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Wolves Fans Verdict: January 2026 Transfer Window Reactions
Wolves fans react to the January 2026 transfer window. Read the key talking points on signings, exits, squad gaps, and whether the club did enough.
ANDREW BENNETT
In what has been a total disaster of a season the January transfer window is nearly impossible for the new Wolves boardroom to navigate. Entering February with under double digits in points and no realistic chance to even make a go at a survival battle, all eyes realistically must turn to advanced planning for the summer in which a total rebuild is required.
This window for me should (and has partially) be used as a way to shift players who don’t want to be here, simply are lacking in quality and save some work for the transfer team from the summer. In essence shifting deadwood and commencing the rebuild six months early, that said looking for any players happy to join and add a relegation to their CV I recognise is challenging. All of this while still balancing out the squad giving Rob and his staff the best opportunity to end the season with some sort of momentum to begin the new campaign.
The outs:
With little room to move in our squad registration and a number of players who clearly don’t want to be in Wolverhampton this presented a good opportunity to clear out.
We see a majority of loans as expected in the winter window. Firstly Fer Lopez on loan back to the club only 6 months ago we spent €20m on. An absolute shambles of a transfer once again gambling on a kid clearly not ready for the Premier League. We can hope the second half of the season he gains experience and returns with some value to his name to gain a sale in the summer.
Rounding up the loans out are Munetsi out to Paris FC, Hoever to Sheffield United on loan and Chirewa to Barnsley. All decent loans with a view of putting players simply not good enough in the shop window ahead of next summer. Rob was not going to use these players so why keep them here.
Leaving permanently is Jorgen Strand Larsen who sadly this season it has simply not worked out for since Wolves rejected the Norwegians move to Newcastle at the end of the summer window. Reportedly a fee of up to £48 million including add ons. A great deal for Wolves removing an unhappy and underperforming player for a good fee.
Not completed as this is written but the final departure is expected to be Agbadou off to Besiktas. Another player who this season has simply been dreadful and from all reports didn’t want to be here from the summer. Another likely good earner off the books and work done ahead of a busy summer.
As January windows go for outs this has been successful hopefully leaving more time for ins when the summer comes around. My only criticism is an inability to get more off the books while their value will be higher in the Premier League. Some candidates could have been one of Andre or Gomes, this season has proven they can’t play together and come August neither will be playing for the club. Other candidates could’ve been Hwang, Johnstone to name a few as there is no chance we see any of these players putting a Wolves shirt on in the Championship.
The ins:
Technically an in, the recall of Pedro Lima’s loan. Personally, this can only be seen as a positive as he is better than Ki Jana Hoever whom he replaces in the squad and gives the staff six months to see if a young and clearly talented individual has enough about him for the side next season.
Otherwise Angel Gomes and Adam Armstrong arrive on deadline day and both for me can be seen as positives. Armstrong clearly with forward planning in the Championship as a good goal scorer at that level offering both experience and adding to the homegrown quota.
Finally another Gomes joins the squad, this deal looks like a win win deal for all involved.
A player to show his ability in the Premier League hopefully helping Wolves meet our goal (which at this point must be simply to beat Derby points total).
At the same time with a buy option but will this benefit Wolves?
If the buy option is taken up upon relegation then with such a low fee looks like a brilliant opportunity to make some money for Wolves as I doubt England international Angel Gomes will be putting on a Wolves shirt in the Championship.
For once it seems forward planning is taking place and deals made not only to improve the footballing side but financials too, a pity it took relegation for this to happen.
My main thoughts on January’s transfer window are about how much business was left until the final day, and almost the final hour.
As a fan, it leaves you waiting and guessing. Who is coming in? Who is going out? It has been a tense window, especially since the replacement of Jeff Shi with Nathan Shi.
We have seen two major exits. One player has had a disappointing season, with only one goal. Another has failed to establish himself in the team and has gone out on loan. Looking at their short spells at Wolves, you have to question whether they were ever the right signings. Were they panic buys?
There is also a third player who could still leave before Friday’s Turkish deadline. He had one reasonable season, but he has been below par this year.
