What On Earth Is Going On At Wolves?

Since being taken over by Fosun International, Wolverhampton Wanderers have won the Championship title, twice finished seventh in the Premier League, and qualified for Europe for the first time in almost 40 years.
Last season, Wolves finished just seven points above the relegation though, and this summer, despite losing the likes of Ruben Neves, Joao Moutinho, and Nathan Collins, Julen Lopetegui's side have barely signed anyone.
So in this video, HITC Sevens takes a look at how Wolves went from the envy of everyone outside the Big Six to a crisis club in three years, issues relating to FFP, and what on Earth is going on with Wolves' Chinese owners.

[@alexcarr1642]

5 months later lopetegui is gone, chan and cunha have sorted our striker problem out, toti has stepped up to the plate as a replacement cb, doyle gomes and lemina have filled the midfield perfectly whilst doherty and semedo have complimented each other brilliantly whilst swapping around as rb. Admittedly every point raised in this vid was 100% valid but remarkably everything seems to have worked out just fine

[@KylerMalone98]

Spoke too soon

[@michaelmcfadden4397]

There was a guy in my town in the 1990's who was ridiculously tall and he always wore a wolves shirt. I was talking to him drunk in a pub one night and asked him how he became a wolves fan besaue Wolves were low league and not a popular team. He said that he grew up in North London and saw people wearing this football shirt and he asked his mum to buy a shirt when he was about 12, she took him to the shop and he mistakingly chose the gold one from wolves instead of the yellow one from Watford. Every time i see Wolves or Watford mentioned, I remember that guy.

[@SOak145]

This was a wholesome and interesting comment to read. Thank you.

[@markmonkeyman8321]

Pretty cool story 👌🏽

[@kelvisshandei]

That could BE me as a kid in the 2000s lol

[@yashtiwari1189]

Hey Alfie, we need a video on the remarkable rise of FC HEIDENHEIM, the Luton of Germany. They have gone from the 5th tier to the Bundesliga under the SAME manager.

[@oliverlane9716]

Or like Bournemouth under Eddie Howe.

[@mokkaveli]

You've had the same manager since 2007? That's crazy

[@jg41709]

Should’ve seen the way they got promoted into the bundesliga as well, last kick of the ball in second half extra time, what fairytales are made of

[@HCpsycho]

Not everything is the Luton of countries, Luton ain’t the first team to do this crap

[@austinfields3288]

@@HCpsychogod thank you so sick of hearing this

[@Thrill_Hou]

“Julen Lopetegui leaves wolves just three days before start of premier league season” This video was prophetic 😮

[@paanbon6543]

came here after Wolves 1st game against MU, they absolutely played MU of the park at OT under the new coach Gary O'Neil, i think they be alright..

[@randomdude0121]

@@paanbon6543 then they get destroyed by brighton...

[@paanbon6543]

@@randomdude0121 TBH, some big 6 team can be rekt by Brighton, Brighton are top 10 if not top 8 in the PL rn IMO..

[@colinafobe2152]

@@paanbon6543 January 2024 and just 3 points behind European spot and 13 points above relegation

[@seandelap8587]

Wolves played a part in the creation of the European cup in fact when they defeated Honved of Hungary in 1954 and declared themselves champions of the world and it was because of that result that a club tournament to determine who was the best club side in Europe was founded the following season

[@mokkaveli]

Never knew this. Interesting, cheers

[@SomeBritishDud1]

And the only reason we weren't invited to the inaugural European Cup in 1955 was because one of the people responsible for picking the invitees was a prominent French journalist who worked for L'Equipe who hated Wolves and thought our self-proclaimation as the Champions of the World was undeserved.

[@Choppy698]

@@SomeBritishDud1 What a swine

[@fgsaramago]

@@SomeBritishDud1 that same journalist invited Sporting Portugal and not Benfica, who was champion in Portugal, because the Portuguese government told him they "preferred" it if they invited Sporting. Presumably there was some money attached to that request

[@giraffeboy7775]

it wasn't Wolves themselves who proclaimed that, it was the English press.

[@Dannnn.42]

"Lopetugi the clubs biggest asset"- Famous last words🤣

[@Wooderz245]

This year's PL is going to be fascinating to watch. Basically you have 9 teams that will be challenging for Europe and 11 teams that could all go down.

[@zeds7]

Palace Fulham Brentford are hardly in either

[@tkb4026]

Just watch the Championship it's that amplified

[@virgilsierra6007]

@@zeds7as a Palace fan I hope you’re right about the back end

[@symptomofsouls]

@@virgilsierra6007 no chance Palace goes down. There are 6 teams I can see getting relegated this season. Luton Sheffield Burnley Wolves Everton Forest Luton and Sheffield I think are locks, no chance either stays up. Burnley hinges on James Trafford. If he plays well they do well, if not they go down. Wolves are a complete trainwreck, Everton is in a relegation battle every season now, and Forest is a wildcard I could see finishing mid table or dead last

[@BagleMan.z]

We finished 14th 😼 we had a really bad season but who cares as we were possibly getting relegated

[@chikowashere]

When we were promoted, we had aspirations of competing in Europe. But then suddenly management felt that simply being the Prem was enough and didn't care if they competed for ANY trophy. Then after the players fought to stay up, they sold everyone because they gave them no reason to stay. But now that they haven't tried to make a signing that could actually help the club, I'm not sure that management even cares about staying up anymore.

