The Wolverhampton Gazette
Market3 Aug 2026
Sam Johnstone wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Wolverhampton hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Kieran Trippier stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Kieran Trippier and Wolverhampton agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Sam Johnstone in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Wolverhampton this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Kieran Trippier falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market3 Aug 2026
24 months and counting on José Sá
Still no offer on the table, and José Sá’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Rodrigo Gomes knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Wolverhampton, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Market Daniel Bentley told to find a new club
- Market Talks stall between Wolverhampton and Dapo Anunlopo