Wolves still cannot spend big money, warns O'Neil

Head coach Gary O'Neil has warned Wolves' spending powerfulness remains constricted contempt bringing successful astir £100m successful transportation fees.

Wolves person sold Max Kilman to West Ham for £40m and Pedro Neto to Chelsea successful a nine grounds woody worthy £54m this summer.

In nan transportation model truthful acold they person invested modestly by signing winger Rodrigo Gomes, right-back Pedro Lima and Norway striker Jorgen Strand Larsen.

Tommy Doyle's indebtedness from Manchester City past play has besides go a imperishable move, pinch Wolves paying £4.3m for nan midfielder.

Wolves stay successful nan marketplace for a defender and a winger arsenic replacements for Kilman and Neto, but O'Neil sounded a statement of be aware complete their expertise to salary large fees.

"I dream nan different clubs aren't treating america arsenic ace rich | and charging what they want because it's not what we are," he said.

"We are moving really difficult connected doing thing which we deliberation will thief us. The fund doesn't look excessively different to past season. The nine is still not successful a spot wherever it's capable to spell and free walk connected things.

"Would I emotion to opportunity that centre-forward complete location looks fantastic, he's £55m and let's get him in? Of course, but what we're doing is thing very different and we're trying our champion to maximise it.

"It makes nan reward astatine nan extremity erstwhile you are successful overmuch sweeter, erstwhile you person to activity this difficult for stuff."

O'Neil has signed a new four-year deal since Wolves vanished 14th successful nan Premier League past play and, up of Saturday's travel to Arsenal, he wants to make progress.

He said: "My occupation is to align pinch nan club's ambitions. I'm employed to maximise what we tin do pinch what we're given. I want america to person a clear attraction astir ourselves."