Leeds United poised to hijack Wolves striker transfer as lethal 42-goal Premier League forward plans move.
Wolves have their sights set on a 55-time international with a proven track record in the Premier League
Championship title hopefuls Leeds United have emerged as rival contenders to sign one of Wolves’ top striker targets this January.
The Old Gold are keen to bolster their attacking options this month as they aim to fend off the threat of being relegated to the Championship for the first time in seven years.
Wolves already have plenty of goals in their team with Matheus Cunha, Jorgen Strand Larsen and Hwang Hee-Chan all offering qualities in attack, but are still in the market for extra reinforcements to boost their hopes of survival. Vitor Pereira’s side are understood to be one of the leading contenders to sign former Manchester City and Leicester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho from Spanish heavyweights Sevilla.
The forward, who has scored 42 goals in 196 Premier League appearances, recently ended his seven-year stay with Leicester City to complete a move to the seven-time Europa League winners over the summer.
Iheanacho, who scored just five goals in 23 league appearances during his final season at the King Power Stadium, said: “I can’t wait to get started, meet my team members and we can achieve great success together.” After joining Sevilla in the summer. The 55-time Nigerian international had vowed to take the team to greater heights after seemingly arriving as a replacement for Youssef En-Nesyri.
However, he has struggled to make an impression in Andalusia and has been limited to just 11 appearances across all competitions with all three of his goals coming in the Copa Del Rey. In that time, Iheanacho has been limited to just five league starts, with his last appearance in La Liga coming at the start of December.
