Wolves are set to complete two deals with the arrival of Norwich defender Jason Shackell and Preston left-back Matt Hill – and there could be a third mystery signing before the midnight deadline.
Shackell, 24, is due at Molineux for the final part of his medical, as a prelude to a deal thought to be worth £1million and the signing of a four-year contract.
The signing of 27-year-old Hill on a three-year deal was also set to go through, as part of an exchange with striker Stephen Elliott.
Both Shackell and Hill watched Wolves’ 5-1 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday, while Elliott was in the stands for Preston’s 2-1 victory over Charlton.
Chief executive Jez Moxey said today: “Subject to passing a medical, we’re announcing the signing of Jason Shackell.
He said: “He’s 6ft 3in and he fits the bill as a young, left-sided centre-half with experience. He’s a player we’ve been monitoring for a long time.”
Shackell was Norwich’s captain last season and Wolves tracked him earlier this summer. Canaries boss Glenn Roeder was reluctant to let the one-club man go before getting in replacements.
The signings of Dejan Stefanovic from Fulham and Celtic’s John Kennedy on loan has persuaded him to do business.
The deal to sign Hill, who is to have a medical, should also be completed today with the 27-year-old set to sign a three-year contract. Elliott was due to undergo a medical at Preston.
Hill spent seven years at hometown club Bristol City before spending the last three at Preston, where he was Player of the Year the season before last.
Moxey added: “We’re working on possibly one more signing.”
96 Comments
Good Stuff!
Lol - what better game to watch to convince them to sign for the club than a comprehensive dismantling of Forest?! Get in!
Good news providing they pass the medicals. Is the other possible third signing in case one of Shackell or Hill fails a medical. Sunderland centr half. Surely we dont need three.
Not overly excited by either of them but they should be able to do an okay job at the championship level.
who’s the mystery signing then!
3. Nathan B…..who said anything about the third signing being a defender ?
what about the man from walsall,gerard he fits the bill young and tall etc,watch this space.
rgds
My money is on a keeper
Blimey, If they were there Saturday, they would be chasing around looking for a pen to sign the contract.
What an advert for where WOlves are going.
it will be another forward/winger as cover for kights/jarvis, if we were to lose one of them through injury I think we would suffer, just look whats happened with injuries already so cover should be a top priority. I believe if we can keep everyone fit and play at that sort of tempo we could get automatic.
With these two in the jigsaw is nearly complete. If we maintain a top 3 or 4 by Xmas another one or two to help out Kights and Jarvo and we have every chance. Long may it continue!!!
Top of the League and we’re having a laugh!!!
i think the mystery man is Thomas graverson
Surely we need another striker for when Mick moves Ebanks-Blake to right back?
Marvin Elliot
Why let Elliot go when we so short of strikers? And do we really need another left back? What is Mad Mick up to??????
Got to be Gerrard from Walsall ay it.
i can tell u with confidence that it will be Graveson from celtic as the 3rd signing. he has been seen at compton this morning.
wolveswolves…
who are you expecting us to sign?
Rio Ferdinand and Ashley Cole?
Oh no! We have signes 2 defenders to cover the injuries. What is Mick and Jez doing. Muppet, muppet, muppet. Clueless
Even though we are top of the league it’s only on goal difference remember. AND we lost in the cup against Rotherham. This is just not good enough! Sack Mick. He doesn’t know what he’s doing.
Freddy, Freddy, Freddy!
what do we need Graveson for?
to sit on the bench and pick up £25k a week?
Ben Watson maybe? He’s just declined a move to Forest.
I think the mystery man could be a forward or maybe Brian Howard from Barnsley.
Nice to see a such a good performance from Wolves in front of a big crowd of our own supporters.
It’s all looking good,long may it continue.
Onwards and Upwards!!
We are loaning Ronaldinho on account of him becoming crap.
Berbatov on loan
…then leave him on the bench lol
Dong Fanzhou could be the mystery player? Apparently seen in the Billy Wright on Saturday. We might run into work permit problems but you never know with Moxey.
My hope is someone like Adam Johnson or Scott Sinclair to keep Kightly and Jarvis firing on all cylinders.
16 - Eseex Wilf
are u avin a laugh??!!! short on strikers!! we got 4!
Elliot’s a complete waste of space!! the lad couldn’t even score from 12 yards out from the spot the other week!! get rid and get at least 2 CB’s in. Saurday was fantastic best game i been to in a long time but collins still looked weak at the bak! forest attacked about twice in the 1st half and both times they skinned collins and left him 4 dead!!
