Salernitana director Luca Esposito is determined to make Boulaye Dia ‘forget about Wolverhampton Wanderers’ after the Premier League outfit missed out on a late-summer move for the Serie A striker.
With only one goal in five league games so far in 2023/24, Boulaye Dia appears to be suffering a hangover following a hectic summer.
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Salernitana, however, had no interest in accepting such an offer – one member of the club’s staff quipped that saying yes would have caused a ‘diplomatic incident’ – and their focus now is on helping Dia rediscover the form that made him one of the most feared marksmen in Italy last term.
Wolves missed out on Boulaye Dia
The former Villarreal and Reims striker should, in theory, be boosted by the appoitment of Pippo Inzaghi as Salernitana’s new head coach. Inzaghi was, after all, one of the finest finishers of his generation.
ing to Salernitana’s president, the Senegal international was keen on a move to Wolves
before the September deadline. Wolves wanted to sign Dia on loan, a deal which may have become permanent to the tune of £19 million in 2024.
(Inzaghi) can be useful. Who else could do it as well as him? Esposito asks Tuttomercatoweb. “Make him focus solely on the pitch and forget about Wolverhampton.”
Dia, who was a target for West Ham while he was in France, finished his first season in Italy with 16 goals in 33 Serie A outings.
After Raul Jimenez before his injury, Wolves haven’t really had a center-forward capable of scoring in double figures. And even with the best efforts of the hardworking Matheus Cunha and the in-form Hwang Hee Chan, Gary O’Neil’s team has only managed nine goals from their first eight Premier League games of
