Wolves stars Fletcher and Jarvis can go - for big money

Wolves boss Stale Solbakken today admitted the club are reluctantly prepared to cash in on £10m-rated pair Steven Fletcher and Matt Jarvis – but only for “once-in-a-lifetime offers”.

Steven Fletcher and Matt Jarvis
Steven Fletcher and Matt Jarvis

Wolves boss Stale Solbakken today admitted the club are reluctantly prepared to cash in on £10m-rated pair Steven Fletcher and Matt Jarvis – but only for “once-in-a-lifetime offers”.

Solbakken held talks with the pair yesterday as the squad returned to Compton for the start of pre-season training.

Sunderland, Stoke and Fulham want Fletcher and the Potteries club have a long-standing interest in Jarvis, but no offers have been made for either player, who both have three years left on their contracts.

The Norwegian boss said the pair will join next week’s training camp in Ireland and will honour their contracts for as long as they are with Wolves.

But he admitted their futures are unclear.

“I spoke to both of them yesterday and it’s always like this when you have a contract and you have other possibilities,” said the boss.

“You have to be open-minded and ready for every outcome, and I think both of them are.

“At the moment they’re Wolverhampton players but there can be big fish out there who suddenly come in with a once-in-a-lifetime offer for them, and also a very good deal for the club.

“We have to make sure we’re ready for that.

“Jarvis and Fletcher are good, attractive players, and know they can attract interest from the Premier League clubs. They probably think there’s an opportunity.”

Asked if he anticipated losing them, Solbakken hinted that their prices may be prohibitive.

“I think it’s impossible to say,” he said. “The expectations from the club and the player could also be too big and they’re both worth a lot on and off the pitch.

“On the other hand, as I told both players, ‘you could break your leg or damage your knee ligament tomorrow but I won’t say I won’t pay you your money for the next three years’.

“That’s why we have contracts, and I expect them to honour the contract while I’m here, 100 per cent. Both said they had no problem with that.

“But the situation could change and it would be naive to say they’ll play for us no matter what, because unless you’re Lionel Messi and have a clause for millions, you can’t do that.”

Comments for: "Wolves stars Fletcher and Jarvis can go - for big money"

Mad Wolf

Allways going to happen the days of players like steve bull are long gone. Expect a lot more forign players at the club from now on.

johnny

still all talk about selling those too but nobody seems to be giving any offers for them .

that must tell you something.they are not worth the money wolves are asking for them and none of the top 10 clubs are interested in them .10 million for the pair whos gonna be that stupid to pay that for them.

Baggyjon

Clearly unsettled but can't see massive transfer fee, my guess between 3 to 7 mill each but wont be disclosed. Wonder which one will be first to make it official with transfer request!!

Sid

Stop beating about the bush they are for sale end of? they will not be here next season.

Solbakken Barmy Army

Sounds to me like they're staying unless a 10m plus offer comes in. I can't see Fletcher or Jarvis being unprofessional in that manner and they've expressed annoyance on their twitter profiles about 'handing in transfer requests' when they have not. Fletcher and Sigurdarson up front with Kightly and Jarvis on the wings? That's good for a Premiership team let alone a Championship team.....

Just the defense is like a league 2 team....

vespa wolf

I guess with this and the Kightley comments - every player is available at the right price??????

Bojangles Wolf

Ridiculous... They have a contract- Make them stay!

They were part of the problem why we got relegated... They should be part of the reason why we get promoted!

We know that Moxey will be trembling with delight though and he will let them go as soon as he gets a whiff of a pound sign!

If they go in my opinion it ahows a massive lack of ambition!

Stale the Viking

If both player stay then great. hope are 110% committed to the team. If they go then lets move to replace them ASAP.Stale sounds like he knows his stuff. now we have to move some dead wood out.

UTW.

JJ

Promotion is worth more than £20 Million.

Never Ever forget that Moxey.

We got solbakken the club

If either ,or both got sold the fans would never get to know the full price anyway. Foghorn Leghorn would soon reach down to the bottom draw in sir Jacks old desk and pull out that big old 'undisclosed' stamp. I think every footy fan in the world agrees that it's no good trying to keep a player that ain't happy,but I just don't see that in Fletch at the mo, he just don't seem desperate to get away. If he does get sold I hope Stanley,s got a replacement lined up who could notch 20 plus next season cos there ain't a wolf out there who would bet against that. So the scouse maths test today is : Goals= Points=Promotion=Money=Happy Fans=More Money..

