Max Kilman was one of the players who had interest in the Wolves but stayed, and Gary O’Neil will be happy the team didn’t sign him. A lot of players left the Wolves in the summer.
Kilman has played every minute of Wolves’ Premier League campaign thus far, being a constant fixture on the field. In the Carabao Cup, he has also made an additional appearance against Blackpool.
After Rueben Neves left, Kilman took over as captain at Molineux.
Having played for Maidenhead United as recently as 2018, the 26-year-old has worked really hard to reach this point, so it was a very proud occasion for him.
Kilman has just started playing on the right side of the Wolves’ defense. He was really happy in that role when Bruno Lage placed him there for the 2021–2022 season, and he has been playing well lately.
Given that there was potential he could have left in the summer, O’Neil and the Wolves authorities will be happy with how he’s doing.
Napoli was quite interested in Max Kilman, and he may have left Wolves in the summer.
Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur
In the summer, the Wolves lost players left and right as they attempted to straighten out their financial situation.
There was a moment when Kilman could have left.
Kilman was regarded as a saleable asset, and Wolves needed to make a sizable profit in order to comply with FFP regulations.
Kilman was traded to Italian powerhouse Napoli, who were losing Kim Min-jae to Bayern Munich. They allegedly made Wolves an offer of £30 million for the defender.
The Wolves turned it down, but if a better offer had been made, the team would have accepted. It is believed that £40 million would have sufficed (source: Mirror).
In the end, the Wolves’ attitude forced Napoli to back down, and Wolves executives will undoubtedly be happy about that right now.
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