Wolves seal Luton deal

emp-54751432.jpgWolves have signed Luton midfielder David Edwards for more than £600,000, according to reports.

Edwards, aged 21, is one of five players set to leave the struggling club with Wolves reported to be paying £675,000.

The Welsh international joined the Hatters from Shrewsbury in July when he became manager Kevin Blackwell’s first signing.

Luton Town assistant manager Sam Ellis said today that the administrator at the cash-strapped club agreed to sell Edwards straight away, despite Wolves being happy to wait until after Luton’s cup replay at Liverpool on Tuesday.

A sizeable proportion of the Edwards fee will go to his former club Shrewsbury after the Shropshire side negotiated a sell-on clause with Luton.

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73 Comments

  1. ledbury wolf said:

    who??? atleast its a midfielder i suppose! bye bye potter

  2. rowley,wolves said:

    looked a good player against liverpool,can we now send gibson back to man.utd’s 5th team!

  3. Wolves4eva! said:

    get rid of henry

  4. JJ-24 said:

    Awsome player! rowley wolves - u aint seen the best of Gibson yet, hes a great player aswell

  5. luckywaster said:

    at least he isnt irish eh?

    anybody seen this kid play. i might be way off but im guessing hes a ‘put a shift in midfielder’ with the forward thinking of a crab

  6. wulf said:

    YOU’VE GOT ADMIT WOLVES DO GOOD BUSINESS. THE EASTWOOD DEAL, MATT JARVIS. WHILE THE PAPERS ARE SPECULATING WOLVES ARE DOING THE BUSINESS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR MOXEY FOR HIS DEALS SINCE MICK ARRIVED. THESE ARE GOOD PLAYERS WE HAVE SIGNED E.G FOLEY, JARVIS,EASTWOOD,KEOGH,KIGHTLY. NOW EBANKS-BLAKE AND EDWARDS AND WE’VE SPENT A PITANCE COMPARED TO DAVE JONES. MILLER £3MIL, SEYI £1.7M, NEWTON £1M.
    WE ARE NOW GETTING VERY GOOD PLYERS AT HALF (OR BETTER) PRICE!!

  7. Kent Wolf said:

    Wolves4eva!:-
    Boy, your fickle.Bet you were shouting his praises while he was at Arsenal….only kidding!
    If he can tackle like Geoff Palmer/Keith Downing/Ince & Rae & pass like Hibbett,Daley,Cook & Marden, he will be a useful aquisition!

  8. luckywaster said:

    wulf your irony is so subtle its almost like you mean what you say!!

  9. abdonwolf said:

    8

    Have you taken an ‘irony pill’ today?

  10. Laurie Driver said:

    6 wulf: DO YOU HAVE TO TYPE EVERYTHING IN CAPS OR AS NO ONE TOLD YOU THIS IS CONSIDERED AS SHOUTING? ( & bad manners)
    On a serious note, the best manager we had at Wolves was Graham Turner.
    He inherited a bare bones squad & got us from the old Div 4 to where we are now.Unfortunatly, he never “clicked” at this higher stage!

  11. Solihull Wolves said:

    The knockers are out again - more interested in slagging off our players than congratulating the club on a good piece of business.

    Come on SUPPORTERS. David Edwards is a very good prospect, but he hasn’t played Championship football yet. Already a Welsh International colleague of Wayne and Freddie.

    Keep the faith

  12. Andy said:

    Don’t want to be all negative but this quote is from Lutontown_mad.co.uk
    “Despite often not being able to shoot straight, Edwards gave the midfield a lot of energy, and whilst the final product was not often there with Edwards, he always showed he had the potential to become a good player”

  13. abdonwolf said:

    6

    When Dave Jones was signing players, fees were inflated by todays standards, so comparison is nonsense!

    Still perhaps if you leave your ‘caps-lock’ on you sound more like you know what you are talking about!

    No. 8

    Bit more irony to add to your collection!

  14. abdonwolf said:

    10 - Graham Turner (the best manager we ever had)!!

    I suppose Kieth Downing was the best player we ever had too?

  15. Cheshire Old Gold said:

    He is not Irish but he is Welsh which is still celtic - Let’s hear from all the moaning “Mick only picks the Irish” fans to see if they have a dislike of all celts or whether it is just the Irish……….just as long as they never bother considering whether this lad can actually play.

