Shi in the market for players who want to be 'legends of the club'
As Wolves prepare for life in the Championship for the first time since 2017-18, there will naturally be questions surrounding the club's approach to player recruitment. In a fans forum this week, executive chairman Nathan Shi was asked about the type of players the club should be looking to retain and attract. He answered: "When the club doesn't have a clear ambition about where it wants to be, how can you require and demand the players to show their pride?
"I don't want the players to view Wolves as just one stop in their career, so if they play well we give them to Manchester City or Manchester United . If they don't play well, we can still sell them elsewhere. "I want to have more players that belong with the club in their mind.
They should try to be legends of the club. They should be proud to be with the club. "That will also be a very important criteria when we recruit new players.
We need to make this an exciting project, so that we can really be attractive to the players we want. "We have full support from the shareholders. I cannot tell you about the money they are going to spend because I don't want to look weak on the bargain table this summer.
We don't want every club trying to squeeze more money from us. " Current head coach Rob Edwards also weighed in on the same topic - and he was adamant he doesn't want to convince anyone to come to Molineux. He explained: "We want leadership.