R.I.P Tom, will miss ya on the trips mate.

JJ

Anyone remember Henri Camara?

You know the player who didn't want to play in the championship so ended up having a prolific career at the so call bigger clubs of Celtic, Southampton, Wigan, Stoke, Sheffield United, Atromitos and Panetolikos.

Well anyway. Wolves did actually take a pretty strong stance on refusing his transfer request. If what Wolves say is true then Fleth and Jarvis don't have a relegation clause on their contract so I imagine Wolves will be pretty resistant in them leaving even if they want to.

Fletch and Jarvis are also too nice to do what Henri did anyway and looks very bad for potential clubs. That said QPR will take anyone regardless.

Money will be the only thing that will change things but clubs are getting tighter with their wallets in recent times.

Hamlet

If the price is too high for another club to bid for them is that really a bad thing? :)

Ghost of Doog

Johnny you are obviously not a wolves fan with your ridiclous comment. As I stated before on here we have to be canny and ask the going rate for these two. Both are british with international caps we must get the going rate for them. 10m each is a fair figure when you look at ridiculous prices Liverpool paid for deadwood last season.

grummac

makes sense, we bought fletch for 7.5m so selling him for 10 wouldnt give us much profit, may aswell hold out for big money or keep him so he can help get us promotion.

soggy_wolf

Baggyjon,

£3-7m each? Wolves paid £7m for Fletcher and I doubt that they will sell him for anything less than a big profit, let alone a loss. If some Wolves fans said Albion should sell Odemwingie for £2m with 3 years left on his contract you'd do your nut.

Again with Jarvis, they are going to be looking for market value, and are in a position not to have to sell. Do yourself a favour and stick to your own page. Obviously ignorance is bliss until you inflict yours on other people.

Kim Berglund

I think it's important to set a deadline to transfer the story of the two players (Fletcher and Jarvis). You could see what it did to Arsenal with all the transfer rumors Nasri last year. Yes, I would rather keep them both, but no one is indispensable, and you can get plenty of good players for 20 million pounds. Furthermore, we are fairly covered with Hunt, Ward, Kightly, Hamill, Edwards.

Rob willenhall

Shame too lose 2 realy good players , but we need them and maybe a couple more as soon as possible then we know what we have left and can start to get a team built around certain players we have adam hammell a great replacement for jarvis eh

Codsall wolf

The main problem is that they have probably got pay reduction clauses of up to 40% in their contracts following the drop, so you can't really blame any player seeking a move to protect their income?

Not their fault that the club owners spent the spare cash on the ground instead of players, which resulted in relegation.

Pity the ticket prices for this season aren't reduced in a similar way following relegation...

Solentwolves

You would expect this situation, wouldn't you. They will probably leave because it is still early days regarding wheeling and dealing for next season. And no club is going to accept the asking price without playing a bit of a poker game first, a la Moxey. Can't blame them if they leave, it's the way things are these days. Stale is being realistic and so should we.

spanish ray

If they go I agree it must be for top money butwhat is all the fuss about? only Stoke,Fuham and QPR have been mentioned yet,hardly career moves for either player,so settle down lads put you efforts into getting Wolves back in the premiership where we all belong,that`s loyalty.

tedsmithwednesfield.nuffsaid

you got to laugh at the other fans from other so called clubs coming to talk on our matters rather than stick to their own ,

we don't need to sell and we won't sell unless the price is right, as for the muppet who thinks we will only get betwwen 3-7 million for either , do us favour will you , please go away quietly , we are selling players of proven quality who have worn the famous gold and black shirt , we are not trying to sell some tin pot club just off the M5 junction 1 ,

Hednesford Wolf

Much as I dont want to loose either, Wolves are bigger than both and the priority is to rebuid for a sustained premiership future. Try to look further than just next season. We need to improve the squad not weaken it. We don't need to sell first though.

The Real Bully Hoo.

15 Soggy.

I get your point and agree with you. I don't know how much Wolves will pay these two this season but the problem might come when their agents say "okay if you say they can only go for 10-12-15 mill then do you know what players worth this much earn?"

There's a good article on the Villa thread about Lambert bemoaning greedy players or more to the point greedy agents. The fans don't matter any more it's all about money. Sad.

AwayWolf

News from the Molineux is about as depressing as the weather. We just have to wait and see if both remain miserable for the remainder of the so-called British Summer. If this is so, then what sort of team will we see next month? Will money from the sale of any players help us find decent replacements?

