{"id":654802,"date":"2025-05-16T11:34:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=654802"},"modified":"2025-05-16T11:34:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:34:29","slug":"sasa-kaladzic-hints-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/05\/16\/sasa-kaladzic-hints-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Don&#8217;t Want To Rule Anything Out&#8217; Striker Hints At Summer Exit From Wolves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Sa\u0161a Kalad\u017ei\u0107 has hinted that his future at Molineux remains uncertain, with <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the possibility of<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> a summer exit on the cards. The 27-year-old, who joined the club from Stuttgart in 2022, has struggled with injuries during his time in England and has recently spoken candidly about his situation, according to the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/sport\/2025\/05\/14\/wolves-striker-makes-admission-about-summer-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Express &amp; Star<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Wolves Striker Sa\u0161a Kalad\u017ei\u0107 Refuses to Commit<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sa\u0161a Kalad\u017ei\u0107 Keeping His Options Open<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In his recent interview, Kalad\u017ei\u0107 stated: &#8220;There are still a few conversations to be had before I know where the journey will take us in the summer. I don&#8217;t want to rule anything out. I can&#8217;t speak for Wolves either. The Premier League is one step above the Bundesliga <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">in terms of<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> speed and intensity. It may not be the best league to <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">come back<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to after an injury.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/05\/13\/wolves-matheus-mane-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8216;He&#8217;ll Be In The First Team With Us&#8217; Wolves Looking To Tie Down Exciting 17-Year-Old <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Prospect<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">His words reflect a player who is weighing his options carefully after an injury-prone spell. Kalad\u017ei\u0107 has only made a handful of appearances for Wolves due to an\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/sport\/football\/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc\/2022\/09\/04\/wolves-blow-as-sasa-kalajdzic-suffers-acl-injury-on-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ACL injury<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0just 30 minutes into his debut and a loan spell at Eintracht Frankfurt, which was also cut short due to a\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/68341594\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">second serious ACL injury<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0during the second half of the 2023\/24 season.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What This Means For Wolves<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If Kalad\u017ei\u0107 does leave, Wolves will likely look to strengthen their Forward line, with Matheus Cunha and F\u00e1bio Silva likely to be departing. J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen will be the club&#8217;s only recognised striker. Kalad\u017ei\u0107&#8217;s departure could free up wages and create space for a more reliable player who fits V\u00edtor Pereira&#8217;s system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/05\/08\/wolves-to-offer-new-contract-to-key-starter\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Wolves<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Preparing New Contract For Key Player To Fend Off Manchester United And Liverpool<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There is also a sense that the Austrian international hasn&#8217;t had a fair chance to prove himself due to his injury record. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A return<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to the Bundesliga or another league with a less demanding pace might suit him better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Wolves, meanwhile, will be focused on building a squad capable of pushing for the top half of the table, with or without Sa\u0161a Kaladzic.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Sa\u0161a Kalad\u017ei\u0107 has hinted that his future at Molineux remains uncertain, with the possibility of a summer exit on the cards. The 27-year-old, who joined the club from Stuttgart in 2022, has struggled with injuries during his time in England and has recently spoken candidly about his situation, according to the\u00a0Express &amp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5441,"featured_media":632911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2510,3,7188],"tags":[32295,8021],"class_list":["post-654802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wolves","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-sasa-kaladzic","tag-wolverhampton-wanderers-transfer-news"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5441"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654802"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":654822,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654802\/revisions\/654822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}