Apparently Afobe was not told that his transfer was purely about making money for Wolves. They bought him for £10M and then immediately sold him on for £12M in a pre-agreed deal without letting Afobe know. Nice...Originally Posted by Heisenberg
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Apparently Afobe was not told that his transfer was purely about making money for Wolves. They bought him for £10M and then immediately sold him on for £12M in a pre-agreed deal without letting Afobe know. Nice...
Except that's not strictly true is it? Afobe is on loan at Stoke, and they have an option to sign him for £12m. Afobe could reject a move.
From the Stoke official website:
The 25-year-old striker has moved to the bet365 Stadium from Wolves on a six-month loan but with an obligation to purchase him for an undisclosed fee in January.
OK - so what is wrong with it, if that is the case? It's no different to Cardiff signing Steve McLean for nowt in June, and selling him for £500k in January.
Afobe could have rejected the move if he didn't like it. I suspect, though, he is getting paid the same and is a mercenary like a high percentage of footballers.
Tell that to Afobe:
“I want to put the record straight because people are thinking Wolves were under an obligation to sign me. They weren’t.
“The deal was simple. I was loaned from Bournemouth until the end of the season and Wolves had an option to sign me for £10m in the summer. If they didn’t want to, they could say, ‘No thanks’.
“I had done well, scored six goals in seven starts and Wolves went ahead with it. They made me believe I was part of their plans.
“I did the medical, signed the contract and thought, ‘Great, I’m happy’. Then, four days later, my agent told me, ‘The manager wants to bring in a few strikers and isn’t going to play you’.
“I asked, ‘What if I’m the best player in pre-season, every single training session, every single friendly I play?’ He replied, ‘You’ll still not be in his plans’. It was disrespectful. I’ve got a baby daughter and a heavily pregnant wife. The last thing we needed was to be messed about.
“It also caused embarrassment. Everywhere I went, football fans would ask about it and I’ve had to justify myself to not look stupid.”
Fair enough, I stand corrected.
I thought it was a bit of a dick move from Wolves, but actually reading how it affected Afobe makes me wonder if he should take action against them. That's no way to treat someone.
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