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Matt Jarvis signs new Wolves contract
Friday 10th September 2010, 11:31AM BST.
Wolves today handed flying winger Matt Jarvis a five-year contract to reward his sparkling Premier League form.
The 24-year-old still had two years on his existing deal – signed in February 2009 – and the new agreement ties him to Molineux until 2015.
The new deal equals the longest ever handed to a Wolves player, matching that of Wayne Hennessey in the summer and Matt Murray, Robbie Keane and Joleon Lescott in the past.
Negotiations have been ongoing for some time and the news is not a kneejerk reaction to the former Gillingham man being in the frame for the recent England Euro 2012 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Switzerland.
Jarvis, who is due to make his 150th League start of his career at Fulham tomorrow, has had a sizzling start to the season and caught the eye of England boss Fabio Capello in the 1-1 draw at Everton.
And Wolves believe there is more improvement to come from the wideman, who has operated on both flanks this season.
“There was a lot of speculation linking him to a possible England call-up for the recent qualifiers which shows the progress he’s been making,” said chief executive Jez Moxey.
“And we’re confident he still has more improvement to come.”
Boss Mick McCarthy said: “He’s just got better and better, so much so that there was the suggestion of an England call-up last month.
“He always wants to work hard and improve and we’re looking forward to him doing that with Wolves.”
Jarvis paid tribute to the club, fans and McCarthy, saying: “If you’re doing well here your contract situation does get reviewed which is great for the players.
“It’s a good move on the club’s behalf as it helps the squad to stay together.
“The club have been fantastic and the fans have got right behind me.
“The gaffer and the backroom staff have all helped me develop my game, particularly with extra bits before and after training.”
The winger, who joined Wolves for £600,000 from the Gills in June 2007, overcame niggling injuries which plagued his first 18 months at the club to become one of Wolves’ most consistent players, and is now just three short of his century at Molineux.
Moxey added: “We’ve been talking to Matt and his representative for a long period of time.
“He was very keen to commit to us and we were very keen to commit to him.
“Matt is a highly talented player who fits in with our policy of developing good young players and aiming to keep them at Molineux.
“He started 30 games in the Premier League last season and did very well.
“He had less than two years remaining on his contract, and it was the right time to do something.”
The winger, who joined Wolves for a bargain £600,000 from the Gills in June 2007, has overcome niggling injuries which plagued his first 18 months at the club to become one of Wolves’ most consistent players since recovering from a hamstring injury in November 2008, and is now just three short of his century at Molineux.
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Superb, i think a lot of Wolves fans would agree that on his day he can be one of our most influential players
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Great news, and a very well deserved contract, yes he took a little while to ajust to the PL. But he’s now proved he can play at this level week-in-week-out, i know at times his defending is a bit suspect when covering his full back, but his overall game has improved immensley. He’s the type of player Wolves fans love to see an attacking winger who can put in some top crosses for our strikers, and also not afraid to have a go himself, and scores some useful goals too. Well done to Matt Jarvis himself and well done to MM/JM for seeing how much he’s improved,and if he continues to improve would fetch a very good figure in any future transfer, should Jez be looking for extra funds? especially if he ever got selected for England. UTW GOOD LUCK FOR TOMORROW LADS:
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My heart says that this is great news. However, my head tends to think it’ll only test the true interest (and wallet capacity) of the bigger clubs who were reported to be after his signature a few weeks back. Are we going to see another one of Jez’s “good bits of business”.
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That is great news, Hey Jones follow the lead and re sign.
Mind you the Algerien is playing really well maybe you wont get a run soon
UTW
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Great stuff – Jarvo’s been a revelation since we got promoted. He really is premiership quality. The fact he can play on the left or right wing is an added bonus too, especially with Kites still out.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets that England call up but as long as he’s doing the business on the pitch for us I’ll be happy.
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great news,he is only goin to get better and better,jones follow suit please.0-1 wolves tommorrow my team
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foley
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Apart from the mystery of Dave Jones the news at the Mol just gets better and better.
Star of the future is what I said about Matt two years ago. He will I am sure still continue to improve.
Up The Wolves
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Great news!
Best summer signing so far! Well done Jarvo, keep it going my son.
Superstar!
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Great news as this lad is pure class and will only get better.
