Wolves supremo targeting January reinforcements

Wolves chairman Jeff Shi says the club are prepared to invest in new talent in the January transfer window to combat recent injury problems. Having qualified for the Europa League last season via a seventh-place finish in the Premier League, it was widely anticipated the Molineux outfit would spend big during the summer to make sure they were capable of competing on multiple fronts.
Instead, Wolves were relatively quiet during the last transfer window, signing up loan duo Raul Jimenez and Leander Dendoncker while adding Jesus Vallejo, Pedro Neto and Patrick Curtone to their first-team squad.
Head coach Nuno Espirito Santo has often worked with just a small core of players since taking charge at Wolves but that strategy has come back to haunt them this season as the hectic schedule starts to take a toll.
The club confirmed on Wednesday that they had lost central defender Willy Boly for months after he underwent surgery on a fractured leg, joining Morgan Gibbs-White on the sidelines.
With several other players carrying minor issues, Wolves can ill afford too many more injuries with their squad in danger of being stretched.
Shi has now reassured fans that a move into the January transfer market could take place in order to maintain the strength of the squad, although he insists they won’t be splashing the cash just for the sake of it as they target specific areas to improve.
Shi told wolves.co.uk: “Of course. We are always ready to invest. Don’t worry about it. If we need to strengthen the squad of course we have the capacity to do that in January. “The philosophy of the club is to do the right deal. We don’t want to do something wrong and spend some money on a player who never plays well. You can see some examples at other clubs so I hope we can avoid that.”
Wolves have only previously signed one player during the January transfer window since Nuno arrived at the club, the Portuguese previously indicating he’s not a fan of buying players in that period.