Wolves could still sign Jason Denayer

Wolves might nonetheless signal free agent Jason Denayer, with the newest experiences suggesting that the Belgium worldwide is contemplating a proposal from Bruno Lage’s aspect.

What’s the phrase?

After a deal for Craig Dawson fell through on deadline day, Wolves have seemingly turned their consideration to Denayer, who is offered on a free switch after leaving Lyon on the finish of final season.

In a latest interview with GIVEMESPORT, journalist Dean Jones supplied the newest on Wolves’ potential signing of the 27-year-old.

He mentioned: “He’s nonetheless on the radar. The participant himself is weighing up that transfer and whether or not it will likely be proper for him.

“I feel he wants convincing of his first-team alternatives and the way this staff is definitely shaping up.”

Would Denayer be a superb signing?

The Previous Gold look wanting centre-back choices following the departures of Conor Coady, Willy Boly and Romain Saiss this summer time, with solely Nathan Collins arriving at Molineux as a substitute.

Whereas the previous Burnley man and Max Kilman have shaped a robust partnership on the again for Lage’s aspect, incomes three clean sheets of their first six Premier League video games as a centre-back duo, Wolves might be in actual bother if both of them had been to choose up an harm, with solely the inexperienced Toti and Yerson Mosquera accessible as back-ups.

Contemplating the dearth of depth at centre-back, an skilled worldwide corresponding to Denayer might be an excellent addition to Lage’s aspect, even when he does battle to oust both Kilman or Collins from the primary staff.

The previous Manchester Metropolis synthetic 139 appearances throughout his time with Lyon and has 35 caps for a robust Belgium aspect, so actually represents a horny possibility on a free switch.

Who would you moderately signal?

Lyon’s recruitment chief Florian Maurice was filled with reward for Denayer in 2019, saying:

“He has all of the traits we sought: he can play in each position throughout the defence, he’s obtained recreation intelligence, a superb positional sense, he’s fast and he’s highly effective in duels.”

Certainly, being fast and highly effective are actually the attributes you’ll want to thrive within the English top-flight with the tempo of the sport typically being moderately frantic in comparison with different divisions in Europe.

Crucially, he additionally has earlier Premier League experience with Sunderland and Champions League experience with Lyon and Galatasaray, so to carry him in for no switch price looks like a no brainer for Lage given a scarcity of choices.

Whereas the main target is on bringing in Diego Costa as a free agent striker, a centre-back can also be wanted so Wolves ought to prioritise a transfer for Denayer because the Spaniard closes in on his personal swap to Molineux.