Wolves must sell £37m star who earns as much as Gomes & Neto combined.
Gary O’Neil’s side must boldly wave goodbye to this player this summer.
Wolverhampton Wanderers appear to have found some stability in the leadership of Gary O’Neil, who has the skills and the style to enjoy a successful tenure at Molineux for many years yet.
Having taken the reins at Bournemouth following the sacking of Scott Parker in 2022/23 – previously serving as the 43-year-old’s understudy on the South Coast – O’Neil led the Cherries to unlikely survival on their return to the Premier League, though he was dismissed anyway for the progressive football of Andoni Iraola.
But Wolves know a gem when they see one, and after Julen Lopetegui’s departure, O’Neil was brought in and he has worked wonders in guiding the Old Gold away from danger and securing a comfortable 13th-place top-flight finish – accruing five extra points (46 in total) to last season’s 41-point haul.
And that’s despite last summer’s mass exodus, with three of Wolves’ record player sales occurring one year ago, leading to Lopetegui’s frustrations boiling over and his eventual resignation.
This all bears testament to O’Neil’s managerial wherewithal and his faculty for fashioning success from testing circumstances. On the plus, Wolves now enter this year’s summer transfer window with little concern over meeting Premier League Profit and Sustainability rules.
Though the Midlands club’s best players are being targetted regardless…
The players that could leave Wolves this summer
The obvious one. Pedro Neto is in high demand despite spending half of the 2023/24 campaign on the sidelines nursing injuries, though there is good reason for this after the Portuguese racked up three goals and 11 assists from only 24 matches in all competitions.
The 24-year-old is an immense talent and it’s little wonder that, as per The Telegraph, Manchester City and Newcastle United are snooping around with hopes of completing a deal in the coming months, though Wolves have stressed he will cost £60m.
