Wolves have been big spenders over the past few seasons, but now they’ve been the beneficiaries of a hefty sale with Diogo Jota joining Liverpool for £45m.

The Portuguese winger’s departure has seen Jeff Shi handed a big windfall, which he now has a few weeks to spend if he wants to.

However, unlike the usual scenario of a team scrambling for a replacement for a departing first-teamer, the Midlands club are in an incredibly strong position after selling Jota, as his replacement is already at the club.

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The fact that Jota started just two of Wolves’ last six games shows that he was becoming something of an afterthought in Nuno’s plans towards the end of his time at Molineux with Daniel Podence emerging as the preferred option down the left-wing.

Add into this the fact that Pedro Neto is already at the club as the depth option, and it goes to show that the club don’t need to rush to grab a replacement and that they can actually use this money to become a stronger side than they were when Jota was at the club.

There is £45m waiting to be spent, and if they do a full audit of the squad and highlight the spots that are most in need of strengthening they could land a top-class player for such a fee.

Wolves have been smart in the transfer market for years at this point, and we don’t expect them to start panic buying anytime soon, but the worst thing they could do right now is to get overly-excited after a sale and start spending immediately when a more concerted effort would get them better players for better prices.

Nuno and his team can afford to be patient after Jota’s sale, because the squad hasn’t actually gotten significantly weaker after his departure.