[@chrisdixon299]

You're royally screwed this season I'm afraid...

[@taybazza6528]

Lopetegui is too good to get related, he'll walk if he somehow doesn't I think you'll scrape survival.

[@shawklan27]

Rip

[@neilbiggs1353]

With Wolves, I was worried that they were going to use Mendes and company to backchannel wages to be compliant with FFP. I think what has really happened is that Wolves is being used as the shop window for the clients of Mendes, so the plan is just to keep them ticking over, making profits on sales and letting the agents make a killing in commission. Either way, I'm convinced that we need to stop clubs being parts of wider groups as it never seems to do a good thing for the sport and only rarely does it seem to help the club

[@lordvadertheleftie9703]

​@neilbiggs1353 so Wolves are basically a front for a complex money laundering operation?

[@plasticwalnut7650]

As a greenhorn with club football, the one thing I know for certain is that no matter how bad it may get, Wolves will still have that slick badge.

[@giraffeboy7775]

and the coolest name lol

[@maccie33]

I feel a great deal of sympathy to the Wolves fans, seeing similar traits that got Villa relegated, and while they eventually bounced back to the Premier league, I'd also say that Villa were fortunate to do so. Hope they get it sorted, its always been intriguing seeing another fairly local club to me play in the premiership. How they've gone from appointing Lopetegui, to not being able to keep him, in less than a season is quite miraculous really.

[@christopherwright8811]

Took Villa 4 years as well - flirting dangerously with financial oblivion if you stay down much longer than that.

[@Luis20189]

Wolves from 2017-2020 were some the most beautiful moments I’ll never forget I hope they eventually regain that success.

[@StillAwesome21]

I do agree, that if Wolves stay up it will only be because three teams were worse then them, not because of their capability. Didn't know things were this bad at Wolves, hope they adjust soon. Edit: Lopetegui has left Wolves. Wishing you guys good luck for the season!

[@ontheup4664]

They aren’t mate there’s a few misfacts already and I’m only a 10 mins in 🤦🏼‍♂️I’m a wolves fan and some of the numbers and facts just aren’t correct, I usually follow Cus idk much about other teams but there’s some things that aren’t correct

[@todplatinum5789]

@@ontheup4664 such as?

[@nikhilsrl]

@@todplatinum5789 He himself doesn't know. Just one of those blank nothing statements.

[@franohmsford7548]

The Daily Mail are reporting that we're lining up Gary O'Neill to replace Lopetegui.

[@adrienokoye490]

It’s really not that bad. issue will begin if JL leave. But besides that squad is 2 players away from being complete we just beat Rennes 3-1 at the weekend who pumped forest and west ham I’m feeling confident

[@TeddyPap]

The second I pressed play on this video I got a notification saying Lopetegui has left us

[@nickallen6841]

Only just got round to watching this video. I was very surprised to see the tweet being featured in this video - mainly because it was my tweet. Admittedly, I never expected that tweet to blow up the way it did, so I had to take my lumps when people dunked on it, but thank you for discussing it fairly and rationally. And also admittedly, I was writing more from a position of emotional charge than logical reason. It was frustrating hearing the line of "FFP concerns" being linked to Wolves continually while seeing Chelsea spend billions under the regulations, even though I wouldn't accuse them of outright breaches (loopholes yes, but not breaches). I'm aware we spent a lot of money last season, more than we should have, so it's not surprising that there'd be some FFP concern, emphasis on some. My frustration, which has been growing considerably even since this video was uploaded, is how our owners have essentially changed their stance multiple times this summer. It started as a sell-to-buy window with players in the £8m-15m range being targeted. Then when we sold Neves/Collins, we were told we still had to sell more players to buy anyone. After selling more players, we were told we had to focus on frees/loans, but also affirming that Lopetegui was committed to the club. A few days later, Lopetegui left. Now Nunes and Semedo are both linked with moves away with no incomings expected and Fosun will probably change their stance again. It's exhausting. What's worse as well is that every year they've increased season ticket prices, regardless of how much money they've put in themselves. This season especially it feels like more of a slap in the face. They've stopped investing totally, not just in the squad but there are big sections of the ground that need repair and maintenance, especially the Steve Bull stand. I know in my original tweet I was aggrieved at the FFP situation (or as you rightly corrected me, the Profit and Sustainability rules) from an institutional level but now it's just anger at the running of the club in general. It's impossible as a fan to tell what's real and what's BS at the moment because every statement seems to get contradicted by Fosun soon after. At this rate, I just hope we stay up and Fosun can sell us in good enough shape for a rebuild. Thank you for making this video, it's always good to see a neutral take on our issues. I'll even forgive that little bit of Nelson Semedo slander.

