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Royal Antwerp 2-2 Wolves

Royal Antwerp:

Klak, Leleu, Evens, Pinxten, Verbeeck (De Neys 74), Dekeyser (Salahovic 74), Ziyati, Sergeant, Campara, D’Haene, Sanda.

Wolves:

Bywater, Connelly (Bazeley 73), Camara, Dinning, Pollet, Butler, Branch (Ketsbaia 68), Andrews, Roussel (Robinson 53), Suarez (Proudlock 62), Kennedy (Sinton 73).

Wolves have drawn their last away friendly of the pre-season, again loosing a two goal lead.
Thanks to Andy from www.superwolves.co.uk for letting me know!
Match details
Wolves took the lead in the third minute when a shot by Dinning was saved but dropped to trialist Suarez to head into the net for his second goal in two games.
Wolves scored again with 21 minutes gone with Roussel forcing the ball over the line after Klak had missed Mohamed Camara’s deep curling cross.
Dinning was sent off just after the restart after he got involved with Ziyati who was also sent off. It later emerged that Dinning had been spat at.
Antwerp pulled two goals back through Sanda & Sergeant

Bilston 2-2 Wolves

Bilston: 2

Boswell (Watson 52), Stone, Osbourne, Jackson (Clifton 57), Wood, Rochester (Bastable 52), G. Walters (Coates 77), M. Naylor (Rose-Laing 65), Lee, Bennett (Ellitts 64), Coates (Reed 57)

Unused sub: Sage

Wolves: 2

Bywater (Brown 45), Bazeley (Bampfield 45), L. Naylor (Morrow 6), Speranza (Jones 70), Coleman, Clyde, Branch (Green 29), Dinning (Melligan 26), Roussel (Dickson 31) (M. Walters 63), Larkin, Sinton (M’Fadde 29) (McQuade 74)

Lee Naylor went off in the 6th minute with an injured ankle then Wolves took the lead in the 16th minute through Italian trialist Giovanni Spernaza who scored from the edge of the area. Wolves scored again in the 26th minute when Andy Morrow let fly from outside the left-hand corner of the Bilston box.
Just after the goal most of the senior Wolves players were substitued to fly off for the friendly in Belgium tomorrow.
Four minutes into the second half, with mainly youngsters in the Wolves team Lee reduced the deficit for Bilston, then on the hour Osbourne powerfully headed in to level the scores.

Cannes striker David Suarez who's on trial at Molineux has revealed his desire to play in England after his first match for Wolves in a pre-season friendly against Shrewsbury.
The 22-year-old scored the opening goal in the 2-0 win at Gay Meadow in the 7th minute.
He said: "I'm desperate to play in England. There's no money in the French Second Division."
"I've only been at Wolves two days but I really like the feel of the club.''

Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey has announced that Stan Collymore won't be joining Wolves even though personal terms had been agreed between Collymore and Wolves. Moxey said "Real Oviedo wanted a large fee for us to take Stan even on a loan basis, something which we were not prepared to do.
"They are sueing the player for breach of contract and they believe they have a strong case.
"The situation is nothing to do with Wolves and we don't want to get mixed up in the situation so our interest has to cease. The problems lie between Stan and Real Oviedo."

Wolves have beaten Shrewsbury 2-0 in a pre-season friendly, goals from French trialist David Suarez and captain Paul Butler.

Shrewsbury: 0

Cartwright, Drysdale, Rioch (Jenkins 45), Tolley, Redmile, Tretton (Wilding 45), Jagielka, Atkins, Rodgers, Jemson (Freestone 78), Murray (Walker 61).

WOLVES: 2

Oakes, Connelly (Bazeley 64), Camera, Robinson, Pollet (Lescott 45), Butler, Ketsbaia (Branch 45) (Tudor 84), Andrews, Proudlock, Suarez (Roussel 67), Kennedy (Melligan 58).

Wolves are being linked with Hearts' Scottish international midfielder Colin Cameron.
Cameron has been linked with Bradford and Nottingham Forest in recent months but it now appears Dave Jones is lining up a bid in the region of £2million for the 28-year-old.
Wolves are also rumored to have agreed a fee for an unnamed striker and hope to tie up the deal over the weekend, with another player to sign soon after.
Chief executive Jez Moxey said: "I'm confident something will happen this week. We're near to agreement with both players.''

