Wolves eyeing swoop for Harwood-Bellis

Wolverhampton Wanderers lastly have a brand new supervisor. It has been over a month since they sacked Bruno Lage, nevertheless, Julen Lopetegui was confirmed as their new boss on Saturday and he faces a tricky problem in preserving the Previous Gold within the Premier League this season.

It seems just like the 56-year-old has already turned one eye to potential future transfers, and in line with Alan Nixon, Wolves are preserving a detailed eye on Manchester Metropolis defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis, who’s presently on mortgage at Burnley this season.

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Leicester Metropolis are additionally monitoring the centre-back and with the Molineux outfit having simply 4 central defenders, Lopetegui will probably be absolutely prioritising that space of the squad.

The 20-year-old scored his first Metropolis objective at simply 17 years of age in an FA Cup tie towards Port Vale again in January 2020, however he finds himself within the Championship this season, gaining essential first-team expertise.

Underneath the tutelage of former Metropolis defender Vincent Kompany, Burnley are thriving. They’re top of the division and are aiming to bounce again from relegation final season.

Harwood-Bellis has achieved a SofaScore ranking of 7.24/10 for his performances within the Championship this time period, a quantity that impressively ranks him second of their squad.

He ranks first for correct passes per recreation (68.9), clearances per match (3.4), and interceptions per outing (1.9) proving that he not solely can he play out from defence, however he additionally is aware of find out how to do the fundamentals of defending properly.

His former supervisor at Blackburn Rovers, Tony Mowbray, described the defender as having a “warrior attitude” and it actually seems like he’s demonstrating this thus far, particularly in the course of the present marketing campaign along with his wonderful showings.

Though a transfer will greater than seemingly have to attend till the summer time, along with his inventory rising and Metropolis having an abundance of centre-backs, Lopetegui may but seal a dream first signing by making a proposal in January.

Certainly, with a scarcity of centre-backs and a defence that has shipped 22 goals in simply 14 video games, bringing in an aesthetic defender resembling Harwood-Bellis needs to be of utmost precedence.

Thus, it may properly be the catalyst that saves their season if it already isn’t too late by that time.