Wolves’ hopes for remainder of campaign following strong window

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A look ahead for Wolves…

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00:00So Charlie, looking at Wolves and the January transfer window obviously now coming to a close,

00:05a bit of late business, a bit of business that was needed. Vitor Pereira stayed really confident throughout the window that

00:12one, Wolves were going to stay in the Premier League, which was quite a bold claim at the time he said that,

00:17but he clearly sees a bit of future at the club and that there were more names coming in.

00:22Just tell us a bit about the names that have come in and how they can bolster Wolves' squad moving forward.

00:28I mean, obviously, Agbadoo has been absolutely fantastic in Wolves' defence in their last couple of games.

00:34Yeah, Agbadoo is the main one, signing in at the start of the window from Reims in France.

00:4027-year-old Ivorian centre-back for Ivory Coast International, and you can just see in the last four matches,

00:46played 90 minutes in all of them, he's been the standout player, I think, in that period,

00:50other than, of course, Mateus Kounia. Agbadoo, just such a strong yet quick centre-half,

00:56strong in the air as well, and they're areas that Wolves were struggling in so much,

01:01especially from set pieces. You can already see how much of a difference he's made.

01:05But Vito Pereira did want more depth at centre-back, and he got that on deadline day.

01:09Nacer Dziga signing from Red Star Belgrade, about £10 million for him,

01:14one of the most expensive deals in Red Star history. He should be someone who can come in

01:19and provide a bit more cover at centre-back as well, potentially starting games.

01:23It waits to be seen what his plans are in the immediate future, but he's only 22.

01:27Nottingham Forest wanted to sign him as a potential replacement for Murillo,

01:30when he's bound to leave at some stage, so must have some sort of talent.

01:34And then Marcial Monezzi in central midfield can play as more of a defensive anchor,

01:39kind of in the Mario Lamina role, and I think that's the thinking there,

01:42is Lamina's going to leave for Galatasaray. It's not been confirmed just yet,

01:46but with the window still open in Turkey for another five or six days at the time of recording,

01:51until the 11th of February, he should be on his way out.

01:54And Vitor Pereira's got his man to replace him.

01:57Yeah, and obviously Vitor is confident that Wolves will be a Premier League outfit.

02:01They've got those fixtures to play, like the likes of Southampton away,

02:05they've got to go to Ipswich, they've got to host Leicester.

02:08These are huge games, and where do you sort of see Wolves' ambitions

02:13and Wolves' fortunes going in this sort of running now?

02:17Well, I think the game against Aston Villa was a real sign of intent.

02:21I know Villa had to play three days after their Champions League game against Celtic,

02:25which was exhausting for them whilst at that game at Villa Park.

02:29But still, Wolves had a job to do against a team that's flying at the other end of the table,

02:33that's heading into the last stages of the Champions League.

02:36Wolves had lost four in a row before that game at Molineux against Villa.

02:40They managed to run out two nil victors, not only getting three points, but a clean sheet.

02:44And I think that is such a solid basis to try and build on.

02:48So much confidence can be taken from that.

02:50And then the news after the game that Matthias Kuhnje has signed a new contract,

02:53I think is another huge boost for Wolves.

02:55If he'd left in this winter window, I think potentially Wolves could have faced a drop,

02:59but now they've kept their main man and they've got some reinforcements in defence,

03:03it's looking good and they should be able to beat the likes of Leicester and Ipswich.

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