A look at all the latest Wolves talking points...

Wolves owners Fosun International are reportedly going to list the tourism arm of their business in a move that could raise $500 million.

International news outlet Reuters are reporting that the group are in talks with banks about 'spinning off the unit' as early as the new year and will likely list on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

Fosun declined to comment when contacted by Reuters.

You can read the full story here.

Guo Guangchang’s Fosun International Group has invested heavily in the Molineux club since the takeover in 2016 -.

But the Birmingham Post Rich List revealed in January the entrepreneur has the deepest pockets in the region, with a fortune of no less than £4.8 bilion.

He has made his money investing in healthcare, fashion, tourism and property in the Far East.

Fosun owns household names like Thomas Cook, Club Med and Cirque de Soleil.

After the takeover of Wolves, Fosun promised to invest between £20 million and £30 million over the next two years to get the club promoted into the Premier League as soon as possible.

Read the full story of his wealth here

Game on!

Heavy snowfall and the promise of more in the West Midlands has prompted Wolves to answer questions relating to the match with Sunderland going ahead.

The suggestion had been that Sunderland’s trip to Wolves today could be in doubt.

The match at Molineux is a 3pm kick-off, but snowfall yesterday and today brought suggestions that the fixture was under threat.

Wolves staff and volunteers have worked last night to clear the stadium and its surroundings of snow and the club is advising that, at this stage, the game is expected to go ahead.

They said this morning: "This afternoon's game against Sunderland is on as things stand. Please allow plenty of time for your journeys and take care. Further details will be provided should anything change."

“At this stage, advice to fans is to start making plans to arrive as early as possible ahead of the game as the inclement weather will disrupt travel plans and will increase congestion around the stadium.

“All the normal road closures will be in place.

“Please also keep in touch with our official website, social media channels and the local media, where further updates will be posted with any new information.”

Classy

There can’t be too many fanbases in English football quite as content and as entertained as Wolverhampton Wanderers supporters right now.

Six wins in a row, goals galore and top of the league heading into Christmas, Nuno Espirito Santo was rightfully recognised by the EFL in November and was handed the Manager of the Month award.

Last month Wanderers took apart Fulham, Reading, Leeds and Bolton under Nuno’s stewardship, though it was very much a team effort.

The defence were solid, the attack clinical and the midfield knitted it all together.

That attitude towards teamwork is quite clearly extended to Nuno’s coaching staff - as his award picture proves.

Usually a generic photo for the winner consists of him holding the award at the club’s training ground - yet where Nuno is concerned, he insisted that his coaching colleagues joined him in the picture, and so the recognition of their efforts were deservedly spotlighted.

Rui Barbosa, Antonio Dias, kitman Ron Picken, Julio Figueroa, Rui Pedro Silva and Joao Lapa all feature.

It wasn’t something that was lost on the Wanderers fans, who were delighted to see that all of the above were included, and praised Nuno.

Priceyinitaly : Love that @Nuno collected this with his coaching staff. Always about the team. Congrats to all! #Wolves #wwfc

JamesYork : What I love about this picture is he’s clearly saying it’s not his award - it’s ours!

AndyStrings : love that the whole coaching team are with him. #OneTeamOneFamily

SimonWall : Sign of a top manager and togetherness mate , good times are heading our way , feet still on floor though but it’s exciting no doubt about it

Clare : This is why he’s a hero. Showing that they are a team and not a one man show. Well done @Nuno you all deserve it.

Stefan : Not standing there as an individual but a team.... nunos a god

Matt Turner : I have an unhealthy obsession with that god of a man.

Stuart Preston : First time I have ever seen all of the assistants in one of these awards photos from any club which is a nice touch and a refreshing change. Top stuff and congratulations all

Alex Crowe : Typical nuno ... what a bloke sharing the award with his staff

Mark Shorthouse: The wolf pack is looking strong

Peter King : Well done @Nuno well deserved..a picture says a thousand words. We are a team. We are @Wolves ! #wwfc

CB : If anyone’s gonna Break the manager of the month curse it’s this guy, top top coach

James Barnett: To echo what others have said, I love he fact he’s had his photo taken with the entire coaching team and he’s not even holding the award himself. Proper togetherness and an appreciation for the work the whole team do. What a guy.

Cleared

Former Wolves and Coventry City man Michael McIndoe has spoken of his delight after being cleared of any wrongdoing by Scotland Yard.

