It is football’s first industrial dispute conducted through perfect attendance.
The striker had reportedly been told not to train with the first team. Arokodare responded by occupying the first team’s pitch.
The rest of the squad was sent home, meaning they obeyed the club so successfully that they trained less than the player banned from training.
Extra security has since been introduced, making Arokodare the first Wolves striker this season to receive dedicated man-marking.
The club want him to leave, but only for the correct amount of money.
Arokodare also wants to leave.
Everything is in complete agreement except reality.
The whole affair has become *The Terminal* with shin pads: a man who wants to leave, an institution that wants him gone, and paperwork ensuring he remains on the premises.
Interested clubs will at least be encouraged by his positional discipline.
Wolves are reportedly exploring several solutions. These include selling him, loaning him or quietly moving the training ground during the night.
Until then, Arokodare remains under contract but unwelcome, available but excluded, and absent only in the sense that everybody wishes he was.
Training will resume once Wolves locate a football pitch their own footballer cannot find.