Wolves Express | Ending the season with a point
The latest Wolves Express reflects on a disappointing season which came to an end with a point on the road at Burnley on Sunday and the big rebuild needed at Molineux this summer.
26/05/2026
Adam Armstrong
- Nationality
- English
- Date of Birth
- 10.02.1997
- Height
- 5'8" (173 cm)
- Weight
- 69 kg
- Position
- forward
- Preferred Foot
- Right
- Join Date
- 02.02.2026
- Shirt Number
- 9
- Player Status
- Active
Biography
Adam Armstrong
Wolves strengthened their forward line with the deadline day signing of Adam Armstrong from Southampton at the start of 2026.
The 28-year-old moved to Molineux after an impressive first half of the campaign where he scored 11 Championship goals for the Saints – the joint third highest in the division – and signed a three-and-a-half-year contract at the club.
Armstrong returned to the Premier League with a track record of scoring goals, having netted 139 times in his career since progressing through the academy system of his hometown club Newcastle United.
A series of successful loans as a youngster led to a permanent move to Blackburn Rovers, where he helped the club into the Championship and then scored regularly in the second tier.
His 64 goals at Ewood Park alerted Southampton, who he joined in 2021 and has represented for the past four-and-a-half years, wearing the captain’s armband regularly in recent seasons.
His last complete Championship campaign saw him hit 24 goals, with the striker scoring the winner in the play-off final at Wembley to earn Southampton promotion to the top flight.
Back in the second tier with the Saints this term, Armstrong was back scoring goals, with his final two for the club coming against West Bromwich Albion in December, and he now becomes Rob Edwards’ first signing as Wolves manager in February 2026.
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Adam Armstrong represented England at six different age groups, from under-16s to under-21s.
While with the under-17 the striker won the Euros in 2014 and then the World Cup in three years later with the under-20s – his first experiences of silverware.
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Armstrong | 'This club belongs in the Premier League'
Adam Armstrong believes Wolves were left ruing missed opportunities in the first-half before a slow restart after the break settled their season ending draw with Burnley.
25/05/2026
Long read | Adam Armstrong verges on Premier League century
With Wolves set to go through a summer of change ahead of their 150th anniversary season, one player guaranteed to be pulling on the gold and black next term is striker Adam Armstrong.
29/04/2026
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