Sharp set for Molineux talks
Wolves have been given permission to talk to top striker target Billy Sharp. Wolves have been given permission to talk to top striker target Billy Sharp. The Molineux men are believed to have made a bid around £1.5million for the forward as one of the summer's most protracted transfer sagas nears completion. But Scunthorpe chairman Steve Wharton today warned Wolves they will have to up their bid for the striker – and said their status as his preferred choice of club is under threat. "From talking to him I think he has set his heart on a move this summer," he said. "I thought he would prefer linking up with his old strike partner Andy Keogh at Wolves – but I know he was impressed with what he saw at Norwich." Read the full story in the Express & Star.
The Molineux men are believed to have made a bid around £1.5million for the forward as one of the summer's most protracted transfer sagas nears completion.
But Scunthorpe chairman Steve Wharton today warned Wolves they will have to up their bid for the striker – and said their status as his preferred choice of club is under threat.
"From talking to him I think he has set his heart on a move this summer," he said. "I thought he would prefer linking up with his old strike partner Andy Keogh at Wolves – but I know he was impressed with what he saw at Norwich.
"We have given him permission to talk to both Wolves and Sheffield Wednesday. But he knows too that both Wednesday and Wolves are a long way short of the asking price we want."
Last season's League One top scorer was due at Molineux for talks yesterday but flash flooding in Sheffield prevented him from making the journey.
He is now set to visit later this week as Wolves hope to persuade him to reunite his partnership with former Scunthorpe team-mate Andy Keogh next season.
Sharp was due to talk to Sheffield Wednesday yesterday, with Owls boss Brian Laws believed to have given the 21-year-old forward until the end of the week to make a decision.
Laws, who managed Sharp for three seasons at Scunthorpe, is in the market for a forward .
"We are aware of the interest from Norwich and Wolves and Sheffield United," he said. "But he knows what I'm about."
