Ajax Agree Loan Deal for Wolves Striker Tolu Arokodare

Ajax are closing in on the signing of Nigerian striker Tolu Arokodare from Wolverhampton Wanderers, with the clubs understood to have agreed an initial loan deal.

The agreement includes an option for Ajax to buy the 25-year-old permanently for £17 million. Arokodare is expected to undergo his medical with the Dutch giants on Tuesday.

Ajax will reportedly cover the striker’s full wages for the season and pay Wolves a £1 million loan fee, with the Premier League club also set to receive bonuses if Ajax qualify for the league phase of European competition.

Arokodare has been keen to leave Wolves this summer after the club rejected offers from Fiorentina and Trabzonspor. He was also left out of the club’s pre-season training camp in Portugal.

The striker made headlines last week after reportedly refusing to leave the pitch, leading to the cancellation of a training session.

However, Arokodare later defended his professionalism on social media, insisting that his ‘only intention is to fulfil my responsibilities professionally by training, doing my job, and contributing to the team in accordance with that contract’.

The proposed move to Ajax would give Arokodare the opportunity to relaunch his career in the Netherlands, with the club now closing in on a deal that could eventually become permanent.