Wolves Transfer Rumours

06 Aug 2026 08:32:39
It's suggested Kilman going to Palace.

06 Aug 2026 10:33:42
Kilman to Palace? We probably have a reverse sell-on clause. Like, we pay a percentage of any loss by West Ham!

06 Aug 2026 07:54:34
Hearing rumours that Neves is coming back. £25 million bid.

06 Aug 2026 08:30:48
Not a chance in our wage structure, I would imagine, and we aint spending 25mil on a player even if he is world class.

06 Aug 2026 09:18:30
Doubt this is true. However, could imagine Ruben not being too bothered about how much we pay him, as Saudi will have made him pretty rich already. However, still don't think it's likely to happen at all.

06 Aug 2026 10:06:53
No your not, because he signed a new contract about 6 months ago! You are clearly on the wind up just like you were with your 95% sell on clause comment! Maybe try and find a proper hobby rather than trolling forum pages?

06 Aug 2026 13:55:04
It would be a dream signing, but not realistic.

06 Aug 2026 15:04:27
I guess some mothers really do av them.

06 Aug 2026 16:42:35
Of course, we'd spend £25m on a player if he's World Class because anyone in that category is worth £100m +! Even Fosun couldn't mess that up. Could they?

04 Aug 2026 23:43:07
We apparently interests in Nelson Derossa from Spanish club midfielder by all accounts.

05 Aug 2026 21:39:19
Arsenal game was on in a bar in Portugal, where I was having dinner. Didn't watch intently, but Dessano scored a cracking second goal for Betis. Price will have jumped on the back of that. He played up front and lasted 90 minutes. Doesn't look like they are aiming to offload him!

04 Aug 2026 16:35:32
We are apparently tracking Stau Bucarest keeper.

04 Aug 2026 18:31:07
That just means we will watch him fly round Europe and play games, we won't bid for him at all.

04 Aug 2026 19:01:10
Simon and Laura, it's a Levski Sofia keeper we're looking at......

04 Aug 2026 22:27:03
Sorry, matey, my bad, yea ur right.

03 Aug 2026 12:58:05
Wolves are looking to offload players before the window closes.

Sam Johnstone, Jose Sa, Krejci, Hwang... all other players are expecting to remain with Wolves.

Wolves have told Celta Vigo a clear "NO" to any deals for Lopez and Hugo Bueno. No other enquiries have been made on any other of our squad as of yet.


Everton hope to get Johnstone if one of their young keepers leaves on loan, but no news on Sa or Hwang.
Krejci is wanted by Real Sociedad, but they need to improve their last offer on the player.

Wolves are looking at numerous keepers to bring in, also a defensive midfielder, right winger and maybe another CB.

03 Aug 2026 18:10:53
Why do they need a right winger when they have Fer Lopez? Left winger to cover for Rafiki injury, not a right winger.

03 Aug 2026 18:17:11
When did Fer Lopez become a right winger?

Mane and Rodrigo were playing on the flanks against Santander. They were switching flanks during the game.

Peixoto has also stated that he wants a right winger.

03 Aug 2026 21:51:41
Fer is a cam number 10.

04 Aug 2026 13:37:06
When Wolves signed Lopez he played on the right wing, and then cut inside. Cesar might be playing him in a different position, and, with Rafiki injured, that's why I said left wing. I apologise if I'm wrong. My mistake.

06 Aug 2026 00:49:31
Lopez did play as a right winger under Vitor.

But the team was a lot narrower last season, and we were toothless playing this way.

The CAM position is either for Lopez or Mane. Not just CAM; either of them can play in a midfield 3, etc.

We need pace (I hate to keep stating this), but we lost all our pace last summer with Cunha, Ran, Sarabia and Semedo leaving.

Not saying we should spend £150m on these replacements.



But pace is a defenders' nightmare. We all remember Jota sticking Maguire's on his ass in the FA Cup quarter final.

But a special talent similar to Jota, Neto, Cav and Costa wouldn't go amiss. We need 3 more forwards, so a winger on both sides and a back up.

Raul's the Bonatini of this team.
Armstrong, the Afobe after Christmas.

We still need a Coady, Neves and Jota in this team.