One thing is for sure, Solbakken & Co. need to get this right - lest supporters start leaving in droves.

pw

16 kim do you go to games, please do not mention Ward and Edwards and Hunt as cover,

Ward is one of the worst players,ever at WW,Did you not watch the Euros,

Hunt is finished, and Edwards would do a job in League 1/2.

Dave O

Kept me mouth shut for a while, but just gotta say WE WILL NEVER WIN ANYTHING WHILE THE FAT CAT MOXEY IS HERE

Filthy Wolf

Bluntly I can understand the club cashing in IF the offer is 'once in a lifetime'. But for the Players if the best they can hope for is Fulham, Stoke or Sunderland then you have to say they are severely lacking in ambition. I'd hope both would refuse to go, but I suppose a 50% wage cut hurts.

Grogphil

Pity these superstars didn't perform last season, maybe they owe us another season to repay our loyalty.

Tomo

This is the same story as yesterday and last week!

And no mention that both players have said they want to stay!

sid

Sandwell fans should stay on their own sites as they dont have one player worth 3 million nethermind 10million.

Roundoak Wolf

Just heard that they have approached Lee Naylor about a return to the club 12 month deal and are trying to set up a trial for him when he finishes at birmingham

jhonny 2

jhonny...is ...wait for it....cr78....from the darkside....he's probably had enough of khs doing the same on their page....wba the envy of the premier league my arse....utw.

The tinker man

Not going to be selfish alas if they want to go they should to further their careers.

They're both international players...all the best.

Telfrod Wolf

I expect one of them to leave in the next week or so, but both are honest professional players, they are part of the team that got relegated and should be part of the team to get us promoted, Promotion is worth 4 - 5 times (£80m) what Fletcher & Jarvis are worth put together and its about team work, we easily have the best team in the Championship with a midfield packed full of creative and battling players, very good strikers, Doyle id he gets his game back, Sylvan when he decides to get fit (I expect he's had a lazy summer), Nouble (who knows), Sigurdsson (should hit the ground running as his domestic season is only just finishing) Defence I expect Danny Batth to come through this season, Johnson is back in the league he is more than capable of playing in and hope he can start from fresh put all of last season's rubbish behind him and the fans need to forgive and move on after all RJ is still a Wolves player, Foley, Zubar, Doherty, Elokobi, Craddock, Berra, Stearman all good enough!

Saft Sid in mallorca

Saft Sid

We will if yo do!

Soggy Wolf

Have a word with Saft Sid and Hibbitt's Miss Hit Toe Poke to keep off the only Premiership site in the Black Country and maybe we won't come down to your level.

Adéu

I gotem me a some grapes

Will be sorry to see them go. If they do go would like to see Jarvis at somewhere like Liverpool performing in a decent side it will bring the best out of him.

Same for Fletcher would like to see him in a side where he gets lots of service, would be interesting.

greatbarrwolf

i feel they will both stay they owe it too the fans too help us get back up kightly jarvis on the wing fletch up top with bjorn i feel now we gotta concentrate on getting a centre half in with pure class and quality then go and hand out few beatings next season

tedsmithwednesfield.nuffsaid

number 27 , totally agree with you , if they are to leave then surely leave for a bigger better club than us,

wolfhound

It would be very shortsighted to sell ourbest players when

1)We dont need the money

2)Getting promoted

to the prem will be worth £60mill +

The only problem Moxey is very shortsighted

stubbz

Jarvis can be replaced easily - fletch cannot - a big blow that will see us fail to make the play offs if he goes..........

Baggyjon

27. Filthy

So Sunderland would not be a step up then, the next thing you will be telling us is Real Madrid is a sideways move and you are actually top of La Liga. Delusional!!

lozza

they have each 3 years left on there contract 10mill each would b enough to tempt the 2 knobeds that run our once famous club to open there pockets they have to stay with 3 years left

ken wolf

Worth 3 to 4 million , full stop .

10 million , what a joke !!!

Wolfinblack

Look at it from both sides, the clubs that are said to be interested could well be in a battle to avoid the drop.

So why would either of them want to go into that situation again next season?

Better off staying here enjoying their football and banging the goals that will take the club back up.

On the other hand should they decide to move on for a quick dollar, should Wolves go back up these player have to be replaced and how much would that cost?

