Wolves should copy Pep Guardiola transfer plan to clinch first summer arrival

Signing players is never straightforward for Wolverhampton Wanderers and the frustration of supporters is palpable almost two weeks into the official transfer window.

While lots of their Premier League rivals have already made significant moves, Wolves are still awaiting their first arrival of the summer window. Bruno Lage hoped Wolves would enjoy a busy June of transfer activity - but that hasn't been the case.

“It’s very important for us that the players are here on the first day, then we will have four or five weeks of work to start the Premier League in the best way," Lage said in May, shortly before the season finished. Lage is largely expecting to welcome back the same players when Wolves report for pre-season training at the beginning of July, minus noticeable departures John Ruddy, Marcal, Romain Saiss and Francisco Trincao.

There is still four weeks until the club's first pre-season game against Alaves though, which gives Jeff Shi, Scott Sellars and recruitment chief Mathew Hobbs time to satisfy Lage's desire for new players. In fairness to Wolves' hierarchy, they are at least showing ambition with the players they are targeting.

Enzo Fernandez has been identified as a candidate to fill the 'box-to-box' vacancy within Lage's midfield and Wolves are prepared to meet his buy-out clause at River Plate. However, there is quite a large sticking point Wolves and Fernandez need to negotiate if a deal is to be completed.

Listing his goals during a recent interview, Fernandez said: “My dreams are to win the Libertadores with River, to play in a World Cup, which I think would be the maximum and winning it would be a privilege, and to play in Europe."

The only problem is that Fernandez's desire to win the Copa