Michael Kightly has signed a new four-year contract with Wolves to end speculation on his future.The 22-year-old winger had three years on his existing deal signed almost exactly 12 months ago, but was one of the poorer paid players and had been seeking improved terms to bring him parity with his team-mates.
The former Grays wide man put pen to paper on his new contract last night at Molineux, which ties him to the club to 2012. He was happy to finally put an end to the talk on his future.
He said: “I’m delighted to sign the new contract. I never wanted to leave the club anyway and I’m pleased to get my future sorted out.
“I’ve said from day one I’m happy here. The discussions went well and now I can look forward to another four good years.
“The ambition is to kick on and get into the Premier League and I want to be part of it and play at the highest level.”
Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey added: “Michael has typified the sort of player we want – young, talented and a desire to work hard for the cause.”
Kightly has proved to be one of the all-time bargains since boss Mick McCarthy snapped him up for just £25,000 from Grays in January 2007.
His electric form helped Wolves into the play-offs during McCarthy’s first season, when he was voted the Championship’s Young Player of the Year.
Last season he won three England under-21 caps before missing five months of the season with an ankle injury which eventually required surgery, returning for the final four games.
News of Kightly’s deal may well spell disappointment to Blackburn, Middlesbrough and West Ham, who have been linked with the England under-21 international.
Rovers, who unveiled former Wolves captain Paul Ince as their boss today, face a battle to keep David Bentley and saw Kightly as a possible replacement.
Ironically, Ince may turn to transfer-listed Wolves midfielder Seyi Olofinjana, who had a request to leave accepted yesterday and is available for £3m.
Wolves have also insisted they have no interest in Leicester midfielder Stephen Clemence, in answer to reports they have made a £700,000 bid.
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YES GET IN NICE ONE MATE !! just keep seb now!
Barmy Army!!!
I hope that all the prats who absolutely slated him on here feel proud of themselves.
Complete and utter muppets.
MAGIC !!! Now get the defence sorted with 2 new centre backs (preferably Berra as one of them )and get a hard man for mid field.
YES NICE ONE MATE !! just keep seb NOW!!
Barmy Army
Let’s hope there is no ‘gentleman’s agreement’ in this contract. I see Sonko is bailing out on Reading for exactly the same reason as Seyi. Camara did it on us too. Seems the African players are happy to come over and join to get in the country early on, but soon change their stripes and only want Premiership football later. Trust Seyi goes to Hull, then he can be back in the same boat in 12 months.
HE IS DOING WHAT LESCOTT AND OLIFINJANA HAVE DONE! SIGN A CONTRACT GIVING US A SEASON TO GO UP THEN LEAVING!
that will shut you so called fans up who were slating him last week. c,om the kites
Fantastic news, however i wonder if there is a gentlemans agreement. Whatever im chuffed with this news.
Hmmm i think he will be on his way if we fail to get promoted just like George and in previous seasons Lescott. I for one hope our young players get left alone now and we build for the comming season…..come on Jez and Mick where are the centre halves we require? Onwards and upwards!
so that’s a 4 year contract with no doubt the same get out clause that george got last year…
lets just hope its not another contract with a get out clause if we fail to get promoted! fair play to kites though
Fantastic news!!!!!! Great to see after all the speculation that we have players still proud to wear the badge. Brilliant work by the club to keep hold of such a talent, premiership here we come. Up the Wolves!!!!!!!!!!
good news or is it contracts dont mean nuffin these days and has he done the same as seyi he just signed a 4 year contract and had a release clause in it,hope he hasnt done the same,summert fishy about it
fairplay kites, heard he was unhappy about the medical cover/being paid while injured,because his wages were based on incentives, goals, assists, wins etc and because he was out injured he wasnt obviously gettting any of those bonus incentives!!!
its obvious he has one of those ” if we dont get promoted i want to leave” clauses in his contract but who cares if we dont make it AGAIN then he as my blessing.
