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Wolves’ remainder of season looking positive as they continue fight to avoid the drop
National World - LocalTV
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13/02/2025
Wolverhampton Wanderers had a productive January transfer window, strengthening key areas of their squad. With a focus on quality signings, the club bolstered their midfield and defence, adding depth and competition in crucial positions.
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So, Charlie, looking at Wolves and the January transfer window obviously now coming to a
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close, a bit of late business, a bit of business that was needed. Vitor Pereira stayed really
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confident throughout the window that, one, Wolves were going to stay in the Premier League,
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which was quite a bold claim at the time he said that, but he clearly sees a bit of future
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at the club and that there were more names coming in. Just tell us a bit about the names
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that have come in and how they can bolster Wolves' squad moving forward. I mean, obviously,
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Agbadoo's been absolutely fantastic in Wolves' defence in their last couple of games.
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Yeah, Agbadoo's the main one, signing in at the start of the window from Reims in France.
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27-year-old Ivorian centre-back for Ivory Coast International, and you can just see
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in the last four matches, played 90 minutes in all of them, he's been the standout player
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I think in that period, other than, of course, Mateus Kounia. Agbadoo, just such a strong
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yet quick centre-half, strong in the air as well, and they're areas that Wolves were struggling
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in so much, especially from set-pieces. You can already see how much of a difference he's
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made. But Vitor Pereira did want more depth at centre-back and he got that on deadline
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day. Nacer Dziga signing from Red Star Belgrade, about £10 million for him, one of the most
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expensive deals in Red Star history. He should be someone who can come in and provide a bit
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more cover at centre-back as well, potentially starting games, it waits to be seen. And then
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Marcial Monezzi in central midfield can play as more of a defensive anchor, kind of in
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the Mari Lamina role, and I think that's the thinking there, is Lamina's going to leave
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for Galatasaray. It's not been confirmed just yet, but with the window still open in Turkey
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for another five or six days at the time of recording until the 11th of February, he should
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be on his way out, and Vitor Pereira has got his man to replace him.
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Vitor is confident that Wolves will be a Premier League outfit. They've got those fixtures
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to play, like the likes of Southampton away, they've got to go to Ipswich, they've got
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to host Leicester. These are huge games. Where do you see Wolves' ambitions and Wolves' fortunes
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going in this sort of running now?
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I think the game against Aston Villa was a real sign of intent. I know Villa had to play
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three days after their Champions League game against Celtic, which was exhausting for them
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whilst at that game at Villa Park. But still, Wolves had a job to do against a team that's
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flying at the other end of the table, that's heading into the last stages of the Champions
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League. Wolves had lost four in a row before that game at Molineux against Villa. They
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managed to run out two nil victors, not only getting three points, but a clean sheet. And
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I think that is such a solid basis to try and build on. So much confidence can be taken
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from that.
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The news after the game that Matthias Kuhnje has signed a new contract, I think, is another
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huge boost for Wolves. If he'd left in this winter window, I think potentially Wolves
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could have faced a drop, but now they've kept their main man and they've got some reinforcements
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in defence, it's looking good and they should be able to beat the likes of Leicester and
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Ipswich.
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