Their owners are mega rich
What they did was buy into mendes agency and own a stake in it
In turn as part owners they get a selection of his players.
My understanding is they had a personal relationship with Mendes before they got into Wolves
They have basically outsourced player buying/selling to Mendes
As a result they have got players that wouldn't normally go to Wolves, but I think Mendes expectation is they will sell when he wants them to as well (Wolves is just a shop window for his clients)
It's worked so far, I just wonder how onboard Mendes was with Wolves not letting go either of Traore or Neves this window? does he threaten to withhold that sweet pipeline of players?