Wolves Rumours 2

02 Feb 2026 21:03:16
Angel great signing. But how the mighty Wolves have fallen where we are all happy with Armstrong. It’s ok having the Larsen money but will Fosun spend it in the summer. Disappointed yet again personally.

02 Feb 2026 21:58:52
Thing is mate in our position nobody wants to come to us, this is all on Fosun.

02 Feb 2026 22:35:58
In 23/24 Armstrong scored 24 and had 13 as
sists in the Championship and this season has scored 11 with 4 assists. If he can carry on with these sort of figures next season we'll all be happy.

Might not be good enough for the Premier league but that's no issue at present as we won't be featuring in the top league after this season until Aug '27 at the very earliest (and that will take some doing).

02 Feb 2026 23:10:40
I get that nobody wants to come to us but we were as good as relegated at the start of December.

Players should have been identified and spoken to ready to sign on day one of the window.

To leave it until the last hour of the last day of the window us disgraceful.

We should have made a move for Ward Prowse and Kalvin Phillips.

Against Bournemouth, we had 2 direct free kicks which over recent years would have been taken by the likes of Moutinho, Neves, Neto, Sarabia and Cunha. But no, we had the choice of Hwang or no one. Not a single person near me thought it had a chance of going in.

Its embarrassing just how far we have fallen.

03 Feb 2026 06:45:44
Can't agree with your suggested players Good. Ward Prowse is excellent at free kicks but not too much else and is slow too boot. Phillips has had more than enough chance at West Ham and Ipswich but flopped. There's a reason why he's dropped a division to Sheff Utd.

We'll see if he can resurrect his career there. Armstrong has good figures in the Championship ( see my post above) while the Angel acquisition is a relative no lose one on the face of it and at this stage no one really knows if he'll be with us next season.

03 Feb 2026 07:30:14
Did agbadou stay or go

02 Feb 2026 18:57:21
ngel Gomes and Adam Armstrong have both completed and passed their medicals at Wolves

02 Feb 2026 16:41:35
Apparently Disasi looks like joining West Ham from Chelsea on loan. With a chance that Agbadou may be on his way out of Wolves would it be a good idea to get Max Kilman back on loan? My wishful thinking.

02 Feb 2026 17:06:55
No thank you. Kilman was very much like Toti Gomes. Made to look better by playing alongside someone like Craig Dawson.

02 Feb 2026 17:12:17
Disasi is exactly the sort of player Wolves should have had lined up on January 1st. Along with a forward and rwb.
With regards to Kilman it wouldn't be a bad loan but I can't see it happening.

As Kilman is seen as an important player by Nuno regardless of West Ham fan views.
I may be wrong but can't see them loaning a player out that could be important when they are so short at the back.

02 Feb 2026 17:30:02
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Agbadou has the highest ceiling of those 3. Sadly he also appears to have the lowest floor.
But for me the best outcome would be to keep Agbadou and hope that in a more calm environment he can recover his form
In the Champ he and Krejci would totally dominate.
With Larsen fetching more than anticipated my dream outcome would be for Wolves to somehow persuade the 5 best players to stay - sell the dross and one or two others who have to go to make the numbers add up add the 3 proposed players for £7m, £7m and £8m respectively.


Line up
Sa, Yerson, Agbadou, Krejci, Buneo H, Andre, Gomes J, Gomes A, Mane, Adams and Armstrong.
Bench Bennet, Lima, Doc, Bueno S, Gomes T, Bellegarde, Gomes R and Sasa.
Sold Larsen £43, Tolu 20, Fer Lopez 15, Munetsi 15, Traore 10, Doyle 10, Hwang 10, Wolfe 10, Jackson 10, Arias 10, Djiga 5 and Johnstone 5
The finances are just about balanced and the team would be very very strong in the Champ with Adams and Armstrong probably a fair bit better than Tolu and Hwang and Gomes G giving a better balance to the side.
My wishful thinking!

02 Feb 2026 18:24:10
Wouldn't that be five Gomes players in the first team?

02 Feb 2026 18:55:38
J the best player at the club.
A the new hope
R hopefully a prospect that will develop
T a solid pro who will be fine in the champ but who probably isn't quite good enough for the Prem


I make that 4?

