Raul Jiminez has revealed clubs will have to pay at least £34.5million to sign him in the summer, amid interest from Manchester United and Real Madrid.
The Mexico international has been in fine form this season, contributing 13 goals and six assists in his side’s push for European football.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s team made their way up to sixth place in the Premier League table, before the season was postponed over the coronavirus pandemic.
The club are reportedly unwilling to let their star striker go in the next transfer window, and without a buyout clause in his contract, they have no obligation to hold talks with any other side.
Speaking to Spanish newspaper Marca, Jiminez said: ‘They [Wolves] bought me for €40million (£34.5m), they won’t sell me for less.
‘There is no release clause, but the clubs [in England], it is different how they are managed.’
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Before making the move from Portuguese side Benfica to Molineux, Jiminez admitted he was presented with an eye-watering offer from a club in China, but career progress was more important than money.
He added: ‘I think it was €8m (£6.9m) a year or something. You think about it, but both at that time and now my dream has been to succeed here in high competition football.
‘The decision I made to stay at Benfica, the decision I made to come to the Wolves, despite being a newly promoted team, that all people would think we would be fighting against relegation, we had a very good campaign and we got into the Europa League.
‘I see a lot of people talking and saying that ‘he’s [ready] for a top-six team’. Right now we are in fifth place and we are not behind anything of those teams.
‘I mean, apart from Liverpool who are way above this season, I think we are fighting as equals with everyone else.’
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