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TOM COLLOMOSSE: Forty years ago this weekend, Wolves slid to a miserable 5-1 defeat at Barnsley and were relegated to the old Division Three at the end of the season. Look back three decades and they were in the middle of an unsuccessful attempt to win promotion to the top flight. It was exactly the same 20 years ago, and 10 years ago too. These are the details the current Wolves hierarchy, led by chairman Jeff Shi, hope disgruntled fans remember when they take their seats at Molineux for Saturday's game against Liverpool. Chinese owners Fosun International have been in control since 2016 and for six of those years, Wolves have been in the Premier League. Unfortunately for them, the sharpest memories in the supporters' minds are the most recent ones.

In the second half, Abdelleh Zoubir bundled the ball home after a free-kick deflected to him, prompting the linesman to dismiss him offside. However, a VAR check revealed that Zoubir had been onside, with floor-bound defender Victor Gomez as the likely perpetrator of playing him onside.

Spurs' chairman spent 18 months between July 2012 and December 2013 and wanted to bring a midfielder who had worked at Porto. When he wanted to make his compatriot one of his first signings, he recalls'major, major arguments' but the club said he was only sixth on their data-led midfield shortlist, but he said the player was only sixth.

Premier League clubs will now have to make do with their current squads until January as the high-intensity drama of the transfer window begins to fade. The big boys in the division have been bolstered, the middle of the road sides have increased, and the teams that were supposed to face it out at the top of the table have also been increased. Transfers can make or break a team's fate during this 38-game marathon, with some teams wishing they didn't get a big contract because of the line, or ecstatic that their brand-new signing has come well. Supporters of each Premier League team will have their own minds already made up about their activity, but how does Mail Sport rank your team's dealings? Here are our A-E transfer ratings...

TOM COLLOMOSSE AT OLD TRAFFORD — Just 18 months have passed since Wolves' most impressive start to the Premier League in 2018, when Joao Moutinho's goal gave them a 1-0 victory over Old Trafford on January 3, 2022. However, goalkeeper Jose Sa was one of only three players to be named in Gary O'Neil's first starting lineup last night, despite the fact that such has been the case at Molineux. That evening, Max Kilman and Nelson Semedo, along with Moutinho, Ruben Neves, Raul Jimenez, and Conor Coady were all on duty.

Julen Loegui's first-floor dining room at the club's training base in Wolverhampton, just a few days after steering Wolves to resurgenty last May. Loegui was a charming company, and his mentor, Edu Rubio, poured the red wine, providing an interesting glimpse into the transformation from kitchen hand to top European coach. Lochiegui, on the other hand, was already agitated over Wolves' changing transfer policy. During an interview with a Spanish newspaper earlier this week, he voiced his dissatisfaction with his team's advances, but Wolves never managed to put an end to Lorenzo's trembling.

TOM COLLOMOSSE: To name three people, Manchester City, Aston Villa, and Liverpool - to name three - will not be fielding questions about whether their bosses will turn up for work this week. However, Wolves are finding themselves under increasing strain with manager Julen Loegui. Fans were genuinely curious if Logui would be at the club's Compton training base to attend the session as Wolves' train late Tuesday afternoon.

Fulham have announced that Raul Jimenez from Wolves has been signed in a £5.5 million contract. Mail Sport announced on Sunday that the Mexican striker had been allowed to leave the team's pre-season training camp in Portugal and arrived in London today to complete a medical with the London side earlier today. The club announced on Tuesday night that the 32-year-old had agreed a deal that would keep him at the club until 2025, with the ability to extend his contract by a year or two months.

Julen Lolley has made a troubling admission regarding Wolves' transfer window, claiming that player influxes and outgoings are "out of his control," while simultaneously reminding that he "needs more players." It comes amid the Midlands club's financial difficulties, with Wolves losing $486.1 million last year, prompting their owners, Fosun Sports Group, to request new funding to help the team keep the side competitive in the Premier League. The Spanish coach recently revealed that the club must address its FFP issues in order to remain in the English top flight, despite concerns surrounding his employment policies.