02 Feb 2026 20:55:45
Rather get coady back than kilman🤣

02 Feb 2026 21:26:43
Really? After managing 5 appearances for Wrexham this season?

02 Feb 2026 14:47:12
Jsl to palace will be wrapped up matteta to Milan has collapsed but will not affect the deal Armstrong and Gomez have passed medicals bid lodged for che Adam’s but unlikely to happen as Torino will not let him leave without a replacement

02 Feb 2026 13:26:29
Wolves are negotiating the transfer of Che Adams but Rob Edwards wants Ukrainian striker Vladyslav Vanat from Girona instead.

02 Feb 2026 12:50:38
Larsen apparently having a Palace medical while Angel and Armstrong are having Wolves medicals today.AC Milan doctor to check over Mateta today; not sure whether the Larsen deal hinges on what tbe Milan doctor decides.

02 Feb 2026 14:52:47
Milan pulled out of deal according to Sky

02 Feb 2026 10:39:15
Besiktas back in for Agbadou let him go from what people were saying about his performance on sat get the money.

02 Feb 2026 10:01:44
If the signings go through I am surprised, thought it would just be sales at the last minute and then the usual excuses.
Angel, I think is a decent player, not seen that much of him but a good signing I think.
They must be confident that JSL will be sold.

02 Feb 2026 00:08:12
olves have reportedly made an £8M offer for Che Adams, the striker and his family are said to be keen to return to England.

02 Feb 2026 10:56:29
If Carlsberg did January transfer windows Rated.
Hope the season ticket prices in the championship reflect the fact that we’ve sold millions of pounds worth of international players in previous windows and replaced them with Che Adams.

02 Feb 2026 12:39:09
Personally feel we have watched championship football this season so next years season ticket should be free.

01 Feb 2026 18:43:47
Sky saying Mateta deal in doubt, could that stop strand larsen deal/Armstrong?

01 Feb 2026 20:58:14
Have heard the same about Mateta, so looks a no go for Strand. Not sure about Armstrong, only 5' 8 so not much use use up front. Anyone enquired about Hwang?

01 Feb 2026 23:09:59
Tell that to Gerd Muller, Ray.

02 Feb 2026 09:10:56
You're right Old Wulf, but Gerd Muller was different class, and Armstrong is 28 so not going to develop much more.

02 Feb 2026 09:59:21
If I recall correctly John Richards wasn't exactly tall either.

01 Feb 2026 13:50:51
JSL to Palace £43 million.
Wolves make a low ball offer to Soton for Adam Armstrong.

01 Feb 2026 15:13:08
Adam Armstrong, (same as Che Adam), looks on the face of it like he would be a very sensible signing.
From his record it looks like he is not quite good enough for Prem but is very good in the Championship.
If the fee is £7m it is a good price.
However he is allegedly on £60k per week. - hence I imagine Southampton's willingness to let him go for what seems a modest sum as their parachute payments tail off.

But what sort of contract will Wolves be able to offer?
If he as a 28 year old and in his prime years, not unnaturally, wants to retain if not improve his £60k a week that would seem far more than the club can afford especially if it is over a 3+ year period when the parachute payments will be long gone.
Note ironically if you believe Wolves will be promoted then as shown Armstrong would have to be sold as he is not good enough for Prem.
Thus regardless of if Wolves go up or not Wolves will want to sell him in a year or so and like Southampton will have to take a cut price deal to move him on to someone willing to take on what is basically a non Championship level contract i.e.

£60k + per week.
Who does that - well today obviously a team that is desperate to win the Champ and has short term money i.e. a team with parachute payments?
Sadly though in two years time he will be 30 and may not be too easy to shift.
In conclusion a good signing but Wolves need to be careful to structure any contract offered.
Maybe offer him the money he wants and on a long term contract, 5 years, but with wages linked after the first year to the club's status i.e. unless they go up the wages drop to match the reality of the clubs status.?
or more - perhaps another side with a v shoet term view believing they can be promoted - probably another side with parachute patments?

01 Feb 2026 15:36:10
So who exactly is signing the players on behalf of Palace?

Matt Hobbs?

