Wolves set to sign Rennes winger Razak Boukari

Wolves were today closing in on Rennes winger Razak Boukari as their second signing in as many days.

The Togo international is understood to have agreed a season-long loan to follow £2m Austria Under-21 international defender Georg Margreitter, who signed a four-year contract yesterday.

Wolves have not yet confirmed the arrival of Boukari, who is predominantly a right-winger, but sources say the deal is done after he flew in for talks on Thursday with agent Willie McKay.

The club moved for Boukari after appearing to cool on FC Copenhagen's Christian Bolanos and Manchester United youngster Robbie Brady.

Asked how close he was to landing a winger, boss Stale Solbakken said: "I could tell you a lot of stories about that – I've been very close, and then before training yesterday, I was very far away from completing it. But now I'm getting closer again."

Ironically, Boukari almost signed for West Ham as they stalled on the deal to sign Matt Jarvis from Wolves.

But the 25-year-old became available again when the Hammers met Wolves' demands with a £10m-plus deal for Jarvis, whose transfer was completed yesterday along with Steven Fletcher's £14m move to Sunderland.

Six-feet tall Boukari, who has made nine full appearances for Togo after being capped for France at Under-21 level, won't be a complete stranger at Molineux, as he and midfielder Tongo Doumbia are Rennes team-mates.

Boukari has spent all his career in France, playing 48 games with seven goals for Chateauroux from 2004-06, netting 11 times in 119 appearances for Lens from 2006-10 then seven in 37 for Rennes.

Solbakken has targeted France's Ligue 1 because its physical nature resembles the Championship.

"Sometimes it's a good idea to get players from the French league because it's a very physical, competitive league," he said.

Boukari is set to be the second winger snapped up after Slawomir Peszko arrived on a similar loan.