French striker David Suarez is on trial at Molineux, the 22-year-old striker has been on the books of Second Division Cannes for the last two seasons.
Last season he appeared in all but three of his club’s League and Cup games and scored 13 goals in what was a season of struggle for the French side.
Wolves manager Dave Jones said on the official Wolves website: "We will be taking a look at David over the next few days and we are hoping that he can play in our friendly at Shrewsbury on Saturday.
"David came to us on the high recommendation of his representative Michel Benguigui who I know well. He has looked good in training but until I can see him playing in a game it’s hard make a decision."

Planning permission for a statue of Wolves greatest manager Stan Cullis was granted by Wolverhampton City Council planning committee yesterday, the statue will be 15ft high the same height as the already erected Billy Wright statue.
The gift to the club by Wolves owner and chairman Sir Jack Hayward, will be erected at Waterloo Road corner of the stand already named after him.
Sculptor James Butler, who also produced the Billy Wright statue, hopes it will be finished by March or April next year.

Preston have rejected Wolves fourth bid for Striker Jon Macken, the £4 million bid would have broken the Molineux transfer fee paid for a player, currently standing at £3.5 million to Bristol City for Ade Akinbiyi in September 1999, which set a new record for the Nationwide Divisions.
Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey said on the Wolves Official Website: "We remain interested in signing Jonathan Macken although Preston refuse to move their position. They want an enormous fee for him – one that is millions of pounds higher than our current offer. It is out of our reach and one which in reality I find quite ridiculous.
"It means that although we haven’t entirely given up hope of signing Jonathan, we’re turning our attention to other forwards and we have agreed a fee with another club for a striker. The issue that we are facing with this deal is that although the club has agreed to sell him, they do not want to let him go until they’ve found a replacement.
"Obviously there is only a certain amount of time available to us and we have one or two other options open, with regards to strikers, should the need arise. If we do have to sign someone else before the club has found a replacement, then that deal will fall through."

Wolves are reported to have made a fourth bid for Preston's Jon Macken of over £4million and Preston could be lining up Wolves other target Shaun Goater as a possible replacement.
Preston sent a scout to Halifax on Saturday to check the form and fitness of Goater but Wolves may still try to sign Goater if their latest bid for Macken proves unsuccessful. Goater's future at Manchester City may depend on whether Paulo Wanchope remains at Maine Road.

Spanish club Real Oviedo have told Wolves that they will not be releasing Stan Collymore on-loan.
The 30-year-old had agreed terms with Wolves if Oviedo agreed to the deal, but Oviedo insisted that Wolves would have to pay a fee for the striker who they are looking to sue for breach of contract.
An Oviedo spokesman said, “Wolves are interested in the player, and Collymore has spoken to them. But we are still awaiting the response to our offer to sell we made last week.”

Wolves reserves fixtures have been released for the Avon Insurance League Premier Division 2001/02 season, click here for details.

The Wolves squad have arrived back in Wolverhampton after there nine day tour of Portugal, hopefully now boss Dave Jones can get on with getting the players that Wolves fans were promised at the end of last season.
The first team's next match is on Saturday afternoon when they take on Shrewsbury at The Gay Meadow, kick off 3.00pm.
The following week they travel to Belgium where they will face Royal Antwerp before the only home friendly of the season on the 3^rd August, against Liverpool.

Stan Collymore is poised for a comeback from retirement less than four months after quitting the game, the only thing stopping his transfer to Molineux on a lucrative three-year contract is Oviedo's reluctance to release his registration. The Spanish club are reputedly looking for £350,000 to free him up even though he came to them on a free transfer.
Wolves are unlikely to acceed to their demands, and until a compromise can be reached, Stan's self-imposed exile will continue for a while longer.
Collymore still has a house in Cannock, less than 20 miles from Wolverhampton, and is very close to family and friends in the area.

Former Wolves midfielder Steve Froggatt has been forced to retire from the game aged only 28 due to a serious ankle injury.
He signed for Wolves for £1million from Aston Villa and spent four years at Molineux then moved to Coventry. which has plagued him for nearly two years.
Froggatt picked up the injury while playing for Coventry against Sunderland 18 months ago and hasn't been able to recover from the problem, he has now realised he will never play football again.

Alverca: 2

Yannick (Bruno Fernandes 45), Correia (Zeferino 45), Pedro Martins (Poejo 45), Ramires (Torrao 45), Paviot (Zarate 45), Caju (Pedro Neves 45), Tinaia (Hugo Santos 78), Jose Antonio, Anderson (Claudio Campos 45), Rui Borges (Vargas 45), Verissimo (Gaspar 77) .

