WOLVES head coach Gary O’Neil insisted today that the club made the right call to balance the books in the summer after Everton and Nottingham Forest were charged for breaching Premier League financial rules.

Wolves needed to sell last year — including banking £47 million from Al-Hilal SFC for Ruben Neves — to ensure they stayed within the league’s profit and sustainability regulations.

Tightening the belt ultimately saw former boss Julen Lopetegui leave as he felt the club could not match his ambitions, but replacement O’Neil feels the charges against others prove Wolves were right.

“We are delighted the club managed to correct things,” he said.

“You have seen what has happened this week with a couple of charges. The club have worked really hard to make sure that doesn’t happen to us.

“I am keen to make sure we are in a good spot now but also think about what the club looks like in two or three years.

“Doing what we did in the summer was incredibly important and of course it could have gone wrong.

“We could have been sat on 12 points and everyone would have been moaning about the players we have lost. But that isn’t the case. Twenty-eight points is a really good return.

“We are delighted the club managed to correct things and are not involved in any of those uncertainties and charges and risk of losing points.”

Wolves beat Brentford 3-2 after extra-time in their FA Cup third-round replay on Tuesday to set up a fourth-round derby at West Brom.

Matheus Cunha’s penalty in the first period of extra-time settled the game after Nelson Semedo and Nathan Fraser twice levelled following goals from Nathan Collins and Neal Maupay.