Benik Afobe

[Boyerboy]

Pretty much word for word what I was intending to say Gaffer.  Wolves took Afobe and gave him a chance. For him to demand a move half a season later would be so ungrateful and disloyal that he would not be the kind of person we want in the club. How long would he stay with us?

 

[GJP]

How long does he have to stay at Wolves before he isn't ungrateful and disloyal?

 

[Boyerboy]

More than half a season. 

 

[Indy_Bones]

Sorry guys, but that's the sad reality of modern football.

Being fair, if someone had just got a new job 6 months back and then another company of a higher profile came to headhunt them and double their wages, how many people do you genuinely think would stay loyal and how many would instead take the money and run?

 

[derehamyella]

Every Player has a price, always been the same story....   the price his club wants and the price the potential club puts on him

 

[derehamyella]

According to reports City have upped their offer for him

 

[The Great Mass Debater]

http://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2015/08/25/report-norwich-city-make-improved-benik-afobe-offer/

 

[Indy_Bones]

This just keeps adding the pressure onto Wolves, and giving the player more reason to start causing a fuss should he want to move, all of which is potentially great for us if we can get a deal out of it and not get gazumped by the likes of Newcastle.

 

[CanaryNath]

Sky Sports reporting this too, now. 

 

[Din]

Don't think there's any chance this will happen, I think our bid will be swiftly rejected again unfortunately.

If our strike force though come the end of the window is Jerome, Afobe, Murray and Grabban, I would absolutely over the moon. Don't think it will be though. I think it's more likely to be Jerome, Murray/Walters, Grabban.

 

[brhdodds]

I wonder if we'll get rid of RvW and Lafferty? Hooper to SWFC building momentum.

Hoping for - Jerome, Afobe, Grabban, Walters
Think it'll be - Jerome, Grabban, Murray, Lafferty

 

[KeiranShikari]

Your hopeful strikeforce looks wonderful.If we get rid of Hooper and use Lafferty I wouldn't be so happy though.

Tonight's team should give us some insight on how close these Hooper/Turner deals are.

 

[derehamyella]

Wolves reporter  says   in twitter report on their Cup game tonight,  "Benik Afobe, subject of another rejected bid from Norwich today."

 

[Din]

Apparently our first bid was £6m, and this latest bid is £8m.

 

[derehamyella]

Now wolves have slapped a 14 million price tag on him  ...   that is laughable 

 

[big mean bunny]

Now wolves have slapped a 14 million price tag on him  ...   that is laughable 

Hi guys, as I was bored I was reading your site to see what you were potentially saying about Afobe, this £14 million price tag hasn't come from Wolves. Wolves don't conduct business in the papers and this seems to have come from the Daily Mirror from what I can tell, saying that I wouldn't imagine it's far off what our board would ask for. Is Afobe worth that would be another matter, however he signed for £2million and apparently has a 25% profit sell on clause for Arsenal, factor in the cost of a replacement in the over inflated striker market at our level, Afobe's contract, the start he has made and how important he is to us, and I can see why anyone that does sign him will be paying through the nose. 

Tremendous player but I would be wary of hammering that much money on him, although had a good start to this season even though we have been pretty dire and I would back him to be a decent Prem striker.

 

[Canaryboy]

As a Wolves fan, wouldn't you want Gary Hooper as part of the deal?

 

[big mean bunny]

I don't know enough about him to comment. My thoughts are that is he not very similar to a player like Le Fondre? Afobe and Dicko are both pacy and very mobile, if we were losing Afboe then Dwight Gayle would be the person or the style of player I would want us looking at as a replacement. 

 

[Canaryboy]

I suppose he is more like Le Fondre in style than he is Afobe, yes, but he's a lot better than Le Fondre.

Le Fondre is a poor mans Gary Hooper.

Hooper is a poor mans Jermaine Defoe.

 

[Din]

Fresh bid of £10m rejected.