The gathering pace of the club’s player hunt has been signalled by more overseas reports linking Wolves to other targets.

The club were cool on Marseille central defender Ronald Zubar a fortnight ago, but now there are claims they have agreed a £2.5m fee for the 23-year-old – and that the Guadeloupe-born stopper was due at Molineux for talks and a medical.

There is also renewed speculation that Watford’s 29-year-old goalscoring winger Tommy Smith, who played for Mick McCarthy for a season at Sunderland, was another target.

Chief executive Jez Moxey is refusing to give anything away – but, like chairman Steve Morgan, is optimistic the club will land their targets.

Moxey said: “All I will say is that we continue to pursue the players we believe can strengthen our squad for the Premier League.”