Wolves won't sell Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
Wolves manager Stale Solbakken today insisted selling striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake is not in his plans for January.
The seven-goal striker is one of six players out of contract next summer with Christophe Berra, Stephen Hunt, Ronald Zubar, Sam Winnall and Liam McAlinden.
Solbakken is prepared to listen to offers for Zubar and is in talks to extend Berra's contract, while the club are expected to invoke Leigh Griffiths' 12-month option. The Scot is currently on loan at Hibernian.
But Solbakken has stressed both he and Ebanks-Blake are open-minded about the future, prompting speculation the striker could be the 'surprise' departure in the window the Norwegian talked of last week.
Solbakken, however, was adamant selling the 26-year-old is not on his mind, saying: "I haven't thought about Sylvan in that direction.
"He's been unlucky in front of goal but he's been working harder than ever, his attitude is 100 per cent – on and off the pitch he's been superb.
"Even when he hasn't been playing, he's been encouraging the other players and been very positive.
"So I'm not thinking about him – I was thinking more generally, and not anyone in particular.
"You just never know – you get offers and you can get a desperate club.
"We saw that in the last transfer window when we suddenly lost our players five days before the deadline.
"So it's not that there's someone precise we think we're going to lose.
"But that we could lose someone because everyone is talking about more players coming in."