C'mon boys we are going places, stick with us and enjoy the new season you know it makes sense.

foo

Solbakkens Copenhagen team was a better team than Wolves has been for quite a few years.

Copenhagen never had any 5 million players, let alone 10 or 15 million.

I think it is shining through in the last couple of articles here that Solbakken knows he can get better players in for the money stipulated for these three. If he can get 30 million for the three of them, he could buy a whole team at least the quality of Copenhagen for that money alone and spend the rest of the budget on upgrades.

Since the team needs major upgrades all over the pitch, not least in defence, it makes sense to sell and make space for fresh investments.

Guzz Wolf

Agree with Real Bully Hoo...If this is what we think they are worth then we should pay them premier wages to stay, it must be gutting for them to see the drunken bum getting top dollar (if true)and they have taken a cut. Review and renew their contracts. I still believe that contracts at clubs should be tiered for the players dependant on status (how crap are you) and prospective market value. There is no way some of our average players (1st team or not)should have had massive hikes on promotion!!!! Economies of scale Jez, you seem lost.....UTW

The real realist

Everyone knows the players want to leave - they deserve prem football and wages and if we make them stay they will make Johnson look like Mr Commitment.

We are going to have an even worse dressing room tha last season and with an untried manager I fear the worst.

Sid - please mate don't keep making the rest of us look thick with your stupidity....we all know what albion did to us and we also know that they could make a bid for Jarvis an Feltch cos they stayed up and we didn't... lets wait till we have something to brag about first eh ??

Goldenwolf

Dont worry, none have kicked up a fus or want to leave.

Could be like Mulumbu who goes to the press (twice) and talks about the honour of playing for other clubs. Olsson, who when not fighting with his own supporters is looking for a move away! To make matters worse they went for an Assistant from Liverpool who had their worst season in decades, I completely understand why they come on our page!

Cyprus/\_/\olf

All these articles are just corollaries of the main story; the squad have returned for pre-season training and it is the first time that Ståle has had a chance to talk to the players, train with them and work out who will fit into his plans for the coming season.

In the background there will be a lot of coming and going, we've got to be relaxed about that.

Any player who believes that his value to the Wolves is greater than was demonstrated on the pitch in 2011/12 can be countered with the evidence from Ståle's homework with the infamous 38 DVDs. By the end of July we should have the nucleus of the 2012/13 squad and be developing a new mindset and game plan.

The common criticism of our new manager is that his success was in the Danish Superliga, perceived as a Championship or League 1 level league. All the more impressive then that Copenhagen beat Ajax, Man U 1-0, lost only 3-4 on aggregate to Man C and drew 1-1 with Barcelona, all under Solbakken's leadership. Just the man to wake up the sleeping giant. Remember, we single handedly spurred the creation of European Cup football. It's time that we regained that spirit and instead of aiming for a top ten PL finish, raised our sights.

*************************

4th Generation Wolves Fan

Oldburyite

Why do Wolves think their players are worth 3 times their market value ? If they are that good, why did Wolves get relegated ?

Harrow Wolf

Think they should both stay at least untill the Jan transfer wiondow, if we are not doing the bussines then in the fizz pop let them go to pastures new.

Stars In Stripes

30 Sid

I think someone needs to practice what he preaches, assuming you are the same sid that has commented on pretty much every Baggies thread for the past God knows how many weeks.

Also, something is only worth what someone else is prepared to pay for it. Wolves paid £7 Million for Fletcher, and I would agree that he has improved as a player since he joined but that does not automatically mean he is worth £10 Million+. Have you ever considered you payed over the odds for him in the first place??

soggy_wolf

23. TRBH

Thanks mate, luckily they both have 3 years on their contracts so wages not really an issue until next summer at the earliest. The best course is to wait until January, if Wolves are mid-table they can go and you just know there will be a Liverpool/Spurs/Sunderland/Aston Villa who will splash 8 figure cash in the transfer window silly season a la Bent because they are underachieving that season. If Wolves are 6 points clear at the top they may just want to stay and see if Wolves provide them with Premiership football the next season anyway.

I also agree with you and Lambert about the state of the game.... it is much more lucrative for agents if their clients change clubs and then get relegated back to the Championship over and over again than if they did their careers a favour by advising them to stick with a team that wants to keep them.