Unused subs: Ernesto, Quinzinho.

Wolves: 1

Bywater (Oakes 45), Connelly, Naylor, Dinning (Andrews 45), Butler, Pollet (Lescott 78), Branch (Melligan 54), Markovic (Robinson 45), Proudlock, Ketsbaia (Larkin 45), Kennedy.

Unused subs: Roussel, Clyde.

Goalkeeper Maikel Aerts £700,000 transfer to Wolves from Den Bosch collapsed at the last minute because the player refused to take a drug test.
Aerts had tested positive for cocaine in 1997, and Wolves insisted on the drugs test after learning this and when the player refused, the deal was cancelled.
His club Den Bosch are said to be furious with the 25-year-old, and have now asked for an arbitration court at the Dutch FA to immediately dissolve his contract with them, which is due to run until the summer of 2004.

Wolves boss Dave Jones has revealed that Wolves have agreed transfer fees for two players. Now the club will go into talks with the players themselves next week after the team has returned to England from Portugal.
Jones said. "We're close to doing one or two things. We have agreed deals with the two clubs, but need to speak to both players in the second half of next week.
"I've spoken to one of them so far - but only for initial talks."

Mike Stowell is set to sign for Second Division Bristol City after a medical over the weekend. The 36-year-old has agreed a two-year contract and will sign early next week.
Second Division Blackpool were favourites to land him when he was released by Dave Jones in May but Danny Wilson's men have beaten them to his signature despite a late approach from Wolves' Midlands rivals Walsall.

Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey has denied rumours that Wolves have made a £2m bid for Middlesbrough's Paul Ince.
Jez shook his head and said: "There's nothing in it."

Wolves have lost their second match of the Portugal Tour, Leira took the lead in 65th minute with a disputed penalty after Mark Clyde was judged to have brought down Macial in the box. Leira scored their second in the 77th minute. Micheal Branch was closest to scoring for Wolves and Dave Jones was asked to substitute Carl Robinson in the second half following a competitive encounter!

Leiria:

Costinha (Bastita 45), Bilro (Joao Paulo 88), Eder, Tiago (Regueira 81), Nuno Valente, Derlei (Tozi 86), Joao Manuel (Marcio 88), Leao (Vouzela 45), Renato (Nuno Mendes 45), Zezinho (Duah 45), Maciel.

Wolves:

Oakes, Connelly, Naylor, Robinson (Melligan 67), Lescott (Clyde 62), Butler, Bazeley (Branch 45), Andrews (Markovic 45), Proudlock (Roussel 45), Larkin, Kennedy.

Aston Villa have rejected an approach for Paul Merson from Wolves, Chief Executive Jez Mozey asked about the midfielders availability but he was swiftly told he was not for sale. Wolves were told Merson is part of John Gregory's plans for the future and he had just been made club captain so their bid was refused.

Wolves striker George Ndah has had to leave Wolves pre-season tour because of injury for the second successive season.
Last summer on the Irish tour it was a niggling knee condition this time a persistent minor groin strain has prevented the striker from training since the squad arrived in Portugal on Friday.
As the disappointed Ndah prepared to return to Molineux, boss Dave Jones said: "George is stiff and sore. We were hoping that he’d shake it off but he’s still struggling.
"It’s pointless him staying out here when he can be treated back at Wolverhampton so he’s going back and we’re flying Colin Larkin out as a replacement."

Wolves have had their third bid believed to be of £4m for Preston striker Jon Macken turned down flat.
It is believed Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey made the offer of £3.5million up front and a further £500,000 based on appearances, but the offer was once again turned down flat with both chairman Bryan Gray and manager David Moyes insisting the highly-rated star was not for sale.

Stan Collymore and Wolves were having constructive talks about him coming out of retirement and re-joining Wolves, but the move has hit problems with Spanish club Real Oviedo, threatening to sue the striker for breach of contract as his deal with the Spaniards is understood to have contained a buy-out clause for any club interested in taking the player on board.
The La Liga outfit still hold Collymore's registration and are suing him for up to £1m, based on their transfer valuation of the player and money they believe they have lost after he walked out on them last season without warning after playing just 88 minutes of football for them, and announcing his retirement from the game.
A spokesman for the Oviedo said, "The player left Oviedo without informing the club of his intentions.
"The club tried to get in touch with Stan Collymore but we were unsuccessful. The day after Ian Monk issued a statement that Stan Collymore was going to retire and that is how we found out.
"It was decided by the lawyers to sue Collymore for £7million for damages done to the club and for breaking his contract, even though he hadn't gone to another club."
The case is not expected to be heard in the Spanish judicial courts for at least another year.

