It is not uncommon for players to wear the shirts of different football clubs – and Manchester City youngster Rico Lewis has been seen wearing a Wolves jersey.
Currently, the Wolves players are back in pre-season training and are being put through their paces out in Portugal.
The team had their first game of the training camp against Santa Clara on Tuesday, and suffered a 2-1 defeat.
Vitor Pereira won’t be overly concerned by the result, especially as there were some very positive signs in the game.
Fer Lopez was praised for his lively display.
Sasa Kalajdzic also came in fair praise for his display, which featured a well-taken goal.
One team who are not currently in pre-season is Manchester City, who only just finished their 2024/25 campaign having been at the Club World Cup.
A lot of their players are currently on their holidays, and one of those is Rico Lewis – who, like the Wolves players, is also in Portugal right now.
Rico Lewis wears a Carlos Forbs Wolves shirt
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC v Manchester City FC - Premier League
Photo by Shaun Brooks – CameraSport via Getty Images
On Tuesday, Rico Lewis uploaded a picture of himself on his Instagram Story wearing a Wolves shirt.
MORE WOLVES STORIES
And while some may like to hope Lewis likes Wolves, the reason for this decision is probably much more simplistic.
The Wolves shirt he had on has ‘FORBS 26’ emblazoned on the back.
Lewis knows Forbs very well from their time in the Manchester City academy together. The pair played for both the U18s and the U23s.
While Lewis was able to kick on and become part of City’s first-team squad, Forbs left the club in the summer of 2023 to join Ajax.
Despite going their separate ways, Lewis and Forbs have remained good friends, with Lewis tagging him in an Instagram post earlier this year after a game between the England U21s and Portugal.
Forbs had been quite prolific in City’s academy, but couldn’t quite show the same cutting edge for the Dutch giants in his first season playing senior football.
Wolves then took Forbs on loan in 2024/25 season, but it was an unsuccessful spell, with the forward making just 11 appearances.
At the end of the 2024/25 campaign, Wolves announced that Forbs would head back to Ajax, declining the chance to trigger their option to buy clause.
But now, the winger is set for another new chapter.
Carlos Forbs to join Club Brugge after Wolves misery
Last week, it was reported that Club Brugge had made an offer for Forbs.
The situation has moved fairly quickly, and it was reported by Fabrizio Romano on Tuesday that Forbs is joining the Belgian side on a permanent deal.
He is transferring for a fee of around £7.3 million in total, which is a fairly decent sale from Ajax considering how little Forbs featured for Wolves.
⚫️🔵 Carlos Forbs completes his medical at Club Brugge today as deal is 100% sealed.
Fee will be €6m plus €1.2m bonuses. pic.twitter.com/3feIgwB1L8
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 16, 2025
View Tweet
The player had his medical today, and an official announcement is expected very soon.
It didn’t work out for Forbs at Molineux, and at one point Pereira did suggest the system just didn’t suit Forbs.
Wolves were right not to buy him, and hopefully he can now enjoy some success elsewhere – although fans will really hope he doesn’t turn out to be another Vitinha.