Wolves put Sam Vokes up for sale

Wolves today put striker Sam Vokes up for sale as boss Stale Solbakken looked to continue his Molineux overhaul.

Wolves today put striker Sam Vokes up for sale as boss Stale Solbakken looked to continue his Molineux overhaul.

It is understood the 22-year-old has been made available for around £500,000 as Solbakken looks to ease a logjam of 11 strikers.

Solbakken started the process on Saturday with the departure of Leigh Griffiths to Hibernian on loan until January, while he also allowed winger Nathaniel Mendez-Laing to join Peterborough.

News of Vokes’ availability is sure to alert Championship rivals Burnley and Brighton, where the Wales international had loan spells last season.

The Clarets are interested in signing Vokes on a permanent basis and at least one other second-tier club is interested.

“For Sam I think it’s best to find a new challenge,” said Solbakken.

“I’ve spoken to him about that and we’ve had an honest, open discussion.

“If an offer is right and Sam is happy and we’re happy, he’ll be allowed to leave on a permanent basis.

“We haven’t had any offers to date.”

Vokes has scored nine goals in 59 games for Wolves, but only four of those have been league starts since his £300,000 switch from Bournemouth in June 2008.

He scored twice in nine games for Burnley and three in 14 for Brighton last term after temporary spells with Leeds, Bristol City, Sheffield United and Norwich.

Meanwhile, midfielder Jamie O’Hara and new £2.4m signing Bjorn Sigurdarson are set to figure in Saturday’s friendly at Walsall after missing the weekend’s 5-1 win at Bray.

O’Hara is working up his workload gradually after a double hernia while Sigurdarson is recovering from a minor knee injury.

Comments for: "Wolves put Sam Vokes up for sale"

The Flying Winger

This has been comimg for a long time, he unfortunately has never shown the promise of his earlier years.

It will be a good bit of business if it comes off.

PeteNuts

Prepare for the stampede of bids, y'all!

The good news is, there has already been one winner in Wolves this season already - I smashed my rap battle at Barmageddon at the Quadrant Lounge on Saturday just gone, and even managed to work in references to Keith Curle, Keith Downing and Stale Solbakken into the lyrics. BRRRRRAP!

Hednesford Wolf

Another one signed for the future that never got the chance to show what he could achieve, and another that will come back and bite us. Good luck Sam.

Daz Wolf

If he had scored that header against Man U a couple of season back I know he would have gone onto bigger things. Thats the small difference between sucess and failure at that level, its harsh and I am still sure he will go on to be a top footballer.

ChrisR

Never got a chance? He had plenty of opportunities loaned out to show that he had the ability to do a job for Wolves but 9 goals in 59 games and then 5 last year on loan suggests to me that he isn't going to add anything new to our squad.

bully's left foot

What! No comments from the anti moxey brigade?

Albrightondek

He showed some promise when he was originally bought, but never really improved that much. His goals to games ratio says it all.

At best he will only ever be a journeyman player. Nevertheless, I wish him well.

rich evans

nobody else thinks 500k is cheap? every time i have seen vokes in a wales shirt he has done the business for them. just feel its a it on the cheap side to be honest.;

JIWAL

2. Rap is an abomination in the "music" world. Money for old rope just being able to talk loudly into a microphone.Total rubbish

JJ

With Fletch Doyle SEB and Sigurdarson in the squad. He'd be limited at best to cup games. Championship is a long season but there really isn't any need for much more than 4 strikers. Plus Jarvis, Hammill and Kightly are more than good enough to step up to a forward role if 2 or 3 of them get injured. No point hanging on otherwise Wolves will end up on the Hoarder next door.

Booty

3. Hednesford - I have to disagree with you there, from what I have seen the lad just isn't quite up to it, nothing against him, he's got a cracking attitude and I wish him well.

But he has been out on loan at a lot of clubs and has never delivered the goods, plus McCarthy would have seen him day in day out at training and obviously he didn't think he was up to it.

It's a shame for him but at least it was a relatively small sum that we paid for him. Of all the players that were 'one for the future', they're not all going to come off

RoynReanie

Ultimately we have to prune the squad, so there will be several marginal /debabtable calls.

The fact that he has had so many different Loan Clubs, and no meaningful offer to Buy thus far, speaks volumes and makes it the right decision fo me.

A significant sell on clause should appease any doubters ..esecially as he is likley to be sold to a Club, who would look to sell him on for a Profit themselves, should he 'make it'

J♣ck the Hat.

(9)

Jiwal,

Have to agree, it is like the background music abomination we get with T.V. and radio when some-one is talking. I can't hear myself think so I turn it over. Wonder if Rap was where they got the idea from!.

BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.

milenium man

A great international. Sam wins most headers in the box. Sad to hear he is listed. I have no doubts with the right players around him he will do well.

Tomwolf

Good Luck big Sam,im still unsure about this lad, he's still young and could be another to make it, with regular football at another club.Ive always believed players need a run of at least 10-15 matches, to give you a better idea of their albility.UTW:

PeteNuts

@9 Jiwal

Rather than take you up on your nonsense, I will merely point out that you have found moral support in Jack The Hat. That, I feel, rebuffs you more eloquently than I ever could. Even so, thank you for your feedback, we will pop it in a file marked 'To Shred'.

chris hoggard

Guy I know,comes from Bournemouth,and reckons Mick McCarthy has ruined Vokes.Evidently at 17 he scored wonder goals and was going to be the next Shearer.I think he lacks pace to make it in the Premier, but will have a decent career at Championship level.Hope he doesn't score against us next season.It is a lot more important that we keep Fletcher.