[@enkenthouse]

Wolves are the most "I dont know" club in the EPL right now.

[@jamescooper3739]

HITC Midlands strikes again Absolutely love the villa, baggies and wolves content coming out this summer Just needs a blues video

[@wodens-hitman1552]

What they going to film? The lu lu's robbing some grannies shopping?

[@ezraezra2928]

First off all, it's crazy to see you uploading this video because of Julen Lopetegui. He left the club before the first game of Premier League. Wolverhampton Wanderers is also one of the important clubs in Europe. In 1954, the club faced Hungarian giants Honved, with most of the players having enjoyed the success with Magical Magyars in the World Cup, notably Real Madrid legend Ferenc Puskas. Although some peoples prefer Honved to win easily, the game ended 3-2 in favour of Wolves. This game was the main reason L'Equipe journalist Gabriel Hanot wanted a proposal to create a new competitions. UEFA eventually accepted Hanot's proposals, and a year later, the most prestigious competition was born: the Champions League or European Cup.

[@rjsimm]

I hope there is a follow up video to this at the end of the season!

[@tomhendrickson4079]

I think the turning point was Jimenez's head injury. At the time of the injury, we were 7th in points, off to a decent start and looked to be contenders for European football again. after his injury, lacked a real striker, tried to fix that by bringing in Willian Jose on loan in January but he was awful, they still couldn't score goals, and the team fell to a 13th place finish. The terrible second half led to Nuno leaving, and it seems like it's been a downward spiral ever since. Bruno Lage was awful, they loaned in Trincao who was awful, they continuously failed to bring in a proper striker, wasted a disgusting amount of money on Guedes, and now Lopetegui's left us because we can't buy anymore players. It's not hopeless though. I think Fabio has looked great in pre-season and I expect big things from him this year. Kalajdzic will hopefully be healthy again and could also be a solid option at striker. Cunha, Sarabia, Neto, Podence, and Hwang are all formidable attackers. Matheus and Joao Gomes have had impressive pre-seasons. Dawson and Kilman will be solid at center back. Ait-Nouri, Doherty, Bueno, and Semedo are all solid wing backs (I don't agree with the Semedo hate). I'm not as pessimistic as some about this year; we should survive, but I also don't see us finishing top half.

[@Chorizero2369]

I agree, while Raul Jimenez was and still is a solid forward after his head injury, that was probably the moment when wolves really lost their dominance

[@leobestbote4244]

I don't know if you will see this message HlTC sevens, but I just wanna say thank you bro and your crew behind the scenes. Thank you man. You have given us qaulity product after qaulity product and and each time I see your upload notification I click without even reading the title coz I know I need to know whatever it is you devouring at that time and it has helped grow my football knowledge to a whole new level. Much appreciated and keep up the good work you and your team. Again thank you

[@lenin17301560]

24:40 Credit where credit's due, he called it.

[@SeanFieldhouse]

Thank you for making this video. More people need to be aware about what is happening at our club.

[@spencerjones7985]

Watching this video as Lopetegui’s axing was announced, great timing on this documentary

[@alanrobert3098]

You mean to tell me that Wolverhampton isn't near Lisbon and so all the Portuguese lads they had weren't counted as homegrown? 😮

[@DarthRevan182]

The Portugal FC joke is about 5 years old now...

[@Azoria4]

2018 called they want their joke back lad

[@neilbiggs1353]

The home grown rules are actually pretty stupid in that regard - if you sign a teenager at 16, and they spend three years at your club before they turn 21, then they count as home grown, even though your academy had absolutely nothing to do with most of their development. It basically incentivises clubs to raid other academies rather than making sure their own are good enough. It gets especially problematic when there are parts of Europe where a kid can't sign a pro contract until they are 17, so English clubs could nab them for minimal fees...

[@S.R.Yejan28]

Mate, they just lost their manager today!!!!! You are truly the football prophet of our times, Alfie!

[@BaldSherlock]

Excellent timing Alfie with Lopetegui about to walk out of the job!

[@tomparker1566]

Big fan of the channel so glad you've done a vid on us 😂 Overall, apart from Nuno, Fosun's recruitment with playing staff and management has been a shambles. Top to bottom the club is a mess. Top focused on survival and turning a profit without realising stagnation will only push us closer to the drop.

[@neilgibbs3880]

Good timing as always Alfie as news breaks that Lopetegui is negotiating his way out after your video dropped.

[@stumperator9983]

I really hope that Kalajdzic finally stays fit, he was a real life-saver in Stuttgart, though he has always been injury-prone. Whish him the best of luck, and also the club.

[@davemurphy9468]

I always thought that buying Wolves was pretty much a public relations exercise for Fosun. My understanding is that they where heavily involved in the proposed fast rail link to Birmingham and buying a football club in the area, would win favour and help get the project approved.

[@AlexanderGreensmith]

Never knew this, big if true.