Why would JSL move to a club where the manager is leaving at the end of the season?

What if JSL doesn't fit into the next managers plans like Kobbie Mainoo didn't fit Amorim plan.

Strange decision, but based on his performances for us this season, good riddance.

01 Feb 2026 15:37:02
Apologies clearly the last sentence was part of a draft that should have been deleted.

01 Feb 2026 15:56:52
I'm sure we put a bid in for him when Southampton got relegated a few seasons ago and he turned us down. That was at the start of our decline. I wonder why he's changed his mind. Probably as TFIOG says, he knows he isn't good enough for the Premier League but one of the better Championship players, plus the rumoured high wages don't harm things.

Fosun have turned us into a laughing stock.

If Angel Gomes does join us, no doubt he'll make the move permanent in the summer and be sold the next day or so for a profit.

01 Feb 2026 16:07:36
The answer to your question, Good is £££.

01 Feb 2026 16:31:11
Angel Gomes would also appear to be an excellent signing although once again wages are very high .


Could this however actually be a plan?
Seems hard to envisage with Fosun, (i, e, any plan!), but sign players who are more than capable for the Champ using the excess cash from the disposal program that I detailed a week or so ago to fund the fees and "high" wages in a genuinely serious attempt to gain promotion?
It is clearly logical and rational!

01 Feb 2026 17:06:55
Adam Armstrong certainly fits that category Future, but Gomes is a recent England international with eyes on a place at the World Cup this summer and then future squads. He will sign, play well until the end of the season and put himself in the shop window. However there is no chance that he starts next season with us as Fosun will sell him for a handsome profit.

If they do as you suggest, then happy days, but given their recent shenanigans, I don't see it.

01 Feb 2026 17:46:52
Armstrong. Would be a good signing but will require our midfield to change their ways. He was fastest player in Prem when he last played there and likes ball played early and over the back line for him to run onto.
Age is a bit of an issue as he is 29 in mid February.

01 Feb 2026 18:56:48
Hopefully the JSL saga will conclude as we want with £43m+ coming in.

Armstrong and/or Che Adams, both tried and failed strikers and yet to light up their respective teams, if (and it’s a big if) we muster a strong enough squad to be challenging next year, both will be jettisoned because simply not good enough for the premier league!

Elijah Adebayo known to Rob Edwards would be a far better shout. Yes he’s had a bad knee injury and been out for 12 months, but would be ready for the new season. Younger than Armstrong and Adams, quick with an eye for goal, did extremely well in the final run in Luton’s relegation. Forward line of Fer Lopez - Adebayo - Mateus Mane, should see us close to the top of Championship League

01 Feb 2026 20:52:46
What's wrong with selling players for a handsome profit, Good? The scenario we are much more used to is offloading players for a big loss. Fabio, Guedes being recent examples which eclipse the odd decent profit made such as for Cunha and hopefully Larsen.

01 Feb 2026 22:57:24
What's wrong with selling players for a handsome profit you ask? Nothing if said profit is used to maintain or strengthen the squad like Brentford, Bournemouth and Brighton do. But our recent history suggests we waste the money.

In recent years we've made huge profits on: Jota, Neves, Nunes, Kilman, Ait Nouri, Neto and Cunha. Have the club used that money wisely? One look at the table and the current squad gives us a very clear answer.

02 Feb 2026 04:18:22
Indeed Good but that's a different point to the one you seemed to be making. We all know our recruitment ability has taken an absolute nosedive in recent seasons.

02 Feb 2026 08:38:14
Old Wulf. The point I'm making is this. Wolves have over the last 3 seasons have sold on players for huge profits without reinvesting the money back into the playing squad to bring in players of either the same quality of players sold or potential. The Angel Gomes deal will be no different.

The club will buy him for the reported £7m and sell him almost immediately for double that. They will then purchase 1 inferior player for a fraction of the price and pocket the change.

Let's look at the last transfer window.

We sold Cunha and Ait Nouri for a total of approx £100m and replaced them with Moller Wolfe, Tchatchoua, Arias, Lopez and Tolu for £80m.

Now some might say that bringing in 5 players to replace 2 makes the squad better and stronger but does having 5 mediocre players adequately replace 2 proven performers?