Wolves have drawn the first game of their Portuguese tour with goals from Cedric Roussel and Carl Robinson. Espinho were 2 goals up before Roussel pulled one back early in the second half. Carl Robinson then chipped the Espinho keeper.
The friendly clash was halted seven minutes before full-time as the match referee was fearful both sets of players were getting a little too physical.

Espinho: 2

Santos (Marguet 45) (Santos 79), Jojo (Coelho 65), Brown (Karim 45), Flavio (Ally 56), Luis Miguel, Mauricio, Litos (Simoes 45), Marcelo, Henrique (Fraga 74), Maciel (Phill 45), Bolinhas (Dumba 68)

Wolves: 2

Bywater (Oakes 45), Bazeley (Connelly 45), Sinton (Naylor 45), Markovic (Dinning 59), Clyde (Butler 45), Pollet (Lescott 45), Branch (Ketsbaia 77), Andrews (Robinson 45), Roussel, Ketsbaia (Proudlock), Melligan (Kennedy 45)

Dave Jones has stripped Kevin Muscat of the club captaincy with Paul Butler favorite to get the job of leading Wolves next season.
Muscat took over the captaincy last season when Keith Cutle left, but a series of poor displays have prompted Jones to make the change.
Butler will lead the Wolves team for their three-match tour of Portugal and if Jones likes what he sees, then the defender looks set to retain the captaincy next season, although Ludovic Pollet and Tony Dinning are also reported to be in the frame.

Wolves are in talks with controversial striker Stan Collymore. Collymore quit football after playing for Leicester, Bradford and one month at Real Oviedo all during last season.
Spanish side Real Oviedo still hold his registration so Wolves must reach an agreement with them before finalising a permanent contract with Collymore.

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The on off transfer of Dutch goalkeeper Maikel Aerts could be off again, reports last weekend said he had completed his move to Molineux with boss Dave Jones speaking openly on Monday of his delight at having Aerts on board and in training. The keeper has also been added to the player profiles on the new official website, which boasts "All the news from Molineux - accurate and up-to-date - will appear here", but there is nothing about the transfer on there. Wolves are still working to see if anything can be sorted out with the transfer but have said it's unlikely.

Dundee's bid to sign Temuri Ketsbaia is close to collapsing, Wolves wanted around £400,000 for him but Dundee wanted to do a player exchange as they haven't got the funds for the transfer.
Jex Mozey said "We have discussed a small transfer fee but they have said they do not think they can pay any money"

Wolves have signed 20 year old West Ham goalkeeper Stephen Bywater on a three month loan deal.

Wolves have beaten non-league Telford 4-0 and League of Wales team Oswestry 3-0. New signing Mark Kennedy scored the opening goal against Telford in the 21st minute from a 25 yard strike.
George Ndah scored the second with a close range header five minutes later and Temuri Ketsbaia diving header made it 3-0 on 34 minutes. Three minutes later Carl Robinson scored the fourth from the edge of the penalty area.

Team: Oakes, Connelly (Slater, 24), Butler, Clyde, Camara, Melligan, Robinson, Kennedy, Ketsbaia; Branch, Ndah (Larkin, 29). Clingan on for Slater, 70.
Unused subs: Barrett, Willis, McGrane, Bampfield.
Attendance: 1,641.

John Ward took charge of the side that beat Oswestry Town 3-0. Darren Bazeley opened the scoring when he drilled the ball home from just inside the box, he was playing for the first time since he tore a cartilage in the game at Sheffield Wednesday last Christmas. Ten minutes after the restart Joleon Lescott skilfully beat his man on the right before crossing to Tony Dinning who headed the ball across goal for Tudor to nod home. Owestry's Steve Eccleston turned a Tudor cross past his own keeper to make it three in the 65^th minute.

Team: Solly, Coleman, Naylor (McQuade 63), Dinning (Dickson 74), Pollet (Gilmore 83), Lescott, Bazeley, Roussel, Proudlock (Danks 74), Ward (Tudor 40), Sinton.
Unused subs: Brown, Walters, Morrow.
Attendance: 583.

