‘A player of obvious talent and potential’ – Wolves face competition from Leeds and West Ham over EFL player: The verdict

This article is part of Football League World’s ‘The Verdict’ series, which provides personal opinions from the FLW writers regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more…

Wolves are one of a number of Premier League clubs, including Leeds United and West Ham United, that are interested in Middlesbrough defender Dael Fry, sources have exclusively informed Football League World.

FLW understands it could cost more than £20 million to prize him away from the Riverside outfit, who is in demand ahead of the summer.

But would he be a good signing for Wolves? And is Fry ready for the Premier League?

We quizzed our FLW writers on just that…

Josh Cole

This could turn out to be a clever bit of business by Wolves as Dael Fry has produced some assured performances for Middlesbrough during the current campaign.

In the 19 appearances that he has made at this level, the defender has won 4-2 aerial duels per match whilst he has also produced 2.9 clearances per fixture.

Although it may take Fry some time to adapt to life in the Premier League next season due to the fact that he has yet to play at this level, there is no reason why he cannot go on to thrive under the guidance of Bruno Lage.

Fry’s arrival at Molineux will also force the club’s existing central defenders to step up their performance levels which could have a positive impact on Wolves’ fortunes in the top-flight.

George Dagless

I think whoever gets Fry is going to be happy.

Middlesbrough will obviously want to keep him but it does seem to me that if they do not go up this season they are very much at risk of losing him – in many ways they’ve done well to keep him for this long.

He is a player of obvious talent and potential and