Well done to Moxey and Co for getting him signed up on a long term deal as i suspect the bigger clubs will come calling if he continues to make progress and this will make sure we get top dollar even though i wouldnt want him to leave anyway.
Take note David Jones, you are a good player and should sign up as well, i think you are playing a dangerous game in waiting so long to sign a new deal as i truly believe that you couldnt get a better club than Wolves.
Jones may get better pay somewhere else as he will be a free signing but i can see a top 8 club coming in for and and is it worth going to any of the others and having to prove yourself all over again?
Just sign up
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One word on Matt ‘BRILLIANT’ “Come on Dave do the same.
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Mark my words, Matt Jarvis will play soon for England.
The England setup is now volatile and Jarvis is improving all the time.
Mr Capello already has him on his radar, and he will find an opportunity to test him out sooner or later.
Onwards the Mighty Wolves!
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our most improved player over the last 18months! finally a new contract to a player which deserves it!!
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Great news, Matty is a quality player who caused all of the Prem defences problems last year. He and Doyle single handedly provided our attacking threat last year, now with other quality attacking players (fletcher, hunt and a rejuvenated Ebanks-Blake) he will get even better with plenty more assists.
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Could things be any better at the moment??
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Anyone remember hearing a bloke called Poole Wolf continually slagging Jarvis off for being crap? He seems to have gone quiet these last two years!
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MATT great player and a great decision to sign on…As the grass is very rarely greener on the other side (DAVID JONES)take note.
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I think its only a matter of time before jarvis gets that england call up. Hes very versatile and is one of the reasons we stayed up last season.
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At the start of last season I thought maybe the Premiership was going to be too tough for him. Seem to remember that McCarthy dropped him for a few games, but he came back and just got better and better as the season wore on.
Congratuations to the management team on securing his services for another 5 years.
A quality player and a popular one as well.
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MILNER OR JARVIS ON THE LEFT WING? WALCOTT OR JARVIS ON THE RIGHT WING? ASHLEY YOUNG IS A WORLD CLASS PLAYER ON EITHER WINGS AND HE COULD ONLY GET 5MINS ENGLAND ACTION, SAYS IT ALL… NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, WHICH MEANS HE CAN SOLELY FOCUS ON WOLVES THIS WILL BENEFIT US SO WE CANT COMPLAIN!!!
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Very good move this, to tie Jarvo in to a 5 year deal. As other posters have said/implied, he will only get better and better this season, and that will bring the ‘money bag clubs’ sniffing around. If we have him at least tied up on a long contract then we would get a decent pay-day should he go. Having said that, I don’t think that Jarvo is that sort of bloke and will remain loyal to Wolves
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nice one well done Matt star of the future for a team of the future being a wolves fan keeps getting better and better well done MMM
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Always rated him since day 1, good bit of business by Wolves, keep up the good work both Wolves & Matt.
(5) get um signed, do you like left backs, 3 in one team and no Foley??????
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Wingers probably don’t get better because they tend to get ‘clobbered’ a lot and injuries slow them down. then they have to rely on guile and use their experience to damage the opposition.
Matt has guile already and he does seem to be a thoughtful player. I reckon if he started scoring England might take a more serious look. Wallcott will never cut it, Wright will never cut it, lennon seems to enjoy London too much.
I would try him anyway.
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Jarvo is a serious bit of kit ! Just keeps getting better and better. He has now got the thing that all great players have, TOTAL CONFIDENCE IN HIMSELF. If ever there was a future England player, its Matt. Aint it just brillianttttt being a Wolves fan at the minute.
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5 Do you not feel the need for a right back at fulham then?
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From one Flying Winger to another Flying Winger, great news he will get better & better, and when we add another Flying Winger with the quality we have up front there will be no stopping us or the goals.
Good luck to the team tomorrow, a game that is winable
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well done that man better than anything the tescos have.
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great news for the club. Although i would love to see jarvo play for England, i just hope we will be able to keep hold of him if one of the big boys come in for him. Its also a shame Kightly has had his injuries as i think he is a better all round player than jarvis.
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get um signed wolves 11
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15 ben dont know where u got that i slagged jarvis off for bein crap from.? been a wolves fan for over 50 years and anyone who puts a wolves shirt on has my backing 100%.so ben please dont pick my name out at random.and great news on jarvo.
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cracking news hes 100% wolves and fully deserves his new deal, his pace is devastating at times
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