Fans to football chairmen/executives are like voters to politicians.... they are purely cash cows who give you a mandate to do whatever you want until you have to appease them every once in a while, and then blow your trumpet that you are doing so like you are doing them a favour.

soggy_wolf

31. Oldburyite.

£8m for Connor Wickham (rising to £13m)

£7m for Jay Rodriguez

£9.5m for Charles N'Zogbia

£6m for Scott Dann

£9m for Charlie Adam

£5m for Shane Long (rising to £7m)

Fletcher has a better Premiership record than all of them.

What would you know about market value? WBA have been lucky enough to have a manager who took players you fished out of the bargain bins at financially struggling clubs and mould them into better players.

Wolves got relegated because they have a poor backroom structure who made glaring errors over the last year, if we all thought like you Ashley Young would still be judged on Watford's relegation 10 years ago. If Nick Powell played for Crewe does that make him a League Two player? Your sort of genius would be appreciated at Manchester United, go and tell them the lad they just played £6m for isn't capable of playing above the fourth tier of league football.

Behave!

mark

So Stales statement in the E & S yesterday (warning clubs to keep away) has been blown apart in 24 hours.....thats if he did actually say it..........

If he has said it, then it looks like Moxey has had to confirm to Stale who is actually in charge of the team at the club.

Realist

21. Best post I have seen for ages.

Like the bit about a tinpot club off Junction 1 of the M5. CLASSIC.

Essex Wolf

“On the other hand, as I told both players, ‘you could break your leg or damage your knee ligament tomorrow but I won’t say I won’t pay you your money for the next three years’.

“But the situation could change and it would be naive to say they’ll play for us no matter what, because unless you’re Lionel Messi and have a clause for millions, you can’t do that.”

Stale: love that you're our manager but I have absolutely NO idea what you're on about. Seriously. I mean I know all the words you say, but have never seen them in that order before. Did Fletch and Jarvis nod when you said that to them?

Maybe it's just me..... LOL

The Future's Orange And Black

I cannot see why Fletch and Jarvs would want to leave Molinuex.

Wolves are the biggest club in the Championship BY A MILE and bigger than all but the top 6 and maybe QPR in the Prem.

The lads will stay unless Sur Alex comes knocking.

George Berrys kinky Afro

54-great post!!

50-olburyite.

Do you watch football?

Delusional

Looks like only the wolves board, manager and fans think fletcher and jarvis are worth £10m each - no one else seems to think so.. hence why they haven't been sold.

But fair enough - keep your players which is the main thing you need to do and by over inflating the price of them you shouldn't have any trouble.

wolves4life

another waste of time fletch top quality and is possibly worth 15 quote sky sports saying that we want 15 to assure we wont be selling to nobodies ie stoke. but if he is going to leave can he just leave this summer we have been in the dark over talks with regards to their future jarvis though i think is on another level of quality he is the reason that fletch scores so many and he will go to a big big club ... better than ashley young.

mossman

25 PW I agree....Hunt, Edwards and Ward should be sold ASAP. Hunt did nothing last season, Ward never knows where the winger is and can only get in the way of shots and then hoof it up the field to their center back and Edwards is another headless runner with no quality.

Walt

Make them stay till Xmas.

If were doing well they will stay --if not it wont matter.

Off to build an Ark

It would be a nightmare if Jarvis or Fletcher (both) signed for the panty girgles I guess that's worst case scenario.

DWolf

What was all the rubbish about running the club so that we would not need to sell? Why aren't we telling them that we want them and expect them to stay with us and to go back up?

Why is Stale relentlessly softening us up for sales of the best assets. He's in their pockets. That's why he was appointed. He shares the selling vision, the one they wouldn't tell us about, the one that meant Curbishley or any self-respecting manager wouldn't come to us.

We are the mugs, our future is horrendous, we have to make one hell of a stink.

Saft Sid in mallorca

The real realist

Thank's for pointing out the stupidity of Saft Sid,he's the reason there are more Baggies on here at the moment, he must be a real embarrassment to genuine Wolves fans.

Adéu

Giovanni

I hope we can take both of them until next January, when we'll understand what kind of season we'll do.

ColeshillWolves

There are some very stupid comments on here by some Albion fans and so called Wolves fans with very limited football knowledge. Fletcher has a better goals per minute scoring rate than most strikers in the Premiership over the last two seasons and his value has clearly increased. Jarvis scored 8 league goals last season and could not have done worse than Milner or Young in the Euros and had a much better season than Downing and look how much he cost Liverpool? The reason Wolves got relegated was down to lack of signings and a very poor defence - Fletcher or Jarvis were not to blame!

