Where are they now: Wolves’ League One promotion strike trio | OneFootball

It is 14 years since Wolves were last relegated from the Premier League. They then dropped again to League One, before winning the title at the first attempt with vital goals from Bakary Sako, Nouha Dicko and Leigh Griffiths.

Sako arrived from Saint-Étienne for £2.2m and scored nine league goals in a grim first season that ended in relegation. He hit 12 the next year, joint second top scorer, as Wolves surged back to the Championship. Another 15 followed before he left out of contract for Crystal Palace.

After Palace, he had a brief spell at rivals West Brom, then returned to Selhurst Park. Moves to Cyprus and Greece preceded a comeback to Saint-Étienne, then FC 93, and last year LB Châteauroux, where the 37-year-old still plays. He is 29th on Wolves’ all-time list with 38 goals.

Dicko initially joined on loan during relegation, then signed permanently for £300,000 and struck 13 league goals in the title season. Injuries sidelined him for over 12 months and his scoring dried up across the next three years. He left for Hull City in 2017, later playing in Türkiye, Greece and for Paris FC, and at 33 he is in Saudi Arabia after signing for Pro League side Al Bataeh in February, ranking 32nd for Wolves with 35 goals.

Griffiths cost £150,000 in 2011 but barely featured across two Premier League seasons and one in the Championship. On loan at Hibernian he scored 33 in 61, earned a contract extension in 2013 and then hit 12 in the League One campaign before moving to Celtic in January.

He made his name at Celtic with 123 goals in 261 appearances. Spells at Falkirk and semi-professional Mandurah City in 2022 followed, then Stirling Macedonia in 2025 where he added coaching duties to playing.

Source: ExpressAndStar.com