Can Wolves afford to bring in new signings?

An update from Wolves

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00:00 So, Charlie, just on Wolves, what's the latest you can tell us transfer-wise? Because there's

00:04 been sort of a big bit of breaking news over the last few weeks at the situation regarding

00:10 the budget and the FFP, fairly similar to what we saw in May.

00:16 Yeah, Lopetegui kind of alluded to it quite a few months ago that signings would be difficult

00:21 with the financial fair play and having to balance the books. But you'd expect Ruben

00:25 Neves going to Al-Hilal for, what was it, £45M, £50M, should do plenty to try and

00:31 free up some funds. But it seems that the situation has worsened even further. FOS and

00:36 International are looking like they might be selling up at some point. Are they preparing

00:39 for that and trying to make sure that the financial situation is in the best place it

00:43 can be before they do that? That's kind of unclear at the moment. But what is clear is

00:47 that signings are very unlikely now, unless it's on a free or a loan deal. Lopetegui has

00:52 mentioned that just the funds aren't there at the moment. Daniel Podence is set to go.

00:57 That's been admitted already and he hasn't been involved in pre-season. Ryan Aitnouri

01:02 as well, who a lot of people have high hopes for at left back, maybe offer some competition,

01:07 has so much potential as well and has shown that at times. But he's been linked heavily

01:11 with Nice in French Ligue. That could well happen. Apparently, personal terms have been

01:16 agreed and it's just about finding a deal now with Wolves. So I think supporters will

01:20 probably be quite disappointed with that one. And in midfield, Alex Scott, it doesn't look

01:25 like it's going to happen after all these months of speculation. AFC Bournemouth looked

01:29 like the likeliest option. And just as I said before, the funds aren't there. £25 million

01:34 it will cost. That's just not going to happen. So someone like Jael Gomez is probably going

01:38 to have to come in as Ruben Neves' replacement, which a lot of pressure for a young player.

01:43 But he definitely showed plenty of signs last season. And there's a decent amount of depth

01:47 midfield following some January additions.