Striker Boulaye Dia of Salernitana feels he is back to his best after going through a “difficult” period when his late-summer transfer to Wolverhampton Wanderers, a Premier League team, was canceled.
After his unsuccessful, and somewhat mocked, attempt to win the Wolves title, Boulaye Dia suffered a protracted and incapacitating hangover. However, his brace in the weekend’s match against Cagliari helped to clear his head.
The striker freely admits that, following his well publicized flirtation with a move to Molineux, he has struggled to resurrect his brilliant form from the previous campaign. Daniel Iervolino, the president of Salernitana, even went so far as to acknowledge that Wolves’ offer had swayed Dia’s decision. Gary O’Neil’s team had attempted and ultimately failed to sign the Senegalese international on a temporary loan agreement that may have eventually resulted in a £19 million permanent transfer.
Boulaye Dia back in form after Wolves miss out
Dia has since been warned to ‘forget’ about a drama-filled window and get his head in the game again. And the appointment of Filipo Inzaghi – one of the most iconic centre-forwards of the modern era – seems to have focused Dia’s mind, the former Villarreal and Reims ace snapping a two-month Serie A goal drought.
“I’m back,” a triumphant Dia tells DAZN. “The goals have arrived. I am happy for the team and to have scored at home.
“I’m better. I’m available to the coach and the team. They’ve been difficult months (since that Wolves offer).”
A £17m deal on the cards
Dia scored 16 Serie A goals last season. It is not out of the question, meanwhile, that Wolves could return with a new and improved offer in 2024. Finances allowing, of course.
According to Corriere dello Sport, Salernitana may try to sign Dia to a new contract, but one that has a £17 million release clause. You’ve probably noted that’s £2 million less than Wolves might have paid for the silky 26-year-old if Salernitana had accepted their loan-to-buy offer back in August.
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