Wolves are quietly laying the groundwork for a promising future.
With Vítor Pereira steadying the ship in the Premier League, attention is already turning to what could be a pivotal summer for the club.
We spoke with Charlie Haffenden of BirminghamWorld about the club’s ambitions and what lies ahead under Pereira’s leadership.
With Vítor Pereira steadying the ship in the Premier League, attention is already turning to what could be a pivotal summer for the club.
We spoke with Charlie Haffenden of BirminghamWorld about the club’s ambitions and what lies ahead under Pereira’s leadership.
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00:00Now Wolves are quietly laying the groundwork for a promising future
00:07With Vitor Pereira steadying the ship in the Premier League
00:10Attention is already turning to what could be a pivotal summer for the club
00:14With mid-table security next season the clear goal
00:19Plans are being made to strengthen key areas
00:22And build a squad capable of pushing higher up the table next season
00:27There's a growing sense of stability and purpose at Molyneux
00:30And if the summer goes to plan Wolves fans could be looking at the start of an exciting new era
00:36I spoke with Charlie Haffenden of Birmingham World about the club's ambitions
00:40And what lies ahead under Pereira's leadership
00:43Charlie looking at Wolverhampton Wanderers and let's start with the summer window
00:52It's obviously going to be quite a bit clear out we've mentioned a few times
00:55It looks like some big names are going to probably depart this summer
00:59Mateus Cunha has come out and himself addressed the sort of comments made in an interview
01:06Saying that he wants to fight for titles
01:08And I think it was sort of dragged out of proportion by a few news outlets
01:12Saying he's completely done etc
01:15And it was made to look as if he was that
01:17And then he sort of came out and sort of downplayed it a little bit
01:20He obviously wants to take the next step in his career
01:23You know he's gone away with international duty and scored for Brazil
01:26When the last player who played for Wolves scored for Brazil
01:30You know the great nation they are is quite unbelievable really
01:35But you know he's clearly a player who throughout the season
01:37And in the back end of last season as well
01:39Has been a level above most of the rest in the group
01:43You know I think he knows that
01:45I think Wolves fans know that
01:46I think Wolves players know that as well
01:48He's been unbelievable but you know how
01:52It's a bit of a difficult situation when they have to
01:55Probably part ways with him this summer
01:57I mean it's quite an awkward one when
02:00You have him coming out and saying he wants a challenge for titles
02:03And then Wolves obviously focus on avoiding the drop
02:06So there's a big difference there
02:08And you know Fosin need to make sure that it's another player who
02:11Yes they've taken him to the very top
02:13You know the likes of Ruben Neves, Pedro Neto
02:16The next step is actually replacing him
02:18Yeah I think it's an inevitability sadly for Wolves fans
02:22That he will be leaving this summer
02:23Whether it's taken out of proportion or not
02:25In that interview with I think it was the Guardian
02:27He's going to go isn't he
02:30There's a release clause for a reason
02:32I think the reason he signed that new contract in January
02:34Was just to try and
02:35One for Wolves fans to show that he was committed
02:39Until the end of the campaign
02:40Another one just to kind of reward him for his fine form
02:43Give him a better pay rise until end that season
02:45To ensure that the release clause is of worthy value
02:49It's going to be a record sale for Wolves when he does eventually go
02:52Acuna he's got so much respect for the football club as well
02:55For the supporters
02:55He wants to make sure he leaves it on good terms
02:58He didn't want to leave them in the lurch in the relegation battle
03:01He wants to make sure he can make his impact towards the end of the season
03:04Of course then getting sent off against Bournemouth
03:06Being suspended for four matches
03:08Not ideal in that situation
03:10But he still did score some crucial goals after his contract
03:13And I think it's crucial that he did stay on until the end of the season
03:17In the summer though I think it is a different story
03:20Whether he's on about wanting to win titles with Wolves or not
03:23He's probably not going to do it at the football club
03:25Let's be realistic here
03:26At least in the next couple of years
03:28So he should be moving on to a bigger club
03:30As much as that may pain Wolves fans
03:32Whether it goes to the Premier League
03:34At the top end of the standings
03:35Or if he goes across to Europe
03:37I think awaits to be seen
03:38But £62.5 million
03:39Probably good for all parties to be honest
03:42Wolves can use that money that they've not really had recently
03:44To go and spend it on other players
03:46Whether Fosun allow that to happen
03:48We know their strategy is kind of against reinvesting
03:51But they should be doing that
03:52And hopefully they can do that
03:53Because Wolves otherwise
03:54Will probably be in another relegation battle
03:56And yeah obviously
03:58Yeah so Moskera
03:59You know signing a contract extension as well
04:02Quite an important signing to get him across
04:04Hasn't played many minutes for Wolves
04:06Obviously with that injury very early on in the season
04:08And then obviously Emmanuel Agbedou comes in
04:11And he's made a real difference at the back
04:13But it does show how important defensive signings are
04:16As much as attacking
04:17Wolves were leaking way too many goals
04:20Under Gary O'Neill
04:21And that's probably what inevitably got him
04:24The sack in the end
04:25Yeah that's inevitably what got Wolves
04:28So near the bottom of the standings as well
04:29They were still scoring a fair amount of goals
04:31Not a ridiculous amount
04:33But a decent amount nonetheless
04:34Maybe mid-table numbers
04:35But the conceding was worse than Southampton
04:38Will make such a difference
04:39And a back three of Toti
04:40Moskera and Agbedou
04:41Well I think that's a pretty cool prospect for Wolves fans
04:44trailer
04:49Through the tasting
04:53The tasting
04:55The tasting
04:59The tasting
05:04The tasting