[@lorddarlo6194]

Fosun nearly brought Wolves Black Country Rivals just up the A41 in West Bromwich Albion which had a Train, Road, Bus and Tram link to Birmingham being next to The M5 on the A41 to Birmingham the 74 bus route the train between Worcester and Snow Hill not far from Smethwick Galton Bridge for Trains to Birmingham New Street and the West Coast Main Line and the Tram to Birmingham New Street and City Centre the M5 also linking with the M6 and M42 to Birmingham Airport. The A41 linking not directly the M6 J9 and J10 to the M5 J1 and other prospects. And Albion's Training Ground was just down the A34 from Perry Barr where the Commonwealth Games were and the Hawthorns isn't far from the Sandwell Aquatics Centre New Midland Met Hospital and other stuff. Either way both West Brom and Wolves are in a mess

[@neilbiggs1353]

That makes a lot of sense - my other theory is that they are (or were) using the club to showcase the players on Mendes's books, so only wanted the club to break even and will try to make profits on the transfers via the agency

[@plkrtn]

Well it would've helped that they bought one of the clubs actually close to the line not 15 miles away wouldn't it?

[@leonomalley784]

Yes like Birmingham FC

[@davis123321123]

Manager now leaving wolves, wow well done dude, perfect timing

[@KadinoTheDumpling]

He predicted the inevitable *sigh*

[@picklerick1080]

Julen Lopetegui sacked barely 12 hours after the video came out :D

[@jamesboswell9324]

That was a good summary but as a Wolves fan it didn't shed any new light on anything much tbh. As I understand it, there's a massive rift between the owners/chairman and the manager. Who's primarily at fault for this is actually hard to discern, because it basically depends which side of the story you trust. If like many Wolves fans you tend to place blame for everything directly at Jeff Shi's door then you trust Lopetegui's version is the fair one, and that he was indeed massively deceived by the owners about available transfer money. But JLo has a record for talking out of school, and so there are many other fans who feel that by publicly stirring up trouble, he is at least partially to blame for the current situation. The last I heard, JLo is now desperate to leave the club but does not wish to lose out on a massive payday which he will by walking out on his contract. For the same reasons, Fosun will not sack him easily. So, if rumours are true, there appears to be a standoff. Maybe a compromise deal will be struck where JLo eventually leaves in some mutually agreed way. As a fan, this is all quite worrying of course. Regarding the squad, I don't think it's as bad a picture as you paint. We have lost a bunch of players but, and leaving Neves aside, most didn't feature much last season. Moutinho may have had around 30 appearances, but I think they were mostly substitutions. Likewise Adama frequently came off the bench. The big miss will be Neves of course, but even this opens the way for others like Gomes and Traore, youngsters who already look pretty good. And currently up front we have two options when last year we only had one - Raul who has been a shadow of his former self ever since David Luiz very nearly killed him. Silva is still young and looks hungry. If Kaladjzic can remain fit I think he'll score goals too. There's also Cunha adding additional pace and skill. As you say yourself, the centre back pairing is fine and Toti offers some needed cover, but we obviously do need to strengthen here. Ever since the Nuno era we have always lacked cover in this area, as in attack. Full backs are sound - I disagree about Semedo btw - Wolves fans are quite divided on him. In midfield there's Lemina and in the preseason games, Nunes has been looking like the player we paid such a large fee for. We've lacked that kind of box-to-box midfielder throughout the Fosun era. Neto appears fit again, which is another bonus. Hwang has improved a lot since we signed him and offers a different kind of goal threat. Sarabia appears more settled. And Podence will most likely be sold on which would recoup some additional spending money. In my view, with the return of Silva, Kaladjzic, Doherty, and even Ait-Nouri (back in from the cold) the squad is actually looking stronger than last season and importantly more balanced. We also currently have a far better manager - Lage was a disaster and then we spent months replacing him - so if Jlo does stay I think we'll be fine. If he leaves, everything is back up in the air of course. But isn't that true whenever any manager leaves a club?

[@peterturley1331]

Excellent summary of the situation. 👏

[@camgroom9388]

very good summary, i do agree with the squad being of a decent level especially after watching the two freindlies this week and having strikers who at least score occasionally would make life a lot easier even without neves, but now we’ve lost jlo with o neil coming i am more sceptical of our chances, to link in with RANs reintegration an interesting story i heard of was that he slept with moutinios mrs which to start with i obviously didn’t belive but as he has been reintegrated after joaos exit i’m starting to think the rumour is plausible

[@sammy_o_14o88]

Little did alfie know lopetegui was going to leave a day after he released this video

[@notBryGoat]

What a timing with Lopertagui leaving the club < 24 hours after this video was released

[@Peterporker92]

As a wolves fan I did enjoy! Just gives me motivation and a story for this year's FM when it comes out! 😊

[@lukehusbands4728]

You called it with Lopetegui!

