Wolves striker set for Germany loan deal
Wolves have verbally agreed terms to send Sasa Kalajdzic on loan to Eintracht Frankfurt.
The striker, who suffered a serious knee injury in his first season at Wolves, has scored two last minute Premier League winners this season but struggled for game time.
Wolves were initially adamant that they wanted to secure a replacement striker before allowing Kalajdzic to leave, but with just one Premier League game this month the club are now prepared to let him go before that happens.
Two main factors changed Wolves' stance, allowing the player to settle back in Germany and play games as soon as possible, and to allow his family to settle with his wife heavily pregnant and due to give birth soon.
Head coach Gary O'Neil said: "Sasa will go on loan to Eintracht Frankfurt in the next few days. Pretty much all of it has been agreed.
"He hasn't had the minutes he would want here. He has some stuff going on off the pitch as well with a new baby on the way, and he's keen to go and play football and get settled as quickly as possible.
"There's a football side to the decision and a human side. I'm disappointed I've not managed to find a way to use him enough that would keep him around and him benefit from being with us, but I just feel at this moment in time he just needs to go and play football.
"Hopefully going to play for Frankfurt, at that level and the amount of minutes he gets, will help him. Then he'll come back in the summer, similar to Fabio and we'll reassess."
Wolves will now continue to push for a replacement for Kalajdzic this month, with a number nine top of the shopping list, particularly after Fabio Silva was allowed to join Rangers on loan.
Kalajdzic, who joined Wolves from Stuttgart, is now expected to return to Germany in the coming days. There will be no buy option in the loan deal.
He was been included in Wolves' squad to face Brentford tonight and was an unused substitute.
On bringing in a replacement, O'Neil added: "We were always going to have to do outs before we did ins.
"There's not another league game until Brighton on the 22nd. We have the replay now but not another league game until the 22nd and then before our next league game the window is shut.
"So it's an opportunity now for us to try and do some stuff with two out at this moment. Hopefully we can get some help in, but if not we go with what we've got."
