The project is over

[sillytuna]

Nuno leaving, no meaningful stadium changes, strange transfers last summer, lost several key members of staff even before today... and Chinese companies under pressure over their football expenditure.

Rumours about a number of players leaving, Traore contract, new manager rumour.

The project is over before it had a chance to be finished. Not sure how much of this was Covid as I had suspicions even before then, especially when we failed to qualify for europe again. It's a real shame but we did have some amazing moments.

I dearly hope I'm wrong but it seems very unlikely.

 

[Denmark Wolf]

Nuno leaving, no meaningful stadium changes, strange transfers last summer, lost several key members of staff even before today... and Chinese companies under pressure over their football expenditure.

Rumours about a number of players leaving, Traore contract, new manager rumour.

The project is over before it had a chance to be finished. Not sure how much of this was Covid as I had suspicions even before then, especially when we failed to qualify for europe again. It's a real shame but we did have some amazing moments.

I dearly hope I'm wrong but it seems very unlikely.

Calm down please…

 

[Oliwolf44]

If Rui and Joao leaving aswell we are pressing the full reset button.
Making the decision now gives the most possible time to board to select right candidate and for said candidate to bring in players he needs and offseason to prepare. Down to Fosun now

 

[Olivergoldblack]

It's easy to see the potential of the negative here, could well be back to being a provincial club in the second tier and up for sale. However who knows? Fosun might have had enough of the staleness this season under Nuno (obvs mitigating reasons for that), might have already lured in a top class manager and promised a serious 2 fingers up to FFP warchest for him.

 

[Stratman Wolves]

How a soccer agent and Chinese billionaire aimed to trade in players

The Portuguese super-agent Jorge Mendes joined forces with investors from Shanghai and planned to cash in on buying and selling athletes, documents show.

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The project continues. The new manager will buy more U23's to bed into the squad over the next couple seasons. Neto and Neves will be sold for profit soon (next season or after) because the whole point of Fosun's ownership is to use football prospects as speculative assets. The project always was this. I'm okay with being Portuguese Southampton if it means survival but I'm tired of Shi ****ing down our back and telling it's raining with the promises of Champions League lmao

I'm not anti-Fosun but I am a realist and its time Wolves supporters took off the golden tinted shades and accepted the reality of what is going on.

 

[Phitsanulok (Poole) Wolf]

Presuming the whole backup team will go as well.
How many "stars" will be poached. Nuno held the whole thing together.
It feels like a complete re-set, start from a blank sheet.
A total disaster in my view.

 

[Arky_R]

Maybe wait till someone is appointed and we’ve started the season. We may be pleasantly surprised.

 

[sillytuna]

Calm down please…

I stand by the above.

The bright side is we have some great young players and will raise some money from sales. The key is getting the right manager. If we're really going for Lage then that seems bizarre. However, we'd all give him a chance.

 

[Black Country Wanderer]

Most on here have been asking for change
Well now you have it

 

[Hoganstolemywife]

I always say it. Be careful what you wish for.

 

[Sirstancullis]

The next appointment will show the ambition or lack of it from the owners.

 

[VancouverWolf]

Calm down please…

Yes to this......for God’s sake give us time to absorb this lousy news, ( at least it is for me ).

 

[Flea]

You all need to keep your pants on and circulate a little.
We simply do not know yet how this will pan out.
For Fosun to stop investing in us doesn´t make any sense at all..and they have always invested up til this point.

We needed an overhaul,almost everyone agreed.
Let´s just sit back and take in the scenery shall we?

 

[Loefah]

The next appointment will show the ambition or lack of it from the owners.

What if it's Frank Lampard? haha.

I do wonder if we're going in a completely different direction now.

 

[Glow69]

Wonder if the Nuno out brigade are popping some champagne

 

[oldgoldheart]

if we appoint another zenga we will go down. this is a big deal. i think it has been planned for weeks if not months. what fosun do next is massive

 

[Hoganstolemywife]

What if it's Frank Lampard? haha.

I do wonder if we're going in a completely different direction now.

My instinct is that we have very much peaked. I don't really know how to feel right now, but i fear we will be talking about a 12th place finish very differently in 9 months to how we are now.

Then again, Ranieri won the league so who knows anything

 

[Northampton_wolf]

If Rui and Joao leaving aswell we are pressing the full reset button.
Making the decision now gives the most possible time to board to select right candidate and for said candidate to bring in players he needs and offseason to prepare. Down to Fosun now

System reset might be happening, rui and moutinho got us near now time to get on neves and the new for the step to top6

 

[Biffana wolf]

All clubs need to reset sometimes. The club before nuno had zero foundations now it does have. Nuno I belive took us as far as he could he wanted the small squad they came back to bite us when injuries hit.
He settled the squad and got us safe. But now itsntime for a new man to come in and build on those foundations, we have a good squad yes we may lose a few but we will recruit as well.
Many clubs all competing for the same. For me we were always too reliant on portugues players, yet other teams had a mix.
Personally I see good and better times ahead, I thank nuno for all he has done and wish him well wherever he goes.