How about that Romanian released by Ajax? He’s apparently nifty and can cross a decent ball
dear wilf we have vokes and keogh as back up and steve ward we do not have a left back unless you think collins gray or ward could do the job full time get off micks back top of the league and still moaning we really need u go and support a london club if u can spell essex right lol
Great performance on Saturday. Why are people questioning these signings, as in most cases MM has got it right.
Hopefully in the next few months we will have back, as cover, Matt Murray and Lewis Gobern.
The only slight negative is what is happening with Mark Davies?
It’ll be a keeper on loan … once the window closes we cant even sign an emergency loan for 3 weeks so i think MM will get in some cover of Ikeme and Wayne (should one of them pick up a nock)
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Mad Mick ?
Yeah i’m upset with our start too
We need another striker ?
I agree Vokes, Keogh, Ward, Iwelumo & SEB are not enough
And do we need another left back ?
No Stephen Ward is good enough as is the awfully slow Dan Jones.
Reallity
Mick knows what he is doing
Eseex Wilf you are the weakest link - shut up.
We are top of the league and consolidating our team you moron.
Eseex Wilf were you aware that our first choice left back is out for the season and we played a striker at left back saturday ????
Were you aware that our most experienced centre back is out for the season and we are dangerously short of cover ??
Were you aware that Elliot is a totally ineffective headless chicken who is not good enough to play for us ??
Good signings Mick/Jez, keep up the good work with one more quality player and you can say you have done an excellent job in the transfer market this summer
According to Wolves website Shackell didn’t watch the Forest game..Don’t believe everything that you read in the papers!!
Rob (20), tell me you’re be ironic???
maybe its Robinho
Just as we buy someone to Shakell our defence Alsbion are buying a Donk!
Loads of rumours flying around with Gerrard of Walsall and Shawcross of Stoke being the most mentioned as the 3rd signing. Don’t you just love deadline day, it just shows how fast transfers can be completed if they want to. So why for the rest of the window do clubs managers and CEO’s say ’signings take time’ when they clearly don’t?!
why do wolves fans keep knocking players??? some on here were knocking big chris on here when we got him in..now look at him!!!!!!! try supporting the team..you may enjoy it????
34 said. Eseex Wilf were you aware that our first choice left back is out for the season and we played a striker at left back saturday ????
Were you aware that our most experienced centre back is out for the season and we are dangerously short of cover ??
Yep and I’m aware we’ve left it till the last afternoon to get cover for these positions even though it’s been obvious we’ve needed cover there for months
hmmmm, i dont think we will get a third. i am happy if we sign shackell and hill. im thnkin the 3rd cud b a midfielder. as sum1 said, ben watson, u may b right…FOR I AM BEN WATSON!
SHACKELL MIGHT BE A GOOD SIGNING BUT NOT SO SURE ABOUT MATT HILL.
LET’S HOPE THE THIRD SIGNING IS ANTHONY GERRARD,HE’S A VERY GOOD UP & COMING PLAYER THAT REMINDS ME OF WHEN KIGHTLY CAME TO WOLVES.
UNDER THE GREAT COACHING STAFF WE’VE GOT HE WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE SQUAD.
ANY ONE TELL ME HOW GOOD OR BAD SHACKELL & HILL ARE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW !
THING’S ARE LOOKING UP FOR WOLVES, THE BLACK & GOLD HAVE NEVER BEEN SO PROUD TO WEAR,REMINDS ME OF THE DAY,WHEN WE BEAT SHEFFIELD UNITED,KNOWING WE HAD BEEN PROMOTED TO THE PREMIERSHIP !!
20. Rob
The only muppet around here is you.
Whats Freddy done at Cov??
13 goals in 4 games for us and we looking good.
Good signings roll on the next game
wolveswolves……What have Mick and the lads got to do in order to stop your continuous negative comments. Why don’t you and that other ‘fan’ muppetout go to another club.
im still saying sandwell town to be relegated by xmas!! he he always …. .. … ….. ……. bag der er der er der er g8 day saturday ripped em apart shouldve been 8 or 9!!, cmon me babbies keep goin love the wolves in the blood
what are some of you on?…early days but were top of the league, playing football that we didnt see last season,..were signing players to cover the positions that need covering, and yet some of you still moan…oh well must just be me feeling really good about things at the moment1
dunno if this is just a coincidence but i’ve just seen KAKA selling hotdogs outside the pound shop.