[@mismisimognomo101]

HITC NEW VIDEO HYPE ! I've been seriously watching your stuff these last few weeks and i've never been a football fan but your content has gotten me really interested in the sport, as a south american myself all my life got exposed a ton for it, for example, sometimes school would let us leave to go watch a world football match for the national team or just plain no school that day. Seeing your videos made me realize why people live and breath the sport, it's crazy.

[@Fleshox19-uz3qt]

I hope you can watch the English Premier league. It's a very competitive league in Europe and there are always surprises every season on who wins it and who goes down.

[@lordvadertheleftie9703]

Watch Aston Villa this season lad

[@ross4164]

⁠@@Fleshox19-uz3qtcity have won 5 of the last 6 league titles it isn’t a surprise who’s going to win it, the premier league is no where near as competitive as people like to make it seem.

[@militantman]

Now that I am hearing talking of Lopetegui being sacked, I am quite sure Wolves are going to be relegated - the board is their problem as Nuno, Bruno, and Jules were not properly backed.

[@DylanTomkins]

They spent 200 million under Lage

[@militantman]

@@DylanTomkins Yeah, but they didn’t buy the right players for him

[@goodwood-rc4nx]

you were correct

[@virgilsierra6007]

Nuno was absolutely backed, they spent £26m on 2 young European talents in Neves and Jota while in the championship which is just nuts

[@ccook92]

Not backed? 😂 they’ve spend loadssssssss

[@cugash]

This was my PL team for a time, it was like a little Portugal in the UK ! The signing of Fabio Silva was to save Porto, who were in financial dire straits at the time. Let's see how they hold up now they're moving away from signing more players from portuguese teams (although they still signed Matheus Nunes early this year, who I believe can be one of the best midfielders in the PL).

[@cugash]

That's right, I wasn't 100% sure about the timing. Should have checked...@@JSL9SZN

[@cugash]

I think he's better in the middle, like he used to play in Sporting. He can play in Moutinho's position, not in Neves'. He's underused as a rw.@@JSL9SZN

[@txbill2512]

That tweet quoted at the start 4:08 is spot on. FFP isn't designed for anything other than keeping the top teams at the top. You'll never see another Leicester again in the Premier League. It's nothing but a joke.

[@VOID9558]

Alfie, you should make a video on What on Earth is Going at Santos. the club is on crisis and they could be relegated in the Brasileirão Série A for the first time ever.

[@ezraezra2928]

The crisis really happened since the death of the GOAT, Pele.

[@Anarchidi]

Hey Alfie, got a fun video subject reccomendation that you might like. "Teams that moved countries". There are a handful of clubs that have moved from one country, to another, due to certain historical events. Think of AEK Athens, Apollon Smyrnis, and Panionios (the oldest existing club from Turkey) due to the Smyrna Campaign. Anorthosis Famagusta due to the 1974 coup attempt. Or you could make it more general about trams that have changed football leagues

[@EoghanB11]

Great video! Just coming from an Irishman, Matt Doherty name is pronounced Daw-her-tee. Keep up the good work

[@IamJacksFightClub]

With Ndiaye gone, Berge going to Burnley, Sharp leaving on a free, Jebberson possibly going to Everton, no players coming in, no shirt sponsor at this time. All going into the new premier season as favourites to beat Derby’s lowest points tally; maybe it’s time for a What on Earth is going on at Sheffield United?

[@BALHAM69]

They have a shirt sponsor now 😊 i understand what you meant, they seem to be a mess

[@lukedonk923]

Well said 👏 there is alot of uncertainty at Wolves, some of our fans probably needed to see this and you covered it really well. You told us more about the situation at Wolves than the owners have told us all summer 😂

[@dutchislax14]

Much love to wolves from USA. Fun team to watch I hope they turn it around.

[@kingdaymon6433]

Honestly I think you can pinpoint everything back to Jimenez getting injured. It seems like that was where things started going downhill fast, They' have spent over 125 million euros trying to replace him with Fabio Silva, Cunha, and now Kalajdzic and nothing has seemed to work

[@Marcsharp82]

As a Leicester fan our downfall to the championship was rapid but deserved, with Maresca as manager and several signings that don't break the bank I think we can do enough to get back into the Play offs at least. As for Wolves I think they'll be ok this season, they'll struggle but I think there are worse teams in the Premier League and they'll do just enough to stay up.

[@plkrtn]

Queen Victoria wasn't wrong to be fair. At the time the whole area was HEAVILY industrial.

[@cosmotheumbreontrainer]

Congrats Alfie you predicted the future 🎉please don’t make a video on what’s going on at Forest I don’t want Cooper to quit 😂

[@lenzzzzzzz]

BRO YOU ARE THE FOOTBALL ORACLE!!!!!

[@DynoKea]

You know your club is in a bad spot when Alfie makes a video about you

[@CF_-vz2kn]

I’ve been watching your videos for years and enjoyed this segment. What I hoped would never happen. If not couldn’t possibly imagine a few years ago. Is that we would be subject to one of them. Scary times

[@juans8356]

This too shall pass. Raul Gimenez was our talisman before his injury, but we will recover.

