The Wolverhampton Gazette
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Kai Havertz
Wolverhampton asked and Arsenal said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Reece James at that price
Wolverhampton offered $37.0M; Chelsea said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Market17 Aug 2026
Sheffield United come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Wolverhampton did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Wolverhampton bid $6.8M for Othmane Maamma
The offer went to Watford this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Hwang Hee-Chan 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Wolverhampton
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: George Scott joins the Wolverhampton first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. George Scott is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Adam Palmer steps up from the Wolverhampton academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Adam Palmer has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Robert Smith steps up from the Wolverhampton academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Robert Smith has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Yerson Mosquera
- Squad Wolverhampton are still strangers to each other
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Wolverhampton