Wolves fear foul play in Hoff row
Wolves will not take any disciplinary action regarding Stefan Maierhofer's outburst against boss Mick McCarthy as they believe his comments have been fabricated.
Wolves will not take any disciplinary action regarding Stefan Maierhofer's outburst against boss Mick McCarthy as they believe his comments have been fabricated.
The striker reportedly accused the club of "taking the p*** out of me" over his lack of first team opportunities.
His alleged comments appeared in a national paper yesterday, after Maierhofer made his debut on loan for Bristol City and were plastered all over Sky Sports News through the evening.
Maierhofer reportedly said: "I don't have a clue why I've not been in the team. I work hard in training, yet others get to play. Why have Wolves signed me only to not use me?
"Kevin Doyle cost £6.5milliom, so he has to play. Yet he has just got six goals in 25 games, which is not a great deal. The manager told me I lacked match practice after my operation.
"Then Andy Keogh came back from a three-month lay-off, trained for two days and played against Bolton and Manchester United.
"I feel like they are taking the p*** out of me."
Wolves have conducted their own enquiries to find the source of the quotes and believe an interview conducted abroad has mis-represented the giant Austrian striker.
The club will continue to look at the incident closely and would discipline the player if the comments were indeed made.
Chief executive Jez Moxey said: "Of course we have spoken to Stefan and his agent, we have seen a basis of an interview he gave abroad and translated that, but can't find anything that actually corroborates what is being reported.
"We have spoken to all sorts of people and we can't see where anyone has said this.
"Bristol City's people have given us information about the comments Stefan made and nothing was said in that regard, so it seems like someone has taken a liberty in the extreme.
"But we will continue to look into it but as far as we are concerned, this sort of thing would be dealt with internally and we will not be making any further comment about it.
"All we are interested in is preparing for is Saturday's game against Villa."
