Wolves transfer news: Major Tolu Arokodare boost as European giant 'close on deal' after controversy

Wolverhampton Wanderers guardant Tolu Arokodare is allegedly closing successful connected a transportation to Ajax.

Last week, the Nigeria planetary was progressive successful contention arsenic reports emerged that helium had refused to permission the club's grooming pitch having been told that helium would not beryllium portion of a first-team session.

While it was claimed that Arokodare took specified enactment successful an effort to unit a determination to Fiorentina and other information was aboriginal enforced by Wolves, the subordinate denied the reports.

With Arokodare costing £24m past summertime and netting conscionable six times successful 38 games during 2025-26, Wolves person been near with a large contented successful getting the erstwhile Genk prima disconnected their books.

However, according to transfer adept Fabrizio Romano, Ajax person stepped successful to suggest a big-money deal.

Ajax favourites to motion Arokodare

The study claims that a 'club to nine agreement' is successful spot implicit a season-long indebtedness with enactment to buy.

Although it is not specified whether that clause is optional oregon mandatory, it is said that a bundle worth €20m (£17.11m) is connected the table.

Ajax allegedly presumption the 25-year-old arsenic a precedence enactment arsenic caller brag Michel looks to determination the Dutch giants backmost up the Eredivisie table.

Both clubs are present seemingly moving connected the last details of the transfer, the presumption being that Arokodare is funny successful a transportation to Ajax.

With Arokodare 1 twelvemonth into a four-year contract, Wolves would person needed to recoup astatine slightest £18m to debar a nonaccomplishment connected their accounts this summer.

Why bash Ajax privation Arokodare?

Despite Arokodare lone scoring 3 times successful 1,408 minutes of Premier League football, Ajax volition alternatively beryllium looking astatine his grounds successful Belgium.

A full of 41 goals and 12 assists came from 113 appearances for Genk, 23 of those strikes coming successful the 2024-25 campaign.

Ajax besides necessitate a replacement for people antheral Wout Weghorst, who has near for FC Twente.