Wolves have signed Jon Dadi Bodvarsson from Kaiserslautern after making an offer as QPR were in talks with the Iceland forward.
West London Sport recently revealed that Rangers were keen on the 24-year-old, later revealed they had submitted an offer for him, and on Tuesday revealed the club had pulled out of the running rather than enter a bidding war with Wolves.
Wolves are looking to spend heavily following a recent takeover by a Chinese conglomerate and are believed to have paid around £2.7m for Bodvarsson. Rangers had been discussing deal to sign him for around £1m,
Bodvarsson’s wage demands also increased, seemingly because of Wolves’ interest, prompting QPR to end negotiations.
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We have again made a very shrewd and smart decision not to by a second rate no mark player, who has only just been noticed because he scored a goal in Eupean Championship. So what I ask? Mercenaries like him will stop our own home, grown players come to the fore, which is why we pay shitloads of the likes of these foreign invaders. I don't mind if these players coming in are of substance, but on the recent track record from our own standpoint at QPR the evidence is damming. Even the England players from our home grown are well overpriced, which is something out own FA should investigating, which is why so many poor foreign players coming in, due to the high wages they can get in England, stamping on the futures of our young players toiling away at their clubs and seeing new foreign talent push them aside in the pecking order. This must stop for our own ambitions on the bigger internationals stage to eventuallyp prosper.
One final thing we seem to advertise and play our hand in public, far to often and then lose out at the death. Maybe we should announcea signing, once the deed has been done, as we lose far too many players we go in for. Time for Stealth!!
How times change. Two weeks age we ( wolves) had not got a pot to piss in.
Better off without if he just wants more money, we've had enough mercenaries at our club in recent years rather go for people who want to play for QPR and rather sign younger up and coming players who have a point to prove and want to get on in the game.
A bullet dodged methinks. Yes he had a half decent European Championship but his record at Kaiserslautern, in the German 2nd Division, was nothing to write home about.
The fact that his "wage demands" suddenly went skywards as soon as Wolves were interested, suggests that we are better off without this mercenary!
The fee is undisclosed. Our local rag, Express & Star quote 'at least £1M' which means they've no idea!
Nope, according to their local paper they paid £1m for him not 2.7m