Liam Keen's early Wolves summer transfer predictions

Liam Keen gives his take on what Wolves may try and do across the January transfer window.

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00:00 On the transfer window, obviously at the moment it's very quiet. Obviously rumours circulate

00:13 as they do, but not a lot of concrete news in terms of Wolves. Obviously a couple of

00:19 weeks ago we had the talks, the reported talks with Che Adams. So what's the latest really?

00:26 Obviously it's going to be slow and then it will ramp up, but has any more come of that?

00:32 And what are the areas do you think Gary O'Neill will want to target first in the transfer

00:38 window?

00:39 Yeah, there was a quote just before the season ended from Gary O'Neill to say that it's no

00:44 surprise and it should be no shock that most of the business is done on August 30th and

00:49 August 31st. And that's for a lot of reasons. The way the market moves, the way that prices

00:54 increase or decrease, clubs don't want to lose players, then all of a sudden they have

00:58 a replacement and deals can happen. So as with almost every summer, I'm sure it will

01:04 drag on for Wolves when it comes to the majority of their business. But as you mentioned, Che

01:08 Adams is one that we know they've definitely been in conversations with. The fact that

01:11 Southampton have now gone up may impact that. I would imagine they have a contract on the

01:15 table for him and the money he may be asking for could have some sort of impact from Wolves'

01:20 point of view. But we're working to find out the latest on that because we know he's a

01:23 player that Wolves want. He's a player they've wanted for a little while. He will, if he

01:27 does arrive on a free transfer, add good depth to the striking options. But I would hope

01:32 that they would bring in an extra striker on top of that. So for the positions we're

01:36 talking about, striker is the obvious one. You probably need two, including Che Adams,

01:41 if he is signing that they are able to go over the line. Two would be, I think, roughly

01:46 about right considering you have Huang, you can play there. You've got other players you

01:49 can play there, but you've got a bit of a stronger forward line. The next one is wingers.

01:54 Pedroneto obviously, you know, depends on whether he stays in the club or not, but he's

01:58 the only real out and out winger that Wolves have at the club. They've got Sarabia, Kunya,

02:03 Huang, Bellegarde, who are all very different forwards, sort of inside forwards, number

02:08 10 forwards, false striker forwards, not really out and out wingers like Pedroneto is. So

02:13 that needs addressing, absolutely. And then for me, the next one, me and Nathan have spoken

02:18 about it quite a lot, would be centre back because they've got a lot of talent in there.

02:23 I think Totti Gomez, Santi Bueno and Max Killmann are all very good players and very different

02:28 players at the same time. But when Craig Dawson was out injured and it was those three, or

02:33 those three occasionally without Santi Bueno when he was injured and Nelson Smedo was in,

02:38 it needed a bit more experience, a bit more leadership, I felt. And I feel like that could

02:42 be an area they could definitely make an addition in, particularly if they're going to stick

02:45 with a back five. And on top of that, it may impact Yosemite Mosquera, his future, whether

02:52 it's with or without Wolves, could impact whether they make an addition there. So centre

02:56 back, I think, sneakily, will be a really important one for Wolves fans to keep an eye

03:00 on going into the summer.