03 Aug 2026 08:39:29
Sam Johnson might be going to Everton hopefully fingers crossed.

01 Aug 2026 11:02:14
Celta Vigo looking at options to bring Lopez and Hugo Bueno "Back home".

01 Aug 2026 12:38:48
Haha, they already looked at it for Lopez and realised they couldn't afford him, so unless they've found some money down the back of the sofa, then it ain't happening. I reckon Cesar will want to keep him, to be honest, but then after Gomes, who knows? We'll probs let them both go for a fiver and packet of pork scratchings. 😭👍

01 Aug 2026 14:12:45
Maybe, Wolves will accept a very low offer like they did for Joao Gomes. They practically gave him away. Jokers.

01 Aug 2026 15:12:15
Looks like he's going. Other than Peixoto wanting to play Santander and treat it like a normal game, i.e. not changing too many players, and not wanting to give Krejci too many minutes because he's not fully fit, I can't understand why Peixoto would prefer to use Krejci in the less important friendly. He also used Santi Bueno and Djiga in that friendly.

Peixoto gave Krejci 60 minutes and only gave Santi Bueno 30. I can see Santi leaving. He won't fit Peixoto's style of play.

Peixoto is likely going to play Mosquera and Toti today and give them the full 90.



Krejci must be on his way out the door. Give him some light minutes to keep his fitness up. Hopefully, Wolves will get £30 million for him. Santi will definitely go. Other than this morning's friendly he's had no game time and Uruguay were knocked out in the group stages with Santi having played no minutes.

Krejci out.
Santi out.

New LCB in.

Sa possibly staying.
Johnstone out.

Bellegarde out.
Boubacar Traore out.

Young dm in.
Cultured cm in.

Sasa Kalajdzic staying?
Hwang staying?

Thankfully other teams are struggling to bring players in.

01 Aug 2026 00:38:09
Wolves reject £30m offer for Krejci from Real Sociadad according to Fabrizio Romano.

01 Aug 2026 08:00:27
Was nowhere near the £30m we rejected, between EUR13m rising to EUR17m with add-ons.

01 Aug 2026 10:21:10
This is v worrying?
Wolves can't shift the deadwood, so to meet SCR rules might have to sell the only quality players left.
Selling two of your 3 best players - Gomes and Krejci - and only replacing them with 2, albeit excellent, pros at the end of their careers, probably means the side will be significantly weaker than last season.
Surely they can't be so stupid, as this would almost certainly end any lingering hopes of promotion and may lead to far worse!
Sadly, it is time to face reality of the situation and cut the prices on the deadwood to get them gone - the fees paid are sunk costs, and although some of these might incur losses, the huge profits on JSL and Gomes alone more than cover any PSR worries.


If PSR is even measured anymore?
However, losing their wages and amort is still v valuable, if not essential for SCR - the new rule Wolves have to abide by.
Re cash, having sold so many players in Jan and Gomes this summer, (plus whatever is raised from the deadwood sales), there should be - although with the level of losses Wolves incur, and maybe did again between Jan and now, you can't be sure - no immediate cashflow concerns?
Sorry to once again be talking finance, but it is unfortunately the principal driver of any football club's prospects - ask Eddie Howe!

01 Aug 2026 10:39:10
The overall problem is Fosun. Until they make concerted efforts to sell up and go, Wolves will struggle.

01 Aug 2026 12:00:14
Fosun leaving will be a joyous day.

01 Aug 2026 12:35:59
Wolves struggled for decades before Fosun came along. Will the next owner be any better? The system is almost fixed in favour of the top six.

02 Aug 2026 21:01:32
I don't think the deadwood is an issue as we sold Arias, Agbadou, Larsen and Gomes for £100 approx.

Salaries of Raul and Trippier may be £4m combined with signing fees. Even if you increase that figure by £2m, it would be low. Said cost £13m, on around £30k per week.

So combined the three signings have cost us £22m-£25m for fees and salary for the season.



This also doesn't include parachute money, which may be held back, so we have funds if we go back up.

So we can sign the players we need, but we are slow.

The main obstacle, looking at the squad, is the homegrown rule, as we don't have many experienced players that are homegrown apart from Bentley, H Bueno and Armstrong at the moment.

02 Aug 2026 21:59:32
Did Said cost 13mil? Thought he was under 10mil. Agree with everything u said, though we have money there, just don't seem to be parting with it for some reason.

03 Aug 2026 20:45:05
Tbf, mate, I'd always take the transfer fees and salaries with a little flexibility. Plus, there's the signing on fees and agent fees.

I'd say Said is on around £30k-£50k a week, so £2.6m salary per year, with bonus extra if he is on £50k a week.

Trippier and Raul are harder. Probs signing on fee worth £2-3m, then £70k-£90k a week.

If they were both on £90k a week, that's £4.6m a year each.


