Coventry have emerged as the frontrunners in the race to sign Wolves striker Freddy Eastwood.
The Sky Blues are ready to pay Wolves an initial £1m up front, with £500,000 to follow based on goals and appearances.
That deal would allow the club to eventually get their money back on the £1.5m they paid Southend a year ago.
Norwich, Derby and Crystal Palace have also been linked with a move for Eastwood, but the Ricoh Stadium appears to be his most likely destination now.
Coventry are believed to be the only club who have made a firm enquiry for the former Southend hitman.
The 24-year-old has proved to be Mick McCarthy’s most controversial signing and Wolves and Eastwood are determined there will be a parting of the ways this summer to end one of the biggest debates of recent times among the Molineux public.
The last of Eastwood’s 10 starts came on Boxing Day as he increasingly became a peripheral figure under McCarthy.
Fans remain puzzled at the lack of opportunities for Eastwood, who quickly became a favourite.
But McCarthy maintains Eastwood didn’t do the job he expected of him when he did play.
“He’s available for transfer,” said McCarthy. “There are times when I think he hasn’t done well enough for us. Maybe he just doesn’t fit into my team. It’s nothing personal, but he’s available for transfer.”
Having kicked off his spending spree with his first summer signing yesterday with the arrival of Sam Vokes, Wolves are set for one of their busiest summers in the transfer market.
McCarthy is waiting to see if Burnley accept his £2.25m plus Stephen Elliot offer for Kyle Lafferty and has released defender Gary Breen and made defenderr Darren Ward, midfielder Darren Potter and strikers Eastwood, Jay Bothroyd and Elliott available.
The Wolves boss has also been heavily linked with Derby midfielder David Jones and wants at least one central defender, a central midfielder and another striker.
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just get rid and end this whole fiasco!!
we have Vokes now young and hungry and not a player who thinks he has seen it, done it!! as a lot to prove and hopefully will have a successful career!!
1m plus 500k add-ons id take it.
or straight swap for elliott ward! good defender better than his brother
Dont leave fred.
Snap their hands off and lets put this to bed, i’m sick of hearing about it now to be honest.
he deserves it at least he might beable to play a game every week he played first 5 games down here scored like 6 goals then never played again hmmm
send him to QPR
Take the money, we need to move forward. Even the E&S must be sick of writing about this.
didnt do the job he was expected 4 goals in starts says it all thick mick the big headed stubborn git.
did a post about wolves after a new CeO, they are after rugby league side hull kr CeO Paul lakin both clubs have refused to say anything.
looking on hull kr forums etc they dont want him to go!!!
wonder what will happen with jez??? be pushed upstairs??
i dont see the prob with jez does a good job, but looks like new stadium etc big changes are afoot at molineux
4.
Freddy only scored 4 goals.
2 vs Blackpool
1 vs Morecombe
I think he might have done better but will be glad to see an end to the fiasco!
As much as id like to see him stay i think its in Freddys & the clubs best interest he left,we need to move on from this Freddy fiasco what we went through this season,Least we’d get what we paid for him & just hope Kyle isnt part of the deal.I wish the lad all the best,hes a superb finisher,just didnt see enough of him down the Mol.
I’d try and hold out for the 1.5mil upfront with maybe add-ons on top of that!
If i remember rightly last summer, southend have a sell on clause therefore would be due some of our money, so we need to probably sell for atleast 1.6m or 1.7m to get our 1.5m back!
Just would like this over now, get rid and use the money for a good centre back! Come on Wolves
FREDDY YOU WILL BE MISSED !! GO TO A MIDLANDS CLUB .. BANG IN THE GOALS AN THEN COME BACK TOO WOLVES WHEN MICK HAS GONE !! FREDDY MAKE MICK LOOK LIKE A PRAT AND SCORE LOADS OF GOALS NEXT SEASON FOR COVENTRY !! GOOD BYE FREDDY .. YOU WILL BE MISSED ( NEVER GIVEN A CHANCE ) !! FREDDY FREDDY FREDDY !!
£1m plus a bag of tracksuits would be a good deal. I reckon the bag of tracksuits would score more goals than Freddy though.
yep lets get rid of freddy cos now we’ve got an 18 year old kid untried at this level, from a relegated league two side. and who’s he gonna replace eh? keogh..seb..don’t think so.
yes he’s one for the future..just like our promotion ambitions..morgan has a 10 year plan, can’t see us goin up that quickly..can you.
