in at the moment.
It would be nice to see Cesar start to put a few plans in progress, like 2 cbs to play his preferred back 4.
And some pace up front is long overdue after the torture of last season.
I'm sure plans will move the next week with training starting back up again...
03 Jul 2026 00:10:53
Just to be clear, D, I'm not saying that I'm not worried; it was more regarding Gomes' transfer, where I'm more saying that I'm not surprised. Clearly, we have a lot of work to do in the window, but if Atletico aren't willing to meet Gomes' very reasonable fee, then I'm not sure what else there is to do? If we sold him at half the price, then us fans would (rightly) be even more alarmed. The reality is we need to sell about half our first team, and if clubs aren't interested in them right now, then I'm not sure what else we are supposed to do? The only players that are moving so far this window are the best cms in the league (at insane prices); other than that, most clubs seem to be waiting till after the WC is done. I get what you're saying, TFG (as usual:), but when you say they need to be working harder, the reality is a) we don't know what's going on in the background, b) if clubs are waiting till after the WC then realistically what can we do to change that position, and c) this is a likely consequence of changing manager less than two weeks ago!
The only thing they could do is a fire sale/flogging players on the cheap, and can you honestly say that would be better for the club?
So, by no stretch am I saying that I'm not worried, but what I am saying is that I've seen enough of these windows with Fosun now to know that there is (literally) no point in panicking until we actually see how the window's going to pan out.
If Atletico don't want to pay £40m for Gomes, then what's the answer? Sell him for £20m? Cause that's what got us to where we are now, so (frankly) that would worry me far more. ?
03 Jul 2026 00:13:11
Ps- Dmac, mate, you never need to 'say no more' because it's your opinion, mate, and therefore a perfectly valid point to make. ?
03 Jul 2026 14:19:46
BB, first of all, you are of course correct on both points.
Wolves should not sell Gomes at a cut price - for me £40m is a cut price, but, and this links to the second point, you can only sell players if there is a buyer.
My foolish comment was borne out of frustration!
We have discussed at length why Wolves, (in my/our view), buys high and sells low!
Secondly, the point about selling to buy here is relevant, as I fear that Wolves don't buy to sell to buy, but in fact sell to survive.
Over the past half a dozen years, Wolves' net spend is negligible, and the cash generated from the sales - Wolves tend to buy on the never never and thus debt has risen - has been used to meet the club's other obligations - whatever they may be!
Hence, Wolves may well, as I say above, need to sell to sell to pay down debt, (and/or meet those unknown obligations), before even thinking about buying.
However, whilst Wolves may be working hard, given the sheer volume of work needing to be done, I'm frustrated that some of the obvious moves - that have been discussed on here - the swap of Johnstone and cash for the young Man U keeper, the swap of Pope and cash for Hugo Bueno, etc.
etc., have not been pushed/completed.
Whilst I don't want to admit it, the reality is, and the football world knows it, that it is a fire sale of deadwood, and so prices will be low.
However, given the sheer volume of players Wolves should be selling, it will raise not insignificant sums anyway.
Researching a variety of valuation sites, and taking conservative views, still gives a figure of roughly £150m for the ones that I would lose (Sa, Johnstone, Jackson, Hoever, Santi, Toti, Djiga, Hugo, Doyle, Fer Lopez, Munetsi, Slow Traore, Hwang, Bellegarde, and Tolu *(reluctantly as he may come good)).
This, as stated before, should be more than enough to rebuild and pay down debt!