Wolves: Journalist airs that star players may leave if the club does not qualify for European football

The Express and Star journalist Nathan Judah has aired his belief that some of Wolverhampton Wanderers’ star players may leave if the club does not qualify for European football.

Prior to their meeting with Crystal Palace, the Old Gold sit seventh in the Premier League table with only two points between themselves and eighth-placed Sheffield United (per BBC).

In fact, with two games left to play, Nuno Espirito Santo’s outfit could finish as low as 10th in the top-flight table.

In the latest episode of The E&S Wolves Podcast, Judah aired that it may be a problem for Wolves if they do miss out on European club football next term.

He said: “I think there’ll be a couple of others, if Wolves did not get European football that would definitely allow their thoughts to go to more of a realistic move than probably they thought a few weeks ago, where we all thought that there was guaranteed European football, almost.

“I’m not saying they’re gonna go, but the likes of [Ruben] Neves, Raul [Jimenez] that we’ve said, Adama [Traore], those type of players; they want to be playing European football.

“It’s a difficult sell when your manager has only got one year left on his contract at this moment in time. So, there [are] no guarantees on his future at this moment for you to say, ‘Yeah, I’m ready. I’m happy to be here.’

“Now, I think most of them will be, but there may be the one or two who might be like, ‘I might have to have a look at this’ and that’s why the whole qualification for [the] Europa [League] is massive, I think.”

TIF Thoughts…

As can be seen in what Judah had to say, while he did not believe there were any certainties over players leaving, he thinks qualifying for the Europa League at least is key for Wolves to keep their star names.

With the Old Gold currently sat seventh in the Premier League, though, their future in regards to qualifying for European club football is still in their own hands.