Neil Warnock is weighing up a summer move for Wolves misfit striker Freddy Eastwood – if Crystal Palace stay in the Championship.Palace boss Warnock, who has won four promotions, is currently involved in another play-off scrap with Bristol City and bidding to overturn a 2-1 semi-final deficit to reach Wembley for football’s richest game.
Coventry are already preparing to make a renewed pitch for the 24-year-old, who was slapped on the transfer list last week just a year after signing for £1.5m.
Warnock is understood to have been monitoring Eastwood for some time and could launch a summer raid for the former Southend striker.
But it is likely the former Sheffield United boss will only move for the striker if Palace fail to win the play-offs.
Warnock has set his sights on securing at least one striker this summer.
Out-of-contract former Birmingham striker Clinton Morrison, and James Scowcroft, who looks like missing Palace’s second leg with a hamstring injury, are the only recognised strikers at Selhurst Park at the moment.
Coventry were prepared to pay £1.5m for Eastwood so Wolves could get their money back, but it’s likely they will start the bidding at a considerably lower price after failure to establish himself at Molineux.
Eastwood scored three goals in 31 League appearances for Wolves, although 21 were as a substitute.
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Bye Bye.
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Colin can have him.
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Give us 2 mil so we can sign a decent “non-whinging” forward and he’s yours.
Bit of a cry-baby to be honest…
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Freddie is a proven internation goalscorer even though he is not able to replace Keogh or Ebanks-Blake. We’ve had a bid of £1.5 million from Coventry we apparantly turned down so we could keep his services for the play offs (haha. So surely bidding starts at £1.5M including add on as ive a sneeky feeling he will end up playing premier football before us.
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well I for 1 will be sad to see Freddy go from Wolves, although I think the treatment he got from the big man was appauling…He consistently showed himself in the Wales’ matches but was never given the opportunity to shine for the wolves… I wish him well for the future… he will be a start given the right club.
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