Wolves scored twice inside the final eight minutes to earn their first win of the 2025/26 season and beat West Ham at home in the EFL Cup in one of two all-Premier League tie on the first night of the second round. Brentford claimed consecutive victories, following up their home defeat of Aston Villa in the top flight on Saturday by winning at Bournemouth. League Two side Cambridge United produced the greatest shock, winning 3-1 against Championship visitors Charlton Athletic.
Wolves are continuing to use the money raised from the sales of Matheus Cunha and Rayan Ait-Nouri, and there are closing in on another signing for Vitor Pereira's squad. Over 90m was raised from selling Cunha and Ait-Nouri to Man United and Man City respectively, and so far, 54m of this has been spent on bringing Fer Lopez, Jhon Arias, David Mller Wolfe and Jhon Arias to Molineux. And in the coming days, another 20m could be spent on another attacking reinforcement.
Newcastle United are interested in signing the Wolves attacker Jorgen Strand Larsen during the summer transfer window. According to a report from Express and Star, talks are now underway between intermediaries, and it will be interesting to see if Newcastle can get the deal done. They are yet to open talks with Wolves, and they will need to pay 60 million in order to get the deal done.