Wolves supporters will now lament the star’s $43 million sale.
The £43 million star that Wolverhampton Wanderers sold to Molineux more than a year ago may have been a mistake.
Supporters of Wolverhampton Wanderers may regret their club’s decision to sell a £43 million star at Molineux.
One of Wolves head coach Gary O’Neil’s key players left the Black Country team for a Premier League powerhouse this season.
Next weekend, Wanderers play AFC Bournemouth.
According to Sunday People Chief Sports Writer Neil Moxley, Wolverhampton Wanderers supporters may regret selling academy product Morgan Gibbs-White to Nottingham Forest in 2022. Moxley gave his opinion to GIVEMESPORT.
Wolves have made a mixed start to the season under head coach Gary O’Neil.
Ahead of the 2022/23 season, Gibbs-White returned to Wolves, having impressed in the Championship on loan at Sheffield United. The academy prospect felt he had done enough to warrant a place in then-manager Bruno Lage’s first team as Wanderers aimed to build on the previous season’s 10th-placed finish. At the time, journalist Paul Brown told GIVEMESPORT that the 23-year-old had a role to play at Molineux after impressing in pre-season.
Gibbs-White started the first two games of the campaign but failed to inspire, alongside the rest of the team, in a 2-1 defeat at Leeds United before a home stalemate with Fulham. With Wolves requiring additions, having already signed Burnley centre-back Nathan Collins and Valencia forward Goncalo Guedes, the club turned towards Sporting CP and Portugal midfielder Matheus Nunes. However, the club’s financial fair play situation meant they needed to raise revenue to complete the signing.
Enter Nottingham Forest, who signed Gibbs-White in a deal worth almost £43m, paying an initial £25m for his services. The transfer enabled Wolves to sign Nunes in a deal worth around £42m, a club-record signing after eclipsing the £35m spent on FC Porto striker Fabio Silva. However, fast forward 12 months, and the situation has changed drastically. Both Forest and Wolves fended off relegation to the Championship last term and had aspirations of pushing on this season.
Since signing for the two-time European Cup winners, Gibbs-White has provided 14 goal contributions in 47 appearances, with some calling upon Gareth Southgate to call him up to his England squad. Meanwhile, Nunes’ time at Wolves was underwhelming. The 25-year-old bagged just one goal last term before going on strike after Wanderers turned down an initial approach from Manchester City for his services during the summer transfer market.
Nunes eventually got his move to City after Wolves accepted a deal worth £53m on Deadline Day in a club-record sale. And the deal to sell Gibbs-White for Nunes may come back to haunt Wolves after the U21 European Championship winner was lauded as an “absolute menace” in the final third by journalist Antonio Mango.
Neil Moxley update – Morgan Gibbs-White
Moxley has suggested that Wolves had put in the hard yards to develop Gibbs-White into a Premier League player before selling him to Forest and believes supporters will regret the decision to sell him. When asked if the club rue to the decision to allow the forward to leave, the journalist told GIVEMESPORT:
“I believe the backers will. Through their academy, he was developed, and Nuno Espirito Santo oversaw his debut. It appeared like they had already completed the difficult task with him. They worked on him, and he eventually played for England’s young teams, U21s, and other teams. They switched him off to Forest just as he was about to make a major contribution to the first team and break through. He is highly regarded by Steve Cooper, who included him in his U17 World Cup-winning team. I understand.
Wolves transfer news
According to TEAMtalk, Tottenham Hotspur are interested in signing Galatasaray centre-back Victor Nelsson but may have to battle Arsenal and Wolves for his signature. O’Neil has deployed a five-at-the-back system when facing Manchester City and Aston Villa in recent weeks and could stick with the formation when they travel to AFC Bournemouth next weekend. However, the side are only one injury away from being short at the back, meaning links to Nelsson could come to fruition.
Journalist Dean Jones has recently told GIVEMESPORT that Paris Saint-Germain forward Hugo Ekitike could be a boost for Wanderers’ survival hopes. According to Le10Sport, Wolves are joined by Arsenal, Everton, Newcastle United and West Ham United to sign the PSG talent, who has struggled for game time in Ligue 1 this term.
Pedro Neto, a winger at Molineux, may be the next big transfer topic, Jones recently told GIVEMESPORT. According to the transfer insider, Wolves, who had previously rated the Portugal international at £50m due to Arsenal’s interest in 2022, are sure that he won’t go in January. However, as the winter transfer window approaches, interest in the 23-year-old’s services will rise due to his continuous success.
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