A message to the Albion fans is that although you had an excellent season last, I think your choice of manager is very questionable and suggest you worry about yourselves. As for the so called Wolves fans, stay away. Wolves have no debt, so can totally dictate what fee what the vultures will have to pay... fact!

PJB

Rolling back the years!

According to all the coded messages coming from the Club it appears that -

1. Jarvis & Fletcher will definitely leave..

2. Berra, Kightly, SEB, Guardioura and Milijas will be allowed to wind down their contreacts with little or no serious intent from the the Club to renew.

3. O'Hara & Hennessy will leave for half decent fees.

So, we will be left to rebuild around a crowd of untested youngsters, cheap Northern European imports and yes you've got it -

WARD, HENRY, STEARMAN & EDWARDS.

Remind anyone of August 2006.

Alternative scenario -

With residual money from last season, incoming transfer fees and parachute payments somewhere around £30 million should be available to mount a proactive attempt to revive the Club's status in the football heirarchy.

Let's see what happens.

Football revenue should stay in the Football Club Mr. Morgan.

cookyssweetleftfoot

With our defensive frailty

and tactical ineptitude we could have had Messi and Ronaldo and still gone down! Jarvis' goals and assists compare favourably to most wingers in the Premier league last season so why would he be worth only 3 million?

Fletcher has a very good goals per games ratio for the games he started and his value should have risen since we signed him.

Would be great to keep them but if they go I wish them both well as they have not let us down and are both Premier League quality.

I won't forget Jarvo's appreciation of the supporters either during last seasons horrendous home form.

Matthew

Why are people saying that none of the mentioned clubs would be a good move? They all performed better than Wolves did last season.

Stoke were playing in the Europa, Fulham were in the Final not so long ago and Sunderland and QPR have ambitious managers and boards, which seems to be the contrary to Wolves at the moment.

I believe Wolves would do well to get 10 million for each, but can see them going for a little less, perhaps around 8 or 9 for Fletcher.

Sid

jhonny 2- looks like the big fat spanish waiter as joined him to the one that was crying because they only gave him 8 weeks notice that the game was being put back 24hrs.

21- Had me in stitches did that comment.

JIWAL

Look, these players were not good enough to keep us in the PL, so, even if by some miracle we are promoted in 2013, they wont be good enough to keep us up again! Other clubs in the PL will have strengthened more by then...so the likes of Fletcher, Jarvis, Doyle , O'Hara, Henry,Edwards, Zubar, Berra , Stearman , Ward , Hennessey should all be shown the door. There is zero point in keeping them as they are not good enough as a unit to survive in the PL. Instead, let the Manager manage, bring in his own players , adapt to his style and lets see how we go. I'm sick of watching dross...want Frimpong back, and play Doherty , Davis and Batth for a start...supplement them with Solbakken's purchases, and be patient!

The Real Real Realist. REALLY.

66. Saft Sid in Mallorca, alias Kev. First the number of your post 66 on here is very appropriate, if you get my drift!

I really do think your comment about Sid being an embarrassment to real Wolves fans takes the biscuit. You obviously don't read Jack's then? They put Sid's in the shade.

Sir Billy Quiet

Looks pretty obvious to me that Stale is starting to take charge - his told players with one year left on their contracts that he will sell them if he gets a good offer - his told Fletcher and Jarvis that if a big money offer comes in they will also be sold.

BUT he has told all of the players that they must give 100% whilst at Wolves and reminded them that they are all still under contract.

Players come and go - no problem so long as its the best deal for the club......

As many posters have pointed out these players all contributed to getting us relegated and there are 1000s of players waiting to get a chance to play for Wolves.

sue

Jiwal-look don't you think these players are good enough for the championship as a lot of people pointed out last year! So lets worry about the PL if we get there,I think it's you who wants to be patient!