    I can see a great 2nd half of the season coming up - keep the faith and keep supporting the players like we did last year.

  16. abdonwolf said:

    15

    I hate Cheshire!

  17. wulf said:

    Sorry about the caps lock error, please take me to the firing squad imediately. Its the least I deserve.
    UP THE WOLVES!! :-) :-0

  18. wimblebury wolf said:

    now lates not get carried away with these new signings and those who may sign soon. They have to get into the team and with such quality as S ward and mickys mates you know its going to be hard.

  19. quality counts said:

    wulf! what on earth do you mean by getting good players? have you been brain dead all season? Sure we have a team of make weights we bought for a song, that’s why we are in the middle of the league!

    Half the price=half the ability, another muppet comment.

  20. jan rhodes said:

    Two signings Wow Come on you Wolves fans lets hear Molineux rock on Saturday

  21. wulf said:

    One (before the firing squad penalise why caps lock error)question for 14.ABDONWOLF: Why were fees inflated by todays standards? Could you explain and show evidence to support this, against general economic rule, statement.

  22. WORCESTER BAGGIE said:

    wow….i suspose you will win the leaque now…..untill mad mick drains the lads confidence..like eastwood

  23. Eddie Wolf said:

    Him & Ebanks Blake????

    Its our lucky day. Some quality players.

  24. bernie said:

    NOTHING AT ALL ON THE WOLVES WEB SITE , DONT COUNT YOUR CHICKENS YET LADS !

  25. turgutrieswolf said:

    god weve got another striker…sylvan ebanks-blake & a midfielder…lets hope mm plays them or will he join the other strikers on the bench!!!!!!!!!!

  26. luckywaster said:

    abdonwolf.

    my doctor told me i have anemia and i need to increase the amount of irony in my diet.
    so back off!! :P

  27. southbanker said:

    shut up bernie its coz the site is in overload and the edwards deal will done tommorow. EBANKS-BLAKE has Officaly signed look at the Plymouth website.

  28. wolf66 said:

    wulf, Your right it will be a pitance in comparison to what Dave Jones spent, but only if we get promoted, in reality Jones spent nothing because he got us to the Premiership, which bought in over 30 million, MM gets us there then it will be a pitance, but only when?????????

  29. Jonny B said:

    Saw him the Cup game against Liverpool and he looked good. Knows how to run forward towards the goal which will be an unusual sight if he is allowed to do it at the mol. That is if he even gets a game, Jarvis cost the same and he has hardly had a look in even though he has been fit since October.

  30. DUDLEY WOLF said:

    22 Worc. Boggy
    To be honest, you are probably right,on both scores!!

  31. U2 WOLF said:

    STILL SACK MM AND MOXEY

  32. Laurie Driver said:

    14 abdonwolf:I should’ve added in recent history.
    BTW, What was wrong with Keith Downing?
    Our very own Psycho!

  33. SinghWolf said:

    NO NEWS OF THIS ON THE WOLVES WEBSITE!!
    LETS HOPE ITS ALL TRUE

  34. Mary Christmas said:

    abdonwolf:Are you Happy_baggie in disguise?
    He only supports WBA because he couldn’t spell Wolverhampton Wanderers & probably drives a BMW for similar reasons!

  35. Laurie Driver said:

    33 SinghWolf: Lose the caps!
    See comment 10!

  36. sven said:

    watched him most of the time at shrewsbury!, edwards good hardworking forward thinking midfielder! not too keen on defending as hates tackling! good value for the money

  37. Beobridge Wolf said:

    Rumour has it that Wolves have submitted a planning application to Wolverhampton council to have larger dug-outs installed so that we all these new signings can sit comfortably whilst watching messrs Ward Collins Gray Henry Potter Ward Elliott play??????????????

  38. Beobridge Wolf said:

    oops forgot the mighty Bothroyd!!!! how could I forget him????????

  39. Vindaloony said:

    Graham Turner was a great manager and Keith Downing was a great servant to this club when we had nothing including a stadium so don’t knock it son.

  40. Happy_baggie said:

    34 - I only support WBA as I can’t spell wolverhampton wanderers ? I guess you only support WW as you can’t spell west bromwich albion… look silly dosn’t it ! I won’t speculate as to why you drive a mini !

    I hear Moxey only paid £1.5M for Ebanks Blake as he thought he was getting two players for his money !!

  41. pip said:

    Be patient with the new signings guys and lets get behind the team and the manager.

