Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has conceded they are likely to lose Kevin Doyle if they suffer relegation from the Premier League.
Doyle has been one of Wolves' shining lights in a difficult season back in the top flight following his arrival from Reading.
Wolves beat a number of other clubs to Doyle's signature last summer and McCarthy admits they will have no chance of keeping the Republic of Ireland international at Molineux if they go down.
"If we go down, we have no chance of holding on to him," McCarthy told The Mirror."If we stay up, we might still have a problem because there will be a few interested.
"We have seen all the teams now and I've not noticed many better players than him.
"I'm not doing a selling job saying that because I'm not telling other managers anything they don't know.
"He would not be out of place in the company of Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea."