So, Said £13m (although signing fee probably split over contract), then £6m for Trips and Raul, and £9m for salary.



So, at a maximum it's £28m. Fans can look at the lowest possible cost, mid-range, and highest. I tend to go with the highest, as it will probably be lower, but don't know for certain.

My point was more, because of the sales, we can still invest in the players we need.

Cb loan
CM- signing
FW- Signing
FW-Loan

Can still have 5 loans, which is worth bearing in mind.

03 Aug 2026 21:53:40
I get ya, nice 1. Sorry, mate, I get uv added in signing on fee wages etc.

30 Jul 2026 18:19:30
Goalkeeper merry go round.

Okonkwo formally of Wrexham is closing in on a move to Derby.

Sa looks to be heading in the direction of Olympiacos but Braga could be looking to steal the deal.

Zettestrom to Wolves?

30 Jul 2026 19:44:07
Zetterstrom would be a superb signing. Here's hoping.

31 Jul 2026 08:05:40
Olympiacos have signed Stefan Ortega on a free. Can't see Sa going there.

31 Jul 2026 13:02:49
Sa left in limbo, nobody seems to want him, and he shot himself in the foot at Wolves.

31 Jul 2026 16:58:49
Up to Sa now to get his head down and crack on.

31 Jul 2026 17:34:12
Allegedly linked with Andrew, a young Brazilian goalie at Flamengo, who Cesar had on loan at Gil Vicente last year. Flamengo's stance is not for sale, but Wolves are likely to push further.

31 Jul 2026 18:56:06
Sa is the better of the three keepers, but he has no interest in or any loyalty towards Wolves. This has been the case for some time. Sam Johnstone was brought in because Sa was on the verge of leaving.

Bentley deserves to start the season for Wolves.

Hopefully, his teammates will protect him and he won't be put under too much pressure.

Long term, Wolves need to flog Sa and Johnstone, and Bentley needs to be back as the number two.

31 Jul 2026 21:49:03
I disagree Hifi and with most doubters of Sa.

Under Gon, Sa was to be sold so his wages and relative decent fee would have balanced the books at the time, as Gon wanted to sign a keeper who could pass. Johnstone is no upgrade on Sa in any respects in my opinion, but is homegrown.

Sa is by far the best keeper at Wolves. The defence, however shaky, looks more solid with him in goal and playing direct passes to two wide forwards like Neto and Cunha, rather than playing out from the back.

Also, don’t forget under Gon, the manager that wanted Sa out, Sa faced fans in the car park and spoke about the team’s frustrations.

Sa is a European football standard goalkeeper. He is a class shot stopper and uses his experience wisely in games. Also, look how last season turned out when we lost the experience of Semedo and Sarabia, two players that had a well of experience.

If Sa wants to stay, we should welcome that. He is an experienced keeper and one of the best in the Championship if he stays. This is a keeper that, before last season, was in the top 10 for clean sheets in the league every year he has been at Wolves.



We have bigger issues. Firstly, we need pace and technical ability upfront to support Raul. I would be after Andre Luis from Olympiacos, Patrao from Braga (very similar to Jota). With R Gomes, Said and Armstrong we have options upfront then, and we would have also increased the technical ability and pace of the forwards.

Then we need to sort defence. These defenders are not good enough to play a back 4. We have watched numerous incarnations of the back 4 since 2021. The CBs do not have the pace or technical ability to play as a back 2.
We should be selling Mosquera, Krejci, Toti and Santi Bueno.
We sign Alleyne on loan and Arrey-Mbi, whilst also signing an experienced CB like Veltmann (who can also play in midfield) and Webster.

And even bigger issues in midfield, as it’s not fluid enough with Doyle and Traore in there. I would keep Doyle as he is still young and homegrown. But Cesar's from Gil Vincente, as he knows Cesar's tactics and will add a physical side to our midfield. McAtee on loan would be a good option, both as a midfield 3 or wide forward, who has also played with Doyle before.

01 Aug 2026 09:18:03
Fully with you on Sa, FP2G. Persuade him to stay / keep him.
Concentrate on all the other pressing issue positions.

01 Aug 2026 09:58:20
I've never been a total fan of Sa, but I agree he's the best of a bad bunch.
He can't pass the ball, and he fannies about with it in defence when there's an attacker on him, but ultimately it's our defence who should be helping the goalkeepers.

We're only concentrating on goalies because our defence is poor. Sell Toti instead. We need strong defenders who don't panic or give the ball away.

