Compared to Andre Silva, are Wolves’ Sardar Azmoun links distinctly underwhelming?

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Championship winners Wolverhampton Wanderers are preparing for the Premier League and want Rubin Kazan’s Sardar Azmoun.

Wolverhampton Wanderers have the ambition, the connections and the funds to back it up.

According to The Sun (28^th March, page 60), the club’s Chinese owners set out to be a Premier League side within three years when taking over at Molineux in 2016.

They are bound for the top flight one year early, however, winning the Championship title at a canter and with the 100 point barrier almost certain to smashed.

The Sun added that Wolves’ big-spending owners are worth a staggering £60 billion – which means the Premier League should expect that they will take the transfer market by force this summer.

The likes of £18 million Brazil international Anderson Talisca and AC Milan’s £34 million centre-forward Andre Silva have already been linked via Miliyet and Calciomercato – meaning a deal to sign Sardar Azmoun (Mirror, April 22nd, page 48) would be a little underwhelming as a result.

Now, Azmoun has been likened to Lionel Messi, he has 23 goals in 31 games for Iran, and scored in the Champions League last season against both Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich. And, with the striker valued last summer at £10 million, he won’t come cheap.

But the bare statistics across 2017/18 suggest that Wolves need a better number nine if they are to take the Premier League by storm. The 23-year-old has scored just four goals in 25 games for Rubin Kazan.

And while Andre Silva has endured a very disappointing debut season at Milan, he is Portugal’s number nine and has the reputation across Europe to still be a real eye-catching for Wolves this summer.

One of the richest and most ambitious clubs in England signing a four-goal striker from the Russian league would raise eyebrows but for the wrong reasons.