[@jackgreven334]

One of the better predictions I’ve ever made is getting the read on wolves early. I had them 17th last season which was going well (too well even) before they invested heavily in January to stay up and hired a Europa league winning manager and finished comfortably ahead of relegation. But I’ve seen the writing on the wall, if not this year it’ll be next year for wolves and their return to the championship won’t be pleasant either

[@paulmiller7838]

It's funny that you posted this because Lopetegui just walked out on them three days before the season started. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Their new signing Gary O'Neil has an impressive 29.73% win percentage in his massive career spanning 37 entire games!

[@adimart2214]

I could probably be a better coach than him🤣

[@janb5453]

@@adimart2214 Yeh sure you could lads, smh, you lot are hilarious.

[@blackinton2526]

@@adimart2214 IRAOLA IS BETTER MANAGER AND WAS A BETTER FOOTBALLER THAN GARY O NEIL

[@myxe9011]

I wish more of us Wolves fans would watch this video instead of saying "Fosun out" with no concept of the issues we are facing atm. That being said I think the squad morale is very positive and I think we have a few players who will rise to the challenge this season (Joao Gomes/Bueno/Silva). Nothing is guaranteed in football

[@shihabrahman6502]

Great video..thank you.. it was needed as there are still many wolves fans, myself included who were a little unclear on how the financial issues had culminated into this situation Having said that, with a couple of additions, Wolves will be fine this season I think. We won three games on the trot towards end of last season when Ruben Neves was suspended. It allowed others to grow and play in a different way. Fabio Silva and Sasa Kaladjzic are like new signings anyway. Hodge looks like he'll be in a midfield rotation with Nunes, Gomes, Traore and Lemina. Doherty finally providing Semedo some competition in the RB spot too. Another CB is our biggest priority now

[@dtox5961]

If we play these two upfront all season we will go down .

[@shihabrahman6502]

@@dtox5961 Well we have Cunha as well. Plus Hwang can play that striker role if needed. Agreed tho..not the best strike force in the world lol

[@giodhuha6771]

Matheus Nunes is the latest firesale of the season. With these moves, Wolves will be so lucky if they escape relegation again this season.

[@Mr_Ri386]

???

[@janb5453]

Miles off

[@R0bb1e.]

GREAT timming with video..hours post your video this came in news: (Wolves in talks with Julen Lopetegui to mutually terminate his contract)..

[@jaysonmurray6341]

As an Ajax fan I would love one of these style videos with their current state of affairs. Not only are we on manager number 3 in less than a year but also we have sold many of our first team players since that magical champions league run as well as half the back up squad without really having any new signings or signs of you d wonder kids that the ajax academy used to produce frequently like seriously what is happening

[@happyChappy96621]

Football goes in cycles, deal with it.

[@pulsedemon]

@@happyChappy96621you're right however that doesn't really explain the mass exodus of players at Ajax this summer and the significant lack of investment into the team which players of Ajax even addressed. Personally i like it cause it makes the dutch league way more interesting but i wouldn't take "football just goes in cycles" as an explanation for it, there has to be more behind it

[@mikeb8517]

The dutch league in general will sell their top talent. During that run, Ajax had a lot of it. Those players were most valuable then and teams have come knocking for them. Same thing happens at Monaco, BVB, Red bull teams etc... Ajax will rise again and they will sell again.

[@pulsedemon]

@@mikeb8517 Ajax have one first team center back that just arrived from the 2nd german division and the league starts in 3 days. come on

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

Breaking news: They're in talks to terminate the contract of Lopetegui 😂😂😂🤦‍♂️

[@jacksonmacmanus1001]

the same day as this went out, and lopetegui left the club

[@AMPR45]

The Nathan Collins thing is especially baffling. Even if you think his form last season was disappointing, it calls into question the decision making to only give a player bought at least partially on the strength of his potential only one year. It wasn’t personality issues, every Wolves fan I know instantly loved him and it’s very doubtful he was on wages any higher of that of a starting CB at other clubs. Just strange.

[@danwglover]

Most Wolves fans didn't like him, he was seen as the Coady replacement who was loved by the fans. Then he struggled massively all season. Lopetegui didn't rate him and they got the opportunity not to just get the money back but make a profit

[@AMPR45]

@@danwglover fair enough. I had seen mostly positive sentiment though admittedly wasn’t paying a huge amount of attention. I still think it’s going to look like a bad transfer almost immediately and the profit made would barely cover inflation, if at all.

[@Tatterist]

He will be a great CB. But is at least 1 year away from the starting 11. Makes sense with the financial restrictions.

[@BeegBWolf]

Most Wolves fans call him Calamity Collins. I think you mixed him up with Conor Coady

[@dtox5961]

He was absolute crap and Coady 20 times better and loved. Shocking decision .

[@1954crc]

I'm not a Wolves fan but I was wondering what's going on there. I thought that they were better than what they're playing and were then just a bunch of underachievers. Thank you for explaining what;s really going on. Good luck,mates.

