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Steven Fletcher is a class act to Wolves boss
Monday 16th January 2012, 10:59AM GMT.
Wolves hot-shot Steven Fletcher was today declared one of the best in the Premier League after his latest heroics.
The club-record £7m signing followed up his goals at Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal by bagging his ninth of the season in Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Tottenham.
Fletcher’s latest strike moved him to joint seventh in the Premier League scoring charts and boss Mick McCarthy insists his talisman is a match for any of the top strikers.
McCarthy said: “Fletcher is proving himself to be one of the best in the league, at the moment, and I’m delighted with him. He’s one of those who’s got it all.
“He’s one of those rare commodities who’s not only a talented footballer, he scores goals, runs about and makes it hard for defenders by closing people down and blocking things.
“And he will defend the near post. There are not too many of them around.”
But McCarthy, who plans to rest Fletcher and play Kevin Doyle and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake against Birmingham in Wednesday’s FA Cup replay, insisted there’s no interest in Fletcher.
He said: “We were offered £30m by Manchester United – so take that as a ‘no.’
“I haven’t had any offers for Fletcher and I’m not looking for any.”
McCarthy, who was linked with Bolton veteran Kevin Davies at the weekend, could bid for another striker after watching Fleetwood’s Jamie Vardy in midweek.
The Wolves boss joined Reading chief Brian McDermott and scouts from Celtic and Glasgow Rangers as Vardy scored twice in Fleetwood’s 4-1 win over Barrow to take his tally to 20.
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