GOIN NOWHERE THE MCARTHY WAY..AS USUAL..OH YES!
Brilliant bit of business signing Sam Vokes for approx £250K, sheer madness to sell Freddie for just £1 million up front.There are other clubs interested so surely we can do better than this.
I have faith that Moxey will get us the best deal.
If the term “undisclosed fee” is mentioned then we all know we gave him away.
it’s ok to say lets get rid & put an end to it, but if he scores loads of goals next season & we are not at the top,then it will only be the beginning of the abuse for mccarthy,not the end
2. Don’t leave Fred?! You sound pathetic mate. No way is he staying
He iz worf at leest £12 milleon, bestest playa in der world.
Or maybe not lol
shame certain sections of our fan’s try and undermine the manager by calling for his inclusion at every oportunity, thus making his position at the club untenable. Who knows, Freddy may of seen the light, changed his attitude eventually and lived up to his potential. Guess we’ll never know.
Should fit in at chaventry
I agree with no.3. Freddy was potentially a great player and still could very well be but he obviously doesn’t figure in our plans anymore so thats that as far as wolves are concerned.No point us dwelling on it now,lets concentrate on the future and the potential of Vokes.
He must be good for the interest he attracted and at 18,hes the right age for the ethos we are building. Now lets get ATLEAST one central defender and a creative midfielder.I agree, elliot ward would be a great signing, see if old JM can do some business and work his magic there maybe?
before you all start wetting your pants about sam vokes..just remember this..WE ALREADY HAVE AN 18 YEAR OLD HOT SHOT STRIKER CALLED LIAM HUGHES.
one of our home grown young guns with huge potential, joint top scorer with rosa in the reserves last season. plus 2 very promising loan spells with bury and stafford rangers. if we needed a striker then we needed another proven player like sylvan. more evidence of total disregard of our own academy graduates.
GET RID OF FREDDY AND MUPPET, THEN WE REALLY CAN END THE FARCE AT MOLINEUX.
14,
You sure know how to make a new player welcome to our club, ya div, why don’t you go & watch Freddy at Cov??
Keep it going a bit longer -it’s the only thing that some of the thick gits who think they are wolves fans have to write about.
im sorry to b a samrt a*se but oli king said freddy had scored 4 goals 2 v blackpool and 1 v morcomebe i not sure tht adds
up to 4 mate
MM and Fred dont get on and never will so thats the end of it..just let him go for the right price.
Send him back to SKOOL–I agree lets end this whole chapter–Move on guys–Best of luck to Freddy, no more jibes please–MM is with us for another season Vokes is the start of a new chapter lets hope its a good one from now on–good Bank Holiday to all–Crazey Dave. By the way I was average at Maths but knew when I was paid wrong–Just a thourght.
21# & #22 NICE TO SEE THE SAD HAPPY CLAPPING MINORITY OUT IN FORCE TODAY HAHAHA. JUST NEED NEWBRIDGE AND NIGEWOLF NOW FOR THE ENTIRE MICK MCARTHY FAN CLUB.
SAY WE WANT LIAM HUGHES SAY WE WANT LIAM HUHGES.
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Liam Hughes is nowhere near the level of talent of Vokes. Liam has struggled to score while at Stockport & Stafford which says a lot.
Reserve team football quality is like a pub league standard.
Agreed can we just put this to bed fredy has been a flop and you cant blame Mick for this you have to blame Eastwood
£1mil + £500K based on goals scored. We will wait a long time methinks!
Up The Wolves
Can you happy clappers honestly, hand on heart tell me that Keogh is better than Freddy in front of goal ? You guys have betrayed the lad as has MM. Lucky Turner never disliked Bully’s face.
We can’t ask for much because for what ever reason he has not done much, but money back as a minimum! and none of this pay you later nonsense just give us 1.5m!!