On the positive side, the two players brought in yesterday have experience in English football, and I feel they are more likely to perform. Since Nuno, Wolves have often signed from abroad, but many of those players have been sold on. The money has not always been used to replace them with the same level of quality. Over time, the team’s league performances have reflected that.
Last season we just escaped relegation. This season has been even worse. After 24 games, Wolves have one win and five draws, which is eight points. We have scored 15 goals and conceded 45. Those numbers show how badly things have gone, and they also raise serious questions about the club’s recent transfer business.
January is always a lottery. It is mid-season, and good players are hard to find. For Wolves, it now feels like planning has to include the Championship too. That league is ruthless, and getting promoted straight back to the Premier League would be a huge challenge.
Still, the two signings made yesterday should improve the team, and at the very least, it feels like a start.
FINLEY SMITH
TRANSFER WINDOW THOUGHTS::
IN:
Adam Armstrong
Angel Gomes
OUT:
Jorgen Strand Larsen
Giving where we are or shall I say where we should not be its not a bad window. Adam Armstrong will provide something for us and so will Angel Gomes. £48m for Strand Larsen considering his performances and stats so far this season is a great deal. Did he want to be here? Im not sure?
Overall not a bad window considering where we are.
Window Rating – 5
Wolves’ January window was never going to produce a win. With relegation odds tightening, the club is trying to shop in the hardest aisle of the market. Players with choices do not tend to sign up for a short, tense fight that could still end in the Championship, especially when the wider direction of the club feels uncertain.
Wolves moved late and were pragmatic in their business. Angel Gomes is the standout, a genuine coup in the context of a relegation battle. Not long ago he was being talked about as a fix for England’s problem of controlling games in possession, and you can see the appeal. He brings composure, receives under pressure, finds pockets between the lines, and adds the sort of craft Wolves have lacked. He is the midfielder you sign when you are tired of going side to side, then backward, then side to side again.
Adam Armstrong, meanwhile, feels like a different kind of statement: sensible. He is sharp, quick, and lives off half-chances, but it also looks like planning for the Championship. If the inevitable happens, he could be central to a quick return.
Jorgen Strand Larsen heads to Crystal Palace after a flat campaign, Wolves have done well to land £43m plus add-ons and not many fans will be disappointed with this one,
It may not solve everything, and there could still be exits in other markets, but for a window that was built to frustrate, Wolves have come out of it with a clearer plan and direction that has been missing in previous windows.
REBECCA FERNANDEZ
The January transfer window for me is always a strange one however saying that due to our current state I would have expected more.
I think if we are keeping a core number of players for next season the time was NOW to bring in some more warriors that will be needed to either battle relegation or Championship football and have that team moulded ready.
More players could have been sold giving us then more liquidity to buy. Being a world cup year summer transfers will be also a difficult one and less time to mould the squad.
KARL WHITEHOUSE
Well, another transfer window has come and gone. It started quietly, with no one coming in, and once again Wolves left it late to bring players in. The main outgoing deal always felt like it was going to happen.
The players we have recruited look like they can do a job for the remainder of the Premier League season. They also feel like signings that could suit the Championship next season. It looks like Wolves are building a squad with that possibility in mind. I wish Adam Armstrong and Angel Gomes well at the club, and I’m looking forward to seeing what they can bring once they get on the pitch.
Rob has clearly looked at the problems in the squad and tried to address them. Bringing in homegrown players also matters, because it can give us something different in the way we play. Hopefully, it helps us compete better in the games we have left.
As for the outgoing, it became a saga that started at the beginning of the season. Wolves turned down an offer earlier in the year, but in the end the club did well to get the deal done on their terms. It looks like good business, and I wish Strand Larsen all the best at his new club.
Overall, I’d give this window a 6 out of 10. It could have been handled earlier, but it does feel like the start of a rebuild. Now the big question is what happens in the summer. Does the group stay together, or do we see a break-up with big names leaving? Time will tell.
Wolves Fans Verdict: January 2026 Transfer Window Reactions
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