Dean Saunders vowing to clear out Wolves
Wolves boss Dean Saunders today declared the club will clear out players if relegation is confirmed on Saturday – as he pledged to "make the club" great again.
Saunders will hold key talks next week with chairman Steve Morgan and chief executive Jez Moxey concerning the future direction of the club.
From the way the manager is talking, it seems likely that he will keep his job if Wolves go down.
But it's unlikely many of the current squad will remain at Molineux. Big earners Roger Johnson and Jamie O'Hara are certain to be eyeing a move out of Wolves.
Saunders said: "I would imagine a lot of the players won't want to stay. They won't want to be playing in League One, so if that happens, we'll talk about it.
"Once we get through this week and get to the end of the season, we'll probably have a meeting – myself, Jez and the chairman – and we'll draw a plan up.
"Whether we're in the Championship or League One, we'll draw a plan up to make the club great again.
"That's what I want to do, but if we don't stay in the Championship, it will just take me a bit longer to do it.
"But at the moment we have to concentrate on Saturday because it might not happen. Let's just do what we can control and that's winning on Saturday."
Saunders insisted no players have told him they want to leave.
He said: "No. We haven't spoken about it. We're still in with a chance of staying up. I have told the players they have got to believe they can do it at the weekend.
"We're training as normal this week and we'll prepare properly for the game and try to win, because if we win, we have got a great chance.
"The players were a bit down on Monday and not so bad yesterday but, by Friday, we will be motivated and ready for the challenge."
Having done it at Wrexham and Doncaster, Saunders is more than happy to rebuild the squad, however.
He said: "I have done it twice – at Doncaster and at Wrexham, when it was even harder.
"Wrexham was the most difficult because there was no money and the expectation of that club in that league - the Blue Square Premier - was great.
"You can't just put a team together and think you are going to win in that league – we lost to Luton this season. And then I had to rebuild Doncaster."
