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Shocked Benik Afobe: Wolves have made me a scapegoat

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Benik Afobe has taken to Twitter this afternoon to express his 'shock' and 'hurt' over Wolves' claims that the striker no longer wanted to play for the club.

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Wolves' recruitment chief Kevin Thelwell said of the striker's performances: "You could list our entire first team squad and see that they were trying.

"Benik was no longer trying to play for us and that was undermining everything we were trying to achieve."

But the Bournemouth striker responded to the Express & Star's story with a series of strongly-worded tweets claiming that he had been hung out to dry.

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Chief executive Jez Moxey said that had Afobe continued to give his all, Wolves wouldn't have needed to sell him.

He added: "We said publicly that Benik would not be sold at all this season.

"It was a statement of intent and the owner backed us completely.

"I wasn't speaking to the Wolves fans, I was speaking to Benik's family, Norwich and any other Premier League club who were trying to undermine our relationship with Benik.

"We wanted to underline his place in the Wolves team. The reality is that he didn't want to play for Wolves.

"We wanted him to maintain his commitment to us so he could help us reach our goals. He wanted to leave, his advisors, his agents, his family and Norwich did everything they could to get Benik out of the club. He's now (earning) four times his wage."

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