Wolves’ reported interest in Hull City striker Abel Hernandez makes no sense

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Hull City’s Abel Hernandez has been surprisingly linked with a move to Premier League new boys Wolverhampton Wanderers.

There are no shortage of funds in Wolverhampton Wanderers’ budget as they prepare for life in the Premier League.

So why they are interested in signing a free-agent who has scored just eight goals in 50 games in England’s top flight is anyone’s guess.

According to Tuttomercatoweb, Wolves have made an approach to sign Hull City striker Abel Hernandez and will even offer the Uruguayan international a £2.5 million a year contract in order to tempt him to Molineux.

But surely Wolves can do better.

With all due respect to Hernandez, who scored 20 Championship goals in 2015/16 and has eight in just 10 starts in 2017/18, his record in the top flight is far less impressive.

And with Wolves boasting the funds to sign a striker like Andre Silva, the £33 million AC Milan number nine who The Sun (10th May, page 55) states is their top transfer target this summer, it would seem distinctly underwhelming if Hernandez was their first attacking addition of what is expected to be a very busy transfer window.

Then again, Hernandez is clearly a striker who knows where the goal is. And, with Barry Douglas, Ruben Neves, Diogo Jota and co providing chances aplenty, the former Palermo man should probably find goals much easier to come by in a Wolves shirt than he did in Steve Bruce’s comparatively pragmatic Hull side.

But, until Hernandez proves he can score at a decent rate in the Premier League, Wolves fans would have a right to feel underwhelmed.