Wolverhampton Wanderers have been credited with an curiosity in signing a teenage gem for Gary O’Neil as they give the impression of being to proceed their plans to construct for the longer term.
Wolves constructing for the longer term however struggling within the current
It has been a nightmare begin to the Premier League season for Wolves and O’Neil. After seven video games, they’re one in every of 4 sides with no win (together with Ipswich City, Crystal Palace and Southampton), whereas they’ve taken only a single level for his or her efforts, placing them backside of the desk.
Of their favour, they’ve endured one of many hardest fixture lists within the Premier League to this point, with video games in opposition to Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Newcastle United already out of the way in which for the Previous Gold, nevertheless it stays a disappointing begin to the marketing campaign and O’Neil is underneath early stress to show issues spherical amid fan disgruntlement.
Their poor kind stretches into the again finish of the 23/24 marketing campaign, with Wolves having gained simply one in every of their final 17 Premier League video games, however it’s not but anticipated to value O’Neil his job even because it continues into October. It follows a summer season wherein they misplaced key duo Max Kilman and Pedro Neto, netting the membership virtually £100m which was not all reinvested within the enjoying squad.
When it was, it was spent on youthful gamers, with no outfield participant over the age of 23 signed, and solely Sam Johnstone falling into that class throughout the squad. Now, they may nicely proceed that theme with the membership linked with one other thrilling younger expertise.
|
Participant |
Age |
Payment (as per Transfermarkt) |
|
Andre |
23 |
€22m |
|
Rodrigo Gomes |
20 |
€15m |
|
Sam Johnstone |
31 |
€11.9m |
|
Pedro Lima |
18 |
€10m |
|
Tommy Doyle |
22 |
€5m |
|
Bastien Meupiyou |
18 |
€5m |
|
Carlos Forbs |
20 |
Mortgage |
|
Jorgen Strand Larsen |
24 |
Mortgage |
Wolves chase South Korean gem
That’s in accordance with South Korean journalist Joel Kim, who relays reviews from South Korea that Wolves at the moment are carefully monitoring proficient attacker Yun Do-Younger forward of a possible future transfer.
The 17-year-old, who Kim describes as a participant witth “nice potential”, has managed a objective and two assists in senior Korean League soccer so far after breaking into the primary crew earlier this season, with simply 500 senior minutes to his title.
Soccer Scout Trey took to X to dub him “among the finest prospects in South Korea”, and he has represented South Korea at youth degree, making his U20 debut final month at simply 17 years outdated after progressing by the U19 and U17 setups.
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Wolves, after all, already boast South Korean expertise Hwang Hee-Chan, who arrived for simply £15m from RB Leipzig and has been a success at Molineux, scoring 22 occasions in 102 video games for the Previous Gold and turning into a fan favorite due to his work price even when his ending will be wayward.
Had been Yun Do-Younger to comply with in his compatriots footsteps at a fraction of the price, the 17-year-old could develop into a very fashionable signing within the Midlands in a short time.
