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Chris Nee

Wolverhampton Wanderers dragged light from darkness but frailties were exposed on Raul’s return

Raul Jimenez of Wolverhampton Wanderers celebrates scoring his team’s second.

‘Out of darkness cometh light.’ So read the banners spanning the centre of Molineux’s South Bank before Wolverhampton Wanderers played their Championship opener against Blackburn Rovers.

It’s not a difficult message to comprehend. Wolves suffered an utterly miserable relegation from the Premier League in 2025-26, effectively left to wither by the very people responsible for nourishing them. 2026-27 is new. New promise. New bigwigs. New gaffer.

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