Mick McCarthy is looking at strengthening Wolves’ wing options in the January transfer window after reiterating his interest in Chelsea winger Scott Sinclair.

McCarthy failed in a bid to take the exciting 19-year-old when Matt Jarvis was injured. After losing Sunderland’s Carlos Edwards last month, he could now return with an enquiry.

The manager said: “I’ve contacted Chelsea about Scott Sinclair and he can’t come out until the window, so everyone knows I’ve got an interest in him.

“But there were about 22 other clubs interested in him at the time, which was when we lost Jarvis. I rang instantly and we tried them all – Scott Sinclair, Carlos Edwards and other names. I still like Scott as a player.

“We looked to see what we could do and we got Carlos. I would love to have still had him here, but that’s not the case. But all that could change.”

But McCarthy stressed signing loan players is no foregone conclusion.

He said: “These players need to play, it’s like Mark Davies going from us to Leicester. I would never give anyone a guarantee – they have to earn the right to play – but when you’re taking loan players, you’re taking them with a view to playing them.

“I’m loaning players out but I’m not going to loan them out to be on the bench – they might as well play in our reserve games.”

McCarthy admits he would be hard pushed to improve his squad next month, given their position six points clear at the top of the Championship.
“I would do very well to get players better than the ones I’ve got because they’ve been brilliant, absolutely different class and I’ve got a lot of time for them,” he said.
“But if I can get someone to supplement the squad and make it stronger, then that’s my job and I’ll do it.”