2 gr8 signings
great job mick now you have shackell go get hill and watson please
There really are some idiotic comments on here, from when Glenn left the wolves look what Mick has done for us, how many players were we left with that were actually first team standard?
And how many do we have now?
We are top of the league scored 15 goals in 4 games yet people still want “Freddy” what has he done for coventry so far? not much!
Everyone knows our weak link is our defence yet people moan when mick tries to sign them, i mean give mick some credit.
Well done Mick keep up the work =]
20 Rob - Are you Freddy Eastwood’s mum? If so, you should be sent to Coventry as well….
Anybody Else heard the rumour on skysports that wolves are very interested in Ryan Shawcross from Stoke ..
Sky went to there corrspondent in the midlands and was mentioning all the rumours and then he came to wolves .. Said we had completed the signing of jason shackell from norwich and then announced that wolves was very interested in signing ryan shawcross from stoke and were very keen on getting him.
Did anyone else see this on sky .. I think Shawcross would be an absolute steal from stoke and we would have an awesome back 2 with Stearmen ,Shackell And Shawcross !!!
And Shawcross has droped down to 5th defender choice at stoke now with Sonko,Cort,Addulaye Faye and Andrew Davies who they got in from soton .. all in front of him.
Also Stoke are getting danny higginbotham pending his medical. So this could be very true indeed.
And also Wolves 3rd mystery player they are trying to sign is defornatly Ryan Shawcross according to sky sports sources.
GET SHAWCROSS IN MICK !! COME ON YOU WOLVES !!!
hello, i am unhappy at stoke becuz i am way behind in the pecking order. i hav been informed u hav made a loan bid for me, i certainly hope stoke accept this and a permanent transfer is somewhere ahead!!
20 Rob. Was obviously being funny, just half of wolves fans have lost all idea of a joke over the years of pain lol.
Well done mm so far, and good luck for the rest of the season lads
This is great news !
A new centre back & Left back means that our two residential clowns Elokobi & Collins can watch with our success with the rest of us !
who are these players you’re buying?
OK ONE BY ONE, WUFF WUFF WOOOOOOOOO EAT ME!
53…had to laff at your “we would have an awesome back 2 with Stearman,Shackell and Shawcross isnt that 3 players??!!!
51 I agree. Wolves were left in a dreadful situation by the previous manager, which why he presumably decided to leave.
MM has made an excellent start to the season.
Unfortunately, the so called “experts” are never satisfied and continue to moan about every last detail of a potential signing.
The key issue is that there are few people who actually know about the detailed negotiations associated with a signing (On the Wolves side, I guess, Moxey, Morgan, MM & perhaps one or two others).
Yet these “experts” seem to be fully aware of every last detail, continually moan and profer their negotiation skills & recommendations - even down to the salaries that should be paid!
Give it a rest or find another team!
Firstly- unless you go to the majority of matches you cannot really have an accurate opinion of the teams affairs. If you criticise Mick then at least see his work in person. So far this season the management team, the plyers etc………have been faultless, even playing a striker at left back because it work. Forget the Carling Cup.
Secondly - how can some of you people criticise players who havnt kicked a ball for the club yet?? Some of you muppets were moaning at Iwelumo when he signed. “Is this our ambition”, but now look!!!
Get behind the team and if you are one of these people that sits at home and just comes on here to moan, stop being so irritating and dont bother. Im no happy clapper but whats happening so far this year is good!!!
i heard the mystery signing is berbatov?
LETS ALL HOPE STAY FIT AND HUNGRY FOR PROMOTION LONG MAY THIS CONFIDENCE CONTINUE WELL DONE LADS AND MM
WE HAVE GOT GRAVESON!
MY MATE WORKS AT COMPTON AND HAS JUST SPOKEN TO HIM!!!
my mom has just come back from work at molineux, and she spotted richard dunne coming out of the molineux entrance
this really would be a shock
nah its not dunne, i heard tha wolves are close to agreeing a deal with michael dawson from spurs
why all these defenders
Nothing like a Mystery-Well thanks Wolves keep the drive going-Interest high-Great stuff anything JONE’S says after Saturday’s display is the WORD–Keep the Dream alive and grow with it you Young Guns–Crazey Dave–On a high keep me there please—-
Telfor Wolf–Ignore the idiots–Follow the WORD we are on a role –get your head up Who the hell is Freddie ?–He plays Cricket and is doing very well at the moment—Dream on lads.Crazey Dave
COURSE WE HAVE 63. AND WHAT SUPPOSE DID YOUR MATE TALK TO HIM ABOUT? HOW HE WANTS HIM TO HOLS THE BALL UP, PROTECT THE BACK 4, ANYTHING ELSE?
