Report Wolves have pinned hopes on signing £15m star after Jimenez exit at Molineux

Wolverhampton Wanderers may be forced to rely on Sasa Kalajdzic as their first-choice No.9 after Raul Jimenez’s exit while talkSPORT reporter Alex Crook tells GIVEMESPORT that the Premier League club could, once again, endure a ‘very difficult’ season.

The club have endured a tumultuous summer, which has been topped off by Julen Lopetegui’s unfortunate exit.

Wolverhampton Wanderers news – Sasa Kalajdzic

Wolves completed the £15m signing of Kalajdzic last summer, as reported by BBC Sport, as the Austrian centre-forward committed the next five years to the Midlands club.

The Vienna-born forward played just one game for Wolves last term due to a long-term crucial ligament rupture he picked up against Southampton just days after his arrival.

As a result, the 6-foot-7 man has not had the chance to prove his worth, though will be keen to become Gary O’Neil’s optimal choice through the middle.

Just the season before, however, he scored six goals and notched a further two assists in 15 Bundesliga games for Stuttgart as he established himself as the club’s primary centre-forward option.

And now that Jimenez has completed his Premier League switch to Fulham, reported to be worth £5.5m, Crook believes that new boss O’Neil will be utilising Kalajdzic as his starting striker for the foreseeable future.

However, the Mexico international’s 57 goals from 166 games, per Transfermarkt, will be difficult to emulate for sure, but the new coach may have little choice as club chairman Jeff Shi announced – in an open letter – that transfer business this summer has had to be restricted.