Joao Moutinho and Diego Costa are set to leave Wolves after their current contracts come to an end, with Adama Traore still in talks over a new contract extension. Moutinho and Brazilian-born Spanish striker Costa, 34, will officially leave the Premier League on September 31. Hobbs said on the club's official website that he's going to go down as one of the best players to ever pull on the old gold.'

It would have taken the most optimistic of Liverpool fans to believe that they had a chance of finishing inside the top four just a matter of weeks ago. The Reds were 12 points behind Newcastle and Manchester United after their 2-2 draw with Arsenal on April 9, with nine games remaining to play. Since then, they have won six games on the trot, and after their narrow victory over Brentford over the weekend, they are only one point behind their biggest rivals, though the Red Devils do have a game-in-hand.

Manchester City thrashed Wolves 3-0 at Molineux, gaining the Premier League's top spot. Jack Grealish scored in the first minute. The reigning champions made it two through Erling Haaland in the 16th minute to keep up the Norwegian's scintillating goal-scoring form, and Phil Foden scored the ball in the second half to seal the tymie. Sportsmail has analyzed the players' performances from Molineux's match.

Finding a way to beat Manchester City is the most difficult challenge in English football, yet Wolves boss Bruno Lage will know exactly what he is up against. Three Portuguese players, defenders Joao Cancelo and Ruben Dias, and attacking midfielder Bernardo Silva, are among the best players in the Premier League and have been at the forefront of Pep Guardiola's team's success over recent seasons. Lage, as well as City goalkeeper Ederson, was instrumental in the rise of all three students at Benfica from 2004-2012. Bernardo was skipper of the Benfica Under 10 team, which he commanded. Bernardo was there when I first started to work with the Under 10s,' recalls Lage.

Following a one-year contract with the club, the Brazilian-born Spanish striker is expected to be announced as a Wolves player in the coming days, but he will be put on his own program of fitness training in order to be up to speed. Although Costa Rica is yet to play in 2022 after leaving Brazilian champions Atletico Mineiro in January, Costa may be in line for his first game against Manchester City on September 17. Since his appeal was upheld, the Chelsea frontman was granted a work permit, but the FA ultimately refused to approve his application after he failed to fulfill the required points quota.

POWER RANKINGS: With some particularly striking results, the first midweek round of Premier League fixtures offered up a lot of goals, excitement, joy, and despair, with some of whom were particularly impressive. Arsenal continued their undefeated run with a 2-1 win over Aston Villa, Manchester City remained hot on their tail with a 6-0 thrashing of Nottingham Forest, and Liverpool's comeback 2-1 victory over Newcastle was another bit of drama. Southampton shocked Chelsea 2-1, with Manchester United's revival under Erik ten Hag's leadership winning their third straight victory over Leicester 1-0, but Brighton lost their unbeaten run after losing 2-1 to Fulham. Crystal Palace, Brentford, West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur, and Leeds and Everton lost 1-1 draws, with Bournemouth bouncing out a goalless draw against Wolves. Julian Alvarez, Martin Odegaard, Erling Haaland, Aleksandar Mitrovic and Raheem Sterling (left-right) all impressed - but who else caught the eye from an individual perspective? Here's the most recent top ten of Sportsmail's Premier League Power Rankings.

Thick and fast. The games keep coming, and if you're Manchester City, so do the goals. Two at West Ham, four against Bournemouth, four at Newcastle, and three more at Newcastle, completing the comeback against Crystal Palace and now six of the best against Nottingham Forest. Goals aren't as straightforward to come by for some people as others; we're talking about you Chelsea and you Wolves. As for Liverpool, who can ever count them out from a late winner when they have Anfield to roar them on? On Wednesday, Newcastle discovered the hard way the home crowd was influencing the bloodshed. Sportsmail dissects the key talking points from another exciting round of action in the Premier League, including Chelsea's defeat (left), Liverpool's midfield young guns (inset), and why Son Heung-min (right) must be taken out of the firing line.

This summer, the versatile Belgian, 27, had sparked a lot of rumors with a number of parties rumoured to be interested in purchasing his services. Wolves had initially turned down Everton's proposal for the midfielder, but it was only days to go into the window, as well as a £10 million bid from Villa.