Wolves have agreed a deal to sign 27-year-old Colombia winger Jhon Arias from Brazilian club Fluminense. (ESPN, external)
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Image source, Getty ImagesDiogo Jota has been inducted into the Wolves Hall of Fame in a tribute which the club say will honour his "remarkable achievements for the club" and "deep impact his passing has had on the footballing world".
The Hall of Fame, which is run by an independent committee, is chaired by Wolves legend John Richards.
He told the club's website: "Like everyone else, we've been stunned by events, and we remember what a wonderful player Diogo was for Wolves during that unforgettable promotion season under Nuno and our early years back in the Premier League.
"His record of 44 goals at Wolves, and then 65 at Liverpool as a Premier League title winner, speaks volumes. So many fans across the game – especially in Portugal after he helped them win the Nations League this summer – are feeling his loss deeply. We saw no reason to delay this decision.
"We hope it will bring a little comfort to those who were close to Diogo and Andre, and we trust Wolves supporters will understand that this gesture is made with real love and admiration, and also fully justified."
The club will also mark the death of Jota and Andre Silva at their opening Premier League game of the season against Manchester City and their final home pre-season fixture against Celta Vigo.
Image source, Getty ImagesWolves striker Sasa Kalajdzic says his "ambitions will go higher" after scoring on his return from injury in the pre-season game in Portugal.
Kalajdzic has been unfortunate with injuries since joining Wolves in 2022, suffering a knee injury on his debut and then ruptured cruciate and lateral ligaments in his right knee while on loan with Eintracht Frankfurt in February 2024.
"It was a really good feeling [to play] after a long, long time," he told club media., external "Just kicking the ball with my mates in an unofficial but, for me, more official game and I'm just happy everything went well.
"I gained more minutes, playing with the others to get to now them again more and more on the pitch and it was a really good next step.
"The most important thing is to tick it off and have that first game again. Just feel everything, get aware of everything - that was a really good first step. There is a long pre-season to go, a lot more games and my goals will go higher and ambitions will go higher with that."
The 28-year-old did mark his first appearance for 18 months with a goal but Wolves fell to a 2-1 defeat by local side CD Santa Clara.
"Always great [to score]," he said. "It is easier for and easier for everyone if you are successful but today was very good. In training I hit it a few times but it is not the same feeling and hope I can continue with this.
"I felt stable, felt good, felt strong. The last minutes were kind of hard, especially with the heat, so every game and every minute is helping me recover better.
"In terms of the injury, it felt good."
Wolves are close to agreement on a £15m deal for 27-year-old Fluminense and Colombia winger Jhon Arias. (Mail), external
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Prize money consists of UK and international merit broadcast payments, equal shares, commercial revenues and facility fees.
All clubs received a central commercial payment of £7.9m and equal shares from UK (£29.8m) and international (£59.2m) revenues.
Clubs are also paid a facility fee for matches broadcast on domestic TV. Liverpool had 30 of their 38 league matches televised - more than any other club.
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2nd: Arsenal - £171.5m
3rd: Manchester City - £165.5m
4th: Chelsea - £163.7m
5th: Newcastle United - £160.2m
6th: Aston Villa - £159.3m
7th: Nottingham Forest - £152.5m
8th: Brighton - £145.1m
9th: Bournemouth - £143.4m
10th: Brentford - £138.9m
11th: Fulham - £135.5m
12th: Crystal Palace - £136.1m
13th: Everton - £131.8m
14th: West Ham - £130.9m
15th: Manchester United - £136.2m
16th: Wolves - £123.1m
17th: Tottenham - £127.8m
18th: Leicester - £116.9m
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20th: Southampton - £109.2m
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Portuguese winger Chiquinho, 25, has left Wolves to join Alverca in Portugal on a permanent deal, with the Premier League club maintaining a 40% sell-on clause. (Fabrizio Romano, external)
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Image source, Getty ImagesLiverpool artist Paul Curtis is set to paint a Diogo Jota mural and contribute thousands of pounds to charity after a fan appeal.
Curtis, who has painted over 250 public pieces in the region - including the likes of Bill Shankly and the late Hillsborough campaigner Anne Williams - hoped to raise £2,000 to cover the costs of the upcoming piece.
The sum was gathered in 35 minutes online and as the crowdfunder appeal now stands at over £21,000, the excess funds will go to good causes.
"The crowdfunder will be open for the next four weeks," said Curtis, who hopes to start his painting on Monday, 14 July and complete the work inside a week.
"Now, everything you donate will go to the foundation that will be set up in the future. The club are working to sort this out.
"A massive thanks to everyone who has donated. I have been getting donations from Japan, America. It's a measure of the guy - he touched people beyond football.
"I think there is a plan to set up a foundation in the two brothers' names. That has given me an obvious place for where the money can go."
