League two Bolton Wanderers are being linked with a loan of West Ham young striker Dapo Afolayan to give the Academy player some experience.
Bolton boss Ian Evatt told the Bolton news “The other one is more of a younger player with a Premier League club. The idea is to take him on loan for the rest of the season with the option of signing him permanently in the summer.”
The Bolton News named that target as West Ham forward Oladapo Afolayan who Claret and Hugh understand is weighing up the loan move.
Oladapo Afolayan known as ‘Dapo’ as he likes to be known joined West Ham from non-league club Solihull Moors on transfer deadline day in January 2018 for a nominal fee on a three-and-a-half-year contract. The Harrow-born striker attended Chelsea’s Academy as a youngster after turning down Arsenal, he spent six years at Chelsea alongside the likes of Tammy Abraham and Dominic Solanke, before, as a 15-year-old, his family moved to Canada, where he continued his footballing education with Toronto FC, featuring for their reserve team.
On returning to England at the age of 18, Afolayan began studying for a civil engineering degree at Loughborough University before being snapped up by National League club Solihull in 2017, for whom he scored 16 goals in 38 matches. Afolayan also spent time as one of 42 non-league players at the Jamie Vardy V9 Football Academy in Manchester.
Loaning plenty of players but can’t see any sign of incomings . I am not going to moan , much lol . I know we’re doing well except yesterday where I don’t think we played as well as we have been doing . That game and our season hinges on getting another striker to cover injuries Yarmelenko is not the answer! Another youngster gone , Reid gone , codoso , Haller, Snodgrass etc . Surely we have the funds to get a striker DM wants he should be backed by DS , deserves it !