[@polytv123]

boy that manager chat aged quickly.

[@opman.]

Make a video explaining the current situation to aek and dinamo zagreb

[@TimBee100]

If you saw their game against Rennes, you would not say they are going to be in a relegation battle - unless they get a lot of injuries.

[@MylesHSG]

Injuries always happen in a season, just have to hope that they are either minor or in positions on relitive strength

[@nepsdaz236]

How do you still not have a million subs yet?🤦🏻

[@surinamesechicken9780]

Do you think lopetegui watched this just before he decided to leave. 😁 Sad feels like a Southampton story repeated again. Is this a parachute payment thing, financially it doesn't matter if you go down for a season, especially if you are prudent in the PL?

[@faeembrugh]

As soon as he said 'how did Wolves end up in such a mess?' I thought 'Hmmm, let me guess - huge wage bills? Overpriced players? Not enough income?' Yup!

[@EinfachOraaangensaft]

Well, there goes Lopetegui, that was quicker than expected hahah

[@haider7866]

We don't need that dog, Gary O'Neil will look after us

[@jacoblangford4788]

Lopetegui’s just walked🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GizmoMcs]

as a Portuguese i really like to follow Wolves since lot of their players came from our league Like having a portuguese team competing in the premier league lol (even though i'm not a fan of what Jorge Mendes does with rotating transfers between teams he got influence in) now almost all teams got at least 1 portuguese so that's cool

[@neilbiggs1353]

Mind if I ask, how would you feel if there was a superleague made by combining the top teams of France, Spain and Portugal? I feel like the best way to head off the plans of a breakaway superleague of the top clubs would be for something that looks a little like the US structure - a number of big regional 'superleagues' (like Spain+France+Portugal, England+Scotland+Wales+Ireland+Northern Ireland, Belgium+Netherlands+Germany+Austria...), and dropping the Champion's League and instead having an end of season competition between these superleague winners

[@MiguelTavaresMAT]

It's a good concept but Portugal only has 4 teams capable of competing in the first and second divisions of such league.

[@neilbiggs1353]

@@MiguelTavaresMAT That's kind of why I'm messing around with the idea. My gut feeling is the reason why the Premier League TV deal is so big is because it has enough teams that can draw an audience, and a strong enough mid-table that you can still get some interest in say Liverpool vs a team like Brighton. La Liga has slowly been ruined by a TV deal that gave Real and Barca the lion's share of the cash meaning their mid table is of no interest to anyone, those matches are often a foregone conclusion. If you took the 4 Portuguese teams, added them to say 8 from Spain and 6 from France, would that create a stronger bargaining group so all those teams could get a fair share of a bigger cash pot? Could a share of that money then be used to help develop the teams that are in the top national divisions (the 2nd tier of this new structure), so there is a healthy competition for clubs to join the superleague? That's the second part of what I'm thinking. Returning to the UK, I feel like the Scottish Premier Divison is almost dead - there are two clubs in it with big finances and a bunch of people just hanging on trying to survive. If those two come in to the English Premier League, and some of the TV money gets shared out to the clubs that are left behind, could it be possible for clubs like Dundee United or Aberdeen to grow again, and maybe reach European finals eventually, as they have done before? If there are these 'Conferences' created, there also needs to be a commitment that the money they make is used to grow the national leagues that feed in to them, at least in part so that clubs who get promoted in to them are reasonably able to survive and maybe grow in them. My big worry is that if we don't find a new structure for European football, we're going to end up with a Superleague because a lot of clubs end up dying of neglect as the competitions leave them behind, as this one will just be the same entrenched names that tried to build a league for themselves a few years ago

[@Cousin-Barnabus]

Fosun Corporation have been good but very naive owners of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club. When they first arrived they appointed company man Jeff Shi to oversee the day to day running of the club, a man with zero experience in the footballing world. They should have appointed an experienced director of football, they didn't and Shi was totally dependent on super agent Jorge Mendes for players, who fleeced the club silly over the year's. Last season they blew nearly 200 Million Pounds on duds and flops, 27.5 Million Pounds on Goncalo Guedes who actually didn't want to come to Wolves just being one such standout failure. Having made losses for the last two years and spent so much money last year, Wolves now find themselves possibly breaching Financial Fair Play Rules. With no chance of money being splashed on reinforcements because of FFP it doesn't come as a surprise that Julen Lopetegui could walk away from Wolves. What's more concerning is that the next coach could be Gary O'Neil. To say that doesn't exactly inspire confidence amongst the Molineux Faithful is a bit of an understatement. The appointment of Shi and an over reliance on Mendes has led to this predicament.

