Liam Keen comment: Wolves weakened their unbalanced squad with lack of quality
Liam Keen has his say on Wolves' summer transfer window.
Wolves have ended the summer transfer window and arguably weakened their side - that is a damning indictment of any football club.
Vitor Pereira insists he does not want any 'stars' and he wants the team to be the star, but a lack of quality, creativity and ingenuity has left him with a pragmatic but uninspiring team.
Any club in Wolves' position that sells Matheus Cunha and Rayan Ait-Nouri will have a difficult time replacing them, but the hierarchy have not adequately recruited to replace the magic that pair can produce.
Not including add-ons or any future fees, Wolves sold £119.2million worth of talent and spent £105.7million on replacements, including the fee to make Jorgen Strand Larsen's loan a permanent move. That results in a total net profit of around £13.5million.
The fact it is a profit is not the issue because Wolves brought in six new players and their gross spend was more than expected this summer.
The issue is the quality of those players. None of them have any Premier League experience, some are young and will need time and in the opening three games of the Premier League - albeit some have shown some positives - there is no star power.
In selling Cunha, Ait-Nouri and Goncalo Guedes, while allowing Nelson Semedo and Pablo Sarabia to leave as free agents, Wolves have lost five players that contributed to 49 per cent of Wolves' goals and assists in the Premier League last season.