Ryan Shawcross is on his way to Wolverhampton. Season long loan deal with a view to a £2m permanent signing.
Deal will sorted very close to deadline
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Another striker?? Good grief man, we’ve got more strikers than a box of Swan Vesta!! Listen to yourself before you post anything else for God’s sake, the Tesco’s are laughing at you.
Higginbotham is signing for Stoke making Ryan Shawcross 4th choice at CB. He said last week he may look to move on and WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE, and he knows SEB and Jones from Man U youth. SIGN HIM UP, SIGN HIM UP…..
These 2 defenders are pretty second rate, but they`ll do for cover. Would have liked better but looks like MM is up to his old tricks again.
I reckon it’s the league trophy…..we’ll be presented with it next home game
While we seem to be good at buying players, how about those that we are trying to offload?
Anybody know who we are still stuck with?
A good result Saturday puts us in the driving seat. The signings are a statement of intent but make no mistake the season starts on Saturday at Charlton and the next half dozen or so fixtures will set the tone. If we are there or there abouts at Chrimbo then we have every chance of keeping our best players, until then Premier sharks continue to circle.
Richard Dunne and Michael Dawson!!!! I don’t think so!
As an excellent transfer window closes we should all thank Mr Moxey on the fantastic trading he has done this year, both last winter and this summer.
My estimate is that up until todays outgoings we were ahead in the market place, today means that we may have £1M this summer.
The team is much improved, and my only concern now is the wage bill. If we have players on the books who are not wanted here, they are an unnecessary drain on the clubs resources.
The value of these young players at the end of a winning season will be mind-blowing!
Eseex Wilf - Have you ever been to a football match?
I find it difficult that a true supporter of Wolves come out with such a load of ill-informed nonsense.
Elokobi and Craddock out for months and you wonder why we’re signing defenders?
Stephen Elliot is poor and adds nothing to the side, he is a headless chicken.
I’m optimistic that this will be a good year for us.
All you real fans out there - ENJOY!!!
We are top of the league!!!
16. If you’re gonna nick my name at least write something sensible!
mystery signin - george friend lb from exeter!
16 essexwilf, why let elliot go you say,he aint no bloody good thats why what have you been whatching
20 yr old left back from exeter according to bbc website — supposedly west ham also looking at him?
Matt Hill?? OK as a stop-gap player but Ward did a decent job on saturday. Third player? Shawcross would be a superb buy.
57 - granted they ain’t no “donk” or “olssen” are they !!!
36, 44, 52 - Sorry guys. In reference to 20. I was being sarcastic.
I was so fed up with the stuff on here pre-season, i thought i would make a point by repeating comments I had seen on here just over a month ago. Hopefully in today’s context they seem rediculous (or at least I though they would have)!
its confirmed on exeter home page weve signed george friend, why are we signing another left back
George Friend is the third! It’s on Exeter City’s official site that they have accepted a bid from Wolves. Another leftback, young and promising apparently.
like i said
That’s nice, while George is injured his friend can play!
Good to hear you are alive and kicking ‘Essex Wolf’ - I thought you were long dead and gone with the rest of us ‘old-timers’? what’s going on for WW these days - always liked you contribution!
P.S. Had a pre-season bet of £100 each way (first gamble for 25 years!)before the season for Wolves to win auto - what do you think?
Obviously there is no-one in the reserves or youth team anywhere near ready to step into gap at left-back which is why we have been playing Collins and Ward. Friend is only 20 and seems to have real potential. Gray is limited cover but this must be the end for Dan Jones, certainly as a full-back. Shame.
Another left back? What’s that 6 now?
Get on the phone to Coventry and get Freddy back now!!!!!!!!
Good coments from good fans however, the next point we drop you’ll all be calling for Mick’s head, see how the tide turns when we lose a couple of games TRUE supporters stay loyal when things get tough. Wolves fans on this forum had nothing good to say last season ( you know who you are) win a couple of games and you forget whats been said. Wolves forever!
and your right jason im only 12 and im at every wolves home match and about 6 away games give mick some respect
a little of off subject,..have I missed something in that is Sam Vokes injured?
57 at least we are buying unlike you lot. you’ll be relegated by january.young and hungry policy is looking good for us. well done to mick,jez,and s. morga.UP THE WOLVES