SEB is going nowhere, and get gravesen in now, pay him what he wants/needs, berra and offload you know who and a few others, a fit matt murray challenging hennessey or vice versa and i think we may be alright
Great news but let’s keep him fit.I’m sure there’s something wrong with the training methods here as we get more long term injuries than any other clubs.
lol who’s got me name im no.1
and yeah lets hope that will shut the so called fan’s up
Barmy Army
2..Well said! The lad was never going to leave Wolves, it was just another case of an agent getting himself a slice of a bigger pie by suggesting his player was unsettled. Ban the lot of ‘em!
You all say Kightly will be ‘gone’ if we dont get promoted? And what? I Say fair play to him.
Why should he be condemned to a footballing career at a mediocre level, when he’s clearly capable of more? Just like lescott and olofinjana were.
I also say thanks to the both of them and now kightly for giving us a chance unlike the majority of footballers would do nowadays.
We need to start taking our chances. Fingers crossed for 08/09.
You wolves x
Superb news, if there is a clause, all I would say is if we have players on long term contracts then we simply hold out for big money moves from any interested party. But forget that, Kightly staying, SEB too all being well, Let’s just hope July brings us a decent centre back or two to compete to playing along side Craddock, failing that should give Little another go as he’s played there before.
Never say never - Kites has signed a new contract - It does not mean that he cant be sold if the price is right!
Some fans need to get a reality check - there are no Steve Bull types left in the world of football - unless you play for one of the Big 4 in the Prem or Real Madrid
Money talks and players walk - A new improved deal is a sign that the player will be here for maybe another season or IF we get promoted next season - If not - dont count on Kites staying for another season or MM for that matter!
So hopefully MM will get his act together and bring in some decent players - starting with a couple of centre half’s
Big George gave us a few seasons and is now off elsewhere - cant blame him that’s life!
Excellent news, let’s just hope there’s no gentlemans agreement, although if we don’t get promotion this year, who could blame him for wanting to leave, could prove to be the best signing of the season!
19. little played at CB for Northampton and they were raving about him, ok not the biggest but bet not many would beat him in a race??
great news! number 6, are you and your type of comment posters ever happy!!!!! seems like you all just want to see the negative on every bit of news around, do us a favour and take up trainspotting or something because its you lot that make us wolves fans look like a bunch of whingers.
Just an observation, you lot are never happy the lad signs a 4 year deal which is fantastic news for you then you all start with the he’ll be off if we don’t get up!. Give him and old Moxley a break they must feel like they are hitting their heads up against brick walls with you lot. Football is a food chain, the better players will always get picked off by the bigger clubs and there is no getting away from it for all of us. In the era of the bosman it makes perfect sense to tie your better players down to long term deals as you will command a good transfer fee for the when they eventually do go.
Fair play to Kightly though for giving it another go, joking apart I would have liked him at the Baggies I think he is quality.
Up the Baggies!!!
Absolutely superb news! Kites, SEB, Henners and all are our future.
Most likely a release clause is included, so the pressure is on to achieve THIS SEASON!!
Hopefully Moxey and Mr Morgan will loosen the strings a little to ensure we get some more quality to join the young guns.
2 CBs, 1 LB, 1 Midfielder and 1 striker of quality still required IMO to get a spauad with real automatic potential.
Up the Wolves!
Finally! Some POSITIVE news from this summers transfer news! Nice on Kites! UP THE WOLVES!
Agree with above comments about MArk Little, should be in the first team squad this season. HAs real pace, I think he will really make the grade. Still want quality CBs (2) and LB though!
Kites, SEB, Vokes (or Keogh), Jarvis attack looks promising.
What are the clauses in his contract though? £5mil get out clause, gentleman’s agreement if we fail to make promotion. It all sounds good but is it really?
Oh well it’s all conjecture and one thing for sure is that Kites will be here next season to push our promotion campaign.
Come on you wolves!
Thankgod for that Nice one Kites
YES YES YES YES YES
O YELL HEAR THE SOUTHBANK SING THE NEW KINGS BORN TODAY HIS MICHEAL KITES AND HIS BETTER THAN ANDY GRAY
20. Bridget & Tony. There are no Steve Bull types even in the top 4 in the prem. Look at Ronaldo - playing for arguably the best team in the world, signed a long term contract but still wants out. The days of the Bulls & Tony Browns of the football world have unfortunately long since gone. They are all footie mercenaries plying their trades for the highest bidder, contracts & loyalty mean absolutely nothing to them. Shame really…….