Dutch goalkeeper Maikel Aerts has now signed for Wolves from Den Bosch for £700,000. Wolves are now waiting for the formality of international clearance to arrive for his work permit, which is expected within the next few days.
The 25-year-old arrived on Tuesday and will be working closely with new goalkeeping coach Bobby Mimms and number one Michael Oakes during pre-season training.

Neil Emblen has completed his transfer to Norwich for £500,000, despite recent fears that the move would have to be cancelled because Norwich were struggling to agree personal terms with the utility player, but these differences were put aside earlier this week.
Emblen travelled to Fakenham with the rest of his new team mates for a pre-season friendly tonight (Wednesday), but is not expected to make his debut.

Another of Wolves fixtures has been moved for the camera's, the away leg of the Black County derby has been moved for TV coverage and will now take place on Thursday 25th October. The original date was set two days earlier for Tuesday 23rd October.

Andy Sinton is close to signing a new 1 year deal at Molineux, Dave Jones offered the experienced winger a new 12-month deal and is confident he will sign.
Sinton has reported back for pre-season training with the Wolves squad but he has yet to tell the manager what he intends to do in the coming year.
The ex-England winger's first-team place has been put under threat by the signing of Mark Kennedy from Manchester City, but Boss Jones feels Sinton can still be a valuable member of his squad and his knowledge of the game can be a big help to his younger players.

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Colin Lee is set to return to management following his departure from Wolves, and has applied for the vacant assistant manager's position at Newcastle United.
After he was dismissed by the board at Molineux, Lee joined Torquay at the end of last season, and subsequently helped the Gulls in their quest for third division survival. However he recently turned down the opportunity to remain in charge at Plainmoor, and has now set his sights a little higher.
Aside from expressing his desire to take over at St James Park from Mick Wadsworth who joined Southampton last week, Lee has also been linked with the post of first-team coach at Aston Villa following Steve Harrison's move to Middlesbrough.

The report that Maikel Aerts had signed for Wolves seems to have been premature, Wolves haven't yet finalised the £700,000 deal for Dutch goalkeeper Maikel Aerts, but it's expected to be tied up in the next 48 hours. My apologies!

Wolves have signed goalkeeper Mikael Aerts for around £1,600,000 from FC Den Bosch on a four-year deal.
Aerts travelled with his manager John Linse to Molineux last Thursday for talks and was very impressed with Wolves. Den Bosch technical director Arnold Scholten has worked for seven weeks to find a way to avoid the transfer going ahead but they were forced to sell as they need the transfer fee to strengthen their squad now they have returned to the Dutch Eredivisie.

Neil Emblen's £500,000 transfer to Norwich has collapsed after he failed to agree personal terms with them.
Norwich manager Nigel Worthington agreed the fee with Wolves boss Dave Jones last weekend and believed he would be able to persuade the 30-year-old to move to East Anglia, but the two parties were too far apart in salary discussions and Worthington insists the deal is now dead.

Wolves captain Kevin Muscat has pulled out of Wolves pre-season trip to Portugal because of a groin injury.
The Australian international picked up the injury before the start of pre-season training and could be sidelined for around three weeks which might see him out of the first game of the season. Sean Connelly will be the most likely to fill Muscat's place.

Ludovic Pollet will be joining Wolves tour to Portugal after recovering his lost passport.
Pollet reported the document and other valuable papers stolen when his wife's car was taken from outside their new home in a South Staffordshire village.
But the vehicle was spotted abandoned in Bilston and the player has now been reunited with his passport.

Ludo Pollet is appealing for the public's help in tracing his stolen car.
The silver Renault Clio Sport was taken from outside his south Staffordshire house at 6.30 yesterday evening.
The theft has an added complication as Ludo's passport was inside the vehicle. With the team due to fly off to Portugal a week tomorrow, the French defender may be forced to stay at home.
"I would be very grateful if anyone can help trace my car," says Ludo.
"I need to get my passport back so I can go one the tour of Portugal. I am trying to get a replacement but I might not be able to get one in time."
The registration of the car - a French model - is 544AAL83. If anyone has any information that could be of help to the police, please call them on 01902 894611

Goalkeeper Bobby Mimms has joined the Molineux backroom team as Wolves goalkeeping coach. The position was previously a part-time post held by Peter Bonetti, but will now be full-time. Wolves boss Dave Jones says it was important to elevate the role to a full-time position.
Bobby joins Wolves having been player/goalkeeping coach at Mansfield Town. The former Irish under 21 player has enjoyed a long and varied career, with Everton, Sunderland, Blackburn, Manchester City, Tottenham and Preston numbering amongst the clubs he has served.

