Conor Coady claims he has had ‘millions’ of ticket requests for Liverpool’s Premier League title decider against Wolves – but all he’s focused on is hitting 60 points and getting into Europe. Liverpool must beat Wolves at Anfield on Sunday and hope leaders Manchester City draw or lose against Brighton to end their 29-year wait to be champions again. Wolves are guaranteed seventh spot but still need a favour from City to beat Watford in the FA Cup final a week on May 18 to end their 39-year stretch for European football. Coady, who supported Liverpool as a boy and…
Captain Conor Coady insists all his loyalties are with Wolves this weekend and there will be no favours to The Kop. The Scouser and boyhood Liverpool fan spent five years full-time at Anfield as an academy scholar and young professional. Now 26, Coady made his Reds debut in the Europa League in 2012-13 before making his Premier League bow as a substitute for Philippe Coutinho in a 3-1 win at Fulham almost six years ago to the day – his only two appearances for his hometown club. In an unforgettable week which has seen Liverpool and Tottenham reach the Champions…
Wolves favourite Mike Stowell has been hailed as the man who has ‘made’ Kasper Schmeichel. Schmeichel has this week made his 300th League appearance for Leicester City in a game where he was powerless to stop Vincent Kompany scoring a ‘worldie’ past him from 30 yards to give Manchester City the edge in the race for the Premier League title with a vital 1-0 win at the Etihad. After eight years at the King Power Stadium, the 32-year-old Denmark international is recognised as one of the best goalkeepers in the top flight. During the whole of that time, Stowell, 54,…
The two amazing Champions League semi-finals this week have proved football’s incredible capacity for comebacks. Liverpool’s 4-0 win over Barcelona after being 3-0 down in the first leg will never be forgotten. Their opponents in the Champions League final, Tottenham, have joined them at the pinnacle of club football competition after retrieving a 2-0 deficit on the night against Ajax to triumph 3-2 to set up only the second all-English final. These moments are now marked indellibly in fans’ memory banks forever. One such moment in older Wolves supporters’ recall is the 1958 FA Youth Cup final. Trailing 5-1 from…
Kevin Thelwell has hailed Wolves’ best signing – and it’s none of the stars who have performed so impressively on the pitch to clinch seventh spot in the Premier League. Wolves’ sporting director is convinced head coach Nuno Espirito Santo is the biggest reason why the team has made such rapid strides over the last two years. When the Portuguese took over in May 2017, Wolves had just finished 15th in the Championship. Since then the transformation has been nothing short of astonishing as Wolves won the Championship in his first season in charge and are now confirmed as the…
Liverpool expect to have three major players back to face Wolves in the Premier League title decider this Sunday. Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino sat out of the historic 4-0 win over Barcelona on Tuesday night which put the Reds into the Champions League final, while Alex Oxlade Chamberlain was rested. Salah was recovering from concussion suffered in the game against Newcastle, while Firmino’s muscle injury problems kept him out. Left back Andy Robertson was unable to start the second half against Barca because of a calf issue. Speaking after the game, Robertson said: “It doesn’t feel the best at…
Wolves head coach Nuno Espirito Santo has been the shortlisted for the Manager of the Season award. The Portuguese boss has earned his nomination after clinching seventh place in the Premier League, and is up against Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool) and Tottenham head coach Mauricio Pochettino, with the winner being announced next Tuesday, May 14. Nuno has led Wolves to huge success since taking over in May 2017. In his first season in charge he has taken the team to the Championship title and he has now led them the club to seventh place, their highest finish…
Wolves’ squad for the Hong Kong Sevens tournament has been announced. The club will send 10 players, all from their successful Under-23s squad, to play in the seven-a-side tournament, which takes place from May 17-19. Wolves’ squad is: goalkeeper Anders Sondegaard, centre backs Dion Sanderson and Ed Francis, wing backs Cameron John and Ryan Giles, midfielders Sadou Diallo, Pedro Goncalves and Elliot Watt, winger David Wang and striker Niall Ennis. Coach Rob Edwards will be hoping to continue the success that has brought the Under-23s the Premier League 2 Division Two title. All apart from Wang have been regulars in…
Danny Murphy believes the gulf between his former club Fulham and Wolves has been shown in their recruitment. Last summer Fulham appeared to give themselves a great chance of prospering in the Premier League by spashing out £100m on a host of signings, while Wolves attracted some criticism at the time for not pushing the boat as much, spending a more cautious £70m. Since then Wolves have snapped up Jonny Otto for £18m and have agreed a club record £32m deal to sign 17-goal top scorer Raul Jimenez on a permanent deal from Benfica. But just a year after both…
Wolves striker Raul Jimenez admits he has been left speechless at the ‘amazing’ support he has received from the stands in his first season at Molineux. The 17-goal top scorer, who celebrated his 28th birthday on Sunday, will become the £32m club record signing on July 1 and has already become a new idol to follow famous Wolves number nines such as Roy Swinbourne, Jimmy Murray, Derek Dougan, John Richards, Andy Gray and Steve Bull. Fans sing their ‘Si Senor’ song in his honour and hundreds have worn Mexican wrestling masks, sombreros and Mexican flags to games. “I have no…