Why not offer Freddy as the make weight for the Lafferty transfer? £2.2m plus Freddy. If he’s going and we want Lafferty I think it’s a god deal!
oops Good deal!
southbank barmy army lets see if you know anything about football. Did you ever play for teams like Man City or Celtic ,did you play at international level for your country in world cup finals and europian championships or did you ever manage an international team in the world cups finals or championship teams or premier teams if not why do you believe you know more about football than Mick McCarthy? have you got a problem and suffer from dilusions? I do know you are a pain in the arse and DO NOT SUPPORT WOLVES go support the albion where you belong and take your fellow moaners with you
mr cool, agreed with freddy, best off away now. totally disagree about liam tho’. i’ve seen him play many times and the lad has huge potential. he’s quick powerful and knows where the goal is, surely now is the time to bring him in to first team contention.
sam vokes is a brilliant signing i’m thrilled he’s come to us. but again we’re gonna end up with too many strikers when midfield and central defence are the main worry at the moment. and for sam to play..either keogh or seb will have to drop to the bench. no way he could drop seb is there..and no way will muppet drop keogh either. and we’re still chasing 2 more strikers..where the hell are they gonna go.
oh i forgot under muppet they can play in any position apart from their natural one..silly me
This Eastwood debate has split the fans. The BEST and ONLY way to solve the problem is for him to go!
If he stays we still have last seasons problems and we cannot afford the time to see whether he turns things around.
Macarthy has made his position quite clear. He will stay and Eastwood goes.
Lets get real and say MOVE ON
With his going there should be a united fans front. Surely that is paramount and sacrosanct for the clubs future
20….S B A
Why don’t we get rid of you instead ?
All you do is find fault and complain.
Why don’t you just s$d off. We will be better off without you and your constant whinging. If we were to sign Rooney you would say “what about Ronaldo.
23. oh vokey vokey
I was just pointing out that the few goals he had scored were hardly against good opposition, I should have made it clearer!
When Freddy moves to Coventry, will some of his fans?
Answers on a postcard.
We all know he has to go if MM is staying. If he gets 20 goals next season then MM will forever be criticised for not playing him more in 07/08.
Just because they’re planning a bid, doesn’t mean we’ll accept it…
and wants at least one central defender, a central midfielder and another striker.
We need two centre-halves mick, at least..
Just watching the play off final, that McIndoe fella looks quite good, why don’t Wolves try and sign him??
For God’s sake, Freddy doesn’t fit in, simple as. In any work environment if someone is wrong they go. For my sins I work down the road from QPR, now there is a set of fans that want to back the team. Get over Freddy and lets look forward to automatic next season.
NottsWolf and hedtheba…..I’m 100% with you re that muppet southbankarmy. I posted a comment on another subject regarding his negativity, but I don’t think it got past the sensors. He should go and support someone else as he has NEVER posted anything positive on the E & S boards.
31 - thats a fantastic idea. I know I would rather have Freddy than Elliot. And would this cancel the sell on clause in away!
Also if when we do sell Freddy can we have a clause in the transfer that he cannot play against us next year? I think Man Utd did it with Howard and Spurs with Defoe!
9 - He also scored against Sheff Weds away,but maybe you dont go away!
Good luck Freddy, hope you have the chance to do what you do best, and what we missed out on seeing you do.
South Bank Barmy Army.
I’ll happy clap you if ya like, ya muppet.
Get behind the team instead of whinging about the manager, change the record, ya pr*ck
36# SADLY MY FRIEND..AND JUST LIKE OUR BELOVED CLUB..I AIN’T GOIN NOWHERE!
IF YOU DON’T LIKE MY OPINIONS..DON’T READ MY POSTS..LIKE YOU IT’S THAT SIMPLE!!!
Just take the money and get rid of him, thought he was a good player even though i only saw him 10mins each game but mad mick wants him out so hes going no matter what we say. And to be honest im more worried whos playing at the back next season and hope we spend our money there because with two commanding centre halfs to protect the 2 Best Goalkeepers in the Division is what i want my season ticket payment to go towards
southbank barmy army, are you a baggie in disguise as a wolves fan? if you knew anything about wolves, surely you realise that 1) Hughes did not have a, and i quote, ”very promising loan spell” at stafford rangers last year, in fact Bully sent him back to wolves early because he was so far below the level required to keep a team in the conference.
And 2) complaining that we’re going to, and i quote again, ”end up with too many strikers” when mick has signed one, when lets face it, bothroyd, elliott and freddie are off. If he shouldnt be buying a striker, who do you suggest playing up front if SEB or Keogh are injured next year? Hughes? No! In my view we still need another striker so we then have 4 to choose from next year. We clearly need a couple of centre halves and a creative mid as well, but give mick a chance. I think you are clearly just anti mick and any chance to have a pop at him and you’ll have a go, even if your arguments are severely flawed!!!