  42. robertplantstailor said:

    37.

    lol

  43. BeoWulf said:

    Still knocking MM and Moxey, only us Wolves fans can do that!

  44. Go Wolves said:

    Wulf (6), respect your opinion, but beg to disagree. Remember Dave Jones’s team placed us 3rd one season and got us promoted the one after. So hard to compare MM’s achievements yet :-) It’s not just the $s that count, but the results, yeah? And surely you can’t exactly compare Miller (who was banging in 20 a season pre-hoddle) to Eastwood or Keogh (who I would compare more to Michael “never scores” Branch). And did you forget the Sturridge deal? What was that, 350M or so … I think he gave us a trifle more than Eastwood, wouldn’t you say?

    I do agree with you that Wolves are doing good business though. My disagreement is simply that I think they’ve been doing it for some time, including in Dave Jones days. And also that good business alone in not enough to get you promoted.

    This squad is nowhere near as good as Jones’s. You can compare almost every position from left back (Naylor vs. whoever is playing out of position) to midfield (Rae vs Henry?), etc. Only exception may be Kightly vs Newton if you are looking long term.

    If this squad can get us promoted, I’d be delighted. But I don’t expect it. Just remember quality costs. You can pretend you’re driving a Ferrari when you’re driving a 2nd hand mini, but even if you got a great deal on the mini, it’s still a mini, and you won’t win any races with it. You’d just be able to pat yourself on the back for great business.

    Just my 2c.

  45. RealistWolves said:

    37.

    Wouldn’t need planning permission, thus your point is not only not funny but also lacks substance.

  46. ledbury wolf said:

    i hope for this site’s sake this is true! good luck E&S!

  47. Wanderer said:

    Not official.

  48. Welsh Wolf said:

    19.
    Have you ever heard of a certain person called Michael Kightly? He was bought for £20,000 and he’s the best player in the current team!

  49. WBury Wolf said:

    To be fair to MM and JM they have done us proud.

    Two gr8 signings a bit like Jordan……Quality Pair!!!!!!!!!!

  50. rich5wolves said:

    1: what do you mean who?? Havnt you heard of this chap?? Obviously dont know your football mate so dont comment.

  51. Ben Dover said:

    Well at least we’ve signed someone. Now lets watch the new signing before we judge. And hope this Striker knows where the goal posts are.

  52. Cornish Wolf said:

    Dont know zip about Edwards but E-Banks Blake a really good signing. I am really surprised that Plymouth have let him go for so little money. With the kind of support he received from Halmosi at The Pilgrims he looked a player in the mould of Kenny Miller only his conversion rate is far, far higher than Miller! Just wish that he had come as a package with Halmosi. Still he will with the right support score goals at ANY level.
    Up The Wolves.

  53. Tez Read said:

    Typical MM signing - determination and work rate and thats all you will get. Utter crap

  54. mart said:

    sounds like a good signing and can play on the left, thank god.

    feel very sorry for luton though, nobody likes to see a club falling apart.

    Moxey - why not do the right thing and help them out by sending 2 or 3 players on loan who aren’t getting first team games, maybe with a recall clause. Would be a nice gesture to the club that brought us Foley!

  55. backofthenet said:

    dave is a good player i went to school with him. His school is proud of such a talented youngster he is and still continue to hold scrap articles from the paper in the lobby. He is fast and he is skilled, this may be his chance to prove himself at a higher level. Cmon dave!

  56. dave wba 4 life said:

    you still ain’t got a prayer of promotion. although nice to see your still buying into the young and hungry players, might see you’s in the prem in a couple of years, where we BIG real teams belong.

    midlands football 4 life

    WBA.

  57. mattwolves no 1 said:

    YESSSSSSS! A STRIKER!!!! DONT NEED 2
    SIGN BULLY AFTA ALL!!!

  58. wednesbury said:

    10,graham turner was a 4th division manager and chose to buy a team of left footed players besides he also liked the names mark and paul a lot!! in those days he did go to church a lot.

  59. mike perry said:

    We’re all shaking in our boots in Sandwell Town FC at the awesome singnings made by the dingles lol- looks like we’re playing for the runners up spot-dream on lads

  60. scottishwolf said:

    At least he’s Welsh.

