Wolves’ standout signing this season as they near the homegrown route after Tommy Doyle impact
Well, as Wolves have recently found struggles with purchasing players in transfer windows, they’ll look back on the season with great fondness to how their new arrivals got on and how the Molineux crowd took to them throughout what was at times, a difficult season.
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00:00 Charlie, let's look at Wolves and their best signings for this season, who've joined the club over the summer or January even as well,
00:10 and have made an impact and afforded their stay at the club. Who stands out for you as Wolves' best signing this season?
00:20 Well, obviously, it's been a season where Wolves haven't been able to spend big money,
00:25 having to stay on the correct side of financial fair play, the Premier League's very strict profit sustainability rules.
00:31 We've seen how that's ended up for the likes of Everton and Nottingham Forest with points deductions.
00:35 So, not much money could be spent. And as a result, I've gone for a player who I suppose technically was a signing from last season,
00:42 but became permanent at the start of this. Matthias Kuhnje has just been unbelievable in a Wolves shirt,
00:48 getting 12 goals and 7 assists in his 32 Premier League matches. Season just gone. A hat-trick against Chelsea as well.
00:55 A goal of the season contender away at Nottingham Forest, the one where he dribbled through pretty much the entire team down the left-hand side.
01:01 A clever turn in the box to put it in the back of the net. I think he's just been so, so impressive.
01:07 But not just with his goals and assists, but just his general build-up play, the way he drives through the centre with the ball.
01:12 It gives Wolves a bit of impetus and attacks, which we didn't really see under Bruno Large.
01:16 Lopetegui as well. I know he did a fantastic job, but they weren't exactly scoring goals with fun, were they?
01:21 But Kuhnje, his drive through the middle, working with the likes of Neto and Huang has been really impressive.
01:26 So, I think he's been the signing of the season. But I think an honourable mention has to go to Tommy Doyle, of course, who joined from Manchester City.
01:33 It was an initial loan. That's now going to be permanent for a very small fee.
01:38 I think he's been impressive in the middle of the park. His passing range, I think, is one thing that has been particularly impressive.
01:45 It just gives Wolves a bit more of an outlet in midfield. Rather than just having the physical players, the likes of Lamina and Jao Gomes,
01:52 you've got someone who can maybe thread a pass through the centre a bit better. So, I think Doyle's been a good signing too.
01:58 Yeah, and just on Tommy Doyle, obviously, more out of the home nations. Wolves have taken a route of signing foreign players over the last five, six years,
02:09 even since Fosen took over. He's a great example of why you need to look at the Premier League clubs as academies and just try and loan players.
02:18 And then they might fall in love with the club. He seems like a fan favourite. And as you say, a fantastic season.
02:24 How important is it that Wolves don't always take the foreign route with transfers?
02:29 I think as well, the homegrown quota, having to have a certain amount of players registered that are homegrown, that's important.
02:36 As well, having someone who's going to be coming through in the British ranks, I think is important as well for the younger players, English-speaking players.
02:44 Also, for a Manchester City club that's got such an impressive academy, you can get these players on the cheap because they're not going to have the opportunities.
02:53 So many world-class players in this field, and I think Wolves have taken good advantage of that and getting a real coot for just a few million pounds.
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