Matt Jackson reveals the Wolves role Jeff Shi will take up after his appointment

The appointment of Matt Jackson as technical director has revealed the shape Wolves will now take under Rob Edwards at Molineux.

Wolves find themselves in a vulnerable position in the Premier League table, and the same can be said with the structure from top to bottom at Molineux.

Fosun have tried to paper over the cracks of a failed appointment in Dominico Teti by moving Matt Jackson to the role of technical director.

Matt Jackson began at Wolves in 2021 as the club’s strategic player marketing manager, then moved to head of professional football development, before becoming director of player recruitment and development.

His latest role will be his biggest challenge yet, especially given the situation the club currently find themselves in, but he won’t be alone.

Jeff Shi’s role revealed under the new restructure at Wolves

It’s safe to say that Fosun are taking up the role of villains at Molineux right now, and that shows with the utter disdain that can be seen on social media from supporters.

Jeff Shi, in particular, has taken a lot of the heat, and he and his partners clearly have no plans to sell Wolves anytime soon after talks of a new vision with Rob Edwards.

Instead, it seems as if the club will remain under the guidance of the Chinese business from what Matt Jackson has said, via Wolves’ YouTube channel.

“We’ve got Phil, the head of performance, Matt Wild, who does all the administration of the football club, Max as head of communications, feeding into the oversight from Jeff.”

Fosun need to listen to Wolves supporters

One of the most frustrating parts about Fosun’s ownership of Wolves is the lack of openness and communication.

This was highlighted when various Wolves fans groups sent a message to Guo Guangchang, which resulted in a more generalised response that very much beat around the bush.

Nowadays, things seem to be very much structured around running the club solely as a money-making operation, opposed to doing what’s best.

One example of this is the continuous purchases that are masterminded by Jorge Mendes, a client of Fosun’s. Alongside this, the decisions to go out and buy young players who have never experienced a minute of Premier League football in the hope that there’s profit to be made in the future have been costly. Matheus Cunha was the sole reason Wolves stayed up last season, and he’s still yet to be replaced.