 

[Macman]

The next appointment will show the ambition or lack of it from the owners.

This. i wanted Nuno to have a summer and start of next season to get it right. i fear we will be disappointed, but you never know. If Fosun mean business then we might be surprised.... but concerned the money has dried up.

 

[Stratman Wolves]

System reset might be happening, rui and moutinho got us near now time to get on neves and the new for the step to top6

I hope you're right, but I fear Fosun will cash in on Neves.

 

[Hoganstolemywife]

Wonder if the Nuno out brigade are popping some champagne

They got their blood. Let's see if they were right all along

 

[jrpb-3]

maybe, the more important question is what will the new project be ?

getting rid of a manager is often the easy part, getting in the right replacement and giving them time and funds to move things forward can be more difficult.

If rumours about limited funds and some of the players leaving there could be tough times ahead if the appointment isn't a good one. After a bit of time to give Nuno the respect he deserves I think we need to here from Fosun about what their plans/ambitions now are (though I guess actions will speak louder than words)

 

[Stratman Wolves]

Most on here have been asking for change
Well now you have it

Wonder if the Nuno out brigade are popping some champagne

I feel some people like this have a sick satisfaction of Nuno being sacked so they can scold others on the internet.

 

[Flea]

I hope you're right, but I fear Fosun will cash in on Neves.

Neves is replaceable.
It is all to do with what players we gonna bring in this summer.
Our midfield has stunk for a long time,and Neves has contributed.

 

[BCWolf]

if we appoint another zenga we will go down. this is a big deal. i think it has been planned for weeks if not months. what fosun do next is massive

I tend to agree. Have felt for some time that Nuno was leaving and details have only now come to the surface. Next season will be the real transition.

 

[MontyR]

I’m going to be optimistic and say we’re moving into stage 2 of the project.

Stage 1 was to cement our place in the premier league, something which Nuno has done.

Stage 2 is to unleash the youth at the premier league, something which Lage seems to be perfect at.

With talks of Kang-In Lee getting close to a done deal, and the younger players getting a good run at the end of the season, I’m excited to see how Lage performs with them next year. He turned Joao Felix into a €120m player in 1 season.

 

[Hoganstolemywife]

I feel some people like this have a sick satisfaction of Nuno being sacked so they can scold others on the internet.

That's probably fair tbh.

I swear there is something evolutionary about saying 'told you so'

 

[woop woop barmy army]

No person are player are bigger than the club, This summer will be interesting one. I feel we will already have someone lined up.

 

[Wolf Pack leader]

Lets just chill

By 1st September we will know who the new manager is and we will have seen what player have come in.

ONLY then we can judge if the club has had a positive reset.

 

[Alex Rae The Substitute]

The next appointment will say it all.

 

[thisisgil]

The project is over before it had a chance to be finished.

I know Castore aren't quite as reputable as Adidas but this feels a little extreme.

 

[MasWolf]

Nuno leaving, no meaningful stadium changes, strange transfers last summer, lost several key members of staff even before today... and Chinese companies under pressure over their football expenditure.

Rumours about a number of players leaving, Traore contract, new manager rumour.

The project is over before it had a chance to be finished. Not sure how much of this was Covid as I had suspicions even before then, especially when we failed to qualify for europe again. It's a real shame but we did have some amazing moments.

I dearly hope I'm wrong but it seems very unlikely.

To be fair, we only failed to qualify for Europe because Chelsea couldn't beat Arsenal in the FA Cup

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Sometimes I despair. Some folk have been saying Nuno should leave. Well he is leaving, and now some folk are worried about his replacement. Or whether Fosun are still interested. Or whether the project is over.

How about some folk just calm down and wait and see what happens.

 

[Olivergoldblack]

Presuming the whole backup team will go as well.
How many "stars" will be poached. Nuno held the whole thing together.
It feels like a complete re-set, start from a blank sheet.
A total disaster in my view.

Just need to see what happens. If we appoint Big Sam and have a fire-sale of our squad in the summer, then yes disaster. Could go the other way too.

 

[Stratman Wolves]

My worst fears if true.

 

[Oh When the Wolves]

My worst fears if true.

You do wonder what the ****ing point is if true and why we spent 37 million on Silva

 

[Stratman Wolves]

You do wonder what the ****ing point is if true and why we spent 37 million on Silva

I've posted the above Reuters article many times. The reasons are sunshine clear as day, it's just not what we really wanted at the club.

 

[Oh When the Wolves]

I've posted the above Reuters article many times. The reasons are sunshine clear as day, it's just not what we really wanted at the club.

Fosun out

back to league one we go

 

[Tarcisio Mifsud]

It is very difficult for us - supporters of Wolves - to guess what the future will be for our much loved team. Hope we shall be able to at least have a good team, which is able to compete for the second tier of the table between 7th and 14th places. Do not want to raise our expectations that much and prefer to wait until the season begins to roll out itself.