01 Aug 2026 10:07:32
If Sa is committed and has his head in the right place, he will be more than good enough.
But that is a big if.
However, I also agree there are far more pressing problems, CM being the main one - who plays with Andre?
After that, depth and options in all areas, especially across the front line.


But, as stated before, this is unlikely to happen until the deadwood starts to be cleared, which is proving very difficult.

02 Aug 2026 10:26:37
It's interesting, TFIOG. I thought the team yesterday looked very weak as a team sheet.

But it is good that they have won, but I do question the pace and technical ability of the two cbs; we need two cm and two wide forwards.

Fair play to Cesar for the training and tactics. I just hope he doesn't think this is it. This is a championship-winning team.



I agree the deadwood needs to be moved on, not just because they are deadwood, but also for the squad morale and the wages we are spending on them.

From the money made on Larsen, Gomes, Arias and Agbadou.

We should be able to afford the players we need to support Cesar's project and plans.

The remaining deadwood may have to be sold at a loss, unfortunately.

30 Jul 2026 13:30:08
See we're linked to Medina a Colombian CB although the source is a bit dubious The 72, if true though I think this shows despite the difficulties of the World Cup the club have and are trying to get their business done as early as possible. Yes Saids injury is
unfortunate but 3 through the door, 4 if you count Krejci and at least 1 more well advanced is considerably more at this stage than there was last season. So despite all the moans to the contrary I think Nathan Shi is trying to back up his words. Surely this is a good thing???

30 Jul 2026 14:41:24
Flea71, why do Wolves need another CB when they have 5 now, and CP plays a back 4? It doesn't make any sense. Especially when they are desperate for at least 1 or 2 MF, another striker, and a left winger. And another GK if Sa or Johnstone leave, which is likely, as both don't want to play Championship football.

30 Jul 2026 15:57:39
We needed a big squad overhaul this year, with a massively bloated squad, and we've barely done a thing so far. Aside from Trippier and Raul, there is absolutely nothing to praise, and 2 good signings when we need at least 6, and it's already August.

30 Jul 2026 16:53:00
Both played Championship football last season, DMac.

30 Jul 2026 17:28:30
The squad needed streamlining, the dead wood needed selling and the good players who were heading out needed replacing.

Sa - Replace.
Johnstone - deadwood.
Bentley - Keep.

Lima - Keep.
Tchatchoua - deadwood.
Hoever - deadwood.
Doherty - replaced by Trippier. ✅

Bueno - Keep/Replace.
Wolfe - Keep/Replace.

Toti - Replace.
Bueno - Keep.
Mosquera - Keep.
Krejci - Keep/Replace.
Djiga - deadwood.

Bellegarde - Replace.
Andre - Keep.
Traore - sell/replace.


Munetsi - Keep/Replace.
Doyle - Keep/Replace.
Edozie - Keep/Loan.

Mane - Keep.
Lopez - Keep.
Hwang - deadwood/ Rafiki replace?.
Gomes - Keep.
Chirewa - Sell.

Armstrong - Keep.
Kalajdzic - deadwood/keep?.
Tolu - Replaced Raul.
Chiwome - Loan.

Streamline the squad, reduce wages, and, if we sell, then we replace with good first team players and good depth.

Apologies if it looks confusing. Just something I would do. The squad doesn't look great at the moment.

30 Jul 2026 17:58:50
Nasser Djiga definitely isn't deadwood.

Nasser Djiga will become a Rolls-Royce. He's one signing Fosun got absolutely spot on.

30 Jul 2026 18:45:18
Friend of mine, real Rangers supporter, spoke to him re.

30 Jul 2026 18:49:08
Re Djiga. Friend of mine, Rangers fan, told me last season on loan he was poor, had a decent game every 4 to 5 games. Need better.

30 Jul 2026 19:49:35
Better sell him then. Your pal reckons he's no good.

Didn't he improve under a new manager? The guy is going to be class. Wily Bolly 2.0.

Talking of Rangers fans, I know one, and he thought Fabio Silva was the mutts nuts.

30 Jul 2026 20:57:52
Djiga was a disaster at Rangers. And, as for all this sell/replace/deadwood garbage, we never get players in place early, then buy last minute garbage. Nothing has changed. Rail&Trips will soon see they've been sold a lie.

