Wolves look dashed on Aruna Dindane
Friday 21st May 2010, 12:27PM BST.
Wolves’ chances of signing Aruna Dindane are looking increasingly unlikely after it was claimed interest from a club in Qatar has been firmed up with a £3million bid.
Sources believe Dindane has attracted a five million euros offer of combined fee and first year wages from the still unnamed Middle East club.
But the Ivory Coast international is not keen on signing for the club in the Emirates and would instead prefer to join a Premier League outfit playing in the Champions League, which appears highly unlikely.
That would appear to leave Wolves and Panathanaikos as the only likely bidders in the frame after Bolton dropped out of the running yesterday for the forward, who scored 10 goals in 24 appearances for Portsmouth last season.
But information indicates Dindane is looking for a higher-ranking Premier League club than Wolves.
Dindanewants his future determined by Monday before joining up with the Ivory Coast squad to begin World Cup preparations under former England boss Sven Goran Eriksson.
The player’s agent Willie McKay was in Bolton last weekend to discuss their £2.9million offer and the player underwent a medical, but the two parties could not agree a deal and interest from the Reebok Stadium appears to have cooled.
Panathanaikos, who Dindane rated as his first choice last week, are still waiting in the wings but the Greek club, who can dangle the carrot of Champions League football, have not yet submitted an offer.
Although Wolves confirmed Dindane as a target more than a week ago, chief executive Jez Moxey warned yesterday the club would not be messed around by potential signings who might be hawking themselves around to different bidders, which seems to be what is happening with Dindane.
So it appears increasingly likely the club will take their interest elsewhere.
Stoke striker Dave Kitson, Lyon forward Frederic Piquonne, who spent last season on loan at Portsmouth, and Bristol City’s Nicky Maynard have all been linked with moves to Molineux, while the club say there is no interest in Burnley striker Steven Fletcher and Glasgow Rangers forward Kris Boyd.
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The more I hear of this transfer the more I want Wolves to steer well clear, to turn down the opportunity of Champions League Football with Panathanikos, PL football with us , Bolton or Blackburn for second rate football in Qatar only means one thing. Completely money orientated for him and the parasite of an agent Willie Mckay/Mckye??.
Drop interest now 3Ms while we have the chance, Please!!
WBA fans take note Mckay/ Mckye?? I believe is Dorrans agent, be warned he is bad news!!!
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Wolves dont want to waste their time with this player. He wasn,t over impressive in the cup final. He is obviously after the biggest buck. Remember Henri Camera.
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Why are the E&S still running stories on this. Wolves enquired, said he wasn’t worth the fee they wanted for him and lost interest. With Willie McKay’s involvement made this one dead in the water before it even began.
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Any transfer involving Willie McKay is going to be a nightmare. Seems like he’s working overtime to get the most he can for himself. I’m not really fussed if we sign Dindane or not, as long as his heart is in it. But i hate the thought that any of our money will find it’s way into wee Willie’s pocket
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The player’s agent Willie McKay …..just about says it all i think
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Henri Camara/Aruna Dindane + Willie Mckay = Problems for wolves !!! Nuff said
Go For Frederic Piquonne instead (unless his agents is willie mckay lol) a target man to play alongside doyle
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So he wants to “join a Premier League outfit playing in the Champions League” does he? No chance
The bloke is obviously a bit of a dreamer. I say leave him well alone.
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We don’t want any of these money grabbing players (or agents) like we’ve had in the past (or avoided like Dann last year).
None of the names we have been linked with have inspired any confidence I’m afraid.
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The guy already has a “over inflated ego” and would disrupt the club and staff. He’s not the second coming.
E&S should stop writing this stuff and getting everyone in a bloody tizzy.
Let’s get on with the business at hand.
Quality players…..Quality club.
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Heard from a very good contact we are talking to Koren…is he any good?
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Keep away from him 3M`s with MaKay it`s how much money he can earn from a deal not how Dindane`s career should shape.Please,not Kitson or Beattie.What the hell is wrong with Kris Boyd or Fletcher from Burnley,they do have the experience we need in fact I was told Boyd averages a goal a game I can`t comment because I don`t follow Scottish Football.Piquionne should also have the qualities we need,so come 3M`s show the fans you mean business this time round and stop messing around.
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SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER CAMARA WITH WILLY MCKAY HIS AGENT ……STAY WELL CLEAR DONT NEED HIM HE HAS POUND SIGNS IN HIS EYES
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We better not sign dave kitson he is useless!!!!!!! We need someone who is gona get goals he won’t get one!!!! He’ll be as bad as frankowski!
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The guy is a joker! Forget about him!
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As a rule of thumb, if Willie McKay is your agent, we should steer well clear of you.
Not sure why we wouldn’t want Kitson though – he didn’t exactly do too badly playing alongside Doyle at Reading. Would you rather have him, or Iwelumo and Vokes?
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He sounds like another Heni Camara to me!
Who remembers Camara’s reason to leave Wolves? Wanting to be African Player of the Year lol.
This is another rat who has no interest other than that of money! We need young players who are hungry for success not their bank balances!
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He doesnt want to come to wolves, and wolves fans dont want him.
Cant E&S find another story to run?
I have read about 6 stories that he is not coming, going to print the same tomorrow?