Curtis told BBC Radio Merseyside he has already been offered and accepted a wall to paint on in the shadows of Anfield.
He will put two or three proposed designs on social media and wants fans to select the final mural, which is expected to feature both Jota and his brother Andre Silva after the pair were tragically killed in a car accident on 3 July.
Curtis has won awards for his work in the past and was praised for his mural of the late Williams, who was one of the most prominent campaigners in the decades that followed the Hillsborough disaster of 1989.
"It's very nerve-racking as you are representing somebody's memory, especially to her family," said Curtis.
"There's a lot of pressure and if I am being honest, I am getting those sort of feelings now. I have got to get this right. There's a lot of focus on it. You really want to represent him in a way that's suitable. It does make you nervous.
"We need to celebrate him as well. He probably wants us to remember him as the player, as the person who made us want to go to the football. I want it to not forever be mournful, to be a celebration as well."
Listen to Curtis on BBC Radio Merseyside
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Image source, Getty ImagesTributes to Diogo Jota have been lining the streets outside Anfield all week.
There is little to say that hasn't already been said or shown by the football world. Players, clubs, associations, media and fans of all teams and nations underlined how much they felt about these young men. They were more than just famous people; they were considered friends, even if you had never met them.
Liverpool as a club have yet another tragedy to deal with, and there is little positive to say when losing someone so young. However, Diogo had a glorious life and made many people so happy in the short time he was here, though this will be of minimal relief to his wife, children, parents and other close family members just now.
My thoughts are with him and them all just now and will be for many years.
Thankfully, football never forgets those it loses young, so help will be at hand whenever they need it.
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Wolves are among the clubs showing interest in Lens midfielder Neil El Aynaoui, but face competition from Premier League rivals Sunderland and Leeds United - as well as European heavyweights Roma, Juventus and AC Milan - for the 24-year-old Moroccan. (Footmercato - in French), external
Wolves are among the clubs keeping a close eye on 18-year-old striker Devine Samuel, who has turned down a new contract at Leyton Orient. The Molineux side face competition from Premier League rivals Burnley and Championship outfit Blackburn Rovers. (Birmingham World), external
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Wolves have joined the race for forward Mihailo Ivanovic who is also wanted by Everton and Serie A side Parma.
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Image source, Getty ImagesFormer Wolves captain Conor Coady says Diogo Jota was "an example for everybody".
Coady has been speaking to BBC Sport about the shock passing of his friend on Thursday and recalled how the Portugal striker made an instant impression at Molineux.
"You could see it in his first session - that tenacity and the will to win was like no other," said 32-year-old Coady.
"He was the heart and soul of the dressing room. He had a quiet way of going about himself. But you knew you could go to him about anything. For me as a captain, it was an honour and a dream to play with him."
Before moving to England, Jota had already played under Wolves head coach Nuno Espirito Santo while on loan at Porto, and also reunited with his former Porto and Portugal Under-21 team-mate Ruben Neves at the club.
"He was born to play in the Premier League but Wolves were in the Championship," said Coady. "I used to always tell young people they need to learn from players like Diogo and Ruben, who were brave enough to step into the Championship to help a club who were struggling at that time.
"He was brave enough to bring his childhood sweetheart to Wolverhampton and really buy into the culture of England. He was such an example for everybody.
"I absolutely loved him. As a captain, he was a dream to work with. But it was a pleasure to call him a friend."
Image source, Getty ImagesFormer Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves wrote:
You know what you mean to me as much as I know what I am to you. More than a friendship, we're family, and we won't stop it just because now you decided to sign a contract a little further away from us!
When I go to the selection, you'll still be next to me at the dinner table, on the bus, on the plane... you'll always be there with me as always. Let's keep laughing, making plans, sharing our life with each other. I'm going to make sure you're always present and I'll make sure that your loved ones never lack anything while you're there, far away but thinking of us, waiting for us.
Life has brought us together and now it can't tear us apart. We've achieved some great things together, we still have a lot to go, I know we can.
From today on, you will enter the field with me and we will follow our path together, on the stage where we met.
Diogoal, you are my favourite lemonade!!
Former Wolves captain Conor Coady posts about Diogo Jota death's on Instagram:
One of the best players I've ever had the privilege of sharing a pitch with. He became a brother in a special team and was a shining light within it. You will be missed my mate by everyone.
The deaths of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre have shaken the sporting world.
You can watch a BBC documentary on the Liverpool striker above and access it on iPlayer here.
Tributes are also being made to Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva outside Molineux.
Jota played for Wolves between 2017 and 2020 and helped the club win promotion from the Championship and qualify for Europe.
He made 131 appearances for Wolves, scoring 44 goals before he left for Liverpool in a £45m-deal in September 2020.
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