Wolves are thought to be targeting Man City's Shaun Goater after twice being unsuccessful in trying to sign Preston's Jon Macken, with Blackburn's Nathan Blake also emerging as a target.
Manchester City have confirmed they have received no official approach as yet.
Blake is available for around £1.5million after falling out of favour at Ewood Park, with Derby and Crystal Palace already confirming their interest in the Welsh international.

Defender Sean Connelly has signed a two-year contract at Wolves after being assured by Dave Jones that he has a part to play in his future plans.

*Update*
Shaun Goater has said he intends to see out the remaining three years of his contract at Maine Road. In response to a reported £3million bid from Wolves.

Mark Kennedy was at Molineux early this morning to sign a five-year contract after Wolves agreed to pay £2million for his services.
The Republic of Ireland winger says he is looking forward to a successful promotion campaign after completing his move to Wolves from Manchester City.
He gained promotion to the Premiership with City just over a year ago, and revealed he is eager to experience a quick return to the top flight.
"The season City went up was fantastic for the players and the fans," Kennedy said. "Wolves is a magnificent club and I'd love to be able to do all that again here.
"I'm really glad to be signing for Wolves. When I met the manager he said how much he wanted me to come here. I'm looking forward to getting started.
"I've played at Molineux before with City and Millwall, and I've always been impressed by the place.
"I just hope we can get a good start, show the fans what we can do and get everybody behind us."

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Mark Kennedy has passed his medical and will complete a £2million move to Molineux on Wednesday afternoon.
Wolves are set to unveil the 25-year-old Republic of Ireland international as their first signing of the summer at a news conference at 12.45pm.
Kennedy has signed a five-year contract after finding himself surplus to requirements at Maine Road following the appointment of new manager Kevin Keegan. He played 77 times for City scoring 11 goals.
The deal was set up last month, but Wolves had to wait for Kennedy to return from his summer holiday last weekend for him to have a medical and then complete the move.

Tayloy has another Op

Wolves injury struck striker Bob Taylor has undergone another operation this time to remove gall-stones.
He went into Wolverhampton's Nuffield Hospital yesterday for surgery after suffering stomach pains on and off towards the end of last season.. He will remain there for a couple of days before being sent home to rest.
Staff are now waiting to get a formal report on the procedure from Bob's surgeon, but the operation is believed to have been straight forward.

The squad reported back after their summer break for training yesterday at a new venue, RAF Cosford. Boss Dave Jones was keen to use the facilities at Cosford, whilst the pitches at Compton are undergoing their final pre-season preparations.
The players were put through their paces at the military base, where they will train until they leave for the Portugal tour. Some where given extra time off, players that have had a busy summer of international matches and new signing Mark Kennedy who had part of his medical yesterday and will undergo further tests today.
Jones said: "The facilities here - the surfaces and the gym - are first class and the RAF have really made us welcome. We plan to thank them for their help by playing them in a charity match at some stage.
"We spent the morning welcoming the lads back and explaining the pre-season programme to them. After lunch they were given upper body programmes to work on. The real work will start tomorrow.
"Carl Robinson, Lee Naylor, Termuri Ketsbaia, Kevin Muscat and Ryan Green have all been given an extra week off because of their international matches during the summer, so it wasn't quite a full complement."

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Troubled Wolves star Temuri Ketsbaia has finalised his £400,000 move to Dundee. Ketsbaia joined Wolves at the start of last season for £900,000 but failed to hold down a first team place.
The Georgian international says the main reason for his decision to play for the Tayside outfit was the presence in the team of Georgian national skipper Georgi Nemsadze.

Wolves have agreed a fee for Neil Emblen with Norwich, the versatile utility man travelled to Carrow Road to discuss personal terms last week, the fee could total £580,000 with appearance related add-ons.

Wolves' chief executive Jez Moxey says: "We have agreed a fee and now it's a case of waiting to hear the outcome of the talks between Neil and Norwich."

Wolves England Under-21 defender Lee Naylor is attracting the interest of top French club Caen, who have admitted watching the player, also a admirer of Naylor is Aston Villa boss John Gregory.
Dave Jones wants to build a promotion-winning side around his younger players and he will not want to part with a player he feels has a big part to play in his future plans for the club.
But to boost Jones spending power in the transfer market a sizeable cheque could be too difficult to resist.