Wolves reject talk of move for Best

Best is out of contract in the summer and has started the season on fire with six goals for the Championship club.

Reports have said Wolves will bid for him in January.

The story is the latest twist in striker links between the clubs after Sam Vokes's collapsed loan move and the protracted transfer of Freddy Eastwood to Ricoh Arena that has left relations strained at boardroom level.

Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey said today: "There's nothing in it I'm happy to say there's no truth in this.

"Mick has always thought of Leon Best as a good player but we bought Stefan Maierhofer and we still have Chris Iwelumo to come back from injury, so we have two players covering the role that player can play.

"Given the player's contractual status, I would have thought he was more likely to allow his contract to run out and become a free agent."

Meanwhile, Maierhofer claims Wolves' training regime is "brutal" after claiming could have had his leg broken.

"People get stuck into you in brutal fashion during training," he said.

"I need to wear shinpads all the time otherwise I would have had my leg broken by now.

"The challenges are different to what I'm used to. We have a 35-man squad and everyone wants to get into the team."