Davies was influenced claims Mick
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy claims Mark Davies was influenced by outside parties ahead of his transfer to Bolton.
Davies moved to the Reebok Stadium for a fee of up to £2million this week after making just 35 appearances for Wolves.
The 20-year-old midfielder had been injured for much of McCarthy's two-and-a-half years in charge, but he regained fitness and form on loan at League One leaders Leicester before switching to Gary Megson's Wanderers side.
Davies was groomed at the Wolves Academy under Chris Evans, now assistant manager at Bolton.
McCarthy said: "We wanted him to stay and we sent him out to get some football gain fitness. Almost immediately someone's been in his earhole and tried to nick him out of the place. Whether that be an agent or whoever, his head was turned and he was gone."
The Wolves boss insists academy players can break through to the first team despite Davies' decision.
No homegrown outfield players are currently in McCarthy's squad, as players such as Mark Little, Stephen Gleeson and Daniel Jones have been forced to go on loan.
But McCarthy, whose three goalkeepers are all homegrown, reckons there is room for academy players to become the future of Wolves – if they are good enough.
He said: "Let me clear the Mark Davies issue up – he hasn't been fit for two years. At the end of it, he didn't want to stay here, he put a transfer request in so we wanted to get the best possible deal we could for him.
"But we have got some good young players in the Academy and if they're good enough, they'll get in the team. Certainly Kyle Bennett, Scott Malone, Ashley Hemmings, Danny Batth and Mark Connolly, who's still only 16, are all doing well."