Wolves hierarchy admit they got summer transfers ‘wrong’

Wolverhampton Wanderers technical director Matt Jackson has admitted that they got their transfer business ‘wrong’ in the summer. 

Wolves sold Matheus Cunha and Rayan Ait-Nouri to Manchester United and Manchester City for a combined £92.5 million last summer. 

Meanwhile, captain Nelson Semedo left the club on a free transfer. 

The Midlands side signed six first-team players in Fer Lopez, Jhon Arias, David Moller Wolfe, Tolu Arokodare, Ladislav Krejci and Jackson Tchatchoua. 

But the transfers haven’t worked out for Wolves, who have endured a disastrous 2025-26 campaign. 

They currently sit at the bottom of the Premier League table after recording just two points from 15 matches. 

The club’s technical director Jackson admitted their summer mistakes in an interview to BBC Radio WM.

He said: “The players who were brought in were brought in for the right reasons, but when you have a return of two points at this stage you have to say it’s wrong because whatever starting XI we have put out has not been good enough.

“We have a great belief in those players developing. The ability and will to improve has been excellent – but you want immediate returns.

“For the way we can go into the market for our players, it’s tough. We don’t have endless resources so we are trying to find players in markets where others aren’t necessarily looking.”

Relegation is looking almost inevitable for Wolves, who haven’t won in the Premier League since April. 

They sacked Vitor Pereira in November, replacing the Portuguese with Rob Edwards in the dugout. 

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But things have not improved under the former Middlesbrough manager, who has lost all his four matches in charge. 

The players are putting their best efforts but the lack of quality means they are not getting the desired results. 

Unless Edwards manages to inspire a massive comeback, Wolves are almost certain to suffer relegation to the Championship. 

They will look to make some quality additions in the winter transfer window, but it remains doubtful whether players would be open to joining the relegation battling club.