Then again, Jonhson is a good enuf keeper. Wolfe& Bueno... Bueno, Krejki&Trips, R. Gomez, Andre, Mane, Armstrong, Raul... shud be good enuf to at least keep us in the division, so long as they can all play 90mins twice a week. 🤣🤣🤣

31 Jul 2026 13:14:41
DMAC - Looking at CBs, as the club are expecting departures. Both Krejci and S Bueno have attracted strong attention elsewhere. Mosquera and Toti are also being watched, and Djiga has admirers abroad as well, so we won’t lose all, but could easily lose 3 or 4 of them if the right offers come in / can't be refused.

01 Aug 2026 10:03:51
Mosquera and Toti can go for me. 👍🏼

29 Jul 2026 17:59:55
I see Bastien Meupiou is attracting a lot of interest and if his club get the 15 million Euros they are allegedly holding out for then we'll get about £6.5million due to sell on clause. Not bad if they decide it's free profit and put it back into new players.

29 Jul 2026 18:35:31
Do Wolves have a buy back clause?
If he is now rated highly, and a Euro 15m fee would indicate he is, could Wolves activate that clause - allegedly less than a £1m?
He is still under 21, and thus would he be exempt from the foreign player limits?
His pace and physicality would seem to be a good fit for the Champ?

29 Jul 2026 19:20:16
We do and could, but I suspect the player wouldn't be happy, as interest is from big clubs in European comps such as Dortmund and Galatasaray, etc. Not sure it was a limited amount. I think we have to meet any offer, as well, so Wolves may just want to take the quick profit.

29 Jul 2026 20:34:41
If that is the case, what a terrible transfer it was last year.
Bought for 5, sold a year later for at most 1 to Alverca, then only a further year later they sold for potentially 15.
Wolves only get a 50% share of the vast profit it makes!
Given the sale price last year was irrelevant, why wasn't he loaned out instead, then all this upside, or indeed the player himself, would be coming to Wolves.

Take your point about the player being unhappy about having to come back to/stay at Wolves - seemingly, that describes many of the players who have been at this toxic club Jeff created.

What a shambles!

29 Jul 2026 20:50:20
Isn't hindsight wonderful.

When Meupiyou was here, he hardly pulled up any trees and no one really cares that he went.

The fact that the club put in a clause was decent business. Some players just suit certain clubs.

29 Jul 2026 22:39:41
Remember Benik Afobe, we brought back and sold, it's like that maybe.

30 Jul 2026 08:21:10
SimonandLaura, brilliant. Of course, that is the solution.
Depending on what the buy back fee is, and logically it should be slightly more than the fee he was sold to Alverca for - I believe it is Euro 1m as he was sold for a nominal sum - then exercise that option and on sell.
Goodwhileitlasted1, of course no one could tell that he would come good.
However, he was bought out of youth football for Euro 5m, a pretty large fee for a kid with almost no senior football experience, someone must have raved about him.


Consequently, selling him a year later after zero minutes of senior football for pretty close to zero was very strange.
As I said, why not loan him out - the financial impact would have been pretty much the same - and give the kid a chance to come good under Wolves ownership?

30 Jul 2026 14:05:55
TFIOG, he had some senior football experience in France when we bought him and was highly rated. It was Wolves that put him back into u21 development after he picked up an injury, but, as I remember it, the 5 mill was at the time seen as a bargain.

30 Jul 2026 17:59:56
Flea, a handful of games in level 5 of the French system (i.e. what would be described as non-league here), and 9 minutes of senior football, so you are correct. However, I did say almost no senior football, so I would argue 9 minutes is an accurate description of "almost no" senior football.
But, if, as you say, he was rated and had an injury, why was he given away without having any chance to prove himself?
As it happens, once given a chance he turned out, it seems, to be a perfectly competent player - at least seemingly bigger teams in Europe think so?
So why did Wolves buy him and then write him off?
Why didn't they give him a chance?
Of course, if the deal was structured as I think and Wolves can do an "Afobe" as "SimonandLaura" suggest, then fine, but if the deal is, as you suggest, merely an option to match a transfer fee or take 50% of the profit on sale, it was grossly incompetent!
Buy high, sell v low, buy back high is not really a smart idea, particularly when you can simply cut out the sale in the middle and replace it with a loan with the same financial ramifications.

31 Jul 2026 13:32:24
TFIOG, I agree. Wolves should have given him more of a go. I think, though, after his injury they watched him a couple of times in the u21s and decided he needed a loan move to get senior football. Now, I might be wrong on this, but I thought he initially went on a short term loan with an option or obligation to buy at the end of the season, which was taken up.

So, whilst the 1 mill fee may be correct, I assumed the original loan had a significant loan fee, so ultimately we weren't losing out when we sold him and also had the sell on and buy back clauses.