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Wolves 2011 starting 11
Hanneman
Zubar
Stearman
Berra
Foley
Eagles
Henry
Milijas
Jarvis
Doyle
Vokes
SUBS
Ikeme
Craddock
Van damme
Kightly
Surman
Ebanks Blake
Keogh
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Cant we at least get linked to some quality players?
We are looking at the same quality of players last year, and only 2 out of 11 worked.
Raise your sights wolves for goodness sake.
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this guy is a waster and would only be trouble..
He’s smaller than e-banks too, so what’s the point…
i hope we don’t sign him, infact if i was wolves, i would not waste anymore time on him..
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16. Not sure who the 11 are, but Doyle, USA, Zubar, Millijas, Mancienne and Guedioura make 6 that worked for me.
Oh and we stayed up with 2 games to go!!
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This man is living in cuckoo land. Champions League…. you’re having a laugh!
Leave him alone, Maynard alone and Hunt alone. We do not want to pay over the odds for anyone and are they any better than what we have?
This transfer window will be difficult but a side like Wolves needs players to come who appreciate what this club is about a la Kevin Doyle. We cannot spoil this young and hungry work ethic with prima donas!
We might have to take a chance with at least one player from the Championship, for example, Ashley Williams. It has worked with Blues with the likes of Dann and Johnson!
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Dont go for players who think they are bigger than the club. Dindane is one of them.
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19) 2 out of 11??? You obviously do not go to many games. Here is 3 – Hahnemann, Zubar and Doyle – who were quality. Mancienne and Guedioura did well and there is definitely more to come from Milijas!
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DONT WASTE ANOTHER SECOND ON THIS BLOKE IF HE WANTS TO GO AND PLAY IN THE DESERT THATS UP TO HIM THE FOOTBALL IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS OUR 3RD DIV, SORRY LEAGUE TWO NO AMBITION THERE THEN MOVE 4 BEATTIE FROM THE STOKIES MAYBR ANDY JOHNSON FROM FULHAM???
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15)looks a great team that does,with those 2 out standing signings eagles and (sub)Van damme.with that team i may even renew my passport ready for our away trips in the champions league……..y o y do they let kids come on this site
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Willie McKay as his agent??? Aaaaargh!!!!
Stay well clear. He is only in it for himself not the player.
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So he wants to go to a higer placed club than us.. and he was talking to BOLTON? 1 place, one point (and a worse goal difference)makes that much difference, does it? This is preceisely the sort of signing that put Portsmouth where they are and that WE DON’T WANT!
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never mind you still got jelly aye boing boing wobble wobble
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Dindane? Let’s move on.
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23, well sebs backside bigger than the club aye boing boing
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what about dave nugent can score goals for fun especially alongside doyle with hunt down the wing supplying the crosses goals galore
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Next..
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wolves or any other midland club dont need this guy – lazy and greedy, move on. glad you stayed up and looking forward to our derbies with blues and you next season . we just regard the albion as a small club and dont really pay them much interest on the holte end.whats all that hymn singing about ?
sadly comments 29 and 31 depict them to a tee – sad really. see you for a proper derby – up the villa!
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We can do alot better than dindane! Please correct me if im wrong but isnt that the agent of henri camara a few years back and look what happened there? We dont want time wasters! UTW
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Dindane – NO! Wouldn’t be loyal.
Hunt – NO! No quality, let Baggies have him.
Kitson – NO! Doyle brought him on, but it won’t happen twice.
Boyd – NO! Wouldn’t make it in the Premiership.
Eagles – YES! But is he available?
Fletcher – ??? Hmm, Worth a shot if less than 3mil.
Keane – YES! But he isn’t available, so forget it.
Who else?
Here’s a new one.
Seeing as our scouts are looking abroad, how about one of Nenad Milijas’s compatriots.
NEMANJA MILIC – OFK Belgrade.
Centre Forward
1.90metres tall
19 years old
Serbian under 21 int:
Already rated by top euro teams, BUT, no offers (published) yet.
Could get him now for less than a mil.
Give him half a season to acclimatize to UK soccer and we have a POSSIBLE world class player.
It’s all a gamble!
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2 & 3. Spot on both of you. I thought he was poor in the cup final and if Willie Mackay is involved we should stay well clear. I’m less than happy with this agent’s dealing with Wolves in the past.
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All this talk of new signings, how far off is zele ismail from our first team?
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I would not touch this guy with a barge pole attached to another barge pole, greedy deluded and useless, sounds more like Baggie material to me.
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Did someone on here just say Dave Nugent scores goals for fun? Where – in training?
Dindane is a Premiership reject, end of story, and another Henri Camara wannabe. Look at the wages the likes of him, Utaka & Piquionne have been on at Portsmouth, who would have been relegated without the nine-point deduction anyway, and tell me they did enough to justify them. If they were as good as their agents make them out to be, they’d be going to Villa or Everton or Sunderland – not Qatar.
No Dindane, no Kitson (does he still not ‘give two s***s’ about the FA Cup, now that his career is in freefall?), no Beattie, and definitely no Hunt! I’d rather pay £5 for Jimmy Bullard.
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Willy McKay can stay away from this club. Aruna. Dont bother coming if he is your agent. We don’t need ya.
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Give Mick some credit…..Dindane/McKay is just the sort of combination he won”t touch.
Ethical Wolves!!!!
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