We got solbakken the club

I admit that I've read it three times now but is that Mr Hat on number 13 actually agreeing with a wulfie. I thought you would be familiar with the rap scene Jacko being as you only pay 50 cents for players and when you lose you all throw your Puff Diddy,s out the pram and run round cryin like a Dizzy Rascal. I think your lot are gettin a bit concerned about us comin back stronger and eventually doin the Lethal Bizzle on ya ! Give us a couple of seasons and I think we can put you in the Slim Shady, now go and put your Mario Lanza on while I think of a rap with your name in it. .....oh so easy. Be strong,be bold,the futures old gold.

Au revoir our kid...

sue

Petenuts-I'm of the older generation and I quite like some rap some I don't but does that make me cool???perhaps not...

Noisy

JIWAL - PeteNuts

JIWAL - if you were the last man on Earth you would argue with yourself for entertainment

PeteNuts - don't pretend you don't love the attention.

JtT - do you think anyone on here cares what conclusion your tiny brain comes to?

The football season is nearly upon us! Can we find something slightly more relevant to argue about.

Solentwolves

Sorry to see we are moving a Solent lad on - but I think it will turn out to be in Sam's best interests. He will prosper at another Championship club, possibly Burnley where he would be reunited with his old Bournemouth mentor.

Cyprus/\_/\olf

Good luck Sam

AucklandKiwiWolf

I don't think that Sam had 'a fair crack at the whip'.Good luck to you Sam and prove them wrong.

George Berrys kinky Afro

Good luck Sam.

Never really had a much of an opportunity under mick.

Shame that guediera has gone to forest-can't understand why we have let him go-one of the best creative midfield players we had at the club.

Ol'Ernie

Shame on Wolves for trying to sell Vokes.

He has a keen head on his shoulders but as usual the great thinkers are too good for the average type of players.

Sam, Good luck wherever you go but I hope you stay.

MossmanRoger

Not good enoug! Add Edwards, Ward, Blake, Foley, Berra, to the transfer list ASAP please...

Suffolkwolf

How many times do we sign promising players, never really give them an opportunity and move them on. They then find another club and fulfil their potential. Watch this space. Good luck Sam.

crowfish

Another "one for the future" hits the road! How many is that now down the mol?

Vokes

Griffiths

Friend

Shackell

Surman

Halford

Moyokolo

R edwards

D potter

D Ward

N these are off the top of my head!

mardygit.

Iam sorry to see Sam go,he never stood a chance here with all the strikers ahead of him.Idon't think he was given much of a run in the team to prove himself.My fear now is he will come back and bite us hard.COME ON YOU WOLVES.

The real realist

Not good enough - but that goes for 80% of the squad so lets hope Morgan finds his cheque book soon cos we need some major rebuilding.

Only concern is if Fletch and Jarvo leave we may end up needing Vokes during the season...

So thats 2 players sold who were committed to wolves and Johnson who doesn't give a fig given a vote of confidence.... hmmmm

PeteNuts

@20 Noisy

I tried being an inhibited battle rapper who didn't want anyone to hear him, but it didn't really work out...

Topic swerve: I'm thoroughly heartened by the players we are going for, even if we're not getting them. It suggests that we are moving away from the predominantly "buy British" model that Mick brought to the table and I for one couldn't be happier.

JIWAL

16. JTH and I may differ on our footballing allegiance, but at least we know music when we hear it.Please dont pretend rap is any sort of entertainment, just total bulldust. Kids think its cool to drop teh f bomb in every sentence thanks to all these wallies who follow this "genre" . No wonder society is in such a state

I suppose you are on of these who sit on the back of a bus with your smartphome blasting out this crap?

50cent? Wouldnt give you 10 pence for teh entire collection!

KARLWOLVES

Hate to say it,but this has got to be good news for us fans.Because if stale is prepared to let sam go,THEN FLETCH MUST BE STAYING.Good luck to sam though.

PeteNuts

@32 Jiwal

You know what? You're right. Rap music is to blame. It's rap music that's got the town centre full of alcoholics and lunatic lay preachers. It's rap music that has given us the worst unemployment in the country. It's rap music that has led to Wolverhampton having the highest proportion of disused commercial units in England. Not the recession, it's Lethal Bizzle's fault.

Jiwal, it's not often that I am reduced to terms like this, but you're an absolute, irredeemable imbecile, and these forums would be an immeasurably better place if you took a life-long sabbatical from them. And that's 'teh' truth.

SEATTLE WOLF

Well, I really am torn, though I can't say particularly why. He had some tough spells out with injuries, I know that. Yet, obviously wasn't convincing to either Mick or Stale, in training or in whatever context of their respective management assessment were of his worth talents were,

He obviously was not in the forefront of either man's mind.

All the best, Big Sam! You were always giving your best and never moaned for lack of playing time. For that, I salute you. All the best wherever you next stop is. I hope you do well!

UTMW