68 ColeshillWolf-agree with you.. I hope Jarvis and Fletcher don't go but I'm sad Kightly is being mentioned too...

Real Wolf

Ok So are Jarvis and Fletcher worth £10M each? No, however in the current footballing climate is anyone worth the fees that are paid for them; probably not, you only need to look at Carroll, Bent, Downing and Henderson to see that football fees are completly ludicrous. If thats not enough evidence have a look at Kaka and the 65million euros Real Madrid paid for him in 2008 compared to what they have actually got out of him in footballing terms?! Maybe why teams such as Sunderland and Fulham have stated they are happy enough to pay the asking price; i'd suggest that the reason we have seen no offers however is that they are keeping their cards close to their chest. O'neil very rarely has just one target. If we keep them great but anyone with a clue about life and football must understand that those lads will have taken a wage drop and they certainly will have last season been living to their means; we all do it. Sunderland and stoke have been in the prem around mid table (except for last season) for how many years? We have scraped through 2 years in the prem and then been relegated just because we have a more glorious history does not make us a bigger club; open your eyes. For all those saying we are not good enough without Fletcher and Jarvis do just remember we got promoted without Fletcher and Jarvis was average in the championship in my view because its so much more physical. Kightly most certainly should stay he knows the championship and proved at the end of last season he is good enough for the prem when we do get there. O'hara- he wasnt at Tottenham for so long without having a good amount of quality keep him fit and he will reward us, fans need to get off his back and accept what he did was human nature. If you had issues at home like he did im sure your quality of work would suffer to, and if someone had ago at you about it when your family is in the line of fire too how many men would not stand up to the that group of idiots?? Im pretty sure a seriously ill child puts life in to perspective?! As for selling the others such as Edwards, Zubar, Hennesey, Ward etc they are more than good enough for this level we need to use them. Keep them for this season get us promoted and then thank them and let them be on their way to another side that wants championship promotion.

Essex Wolf

The stats make Fletch look better than he probably is. I would be surprised if he does well at Sunderland, but would expect his style to do well at Fulham or Stoke. He'll go for an undisclosed sum, probably around £8m rather than £15m. The alien comments about relegation are absurd - Wolves and Burnley went down despite having him on board, not because of him. People who say "make him play" and "keep him to his contract" are naive. Nobody wants an unhappy, unwilling player in their camp. If he wants to go, then let him. I think he's probably not bothered either way. Stale's argument must be - "Wait until January. If I haven't provided the team to make you the top scorer in the division (and therefore increasing your value and attraction) then go. But if you leave now, you may be in a struggling Premiership team at Sunderland or Stoke...."

Jarvo is a different matter. I think the arguments about being in the shop window for England duty are spurious. I like him and his style of play but he may struggle to get as much first-team play at a number of clubs in the lower half of next term's Premiership. If he goes, it will be geographical.....West Ham or QPR would take him back to home territory for a bit more money.

Kights: will leave if he doesn't agree a contract extension. Moxey won't allow key players to go on a free. However, I suspect he won't go to a Premiership club. Charlton or Millwall more likely. However, could see him fitting in at Swansea too.

Johnson: will go suddenly and quietly. Maybe Cardiff, maybe Fleetwood, maybe Galatsaray, wherever. It all depends on a manager wanting to give him a break.

Berra will go too, for similar reasons. His contract is up summer 2013 and unless an extension is agreed (and I think many of us hope one isn't!) then he will leave before August. I reckon he'll go to one of last season's promoted League One clubs....Sheff Weds perhaps. Fingers crossed.

At the moment, I think a lot of the players want to see Solbakken's style and plans. All of our players have had a hard time the last three years, backs against the wall. A season in the Chammpionship might give them all a refreshing season of success and hopefully glory.

I would very much like to see Jody Craddock getting a future role at the club and also his long-overdue England call-up.

John Rhyl

They are our 2 best players. It wouldn't break the bank to keep them on their usual wages and then when we win the Championship we've got 2 class players which we would have to buy anyway.

Sort it out Jez, were going to win the Championship

Chester Wolfie

To all the Worst Brum fans posting on here about the 2 mentioned players not being worth 10m there is only 1 reply necessary

They BOTH have long contracts so they are our players - this means that we can ask for whatever money we want to, whether you lot think they are worth it or not, so if no-one meets our valuation then we can politely turn down their offers until they do.

Players are a commodity these days & can be traded, the price has to be acceptable to both clubs - they are worth what we want to sell them for,if someone else doesn't want to pay that it should be end of story

MIKE THE BIKE

I JUST SAW A PIG FLYING OVER WEDNESBURY'S CLOCK TOWER

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HOW ANYONE WHO WATCHED LAST SEASON'S DRIVEL CAN HONESTLY SAY THE CURRENT SQUAD ARE THE BEST IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, BEGGARS BELIEF. I DOUBT WHETHER THEY COULD WIN ANYTHING.

YES WOLVES WERE THAT BAD LAST SEASON AND APART FROM FLETCHER, JARVIS AND MAYBE DOYLE,NO-ONE SEEMS INTERESTED IN THE DROSS.