  61. adie baker said:

    Another good promising young international player at the right price !
    Great business by the club taking advantage of lutons misfortune.
    My mate, an ardent hatters fan says we,ve just signed probably their best player and definately their brightest prospect for the future.

    Well done Mr morgan,moxey and merlin mick…credit where its due me thinks.

  62. wol1877ves said:

    good work mick now we are starting to get the better players in another midfielder or two and a couple ov defenders and hopefully we will start to play good football and move up the league

  63. Greg Cooper said:

    So now we’re close to signing Edwards I wonder if you dipshitz that constantly spout about MM ‘only signing Irish or ex-Sunderland players’ will start criticising him for ‘only signing Welsh players’… with Eastwood, D Edwards, R Edwards and Hennessey in our squad we are in danger of being overrun!! Considering the mindless mentality of some of you I expect this will be the next moan and groan… oh well, whilst you do, the rest of us will carry on supporting the club we love. GREAT signings today (if they come off) - well done MM, Moxey and Morgan (the M Triumvirate!)

  64. expatwolf said:

    i agree that we owe a lot to Graham Turner, he is also a nice guy… i remember when i was stationed in Germay i wrote to him asking if it was possible to send me a Wolves top cos as i was abroad i couldnt simply buy one and he did, who else can claim to own an original Wolves top?

  65. media wolf pete said:

    Not complaining, but do we really need another striker? Ideally, would like to see teh defence strengthened- WHU’s Calum Davenport and Man U’s Shawcross (currently on loan at Stoke). Also, about time Mick started to move on some of the 6 strikers he’s got.

  66. irish wolf said:

    have 2 agree with cheshire old gold.dont matter where your from did every wolves fan in world shout when kennnedy scored first against sheff utd.play off final.

  67. Billy_Blunt said:

    Too many Taffy’s at the club.We will be wearing red shirts instead of green before you know it

  68. steve poole said:

    vindaloony, great comment mate. Absoloutly spot on. They weren’t exactly the good old days!! but there was a certain gallows humour to be found in the days when it would have been quicker to announce the crowd than the teams….. Pity the same sort of “support the CLUB” attitude is so sadly missing these days. MM is not my favourite manager by a long way, however he was the sort of manager we all wanted after Twaddle and to a certain extent DJ. Now we’re complaing about the very attributes that were after in the first place. We’ll never learn to let the manager have a fair crack of the whip will we? Big Sam would be hounded out and so would have Happy Harry if he’d have been given the job.
    Players don’t become bad players overnight, and the same can be said of managers. Hopefully we can give MM a chance to dig himself out of the run we are in at the moment, if not he should go in May, once the season is over AND THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE BETTER TO REPLACE HIM WITH!!
    Saying that if I had a few quid in the bank and had to be told how useless I was every week by people with NO MANAGERIAL EXPERIENCE, WHAT-SO-EVER I think I’d have waved good bye ages ago.
    PS. Mr Moxey, well done. Good business.

  69. carlJ_Baggie said:

    11 - whoopie doo. He’s a Wales International. How many Premiership players do they have in the squad. Not many. In fact most are has beens or league 1 players, so he should fit in well. £675,000, what a price!!!. We bought Koren for nowt. Look what he’s worth now, and I bet he could do it in the Prem. Knock yourself out over your new signing….

  70. Rob said:

    69 - take a look at your own side before you knock others. You lot all thought Koumas and co could do it in the prem and you ‘boing, boinged’ straight back down. Bet you lot were all saying they could rip the Prem apart eh? Here’s one - Baggies WILL go up. I admit they are a brilliant side, but not Premiership class and your manager won’t be there next year after you lot being rooted to the bottom of the table. FACT!!!

  71. baggieboynick said:

    dingles getting as bad as the blues
    as soon as albion say they want someone they go and sign them
    bad move edwards should of come to a club whos going places
    boing boing

  72. latvia wolf said:

    Anybody see Big League Weekend last night on sky sports1? Kevin Blackwell was on there as a pundit according to him Muppet Mick and Moxey have allowed Edwards to play for Luton today against Swansea and also against Liverpool on tuesday before completing his signing on wednesday so what happens if he picks up a serious injury in the meantime? do we still sign him or not?
    WHAT A PAIR OF CLOWNS WE HAVE IN CHARGE OF OUR BELOVED WOLVES
    TAXI FOR McCARTHY AND MOXEY!

  73. walthamstow wolf said:

    44 for 350M I expect a bit more than trifle