Good point. Wolves have a strong hand until 1st Sept because they know he wants to come here and they know we want him. It's up to our buying team to convince them we have other options and are willing to move on them soon. All random speculation of course!
I imagine his current weekly wage is going straight onto the fee they're holding out for. The first deadline is the Sheff Wed game, I can see his price dropping after that. These negotiations are obviously complicated, at some point they'll just sell him to us but I've seen players linked to...
I think Wolves are inconveniencing us as long as is practically possible because we are their Championship rivals. I am hoping he'll be in by 1st Sept. They'll take our offer when it suits them, I doubt we'll increase it until just before the transfer deadline so let's hope they decide to get...
It's a shame this could not have been sorted quicker. I would guess that Ward's agent is negotiating hard with the club. The trip to Spain would have been the carrot on the stick to sign quickly. I do fear that this may take some time to resolve now. Alternatively it could be the fee, but I...