29 Aug 2016 17:36:12
See we are being linked with Harrison Reed on loan - good player but not sure we need another central midfielder unless we're going to play Saiss and Prince in defence (which they can play but look better in midfield) .

1.) 29 Aug 2016
29 Aug 2016 18:16:36
So much for the bookies saying we were favourites to land Louis Alberto. Just about to go Lazio and I thought he favoured a move back to Spain.

2.) 29 Aug 2016
29 Aug 2016 18:44:23
I reckon we could have got Alberto and it's the same story with Bjarnason who's available for £5 million, Darbo. I'm really not sure why the club are so hesitant in spending money if they are serious about getting into the Premier league this year. They will fall short due to those sorts of decisions.

3.) 29 Aug 2016
29 Aug 2016 18:55:19
Never believed the Alberto link anyway. I'm sure there'll be new faces but they're not likely to be ones mentioned in 'links' or players that are good on FIFA.

4.) 29 Aug 2016
29 Aug 2016 19:02:56
No doubt they thought the same about Sako who was available for £6 million. They obviously decided to save money and bring O John in on a freebie instead. Very strange from a company supposedly worth £50 billion.

5.) 29 Aug 2016
29 Aug 2016 20:55:10
Not strange at all Wavidsmith because Wolves are just one of dozens of acquisitions made by Fosun over the past two years. My assessment is that they have ringfenced an amount to pump into club funds for player purchases/ loans and wages and this is perhaps evidenced by the amounts being spent to date which have been in the range of up to £2 million or so.
To my mind some of the players mentioned on this site have been laughable because there is no chance of a quality player demeaning himself (in his or his agents minds;not my view you understand) by playing for a championship club. Perhaps we could attract a quality player coming to the end of his career but that's a very dangerous game because for every Paul Ince there's a Tony Daley, Geoff Thomas, Darren Anderton, etc. No way will Fosun want to be the Chinese version of Sir Jack's golden tit
They are far too savvy for that!

6.) 29 Aug 2016
29 Aug 2016 22:03:15
Well said Old Wulf.

7.) 29 Aug 2016
29 Aug 2016 23:51:12
We aren't just an investment acquisition of Fosun's, we've been bought because we're a perfect fit with Chinese corporate / enterprising wolf culture which is what they're all about, and as a leading champion identity of their entire group, in China and to rest of the World. They're not investing to sell us on, they intend for us to be a success for themselves and representative of them.

But because it's all about being enterprising and shrewd, like wolves, they'll do stuff carefully, it's a survival of the fittest thing, they mean for us to be fit and real not fat and spoiled. They do mean though for us to be a proper success.

8.) 30 Aug 2016
30 Aug 2016 07:50:33
I don't disagree with what you say Ulf but in terms of monetary investment into the Wolves, Fosun will clearly not be throwing the cash around like confetti which is what some contributors seem to be hoping for. Shrewd sums it up aptly and the bulk of the names being mentioned would not fall into the shrewd category. Also they clearly have set limits for expenditure otherwise we wouldn't be seeing so many cheaper end of the market or loan deals.

9.) 30 Aug 2016
30 Aug 2016 12:20:40
Shrewd is the key word that a few of you have already mentioned. They stated from the outset that 20 - 30 million would be their target spend for the first 2 years - more if needed, and to be fair they are currently sticking to their word. They have a business plan and that doesn't involve flinging ludicrous amounts of cash around on players that, if they're worth the values being spoken about would NOT be plying their trade in the championship. If this business plan works and we are lucky enough to be promoted over the next two years THEN we can expect to see the arrival of ludicrously priced players - but even then I believe they are too shrewd to be taken for mugs.