Brilliant - nothing else to say just Brilliant
YEEES!
28 Nathan, didnt you say Kites should “rot in the reserves”? Not sure how he’s going to help from there?
24. Romsley…..couldn’t have put it better my self !! Good on yer my friend.
Who cares what clauses he’s got? If we get promoted he wont want to go anywhere!
just browsing through some old video clips last night. Newcastle on New Years Day - the Steve Bull show and Mark Kendall making some crucial saves. Then Sheff Wed cup tie penalty shoot out 3 nil down and Paul Jones saved us. What memories
30 Agreed - Was thinking more of the likes of Ryan Giggs more than the false Ronaldo (not his real name as most Portugese players adopt Brazillian footballers names)
On the upside Kites has given Wolves poetic license to sell him for a decent fee, If or When MM fails to deliver!
The “sport” is being eroded out of the game more and more - a very sad state of affairs when the sport and the fans dont seem to matter much anymore!
As the Stranglers song once said “Whatever happened to - All of the Heroes? - or certainly the “characters” in the beautiful game???
This is great news, so what if he has a clause to leave at the end of the season if we don’t get up. I believe he only owes us one more season and if we are not in the Prem by then he must leave for the sake of his own career, same as Lescott did and he now has full England caps. Why should Kites not get paid the same as other people at the club he is clearly one of our best players. Thanks Kites and heres to having a great injury free season.
GREAT NEWS !
Lets storm that division next year, i for one am fed up of looking relying on other teams to lose points in order for us to gain a play off spot. Lets win the league and do it in style, we have the team (yes we do still need 2 new cefenders), the spport, the financial backing and the promise of a new exciting bigger molineux as a reward when we get there.
COME ON BOYS… OUT OF DARKNESS COMETH LIGHT !
33, telford, yes you are correct i did say that, but only if he wanted to leave and gave it the big’un. He has not done that or indicated it either. From his comments above he sounds committed to wolves and the cause so therefore he is alright in my book.
If he was to give it loads like Ronaldo then he should rot, but he has sorted his future out and not kept us waiting, so fair play to him and Jez Moxey!
Simple really now, we all know there will be a gentlemans agreement on the cards, just get promoted so it doesnt have to happen!!
If it doesnt happen Kites deserves a fair crack in the premier league so he then can go for a nice profit, either way its really win/win for wolves!
Agree we need to sort this Berra one out soon, would be a good signing, dont know about Gravesen though, not really of the Paul Ince type in my opinion, Ince gives 100% for everything where as Gravesen appears to be looking for his last pension pay days, agree we need the ince type midfield man, but dont think we would find that in Gravesen. Carsley would of been ideal attitude wise, one I would be interested in is Chris Sedgewick from Preston, would probably get him for 1mil and has been a regular for preston for a few years now! any thoughts on him?
Nice one kites!!
Hopefully SEB will do the same and then season is looking quite promising.
Great he us staying for another season at least. If we get in the prem then we will be fine.
Ove to you Mick and the boys, its your to lose.
6 - correct
kightly will have the same deal as the likes of lescott received enabling him to sign for prem side should we not acheive promotion
the signing of 4yr deal is just to ensure wolves receive a good fee for the player with the max cost.
what a relief!
so glad hes stayin!! maybe this season we can do it???
or am i jus havin the usual pre season delusions???
come on lads u can do it this season!!!
contracts dont mean a thing these days!!!!
The point is he has signed a new contract with the wolves when he could have easily played up by asking to go nowing that quite a few prem teams wanted him and would easily have matched or bettered any pay deal he could get at wolves at the moment so dont worry about next year hes choosen to stay this year and M.M must be better at talking to the players than some wolves fans would have you beleive the wolves fans must be no 1 moaning fans in country glad im a baggie
is this with a verbal agreement to leave after we finish mid table again
This is good news, I’m sure a few others (SEB in particular) will now be keen to renegotiate there contracts.
