Wolverhampton Wanderers were linked with Mauro Icardi during the summer and the Old Gold will surely be regretting not signing him after his impressive start to life at Galatasaray.

The Argentina international was touted as a potential option for Bruno Lage during the summer as Wolves looked to sign a striker to ease their attacking woes but in the end, he would make the loan switch to Turkey from PSG.

While Wolves continue to falter in the final third, with just eight league goals to their name so far this campaign, Icardi has been emphasising his class with the Turkish giants.

In just six appearances in the Super Lig, the 29-year-old striker has managed four goals and three assists, averaging a superb 7.78 rating from WhoScored for his performances.

Considering Wolves' top scorer this season is Ruben Neves with just four - two of which have come from the penalty spot - it seems clear that the Old Gold are missing a clinical striker such as Icardi up front.

His current average of 1.13 goal contributions per game would surely have aided Lage and subsequently Julen Lopetegui in their aim of keeping the Midlands club in the Premier League, as none of Wolves' current options look likely to average anything near that given their woeful form in front of goal so far this campaign.

With Raul Jimenez, Pedro Neto and new signing Sasa Kalajdzic all sidelined through injury, while Fabio Silva was sent out on loan, Lage opted to bring in veteran forward Diego Costa on a free transfer.

However, the former Chelsea man has looked like a shadow of his former self in his appearances thus far, averaging a shocking 6.11 rating from WhoScored across his six Premier League outings thus far.

Compared to Icardi, who has played the same number of games, he has averaged far fewer key passes (0.3 vs 1.5) and dribbles (0.3 vs 0.7) per game, while he has shot more but failed to score, which emphasises his wastefulness in front of goal.

Wolves clearly would have benefited from having a "lethal" striker such as Icardi at Molineux this season, and given their precarious position at the bottom of the Premier League, they will certainly be regretting not acting on the links to Icardi during the summer.