The ex-midfielder, who also starred for Bristol City. was accused of financial wrongdoing but was notified today that no further action would be taken.

Our sister paper, the Bristol Post, caught up with him to get his reaction after national newspaper claims had linked the Scotland B international with conning some 300 footballers out of money.

“I have to say that I’m really happy that finally my name has been completely and officially cleared of these false allegations that were made several years ago,” he told the Bristol Post.

“As far as I’m concerned I’ve always known and maintained thoroughly that there was no wrong doing on my part but until I got official proof, which is what happened today.

“Scotland Yard emailed my solicitor who passed it onto myself, and as you know the police and the CPS have to make a decision, and they’ve decided that no further action will be taken and my name is obviously completely cleared.”

McIndoe is still unhappy with the reports, though.

“I think it’s important because there’s been that much rubbish and untrue stuff written about me in the last five years but it’s important now that I have the proof to set the record straight that there was no wrongdoing on my part in any way,” he added.

“Now officially I can announce it as I did on Twitter today.”

McIndoe recently spoke about his experiences in his autobiography Wildling and revealed that he feels strongly about what has happened.

“There’s anger and resentment there for these false allegations and I still don’t know to this day who made these allegations. I wasn’t informed. The police never told me who. I did ask on several occasions but wasn’t told who.

“The important thing for me was that I was very pleased when Scotland Yard got involved because I always knew that justice would prevail in the end - I knew it was a big thing when they got involved because they would go through the investigation thoroughly and I knew the outcome would always be in my favour.”

A police statement from Scotland Yard read: “In February 2015, an allegation of fraud was made to Westminster CID.Following an initial investigation, the matter was deemed a civil matter and the victim informed. Further allegations were subsequently reported to police via Action Fraud. These were assessed and an investigation was launched by officers from Falcon. A 37-year-old man was interviewed under caution in connection with the investigation on Tuesday, 10 January. No further action will be taken. The investigation is closed.”

Wolves' next clash

Adam Matthews believes Sunderland can upset the odds and beat Wolves..

Wolves currently top the Championship table thanks to a strong start to the campaign, having invested around £20m on their squad in the summer.

Sunderland are joint-bottom after spending less than £2m in the same window.

The home side are overwhelming favourites for the clash at Molineux, with two bookies offering odds as wide as 9/1 for a Sunderland win.

But Matthews told Chronicle Live the Black Cats players go expecting to win.

He said: “We’re going there expecting to get the three points. In the position we’re in most people will think it’s an easy game for Wolves but we know the character we’ve got in the changing room and going off the Burton performance and some of the Reading performance we’re confident we can get a result.

“They’re playing quite well at the minute. It will be a tough game but we’ve got to forget the Reading performance and result very quickly and look forward to Saturday.”

New boss Coleman had provided Sunderland with a lift after masterminding last weekend’s victory over Burton Albion, but hopes of a revival were quickly dashed on Saturday when Reading won 3-1 at the Stadium of Light.

Matthews insists the players won’t let it affect their confidence though, as they look to build on the improvements Coleman had already made prior to the game - and even in the Reading game before Callum McManaman’s dismissal.

He continued: “I don’t think anyone in the club got too carried away with the result last week. We’re still not in the position we want to be in.

“We were hoping to build on last week’s result but it hasn’t happened. Like the manager said in the changing room we’ve got to get over it quickly.

“We feel like we’ve got a good squad here so I’m sure we can cope with injuries when they come along. We want our luck to turn but it’s not about luck. We need to turn it ourselves, it’s not going to do it on its own.

“We’ve got to get this result out of our head and focus on the game on Saturday against Wolves.”

Transfer targets

Wolverhampton Wanderers are looking to sign Benfica midfielder Joao Carvalho in a €15m deal.

The 20-year-old midfielder is very highly regarded in his homeland but is yet to make a full breakthrough at Benfica.

He is seen as a player for the future and recently spent a season on loan at Setubal.

The link comes from Portuguese website 'O Jogo' who claim that Jorge Mendes is structuring a deal with Benfica president Luis Filipe Vieira.

He has been watched by a number of foreign scouts recently, Wolves are thought to be in pole position given their links to Portugal.

Arsene Wenger is understood to be a fan of him too, but it’s thought Wolves would be a better fit in terms of the player’s development.