Well said 33! Couldn’t agree more, i’m sick and tired of these Freddy Freddy Freddy south bank knuckle heads!!!
The south bank ain’t what it used to be! Through the toughest years of the 80’s it was our traditional home end, one that got behind the team and spurred us onwards and upwards. Full of positivity even when the club was on its backside!!
Now all we seem to get is negative, whinging, moaning and fickle chanting for whoever happens to be flavour of the month. Today’s south bank seems to be doing more harm to this club than the Bhatti brothers did!
I know that the vibe that comes from the south bank is borne out of some bizarre and twisted loyalty to the club but I firmly believe that the young team last year lost a good many points because of the lack of true support from the south bank!
I feel as though I can say this with some qualification as I have stood and sat on the south bank now week in week out for most of my life but am moving this season to the Steve Bull cos i’m sick and tired of the damage that these so called fans are doing to my club and I don’t want to be associated with it any longer!!
Get behind MM and get behind whichever 11 players pull on that famous old gold jersey! Maybe then we might see the club return to its rightful place in footballs top flight!
Up the Wolves!
I’m sorry but Freddy IS a good player and he’s a better forward then Keogh, yes i did just say that and yes you will see next season that when Freddy actually gets given a chance, he’ll be the league top scorer, just you watch.
McCarthy just hasn’t got a clue, Freddy didn’t perform because Mick ruined the way he played and made him come back to defend all the time surely we should be able to rely on our defenders to defend like Collins…ermm..oops???!!!
I am right cross that there is still no cover for the two genuine wingers we have.
The man is an idiot! Those months before Christmas and just after when we had no proper wingers saw us loose so many points that it destroyed our season.
But thick Mick still hasn’t worked that one out! Why doesn’t Morgan get rid?
From now on Morgan is being judged by his own performance, the days of bedding-in are over.
33. hedtheba
How dare you tell us Wolves fans, of 50 years plus, who detest what McCarthy is doing to our team, to go away and stop supporting *OUR* team!
You are a Moxey accomplish, and we will be here after sh*it like you have gone! You have only a temporary financial Wolves connection, for us it is our life!
OUT OF DARKNESS COMETH LIGHT!
20 and 36 oh becareful you pair squabbling amongst yourselves, it will get the Wolves a bad name !
Can it be true Pop Larkin is coming to show you lot how to play with an oval ball, when you can’t play with a round one yet !!!!!
Boing Boing The Mowbray Way !!
South bank army, I don’t think I’ve heard a more depressing set of opinions on this page than those coming from you. Just how exactly is your moaning gonna help the club? I’m not saying that everyone should love MM, god knows he’s tested my patience plenty. But he’s more experienced than YOU so either post constructive comments or naff off. Quite frankly I’m pretty embarressed you sit in the same stand as me…
I will be sad to see Freddy go, as he has real class, but the board back Mick and Freddy and him don’t get on, so he will go. However I believe the likes of QPR will offer 2mill + for Eastwood, so I say we hold out for a bit, instead of considering measley bids from an in debt Coventry.
southbank, did liam hughes score on any of them “succesful loan spells” as you call them! he was at stafford for 1 month, played 3 games and was poor from what i remember (was injured for most of it!) and i have a good friend who plays for bury and he said liam couldnt break into the side thats why he was sent back to wolves!!!!!
as for any signings/selling of players, you are going to boo the lot really arent you?? you dont want mm here so everything must be “sooo negative”
also, as for anyone scoring in the reserves, have you seen the standard???? its not the best, playing against hereford/kidderminster#s reserves…also dont see too many clubs trying to buy rosa do you????? strange that he has been transfer listed for a year now and no one wants him….. hmmmmm
oh and 1 last dig at you SOUTHBANK DOESNT KNOW WHERE HIS CAPS LOCK BUTTON IS! keogh has now scored 3 goals in 3 games for Ireland this last week, 1 tonite a screamer against serbia, now if freddie is a legend cause he scored 2 goals against part time luxembourg, 1 against a very poor slovakia side and 1 in a friendly against a depleted bulgaria side (not saying keogh is better, just saying if you dont rate keogh, then freddie aint much better!!)
now look, im not saying i really want freddie to go either, i wish he would stay and be the goal machine we all want him to be, but it aint worked, he is going, so lets get the best price for him! also, after 1 full season, there has obviously been something that hasnt impressed MM, all this i hope he scores elsewhere crap is stupid, why do we want our competitors to do well????!!! I for one hope he goes away and never scores again, cause then MM would be right and it wont harm the club!
