Journalist David Ornstein has said that he got the sense that Wolves were actually going to vote against related-party loans initially.
On Tuesday, it was revealed that Premier League clubs will be able to loan players from clubs owned by the same people.
In the end clubs voted 13-7 in favour of the ban, but 14 votes were needed for it to pass.
It means Newcastle United are now free to take players on loan from the PIF-owned clubs in Saudi Arabia. Manchester City can get players from CFG-owned clubs and Manchester United would be able to get players from OGC Nice, who are owned by Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s INEOS group. Ratcliffe is expected to acquire a stake in United very soon.
Wolves were revealed to be a club that voted against the ban – and David Ornstein has been speaking about the club on the latest episode of Stick to Football on The Overlap…
Wolves were initially going to vote for the ban
Some have expressed their surprise that Wolves voted against the ban.
Journalist Ornstein was speaking about the club on Stick To Football, and says that he got the sense Wolves were actually going to vote for the ban.
He said: “Wolves is a very good question. I got the sense within the industry that they were going to support the motion to block this because they don’t have a multi-club model. They do have an association with Grasshopper Zurich, but you don’t imagine they’re going to be looking to bring players on loan in January.”
Wolves vote is intriguing
It is certainly very interesting that Wolves decided to vote against the temporary ban, considering the club would not really have benefited.
Wolves do have an association with Grasshoppers, but you would not imagine there being a desire from Wolves to land players from the Swiss outfit.
In recent years, Wolves have sent a number of players on loan to them to boost the development of their own and that, really, has been the extent of the association/relationship.
It will be interesting to see how Wolves react if Newcastle now go out and land former Molineux captain Ruben Neves, as has been reported could happen.
Had just one more Premier League club voted for the ban, then the Magpies would not be allowed to go after him.