Wolves currently have a host of Portuguese players on their books; Helder Costa, Ruben Neves, Ivan Cavaleiro and Roderick Miranda are all at the club permanently while Diogo Jota and Ruben Vinagre are on loans.

Reports in Portugal have also suggested that Wolves are ready to move for his Benfica colleague Rafa Silva in January.

Silva, 24, only arrived at the Estadio da Luz from fellow Portuguese outfit Braga for €16.4 million last summer, but is already being tipped to follow in the footsteps of compatriots Ruben Neves, Helder Costa and Diogo Jota in heading to Molineux.

“Rafa” is a versatile player who can play wide or in central midfield is highly rated and has been dubbed “the Portuguese Hazard”, such is his talent.

The playmaker initially had trials with the famed Sporting Lisbon academy, which has developed players such as Luis Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo in the past.

Rafa has been linked with a move to the Premier League in the past, too; Manchester United, Tottenham and Liverpool have all previously been credited with an interest.

Loan to permanent

Wolves have deals in place to sign both Leo Bonatini and Diogo Jota permanently in January, according to the Mirror .

The first three months of the season could scarcely have gone any better for Wolves, who are sitting top of the league on 35 points.

A wave of summer signings, including Jota, Bonatini, Ruben Neves and Willy Boly have all hit the ground running in English football.

Jota, 20, is on loan from Atletico Madrid for the season and has already scored 7 goals in old gold.

He’d be likely to cost Wanderers around £12m should he agree a permanent move.

Bonatini, meanwhile, is the division’s top scorer with ten goals after his move in the summer from Al-Hilal. The 23-year-old is believed to be worth around £5m.

Having spent big sums of money on Neves, Ivan Cavaleiro and Helder Costa in the last number of transfer windows, there is an underlying risk of breaking the Financial Fair Play regulations, but the club are believed to be confident of balancing the books by being promoted this season and remaining in the top flight.

Possible departures

With the next transfer window less than a month away from opening, our Wolves fan pundit Ryan Leister looks at the possible outgoings from Molineux in January

Michał Żyro

Since returning from the horrible injury he sustained against MK Dons, it's been tough for the former Legia Warsaw man to get back into contention under Nuno.

Who knows what could have been after his promising start but it appears his future is now away from Molineux.

Verdict: sell

Ben Marshall

Despite being one of Wolves better performers at the latter part of last season, the £1.2m signing has struggled to take any of the few opportunities he's been given and as a result hasn't been making the match day squad recently.

Absolutely no doubting his talent but when he has Jota, Costa, Cavaleiro and now Bright all ahead of him in his position, it seems his best opportunity for first team football may be elsewhere.

Verdict: sell

Joe Mason

In his loan move at Burton so far, he's played only 287 minutes and scored just the one goal.

The former Cardiff man is due to return to Wolves in January and I only see another loan or permanent move away for him.

Other than fine strikes away at Forest and Birmingham, it's never really worked out for him at Wolves.

Verdict: Sell (but if no takers then loan)

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Conor Ronan

Along with Morgan Gibbs-White, one of the most exciting home grown prospects that Wolves have developed in a while.

During the few outings he’s impressed, particularly in the cup games at Southampton and Man City, but seven appearances and 254 minutes of first team football is nowhere near enough at this stage of the season.

The talented Irishman is 20 in March so regular first team football is a must for him to continue his development and as much as I’d like that to be at Wolves, at this moment in time it seems unlikely.

Verdict: Loan

Prince Oniangué

– Other than his ten appearances for Wolves and 14 whilst on loan at Bastia, it’s not been the best 18 months for the Congo International.

It was clear he wasn’t part of Nuno’s plans from early on last summer so I guess the biggest surprise is that he didn’t depart in the last window.

Verdict: Sell (but if no takers then loan)

Kortney Hause

So far limited to just the one appearance this season, which was an impressive one and a clean sheet at Man City.

Absolutely no questioning his potential but in terms of first team centre backs, he seems to be way down the pecking order at Molineux at the moment.

Like Ronan, he’s at a stage when he absolutely needs to be playing regular first team football and the best opportunity for that would most likely be away from Wolves.

Verdict: Loan

Sylvain Deslandes

The likeable Frenchman seems to be third choice left back and even further down the list as a centre back.

It is a struggle to see where he fits in at Molineux going forwards but he’s still only 20, so the best move for his career would surely be a loan move to get regular first team football and see how he progresses.

Verdict: Loan