Wolves must balance books after big signings
Wolves will spend the next few weeks attempting to balance the books after two of their biggest signings in their history. Wolves will spend the next few weeks attempting to balance the books after two of their biggest signings in their history. Yesterday's unveiling of Roger Johnson and the captures of Jamie O'Hara and Dorus De Vries this summer have left the Molineux wage bill top-heavy. Wolves have shed a chunk of salaries with the £1m sale of Greg Halford to Portsmouth, and the release of Marcus Hahnemann and David Jones, whose contracts expired at the end of June, while Steven Mouyokolo's loan to FC Sochaux has also brought some cash in to the coffers. But the arrival of Johnson, whose four-year deal starts at an estimated £40,000-a-week, and O'Hara, around £35,000-a-week, needs to be offset by several departures.
Wolves will spend the next few weeks attempting to balance the books after two of their biggest signings in their history.
Yesterday's unveiling of Roger Johnson and the captures of Jamie O'Hara and Dorus De Vries this summer have left the Molineux wage bill top-heavy.
Wolves have shed a chunk of salaries with the £1m sale of Greg Halford to Portsmouth, and the release of Marcus Hahnemann and David Jones, whose contracts expired at the end of June, while Steven Mouyokolo's loan to FC Sochaux has also brought some cash in to the coffers.
But the arrival of Johnson, whose four-year deal starts at an estimated £40,000-a-week, and O'Hara, around £35,000-a-week, needs to be offset by several departures.
Strikers Andy Keogh, Sam Vokes, Stefan Maierhofer and Nenad Milijas could all go.
Serbia international Milijas is halfway through a four-year deal while Keogh and Maierhofer can walk away for nothing when their contracts end next summer.
Boss Mick McCarthy said: "Someone may have to leave but none of the players we want to keep. If we can sign some more that would be great."
