Okay Yokuslu won’t appear in Celta Vigo’s pre-season friendly against Wolves this weekend as the midfielder gears up for a return to the Premier League, as reported by Marca.
Rarely have so many players emerged from the wreckage of relegation with their reputations enhanced.
West Brom may have looked like drop-zone fodder from day one last term but their eventual 19th place finish hasn’t stopped clubs enquiring about the availability of Sam Johnstone, Matheus Pereira and Kyle Bartley.
Loanees Conor Gallagher, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Yokuslu all look set to play Premier League football again next season too, with the latter a target for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leeds United and Crystal Palace, if reports are correct.
Will Okay Yokuslu swap West Brom for arch rivals Wolves?
On Thursday, Sky Sports claimed the industrious Turkey international was at the centre of a transfer tug-of-war, with Wolves and Watford holding an end of the rope each.
Yokuslu has no future at La Liga outfit Celta Vigo and is understood to be available for £5 million – a bargain when you consider how he performed during his five-month spell at the Hawthorns.
Wolves fans may have been hoping for a sneak peak at their prospective late-summer signing when Celta Vigo face Bruno Lage’s side tomorrow.
According to Marca, however, Yokuslu will play no part in Lage’s Molineux debut.
Yokuslu’s agent, Batur Altiparmak, is also in Vigo for talks with Celta, a departure seemingly imminent.
While Ruben Neves and Joao Moutinho are fine technicians, Yokuslu would give Wolves something different. The Turk is a diligent, disciplined, defensively minded enforcer who loves nothing more than snatching back possession before starting attacks with a trademark, line-breaking pass.
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