Wolves fans have been left dissatisfied by the lack of ambition shown by Fosun in the transfer market after selling many of last season’s starters.
The season gets underway this weekend after a summer that has left fans questioning the club’s ambition.
While Vitor Pereira has been clear about his goals, the ownership doesn’t seem to share his hunger for success. There has been far too little movement in the buying market for a side attempting to rebuild.
Wolves manager Vitor Pereira looking down.
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And one possible reason for their unwillingness to aim big has been identified.
Premier League ‘safety net’ causing clubs like Wolves to rest on their laurels
Mailsport journalist Tom Collomosse appeared on the Always Wolves Podcast alongside Johnny Phillips, discussing Wolves’ pre-season and the lack of business in recent weeks.
When asked about the club’s apparent lack of ambition, Collomosse made a good point about why he thinks Wolves and other low-to-mid-table sides are lacking aggression, saying: “At the start of every year, they all get together, the people who run the club and say alright, which three teams are finishing below us this year.”
Over the past two seasons, the sides who have earned promotion to the English top-flight have all gone back down. There is a clear financial gap that widens with each passing season, as the Premier League continues to rake in absurd amounts of money.
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Collomosse says this has fostered complacency in those sides just outside of the relegation zone. He continues: “What we really need this season… is for the three teams promoted, at least two of them to do better than expected, because I think it would give everyone a bit of a kick up the backside.”
“I think everybody would keep their house in order a lot better if they didn’t think that every year there’s this safety net because they’ll just all go down and we’ll be alright.”
Wolves need to do more in the window to avoid a relegation struggle
Sunderland have spent more than most of the sides Collomosse talks about, and he thinks it would do the league some good to see pressure put on Wolves and others, to prove that staying still is going backwards.
Of the sides who flirted with relegation last season, Wolves are probably the least improved. Obviously Spurs and Manchester United will be looking to bounce back, having spent big in the market.
Everton and West Ham have done far more business than Wolves as well, and Crystal Palace look incredibly strong after their FA Cup and Community Shield successes.
Wolves fans are fed up with Fosun’s indifference when it comes to building a successful team, and anything but a busy end to August could really dampen the vibe around Molineux.