MANCHESTER UNITED target Raul Jimenez has personally revealed he will cost at least £34.5million this summer – as doesn’t have a release clause in his Wolves contract.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has long been an admirer of the Mexican striker, 28, but m§y be forced to dig deep into his pockets to sign him.
Jimenez has been on fire this season, scoring 13 times in 29 Premier League games, attracting the attention of United.
The Red Devils have been keen to add some firepower to their attack this season, with Solskjaer pulling off a masterstroke of a deal by bringing in Odion Ighalo on loan in January.
But the Norwegian is still keen on Jimenez – and knows an offer of around £40m might be required to tempt Nuno Espirito Santo into selling his star man.
Speaking of a potential summer transfer, Jimenez revealed: “[Wolves] bought me for €40million (£34.5m), they won’t sell me for less.
“There is no release clause, but with clubs [in England], it is different how they are managed.”
But Jimenez is open to a move whenever a club comes knocking, despite being under contract until the summer of 2023.
Earlier this month he revealed: “One is always open to everything, but I have a contract until 2023.”
Things could have turned out very differently for Jimenez too, after he was offered a staggering £6.9m AFTER tax to join the mega-rich Chinese Super League during his days at Benfica.
But Jimenez reckons he made the right call heading to Molineux and is more than on-track to join a “Big Six” team – insisting Wolves are already playing at that level.
The Mexican told Spanish outlet Marca: “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.”
