Wolves will play Championship football next season – and there is word of how some feel about bouncing back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.
Wanderers’ fate was sealed two weeks ago, and it’s now about finishing the season with a bit of pride, and at least trying to finish above Burnley.
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On the basis of Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Sunderland though, that looks unlikely to happen.
Wolves are finishing the season with a whimper, and the fans at Molineux again made their feelings known after the full-time whistle.
It is paramount Wolves get a decent haul of points in the last three games, because it’s about taking momentum into next season, which is going to be hard.
And failure to do that will make bouncing back to the Premier League at the first attempt tricky.
Internal fear at Wolves about financial cost of not getting promoted
Johnny Phillips has written a new Substack column about Wolves’ situation.
He touches on how Wanderers managed to get themselves into this mess, pointing to the decision to have a recruitment restructure last summer, which prompted Matt Hobbs to leave.
This then saw Vitor Pereira, Valdir Cardoso and Domenico Teti have a huge say in transfers. And ultimately, the recruitment last summer is one of the main reasons Wolves have gone down.
Being strong on recruitment this summer is absolutely paramount if Wolves are to get promoted at the first attempt.
Phillips finishes his article by saying that currently, there is concern for some within Wolves that not getting promoted at the first time of asking will bring about a ‘considerably worse’ financial position, with losses having been incurred season on season.
Wolves recently announced a £15.3 million loss for the year 2024/25, which would have been far worse had the club not extended the accounting period to book the sales of Matheus Cunha and Rayan Ait-Nouri.
As a result of relegation, although the club are stable financially just at the moment, Wolves will now see their revenues plummet. So it will certainly be extremely important to get promoted at the first attempt.
One of the most important summers in Wolves’ history awaits
There is no overstating just how big this summer is for Wolves after the club’s relegation.
Failure to prepare properly, as was the case last summer, could be the difference between mounting a genuine promotion push, and actually getting relegated again.
Many players will be sold and money will be brought in, and it’s so important that this money is reinvested to help build a squad that will challenge and compete in the second tier.
It is good news for Wolves that the Championship play-off positions will be expanded for 2026/27, meaning a greater chance of promotion.
Ideally, Wolves won’t even need to concern themselves with that, and just gain promotion automatically.
But few will be too confident of that given Fosun are still calling the shots.
Interim executive chairman Nathan Shi has made some positive steps since coming in, but ultimately he lacks experience.
Many have also questioned Matt Jackson’s suitability to lead Wolves’ recruitment drive as the club’s technical director.
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