It has been an atrocious start to the new season for Wolves, and many have put it mainly down to the club’s summer recruitment.
Wolves have lost all five of their Premier League games so far, with the latest defeat coming against Leeds United.
Wanderers were beaten 3-1 at Molineux, after taking the lead early doors.
Ladislav Krejci opened his account for Wolves, but then terrible defending saw Leeds score three times before the break.
Wolves tried to get back into the contest, but could hardly lay a glove on the visitors, as the lack of quality on show was laid bare.
Many are pointing to the summer Wolves had as being nowhere near good enough, questioning the recruitment which was overseen by Jeff Shi, Domenico Teti, Jorge Mendes, Valdir Cardoso and Pereira himself.
Wolves sources accept summer recruitment could have been better
Wolves brought in six new players in the summer, and also turned Jorgen Strand Larsen’s loan move permanent.
Fer Lopez, Jhon Arias, David Moller Wolfe, Jackson Tchatchoua, Ladislav Krejci and Tolu Arokodare were all brought in, with not one of those players having ever played in the Premier League before.
Granted, Wolves don’t tend to buy from fellow Premier League clubs much these days.
But given how many players with a lot of Premier League experience were leaving, it would surely have made sense to perhaps get one or two in.
BBC Sport have published an intriguing piece about Wolves’ current situation, and have reported that sources at the club ‘have conceded the order in which they arrived could have been better, targeting priority positions sooner to help the settling-in process and therefore improving performances’.
This comes after Jeff Shi boldly stated that Wolves had had a good summer in terms of recruitment.
Wolves’ 2025 summer window could cost them Premier League football
It is little surprise to read that Wolves feel their recruitment plan could have been better.
The players that have come in are all gambles, and the failure to land a new midfielder was definitely an oversight. Yes, Krejci can play there. But Wolves needed a more natural option.
The 2025 window was always going to be one of the most important ones in the club’s recent history.
Wolves knew there was a strong chance that Matheus Cunha, Nelson Semedo and Pablo Sarabia could all leave, as well as Rayan Ait-Nouri.
Wolves needed their new recruits in much earlier in the summer, so that, in theory, they would need less time to adapt.
Only Lopez and Arias had much involvement in pre-season, with the others now coming into the new campaign relatively cold and having to get up to speed in their new environment.
As a result of this, it is hard not to conclude that Wolves have totally gambled with their Premier League status.