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Criticisms of Wolves are ridiculous, “tin pot club” deserves better

Scroll back through social media in the days before the transfer window closed and you’ll be guaranteed to find plenty of “Wolves are buying the Premier League” comments.

The newly-promoted club splashed out nearly £70 million this summer, making them the eighth highest spenders in the top flight.

Big hitters like Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United all spent more than Wolves, but apparently it’s the Midlands club who are “buying the league”.

The comments bear many of the hallmarks of the barbs directed at Blackburn Rovers when they upset the established order during the 1990s by winning the Premier League.