Wolves pushing to sign midfielder Jordan James from Rennes

Wolverhampton Wanderers are pushing hard to bring Welsh midfielder Jordan James to Molineux this summer, with reports from early August 2026 describing the club as eager to get a deal done before the transfer window closes on August 12. Rennes are open to selling James on a permanent basis for around £10 million, a figure that represents a meaningful profit on the roughly £4 million they paid Birmingham City to sign him in August 2024. From Birmingham to Brittany to the Premier League Birmingham City sold him to the French Ligue 1 side on a four-year contract in the summer of 2024, when he was still just 20 years old. Rather than embedding him in Rennes’ first team straight away, the club sent him out on loan to Leicester City for the 2025-26 season, where he made 34 appearances and walked away with the club’s Player of the Season award. At 22 years old, James is a central midfielder who has already accumulated Welsh international caps. Wolves manager Rob Edwards is understood to be keen on adding British players to his squad, and James fits that brief neatly. A crowded race for James’s signature Wolves are not the only club circling. West Ham, Middlesbrough, and Burnley have all b...