Wolves have accomplished the £16.6m signing of defender Emmanuel Agbadou from Reims.
The 27-year-old centre-back has signed a four-and-a-half yr deal at Molineux, with the choice of an additional 12 months, and turns into Vitor Pereira’s first signing on the membership.
It additionally ends Wolves’ curiosity in Lens defender Kevin Danso because the membership moved for Agbadou over the Austria worldwide.
“Emmanuel’s a winner and he is pushed,” stated Wolves sporting director Matt Hobbs.
“After the journey’s had, he is nonetheless unbelievably hungry. He is the kind of participant the Wolves followers ought to love, as a result of you are going to get completely all the things he is acquired.
“When Vitor got here in it is the primary dialog we had, so as to add one fast. There are such a lot of video games in January, so you’ll be able to’t afford to waste a month.
“We’ve got to make use of this month to be as environment friendly as doable, and we’re actually enthusiastic about this signing.”
Premier League strugglers Wolves had been on the lookout for a defender since promoting captain Max Kilman to West Ham final summer season for £40m, having additionally misplaced Yerson Mosquera to a season-ending knee damage in September.
Ivory Coast worldwide Agbadou has spent the final two-and-a-half yr at Reims after becoming a member of from Belgium aspect KAS Eupen in 2022.
He made 76 appearances, scoring three targets, for the Ligue 1 membership and leaves with the French aspect eleventh, eight factors adrift of the highest 4.
Agbadou joins Wolves with the membership out of the Premier League relegation zone on purpose distinction following Monday’s 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest.
They’ve conceded 45 targets, a league excessive, however have scored 31, the eighth finest within the division.
Wolves journey to Bristol Metropolis within the FA Cup third spherical on Saturday earlier than going to Newcastle on 15 January.
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, 2025-01-09 10:00:00