This week on The Molineux View podcast, The Athletic's Tim Spiers has been quick to play down fears over Chinese conglomerate Fosun's involvement in Wolves following their recent events.

What's been said?

Wolves are yet to sign any first-team players of note in the January transfer window with deals for both Daniel Podence and Nelson Oliveira looking likely to go right down to the wire.

Meanwhile, off the pitch, it appears as if plans to redevelop the club's stadium, Molineux, have taken a different direction.

On the podcast this week, Spiers answered the following question from a supporter...

This was his response:

"If you look at how much money they spent last summer, approaching £100m, going on the back of spending roughly the same amount the season before so that's £200m plus this month, maybe £30m if they get [Daniel] Podence and [Nelson] Oliveira. I'd call that pretty lavish spending really.

"As for Molineux, I don't sense they [Fosun] are cutting back on spending, you know, they are looking at building their own U23 venue, they are looking at redeveloping Molineux just in different ways. When he says about transfer targets, I would say that the club in January is the biggest factor in that as you don't see many huge deals done in January.

"I think the summer will be the litmus test for what he's saying there. For all the noises I'm hearing, Fosun are more committed than ever really to Wolves, and in fact more so, they have become more important to Fosun as the years have gone on in terms of their global portfolio of businesses. As far as Wolves go, I've not noticed any slowing down in spending and I don't anticipate one either."

Tim Spiers, The Athletic.

Fears allayed

The ever-reliable Spiers was very quick to play down such fears to co-host Jacqui Oatley, which can only be a good sign for Wolves' long-term future.

Fosun were the people to bring in manager Nuno Santo, who guided them back to the promised land with their 2018 Championship triumph, and the likes of Raul Jimenez, all-time top goalscorer for the club in the Premier League, Ruben Neves, Joao Moutinho, and so on.

For true Wolves fans only: How much did each of these players cost?

The Chinese ownership group have continued to invest year on year, although, the squad is in dire straits currently, meaning they'll need to dip into their pockets again if the west Midlanders are to continue on an upward trajectory.

Spiers alludes to them being 'more committed than ever' to the club too, which should encourage fans despite the lack of business and movement in terms of stadium redevelopment.

As a business, they are merely trying to find the most cost-effective ways of improving the club.

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