A look at the boss’ future at Wolves.
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00:00Matheus Cunha has come out and himself addressed the sort of comments made in an interview
00:22saying that he wants to fight for titles. I think it was sort of dragged out of proportion
00:26by a few news outlets saying he's completely done, etc. It was made to look as if he was
00:32that and then he sort of came out and downplayed it a little bit. He obviously wants to take
00:37the next step in his career. He's gone away with international duty and scored for Brazil.
00:43When the last player who played for Wolves has scored for Brazil, the great nation they
00:48are is quite unbelievable really. But he's clearly a player who throughout the season
00:53and the back end of last season as well, has been a level above most of the rest in
00:58the group. I think he knows that. I think Wolves fans know that. I think Wolves players
01:03know that as well. He's been unbelievable. It's a bit of a difficult situation when they
01:10have to probably part ways with him this summer. It's quite an awkward one when you have him
01:16coming out and saying he wants to challenge for titles and then Wolves are obviously focused
01:20on avoiding the drop. So there's a big difference there. Fosun need to make sure that it's another
01:25player who, yes, they've taken him to the very top, the likes of Ruben Neves, Pedro Neto,
01:31the next step is actually replacing him. I think it's an inevitability sadly for Wolves
01:37fans that he will be leaving this summer. Whether it's taken out of proportion or not
01:41in that interview with The Guardian, he's going to go, isn't he? There's a release clause for
01:46a reason. I think the reason he signed that new contract in January was just to try and
01:51one for Wolves fans to show that he was committed until the end of the campaign.
01:55Another one just to reward him for his fine form and give him a better pay rise until
02:00the end of that season to ensure that the release clause is of a worthy value. It's
02:04going to be a record sale for Wolves when he does eventually go. Acuna, he's got so much respect for
02:09the football club as well, for the supporters. He wants to make sure he leaves it on good terms.
02:14He didn't want to leave them in the lurch in the relegation battle. He wants to make sure he can
02:17make his impact towards the end of the season. Of course, then getting sent off against Bournemouth,
02:22being suspended for four matches, not ideal in that situation, but he still did score some
02:27crucial goals after his contract. I think it's crucial that he did stay on until the end of the
02:32season. In the summer though, I think it is a different story. Whether he's on about wanting
02:36to win titles with Wolves or not, he's probably not going to do it at the football club. Let's
02:41be realistic here, at least in the next couple of years. He should be moving on to a bigger club
02:45as much as that may pain Wolves fans. Whether it goes to the Premier League, the top end of
02:49the standings, or if he goes across to Europe, I think a waste to be seen, but 62 and a half million,
02:55probably good for all parties, to be honest. Wolves can use that money that they've not really
02:59had recently to go and spend it on other players. Whether Fozen allow that to happen, we know their
03:03strategy is kind of against reinvesting, but they should be doing that and hopefully they can do
03:08that because Wolves, otherwise, will probably be in another relegation battle.
03:12And yeah, obviously, Yerson Mosquera signing a contract extension as well. Quite an important
03:18signing to get him across. Hasn't played many minutes for Wolves, obviously, with that injury
03:22very early on in the season. And then obviously, Emmanuel Agbadoo comes in and he's made a real
03:27difference at the back, but it does show how important defensive signings are as much as
03:31attacking. Wolves were leaking way too many goals under Gary O'Neill and that's probably
03:38what inevitably got him the sack in the end. Yeah, that's inevitably what got Wolves so near
03:43the bottom of the standings as well. They were still scoring a fair amount of goals,
03:46not a ridiculous amount, but a decent amount nonetheless, maybe mid-table numbers. But the
03:51conceding was worse than Southampton at times, which is incredible to say, really, considering
03:56they're still only on nine points. But yeah, as you say, Mosquera, he started the first five games
04:01of the season, unfortunately had that serious knee injury away at Aston Villa, but now coming back
04:06into the fold in pre-season and then start of next, I think in that back three, especially if
04:11Vitor Pereira does stay at the football club, could work very well. As much as Matt Doherty's
04:16been a great utility player, I think having three proper centre-halves, physical players, quick
04:21players, will make such a difference in the back three of Totti, Mosquera and Agbadoo. Well, I think
04:25that's a pretty cool prospect for Wolves fans. And just finally on Wolves and Vitor Pereira now,
04:32obviously, it's quite an interesting situation because it gets to the summer again,
04:37we've mentioned Fosun, haven't really backed the last few managers. It's about time that Wolves
04:42went into the new season with the same manager that they ended the last one. I know they did
04:46obviously with Gary O'Neill, but then that was quickly to end. They want a manager who can stay
04:51in for two, three years and deliver set Premier League finishes now. They don't want to be
04:58scraping around in January, Christmas and looking for a new name and trying to sort
05:03things out in terms of the dugout. They've been bottom or near enough bottom at Christmas for the
05:09last two seasons. In terms of Vitor Pereira and his time, it's a bit uncertain whether he's going
05:16to stay or go. Do you feel he's deserved enough to be backed by Fosun this summer?
05:21I think he certainly has. Considering the position Wolves were in when he took over
05:2619th in the Premier League had only had two wins in their opening 16 games,
05:30to then go and win an extra five after that, I think is a fantastic achievement.
05:35He's kind of made the football club a better place to be in a better environment. The fans
05:39on board with him finally a bit of a connection again, talking about going to the pub,
05:43meeting some of the supporters. These little things make such a difference. And of course,
05:47with Wolves now pretty far away from the relegation zone, they look like they're going
05:50to stay in the Premier League. That was his objective. And then he can prove himself again
05:54next season to kick on with a full summer transfer window, can have a full mark on the squad. And I
06:00would back him certainly myself to go on and do better things with Wolves. But we're obviously
06:05not the ownership. They might have different ideas. And we may see a different manager appointed.
06:09Daniel De Rossi has been mentioned after leaving Roma. Maybe those comments are a little bit out
06:14of proportion, whether it was before Pereira took charge or not. It waits to be seen,
06:20but maybe an option for Wolves. But I think they should stick with Pereira. Hopefully he does.
06:24He's done enough to stay in that role. And then having that full summer transfer window,
06:27as I mentioned, could be important.