Sell him for the first serious offer and be done with the whole thing!
It is boring now, but I suppose it has to be reported
20. Hughes needs a season long loan spell at a top League One club, Leicester or Doncaster/Leeds might be an idea. Should bring him on a treat
How can we make a deal of 1m + goals scored, if the Muppet beleives he can’t score goals?
no.11 as said it all for me well put mate.
for the record his goals were as follows:
1 against bradford in league cup
1 away at sheff wed
2 home v blackpool
its about time, all he’s done is turn the fans against mccarthy, he simply hasn’t performed. we need signings, vokes already in, carr from newcastle is being rumoured. oh, and don’t have ur hopes up, but i have seen chris gunter and anthony gerrard leaving compton. watch this space!
Why are some people convinced Fredy will be top scorer next season ?
Have i missed something in him, all i see is another Bothroyd talented but pure lazy.
I’m telling you now i bet Fredy will end up with a single digit total next season as other teams see him as a squad player not a first team player.
I am right cross!
We paid £1.5M for Freddy, and to let him go at less than that is pathetic. This is somebody easily capable of being the division top-scorer! For God’s sake get your heads together and realize what sort of talent you are *GIVING* away!
Moxey, start earning your over-inflated bonus and get us a decent price. It hurts enough loosing Freddy and keeping the Yorkshire moron, but to loose money on the deal is rubbing salt into deep wounds.
I don’t think that I am going to like the Morgan regime at Wolves!
39. wolf72
Another “pretend” long-term supporter! Of course we *REAl* Wolves fans detest what the McCarthy/Moxey takeover is trying to do. By dumbing down the fans expectations and condemning the fans to perpetual Championship football!
We want some class, and not this mediocre drivel that this dictatorship are trying to force us to accept! Wait till the end of the season before you pass judgment they said at Christmas! Now they just ignore us and carry on just as before! This is a management dictatorship!
Out with the Moxey/McCarthy rubbish! In with PAUL INCE!
BRING ON THE GUV’NOR!
Ince will be going to leicester me thinks…
(63) you prove my point far more eloquently than I could! The irony in your post is sublime, if only I thought you were not serious, it would be hilarious!
You carry on booing the side/manager/CEO pal, I won’t nowt to do with you! You are supposed to be a ‘Supporter’, the clue is in the title in case you missed it!
Let’s get this into perspective. To be fair to the lad, even Freddy Eastwood admitted struggling to fit into a new system. I, along with everyone else at Wolves I would imagine, wish Freddy all the best of luck wherever he ends up. (Apart from when he plays against us.)
If he scores a hatful of goals elsewhere, that will still not prove that MM was wrong about him. It will mean only that he fits in better with their system than he did with ours. Personally, I feel he will not score more than a dozen or so next season if his new club is in the Championship. (Of course, I could be proved wrong, but that is the nature of opinions.)
My opinion of Mick McCarthy is that he is a proven manager at this level. I don’t think he is perfect, but I don’t believe anyone else is either. (Remember that SAF also signed Veron, Djemba Djemba and others that didn’t work out.) (No, MM is nowhere in the same ability league as SAF, but I am pointing out that even the best get it wrong now and then. Whhy should we expect perfection from a lesser individual than the best.) MM will get us up next season, if he gets the defence right. (A lot of people call for a creative midfielder. We already have that individual if we can get Davies fully fit. Some call for cover for Kights and J|arvis. We have that if we can keep Gobern, Jones, Gray and Davies fit. One thing I hope from Mick next season is that he allows Davies, Gleeson, Little, Jones, Lee Collins, Hughes, Bennett, Salmon, etc from our Academy a chance to at least make some contribution next season. (If not starting regularly in the league, lets see them at least on the bench, and maybe play against ant “lesser teams” that we get drawn against in cup competitions. Doing that would improve his relationship with most fans. (Okay, some would get upset if playing these youngsters in the cups meant that we lost against those lower teams. It would give these youngsters valuable experience that would bode well for our team’s future. Wenger did it at Arsenal, and look where a number of those youngsters are now. Yep, they are now regulars in the first team.
Let’s hope there’s a bidding war as QPR would probably pay more than skinflint Coventry.