Its great news! Only worry is he could have a release fee clause and/or a gentleman’s agreement.
Let looking forward to him staying fit!
Can someone tell me, our current squad is different from last seasons squad because?
We played some of the worst footy ever thrown-up last year, forgive me, I don’t see many changes so far.
surelt the best news is tat we arent interested in clemence from leics..heard a rumour of goerge boateng??? anyone else?? youuuuu wolves!!
Very good news. We will have Jarvis on the other wing and Gobern and Jones as cover.
We must sign a centre back, a central midfielder and another forward - if we get rid of all on the transfer list - and use youngsters like Little, Jones, Davies, Gleeson and Lee Collins and we will be up there.
Forget about gentleman’s agreements. If we don’t succeed this year, players like Hennessey, Kites, Ebanks-Blake, will look elsewhere and why shouldn’t they?
Best news so far in the closed season.We have a player who really sees his career at Wolves I must say its a pleasant surprise
See Albion
That his how you keep your premier league stars.You cannot even keep them while you are in the premier (you have no chance next season) and we are in the chapmionship ahahahahahahahahahaha
Fair play, with Kightly and Jarvis on the wings you should do well next season.
Now get some defenders, a striker to partner SEB and we’ll see you in the Prem in 2010. Deal?
I think this guarantees us Kites until the Jan window. However, we now must sign some genuine class at the back and it’s imperative we sign the Gravesenesque midfielder to take us to the next level. I’m hoping that Kites has been given assurances of the impending strengthening of the team to encourage his decision. Please can we push the boat out and build the team Wolverhampton Wanderers deserve. The nucleus has been built on the cheap, now it’s time to invest. Come on me Babbeeees!!
Nice to see some Positive comments from albion fans. Still lookin forward to the Biggest derby in the world …. In the premiership!!! 09/10 .. At the then 40,000 seater molineux ;)x
I think the praise should be heaped on Jez, he’s running this club like it should be run. I’m sure he has a few targets to secure and i’m sure him and MM will give us all a few suprises over the next few weeks. Kites and Seyi , very predictable. If we dont make the PREM next year there ’s £20 Million tied up in players. Business is business, we just need the football side to cheer us up.
C’mon me Babiees…………………….
Certainty that he will move on if we don’t get promoted this season but great news that he is sticking around for 2008/09.
59 Gold and Black - Moxey is running the club the way it should be run? Personally I would rather be celebrating promotion than dancing in the streets because the books are in balance.
Good news!!!! but for the shirt or money, steve bull and 2008 players go through the team how many steve bull’s?
55.robbo,this is how you keep premier league stars?yes he is quality,but if wolves fail to win promotion this season he will leave next summer 4 year contract or not along with a few others.
Good luck next season,brian clough once said there were to many midland clubs in the top flight,lets get them all back up there & get rid of this so called big 4 domination & all london clubs its getting a bit boring.
Think about it 61, we’ve been there before, i’d love to celebrate promotion, but i would’nt want to dissapper down the leagues again, the future’s bright, the Wolves are coming.
C’mon me Babiees…………
Be realsitic, or course there is a get out clause in it! He has signed on more money and if he does go (if we dont go up he will) then we get more money for him.
Yes we are want him to stop forever, but can you really blame him if we dont go up and he goes next yr???
Good work Jez!!
And if we don’t go up, he’ll do an Olofinjana.
55. Robbo. That hisn’t how you spell “is”. Nice to know that you can still laugh, even though you are stuck in the “chapmionship”. Chumpionship more like.
Its good news for the club, and Happy Birthday Andrew! Have a good one!
brilliant
It’s Wolves stated objective to get to the Premiership, preferably by automatic promotion. Michael Kightly is quality–it’s essential we keep him if we’re to have a chance for automatic promotion in 2008-09. But let’s face facts, he’s been at Mol for nearly two years and we’re not in the Prem yet. What Moxey has avoided is Wolves taking one step further away from the Premiership, like we did last year when we lost Michael McIndoe.
