Because we appear to be cash strapped now after spending £35m up front last season. Whether it is cash flow or self imposed budget restrictions either from within the club or the wider ownership. What it isn't based on any analysis of accounts provided on here or by the likes of Swiss Ramble is FFP - PL or UEFA
IIRC the popular opinion was that this would all be done and dusted midway through the 20/21 season after winter. Nobody at that time thought that this would be a prolonged affair or could have foreseen that it would mutate repeatedly - the multiple lockdowns in most developed countries are evidence of this - there is not even a single government that accurately predicted the full extent of the pandemic.
I'm sure had Fosun remembered to look at their magic crystal ball, they may have reconsidered some of last season's transfer activity, although I still believe they would have gone through with Fabio. That transfer is part of a bigger picture.
But signing Fabio is the reason that we were able to sign Neves and Neto - it's quite clear. We're in a partnership with Mendes, sometimes he does us a favour and sometimes we return the favour. The ultimate goal is that it's mutually beneficial and even after the signing of Silva is accounted for, I still believe it is. All of our Mendes transfers are inextricably linked - we can't just say yes to a few and no to others (well, obviously we could, but then we'd find out supply of cut-price world class players would dry up overnight).
Regardless of their current stature, neither of those players would have wanted to sign for us without the Mendes connection. A timeless club badge, being founder members of the football league, the pioneers of European football and the first club to win all four divisions are not typically things that represent a draw to international players
Don't agree that Semedo was a massive luxury signing, we needed a RB/RWB and preferably one that was an upgrade on Doc....personally think he isWe'd been in a global lockdown for six months when we signed Fabio, so I'd have hoped that Fosun were very much considering the impact of Covid.
Regardless of whether Fabio is offsettable or a necessary Jorge favour, the bottom line is that he (and Nelson to an extent) are massive luxury signings for a club like us.
I also take issue with you throwing Fabio and Rayan into the 'multiple superstars' list... Have I gone to sleep and it's 2025 or something?
I did say 'to an extent' with Nelson. He's obviously a better player than Doc, still had a patchy season last year, and at his age we ideally needed him to hit the ground running really.
I don't see where the club has confirmed that we are "cash strapped". We obviously operate within our means as there hasn't been any additional funding provided by the owners and that generally means that incoming transfers are funded by a combination of revenue and outgoing transfers. Whether we spend £35 million up front or pay it in instalments makes no difference. The last 18 months and loss of revenue probably has more impact than how we paid for Fabio.
Yes I'd be more worried if we were selling players like Jota and not reinvesting the money, to me that would symbolise they've lost interest. Then it just comes down to competence in scouting and player development. I don't really care if we spend 75m a year but our net spend is zero. After 5 years of spending that kind of money the squad should be looking fucking excellent as long as it's spent competently.
We have had our fine and slap on the wrist, so the next step on the UEFA front is getting a ban. Obviously only hurts us if we qualify for Europe and no idea if they say "next time you qualify, forget about taking part"
Establish Wolves in Premier League
Develop in network Play in Premiership Sell player (200% ROI) 25% pure profit to Fosun Group 
It does feel like we are the only club in the Prem who is effected by FFP, particularly as the rules have been relaxed due to covid, it's just an excuse isn't it?
Depends if you believe the UEFA restrictions or not. I've not seen anything from people who know what they are talking about to suggest they should be impacting us to the degree it would appear. As always September 1st is the true time to judge
Well, it's in direct contradiction to what they said they were going to do, Shi said we'd be challenging for the league title/champions league places within 5-10 years. Their actions over the last 18 months or so suggest that is no longer the aim, but taking the piss out of people for being annoyed is unfair, as the club have made promises that they clearly aren't going to keep, whether it is getting us consistently high in the table, or building a 50k stadium.
You forgot "customer value maximisation":Establish Wolves in Premier League
Maintain net zero finances
Establish global network of Wolves branded clubs
Buy talent
Fosun are an investment group. Wolves are an investment. None of this should be particularly shocking to anyone.
We're apparently under a restriction due to breaking UEFA FFP when we got into the Europa League.
It is, but the reason I don't believe it is the issue is because as far as I can tell it doesnt mean a zero net spend. We spent as much as we did in the first season and made a £20m profit, did we not? Second season was a 40m loss because of Covid, but I don't see it being that much as an issue for the next financial year?
Well said.Establish Wolves in Premier League
Maintain net zero finances
Establish global network of Wolves branded clubs
Buy talent
Fosun are an investment group. Wolves are an investment. None of this should be particularly shocking to anyone.
