Wolves vow to keep spending on quality
WOLVES will spend on quality rather than quantity if they stay up.
That is the message from Chief Executive Jez Moxey who allowed Mick McCarthy to spend £18 million on nine players last summer and then on two loans in January.
“It is a big if (staying up) but we are feeling confident about our position,” Moxey said.
“If we were fortunate to stay in the Premier League this time round, then we would not be looking to bring in so many players but try and raise the quality and bring in a lesser number. That would be the plan if we are able to stay in the Premier League.”
Nenad Milijas, Marcus Hahnemann, Kevin Doyle, Andrew Surman, Greg Halford, Ronald Zubar, Michael Mancienne, Segundo Castillo and Stefan Maierhofer have had mixed success.
“Whilst you have to invest in your team- and we did - we knew that some of the players that we bought may not work, and we knew some would. Some have and some haven’t,” Moxey argued. “We knew that some of the existing players would really step up. Some haven’t been able to do it as well as we would have liked. It is disappointing that Sylvan Ebanks-Blake has only scored one goal, we were expecting perhaps double figures or close with eight or nine goals. That hasn’t happened and unfortunately he got an injury early on.”
Moxey says tight reins have to remain in place with Wolves unwilling to gamble their future away.
“Player contract management is probably the most important thing you do in football, getting it right so that you are rewarding players properly when they deserve it. You maintain a certain length to their contract so that they retain value and just getting that whole mixture right, when players inevitably always want more and more money and there are suitors for players - clubs that try and poach players all the time - looking after that contract is a really important aspect of our work.”
As for wages he added: “You have to be clear about what you’re trying to achieve and stick to it. It’s based upon how much income you generate, as much as anything. You have got to have a clear strategy. The discipline in running a football club is in sticking to your strategy. “Scott Dann was an example of us deciding not to budge on a matter of principle.”
