After confirming the arrival of defender Emmanuel Agbadou, Wolverhampton Wanderers have now reportedly set their sights on signing an skilled striker on mortgage this month.
Wolves switch information
After failing to signal a central defender in the summertime and struggling ever since, Wolves have immediately backed new supervisor Vitor Pereira by welcoming Agbadou from Ligue 1 facet Stade Reims. 27 years previous and offering the expertise that the Midlands membership have lacked at occasions, Agbadou and the remainder of his new teammates will undoubtedly have their focus firmly mounted on Premier League security.
Talking to the membership web site after formally welcoming the Ivory Coast defender, chairman Jeff Shi mentioned: “We’re delighted to welcome Emmanuel to the membership. He’s a participant our recruitment crew have watched for a very long time and Vitor agreed that he was the precise participant and the precise character to strengthen our squad now.
“It was vital we accomplished the switch early within the window to assist Vitor right away, and, like all transfers, this one took a number of exhausting work from lots of people. I hope Emmanuel has a profitable profession at Wolves, and he’ll have the complete help of everybody throughout his time right here.”
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Agbadou might not be the final participant to be welcomed with open arms on the Molineux this month, nevertheless, with the Midlands membership immediately setting their sights on a reinforcement on the reverse finish of Pereira’s facet.
In response to Wayne Veysey of Soccer Insider, Wolves have now opened preliminary talks to sign Kelechi Iheanacho on mortgage from Sevilla, who will enable the Nigerian to depart for the remainder of the season this month.
The previous Leicester Metropolis striker – incomes a reported £76,000-a-week – has struggled in La Liga, however might now obtain the chance to rediscover his greatest kind in a league he is aware of extremely effectively all while conserving Wolves afloat in England’s high flight.
“Gifted” Iheanacho might be Cunha fail-safe
Signing Iheanacho – an skilled striker who is aware of all concerning the Premier League – would definitely be an clever transfer by all concerned at Wolves and never only for that knowhow. The Nigerian might additionally act as a fail-safe for Matheus Cunha’s potential determination to depart as early because the January switch window.
While the Brazilian’s exit appears unlikely at this stage amid Arsenal’s reported interest, Wolves could be clever to arrange for the worst and welcome a participant who might go on and canopy for the targets that they’d so desperately miss.
When at his greatest, Iheanacho is greater than able to stealing the headlines, having earned Brendan Rodgers‘ reward for doing precisely that in 2021.
The previous Leicester Metropolis boss instructed reporters as relayed by The Impartial: “He’s a proficient participant and I consider the distinction in him tonight than after we performed Crystal Palace final time. Once we performed them across the Christmas interval, he wasn’t enjoying a lot, and when you find yourself a striker specifically that rhythm of video games is vital.”