Kightly was injured for much of last season, so it’s not likely that many Premiership clubs were beating a path to the door to sign him right now. Also, he already had three years to run on his contract, so it’s hardly a major achievement to persuade him to stay. If we’d lost him it would have been a major failure. I’m glad he’s signed–we need him next season and we want as much money as possible if and when he goes, but it’s amazing the way the Moxeymorons slobber at the mouth and dribble down their chins every time Jez does the most straightforward and basic job.
I’m glad Moxey hasn’t repeated the Ince and McIndoe fiascos with Kightly, but I’m reserving my judgement until he’s significantly strengthened the team. That’s something he’s failed to do in every one of the last five years. I’m hoping that Morgan will kick Jez up the ass and change that! But the Moxeymorons pee in their pants and dance with joy at Jez’s oft-repeated misses of the promotion target! They love failure!
wolves premiership never whilst mccarthy is there haha
SORRY TO SOUND NEGATIVE FOLKS, BUT WOLVES NEVER TELL US THE WHOLE STORY! I FEEL HE WILL LEAVE FOR A GOOD FEE IF WE DONT GO UP WITHIN THE NEXT 2 SEASONS. BUT THEN AGAIN FAIR PLAY TO HIM FOR DOING THAT!
The article above writes that Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey said: “Michael has typified the sort of player we want – young, talented and a desire to work hard for the cause.”
I suppose it’s a waste of time us fans pointing out that that’s the kind of chief executive many of us want!
If Moxey applied the same standards to himself as he does to the players, he would have quit four years ago!
Well, the knee-jerk reactions of the other week when people were slating Kights have now been shown for what they were. If there is a release clause, so what. If we get up he won’t want it actioned.
This lad could have done a runner now, and insisted on leaving. Even with him showing that loyalty there are still some of you knocking him. What is wrong with you people? Were you weaned on pickled onions and lemons? The cup is always half empty with some of you. I bet you’re a riot at parties. Thanks Kights for rewarding the club for sticking with you last season.
BIG NEWS!!! You were all callin him a greedy so and so last few weeks!!!
Don’t worry i’ll call robbo and tell him to take him out his pocket so he can get on developing his sun morning football.
Robbo robbo….
I have said this on here before a full season of Kites and SEB last year and I think we would have had a shout of automatic well we have got that this year (barring injuries!!) COME ON WOLVES!!
just shows the players lack of ambition,mind you a very good move by wolves if you dont get promoted next season he should fetch quite abit in transfer fee.you couldnt have blamed him if he had moved on.
Lol just heard he does have a get out clause, when you miss the playoffs again! bye bye Kightly
Well done kites. if we don’t go up I daresay you have a clause which says you can leave at the end of the season but that is sensible for you…
Give us a bloody good season and none will begrudge you a big pay - day and especially if its with us.
Great news, and it’ll shut those “fans” up that moaned last week.
awesome news man. good man kites, show what u can do!! we really need 2 get the defence sorted now, once hearts manager appointed, get berra in, as well as another centre back, sonko maybe? then central midfielder, clemence is good as well as david jones!! then mclean or preferably nicky maynard and we’re done
Funny how some boggie supporters can be almost human in their posts & others..well…
Wotever the deatils of the deal I think its obvious that Kites aint going anywhere this season so its down to the club to ensure we get to the Prem therefore not having to sell quality players.
Sorry to hear that George could well be on his way..but again, least he signed an extended contract ensuring we get top price for him…thats at least a sign of understanding & gratification for what Wolves have helped him achieve…good luck George..sure we can invest this money in quality for the forthcoming season…
Just another touch on the boggies….I hear next years chant aint boing boing..its Yo-Yo..another season going up…followed by the usual going down..so predictable…sorry guys, thats for the nowhere near human boggie supporter.
The futures bright..the furues ORANGE…n Balck….
Jez Moxey says there is no get out clause.
49-wolveswolves, nice to see you being positive. (I have knocked you when you were negative, so praise where praise is due.)
Well done michael !!!
Well done Jez !!!
Thats like several new signings in one