[@adimart2214]

As someone of Mexican descent It makes me sad for Raul and for Wolves fans what his injury resulted in for both his club and our national team, the tears in his eyes on his last day at the club I believe signified his appreciation for your support of him whether he had a good or a bad performance, he knew you all truly cared about him and yet the sadness of knowing what was once a great team was coming to an end and the sadness of leaving unable to recover the greatness it once had for the fans he loved. 😔 On behalf of Raul's countrymen, we are sorry. And we hope to see Wolves one day become more successful than it has ever been. Sarabia and Cunha will be responsible for hopefully surpassing what was accomplished with Traore and Jimenez, I believe it can be possible once they find the right chemistry together. Dont lose hope.🥺

[@darrenparkes9805]

This is so sad, we had started to dream again, to believe again. We were 7th in the prem for two seasons, what the hell has happened

[@pinesy9452]

As a wolves fan, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaAaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAÀAAAAAAAAÆAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@mikeryan4055]

Well you Called this one pal. manager just left

[@benflyde2877]

This video has come out at the perfect time. Lopertagui looking to walk is understandable due to the lack of bodies in the squad and a main candidate for relegation for me

[@BrandinooWOW]

I don't get how Wolves can continue to be so mediocre and disappointing. It's a shame to see my home team be so bleh

[@lile.x.e]

Would love to see something similar on Liverpool. This summer ‘rebuild’ has been horrific, 10 outgoings - 2 incomings

[@davidpyott3710]

We are going to suck this season

[@leifsemp]

@beastfootball1782as Liverpool fan not with that defense and lack of generally good backup options

[@DuckySpikeyblue-tq1sf]

This video comes out, 8 hours later Lopetequi got sacked..

[@Crispy_DAWG]

As a Mexican, it infuriates me that David Luiz suffered no suspension for his reckless header on Jimenez. That incident ruined his momentum, and who knows, possibly his career.

[@LordDisneyland]

After watching this video I have a sneaking suspicion that author is a Wolves fan..

[@ollyclass]

I'm glad my club Lincoln seems to actually be run properly. I don't really care if we don't get promoted into the championship as long as we don't end up like Scunthorpe.

[@BALHAM69]

True 😊

[@paanbon6543]

came here after Wolves 1st game against MU, they absolutely played MU of the park at OT under the new coach Gary O'Neil, i think they be alright.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Can't exactly feel much sympathy for a club whose rise to prominence was fuelled by its cozy ties with Jorge Mendes. Before Mendes came into the picture Wolves were a yo-yo club that bounced up and down between Premier League and Championship, they had never managed to stabilise themselves in the top flight. The Mendes curse seems to have hit them just like it hit Valencia before.

[@nathanb286]

I can very easily see Wolves get relegated this season. They have sold all their best players without replacing them, whilst the teams around them are strengthening. It could be a very similar situation to Leicester, just less shocking

[@zebgunnarsson1302]

I agree we haven't done well replacing them but we only sold 1 starter so "best players" is just incorrect

[@adrienokoye490]

Another melt saying “we sold all their best players” Neves was the only one who started regularly last season everyone else besides maybe Collins needed to go

[@Ruscococo1]

@@adrienokoye490 yeah get rid of them then can't afford to replace them...

[@christianrinaldi309]

I started following Wolves in 2019 and never thought I’d see the day where Allie would drop a mini-doc on the club. What a time to be alive.

[@ccook92]

Why only started in 2019?

[@christianrinaldi309]

@@ccook92 because I got into playing and following football as a whole back then. Also I live in the US and that’s around when Peacock started broadcasting all of the games

[@patpopov]

24:18 Oops!

[@fryys118]

"We need to talk about, Wolves... no not these wolves"......dur durpy durpy duur... someone give this man a medal for outstanding comedy.

[@jorgetrujillo2402]

Thank you for posting about this crazy saga that could end up relegating us

[@hello150]

Some of the info on this video is i correct. For example, Boubacar Traore was injured last season, not on loan. We also have Joao Gomes, who is an exceptional midfielder.

[@expendable7281]

As a wolves fan ive never seen such a weak squad , i see trouble ahead.

[@JKribbit]

24:40 Aaaaaannnnnnd Lopetegui is sacked 😂🔮

[@seandelap8587]

Wolves along with Bristol City are the only club to suffer relegation from the top flight to the 4th tier in succesive seasons that is a story within itself

[@franohmsford7548]

Wolves were also the first team to become Champions of all four professional divisions when we won the fourth division in 1988. Burnley repeated that feat in 92 also by winning the fourth division title. Preston did it in 96 again by winning the fourth division title. Sheffield United and Portsmouth did it in 2017 when they won the League One and League Two titles respectively. Wolves are still the only team to have won all four Divisional titles + both the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

[@kirktongue6544]

​@@franohmsford7548still shite

[@PeevyMctweevy]

Northampton town went from the 4th tier to the 1st tier then back to the 4th tier in just 9 years...

[@franohmsford7548]

@@PeevyMctweevy Had to look that up and wow....1965/66 their only ever season in the top flight having been in the fourth tier from 58-61 and would be back in the fourth tier as of 1969. They've spent the past 56 years in the 3rd and 4th tiers of English Football since 1967.

[@97shaggy]

lopetegui now apparently in talks to leave with Gary O’Neill coming in, they’re gone

[@thesaltyturtle7392]

Damn the manager just left