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Wolves’ hopes for remainder of campaign following strong window
National World - LocalTV
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05/02/2025
A look ahead for Wolves…
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00:00
So Charlie, looking at Wolves and the January transfer window obviously now coming to a close,
00:05
a bit of late business, a bit of business that was needed. Vitor Pereira stayed really confident throughout the window that
00:12
one, Wolves were going to stay in the Premier League, which was quite a bold claim at the time he said that,
00:17
but he clearly sees a bit of future at the club and that there were more names coming in.
00:22
Just tell us a bit about the names that have come in and how they can bolster Wolves' squad moving forward.
00:28
I mean, obviously, Agbadoo has been absolutely fantastic in Wolves' defence in their last couple of games.
00:34
Yeah, Agbadoo is the main one, signing in at the start of the window from Reims in France.
00:40
27-year-old Ivorian centre-back for Ivory Coast International, and you can just see in the last four matches,
00:46
played 90 minutes in all of them, he's been the standout player, I think, in that period,
00:50
other than, of course, Mateus Kounia. Agbadoo, just such a strong yet quick centre-half,
00:56
strong in the air as well, and they're areas that Wolves were struggling in so much,
01:01
especially from set pieces. You can already see how much of a difference he's made.
01:05
But Vito Pereira did want more depth at centre-back, and he got that on deadline day.
01:09
Nacer Dziga signing from Red Star Belgrade, about £10 million for him,
01:14
one of the most expensive deals in Red Star history. He should be someone who can come in
01:19
and provide a bit more cover at centre-back as well, potentially starting games.
01:23
It waits to be seen what his plans are in the immediate future, but he's only 22.
01:27
Nottingham Forest wanted to sign him as a potential replacement for Murillo,
01:30
when he's bound to leave at some stage, so must have some sort of talent.
01:34
And then Marcial Monezzi in central midfield can play as more of a defensive anchor,
01:39
kind of in the Mario Lamina role, and I think that's the thinking there,
01:42
is Lamina's going to leave for Galatasaray. It's not been confirmed just yet,
01:46
but with the window still open in Turkey for another five or six days at the time of recording,
01:51
until the 11th of February, he should be on his way out.
01:54
And Vitor Pereira's got his man to replace him.
01:57
Yeah, and obviously Vitor is confident that Wolves will be a Premier League outfit.
02:01
They've got those fixtures to play, like the likes of Southampton away,
02:05
they've got to go to Ipswich, they've got to host Leicester.
02:08
These are huge games, and where do you sort of see Wolves' ambitions
02:13
and Wolves' fortunes going in this sort of running now?
02:17
Well, I think the game against Aston Villa was a real sign of intent.
02:21
I know Villa had to play three days after their Champions League game against Celtic,
02:25
which was exhausting for them whilst at that game at Villa Park.
02:29
But still, Wolves had a job to do against a team that's flying at the other end of the table,
02:33
that's heading into the last stages of the Champions League.
02:36
Wolves had lost four in a row before that game at Molineux against Villa.
02:40
They managed to run out two nil victors, not only getting three points, but a clean sheet.
02:44
And I think that is such a solid basis to try and build on.
02:48
So much confidence can be taken from that.
02:50
And then the news after the game that Matthias Kuhnje has signed a new contract,
02:53
I think is another huge boost for Wolves.
02:55
If he'd left in this winter window, I think potentially Wolves could have faced a drop,
02:59
but now they've kept their main man and they've got some reinforcements in defence,
03:03
it's looking good and they should be able to beat the likes of Leicester and Ipswich.
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