SURELY STALE KNOWS THE LIMITATIONS OF MESSRS STEARMAN WARD, BERRA,EDWARDS AND HENRY BUT OUTSIDE INTERESTS ARE JUST ABOUT NIL.

GET RID OF THESE CLOWNS QUICKLY, THEY ARE THE WORST OF THE WORST.

10 MILLION FOR FLECT AND JARVIS? THIS QUINTET ARE NOT WORTH A MILLION FOR THE LOT. IM SORRY BUT UNLESS WOLVES SIGN SOME QUALITY IN THE BACK FOUR AND MIDFIELD, WE'VE HAD IT.

THE PIG WONT BE FLYING ANYWAY,ONLY IN A FOOL'S DREAMS.

Realist

80.ChesterWolfie.Your right we can ask what we like for Jarvis and Fletcher,and sooner or later another club might actually make an offer for 'em.But if they start complaining or playing up,they should be punished,by telling 'em they because of that,they will now have to stay at Wolves.

Hp84

Goin to b honest wit u wolves fans, fletcher isnt needed at stoke, simple reason we already ave 4 strikers, as for jarvis, this wil go on all summer, and as for not been attractive club, fink crouch says differently

Essex Wolf

Translation of Post #83 for English Speakers:

Going to be honest with you Wolves fans. Fletcher (12 Premiership goals last season) isn't needed at Stoke City. The simple reason for this is that we already have four strikers(Jerome - 4 Premisership goals last season; Crouch - 10; Jones - 1; Walters - 7).

As for Jarvis, something will go on all season, although I have no idea what.

As for your claims that Stoke City is not an attractive club, we believe Peter Crouch would disagree.

Next week, the "Let's Help the Potteries Speak English Campaign" will attempt to put words to their hand-shaking gestures when Rory Delap polishes the ball with his in-built sanitary towel.

sue

84-Thanks for the translation..LOL.

CantelloRocket 78

32 Kenny scorcher,

I've just had my occasional quick scan over here,and spotted your comment-

I've got no idea who 'johnny' is,so your detecting powers leave much to be desired.

Still,it's reassuring to know that you and Sid churn out as much complete rubbish on here as you do on the Albion site every day.I guess every club must have it's 'blunt tools in the box',right?

The Real Real Realist. REALLY.

86. For occasional read continual. The same applies to KEV, Jack, Psalm 23, Warren, Happy, Astle??? et al.

Pot and Kettle springs to mind.

blunt tools

cr78....i guess you would know... 87.... yes continual is the word....and they call us jealous...lol utw.

CantelloRocket 78

So let me see-

Someone who sometimes calls himself 'Kenny scorcher' accuses me of something I haven't done,whilst using 'disguised' names on his own site,then another brainbox called 'the real real realist REALLY',and previous 'who are WBA anyway,are they.....blah,blah,blah' joins in to attack me when I say I don't know what they're talking about.

It doesn't get much stranger than this.

I'm not even a Wolves fan,but I'm embarrassed for those who are.

My head hurts.

The Real Real Realist. REALLY.

89. I see you have paid us another "OCCASIONAL VISIT" then!! Strange that really methinks.

Who R WBA anyway?? are they Sandwell Albion or not?????

89.Excuse me Mr Ball Juggler78. When have I attacked you recently?

I have been on hols for a while hence no posts.

I will add however at this juncture as you mention disguised names, CantelloRocket78????

Are you really? If so, it is little wonder your head hurts.

CantelloRocket 78

91 whoever you wish to be-

Can I make a suggestion?

It would be a good idea if you didn't type in the same way as 'Realist' (same intro. and excessive exclamation or question marks for starters),as people could easily mistake you for the same person,would you believe????

Also,it's uncanny how you suddenly return from a lengthy holiday to reply to me an hour or so after I mention your name....????

There,I've now made THREE occasional visits.

Put the post numbers in your notebook and remind me about it in 5 years time.

Bye,bye-I won't return-I have more important things to do,would you believe????

geoff palmer sitter

look, paranoia is established in the human phsyci.... so therefore (watch all the tescos scurrying for thier spellcheckers) that means when a dingle in disguise goes on the tesco page and has a cheeky dig, they cant help themselves but bite....jealous ? what of? an average prem team(the old division 1) yeah right.

villa euoropean cup winners 1982

wolves league cup winners 1980

wba winners birmingham senior cup 2012.

rofl. utw.