Kightly set for Stoke

I just cant believe this has happened, surely he is worth more to us for a year than 1.5. He helped us get promoted the last time!! I just hope he fails his medical, remember stoke turned demba ba away?!

Ive moaned enough about this already, but just so we are clear - GOODBYE JUDAS - HOPE YOU ROT !!

I don't agree with either of the judas posts. The reason he only has 12 months on his contract is because the club didn't keep the faith that his previous form would return. The last contract talks only gave him a year extension! I am very disappointed at the board for this one...yet again....

I would have prefered him to stay but he doesn't want to,so that's that.It was never going to be a case of the club dictating to players that they can't leave, although there doesn't seem to be a lot of concern inside the club about him leaving. The impression Jezogel gave was that only 'silly money' would convince the club to part with a player they wanted to keep.What he failed to mention (unlike us on here) was that if the player wants to leave then there's nothing, realistically, a club can do to stop them.He also failed to mention that the outside world may not have as high an opinion of our players as they may have in proven PL performers.Letting them rot in the reserves, whilst paying them, until they can leave as a free-agent is the barrel any restless player has the club over. I've been going on for some time about the somewhat fantastic valuations fans have put on our players. We were relegated without so much as a whimper, ffs! Nobody anywhere thinks our players are THAT good, and who can blame them!The only real money we can get is for Fletch. Jarvis and Doyle would be next but not for the kind of prices that have been bandied about. I reckon SF's move is already a done deal (and has been for some time). His agent was seen up there as soon as the rumours of Sunderland's interest became known. Same goes for Jarvis. Moxey may be trying to stagger the departures, or leave them as late as possible, hoping for a minimum amount of damage to ticket sales for next season.The most important opinion at the club, regarding the team, is SS's and I don't feel that Kightly leaving has in any way troubled him. In fact he's appeared (going by his quotes) quite nonchalant about the whole thing. I like that. I hope he share my view that they can all f*** off... having failed in their duties so miserably for the best part of 3 seasons, that is. Get what you can for them Stale and keep that broom a sweeping. Kightly may not be Wolves for much longer but I always will be. Don't slam the door on your way out, Michael, you might injure yourself!

.....and the nobodies of anti-football. at that, GH. The somebodies, somehow, did win the CL.

Putting myself in Kightlys shoes: I would be off also.. I'm 26 years old and want to play Premier League football. I would like to do that with Wolves, but Wolves are not guaranteed to be straight back up and with my injury prone history, it's now or never, as my career could well be over before I reach 30... Kightly has always suffered with injuries, long before he was at Wolves... I hope if he does go, that he fulfills some of his potential and achieves something for himself before its too late or over a sense of 'loyalty' for a club that stood by him? Come on, he was an employee and his employer has a responsibility to take care of their employees... All that said I do like and agree with WS84 comments.

NYCW: I also think that we have lost a vital player. As you point out, he's worth more to us on the field for a season than the sum of money we are about to receive. You seem disheartened. Does this mean that you are not going to see the Leicester game when you are over?

Ok, its confirmed on wolves site that kightly wanted to go and not sign a new contract which was offered. This saddens me.

Very disappointed to see Kights go, especially at such a snip. I'm sure he'll do really well at Stoke. But all players want to play at the top level. No loyalty in football now, its all about money. Lets hope that his replacement posesses the same quailty. UTW!!

I'll still be at the game- have to get myself to the games when I am over. Hate to call it but my last sentence, my biggest fear was the message it would send to the others players. Within 24 hours of his move effectively been announced Fletcher has handed in a request according to Sky Sports. The club said they would do everything to hold on to their best players. They had a decision to make on Kightly. I stick by what I say, I would have kept him for the year and get what we can from him because his worth outweighs the sum. As for doing everything we can to keep our best players, 'relucatantly' selling him is not trying hard enough. Negotiating a fee with Sunderland for Fletcher is not trying to keep him either- it is just a case of swelling our already healthy bank balance. WHo the hell are the going to sign to replace a player of that quality. I did say, that after the clubs comments we would see one of two outcomes. They buckle and start negotiating or the players will ask to leave and you could not really hold it against the club. Plot thickens however in the timing, because I would say SF has looked at the Kightly move and said alright they aren't trying hard enough for my liking. We kick off proper in a week and a half so the timing of all of this is exactly what we did not need.