Wolves reject fresh bid for Fletcher

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<div class="track"><img alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.24.1.1/51319?ns=guardian&pageName=Wolves+reject+another+bid+for+striker+Steven+Fletcher%3AArticle%3A1787521&ch=Football&c3=GU.co.uk&c4=Wolverhampton+Wanderers+%28Football%29%2CTransfer+window+%28football%29%2CFootball%2CSport&c5=Premier+League&c6=James+Riach&c7=12-Aug-14&c8=1787521&c9=Article&c10=News&c11=Football&c13=&c25=&c30=content&c42=Sport&h2=GU%2FSport%2FFootball%2FWolverhampton+Wanderers" width="1" height="1" /></div><p class="standfirst">• Sunderland had previously tabled a £12m bid for Fletcher<br />• 'All parties need to draw a line under this,' says Jez Moxey</p><p>Steven Fletcher is set to start the new league campaign with Wolves after the club rejected another offer for the Scottish striker.</p><p>The 25-year-old forward was the subject of a £12m bid from Sunderland last week, which the Championship side rejected and resulted in Fletcher handing in a formal transfer request.</p><p>An improved offer has now been turned down by Wolves, who are understood to want £15m for a player who scored 12 times in 26 Premier League starts last season.</p><p>Wolves's chief executive, Jez Moxey, told the club's website: "All parties need to draw a line under this matter, which has now dragged on for over a month.</p><p>"We need to focus on the season ahead and these disruptions to the squad's preparations are unhelpful. We have always said we want to keep our best players.</p><p>"If our valuations of them are not met then they will remain at Wolves but we cannot allow this speculation about their futures to drag on indefinitely up to the closure of the transfer window."</p><p>Wolves will be reacquainted with life in the second tier when they kick-off their season under their new manager Stale Solbakken against Leeds United on Saturday.</p><div class="related" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/wolves">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></li><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/transfer-window">Transfer window</a></li></ul></div><div class="author"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/james-riach">James Riach</a></div><br/><div class="terms"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk">guardian.co.uk</a> &copy; 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html">Terms & Conditions</a> | <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/feeds">More Feeds</a></div><p style="clear:both" /><img width='1' height='1' src='http://guardian.co.uk.feedsportal.com/c/34708/f/639039/s/225dee79/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/139263173057/u/49/f/639039/c/34708/s/225dee79/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/139263173057/u/49/f/639039/c/34708/s/225dee79/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/139263173057/u/49/f/639039/c/34708/s/225dee79/a2t.img" border="0"/>
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