Tim Sherwood has said that teams such as Wolves have made a big mistake that serves as a lesson for future Premier League seasons.
The Old Gold are firmly in the relegation battle and sit five points adrift of safety, ahead of Burnley.
If the Opta supercomputer is to be believed, Wolves will win this Sunday, cutting that gap down and finally getting their first victory of the season.
The form of Sunderland this season is a cause for concern, as the Old Gold have previously relied on the newly promoted sides being worse than them.
Additionally, Leeds’ win over West Ham was not ideal for Vitor Pereira, and that has led to Sherwood going on a bit of a tirade.
Tim Sherwood says Wolves were complacent in transfer window
Much was made of Wolves’ summer window, and fans were not best impressed by the work they had done.
The players who departed were not optimally replaced, and the ones who have come in have struggled to adapt.
Jeff Shi’s verdict on the transfers was not well received, and the grim reality is starting to look like the Old Gold will be playing in the Championship next season.
Right now, the atmosphere around Molineux is tense, and the future of Vitor Pereira is up in the air.
Of course, there is still time to turn things around, even if the outlook from supporters is currently pessimistic, and Tim Sherwood believes the mistakes of Wolves will be a lesson for clubs going forward.
Speaking on Sky Sports’ Soccer Saturday, Sherwood spoke about clubs around relegation right now and said, “Panic stations. That is what it is. They’ll be hunting around January trying to find players because a lot of them never spent the money. You know why?
“Because they think, ‘Oh, the three that came up will go back down again like they did the last two seasons.’ It is not materialising; it is not working out that way. I don’t think they will all stay up; I think a couple of them will go…
“Leeds and Burnley will still stay around the bottom half of the league, but it is up to the likes of Wolves to spend some money. Nottingham Forest are certainly in the position they are in. West Ham, they can’t get any worse than what they are.
“It will be a massive scramble to go and get players. Who is available? They will have to pay over the top. They should have shown a little more respect to the teams that came into the league, but it is a lesson now for teams moving forward, and teams won’t take that risk anymore.”
Tim Sherwood’s analysis is only half correct; the Old Gold, and Nottingham Forest in particular, did spend money, but in the case of Wolves, they got rid of way too much compared to what they brought in.
Wolves did spend but they downgraded their squad
Wolves did put money into the squad this summer, but they made a whole lot more money in sales.
The Wanderers ended the transfer window with a positive net spend after losing Matheus Cunha and Rayan Ait Nouri, and that is the overarching problem.
There was no ambition to pull Wolves away from the relegation scrap; rather, let us try and stay in place.
The issue then lay in the fact that the newly promoted teams showed more desire to stay in the Premier League than Fosun.
Relegation would be a disaster for Wolves, but everyone would have seen it coming, and the ownership is included.