Wolves linked to wanted striker Andy Delort

Published Nov 7, 2016

Last updated Aug 28, 2014

Wolves were today linked to French forward Andy Delort as the answer to their summer-long striker search.

See what Frenchman Andy Delort can do with his exploits for FC Tours, as the striker emerges as a target for Wolves.

Wigan, Wolves and Charlton have the 22-year-old six-footer in their sights, according to Addicks head coach Bob Peeters.

Peeters said: "Apparently Wigan are interested and apparently Wolves are interested.

"First he was going to sign for us then he was going to Wigan and now apparently he's close to Wolves, so I don't know any more which team is going to bring him in."

FC Tours said in a statement: "Discussions are also underway with several clubs.

"A better offer (than Wigan's) has been made by another British club, which included a very intriguing link-up with the Tours FC training centre."

Delort burst on the scene last season when he scored 24 goals in 36 games for FC Tours in Ligue 2, making the league's team of the season and finishing runner-up as player of the year.

Prior to that Delort, who won one France Under-20s cap in 2011, spent three years with Ajaccio, netting six times in 46 games to help them to promotion to Ligue 1 in 2010-11, while he notched once in a 13-match loan spell at Metz in 2012.

Delort was also selected in the France beach soccer team managed by Eric Cantona in the 2009 World Cup, scoring five times in the qualifiers.

Wolves head coach Kenny Jackett is desperate to add to his strikeforce and has so far been unable to land chief targets Patrick Bamford from Chelsea or Leicester's Chris Wood.

This afternoon, Jackett claimed there will be no one signed in time to effect Saturday's clash against Blackburn, but that efforts were continuing to bring players in.