Exiled Jamie O'Hara attracts 40 scouts to Wolves Under 21s

The £5m transfer-listed midfielder appeared for the first time in a Wolves shirt since his toxic afternoon at Brighton when the club was relegated to League One as he played the full 90 minutes in the Under-21s' 2-0 defeat to Everton at Telford.

O'Hara received a few boos to start from the crowd of 301 but polite applause during the game after playing well, while he had an effort disallowed for offside.

A young fan asked the 26-year-old for his shirt as he left the field and O'Hara said: "You can have it – if I ever play for Wolves again."

Birmingham City boss Lee Clark, and representatives from Nottingham Forest and Stoke were among the record 40-strong guestlist at the New Bucks Head.

But O'Hara told observers afterwards that he is nowhere near landing a move.

Wolves head coach Kenny Jackett, who watched from the stands alongside owner-chairman Steve Morgan, head of football development Kevin Thelwell and assistant head coach Joe Gallen, is prepared to give O'Hara and fellow transfer-listed players Johnson and Ward game time to secure their futures away from Molineux.

"The number of requests from scouts to watch the game was very high," said Jackett. "If they want to play – and that's a big thing – they can get some game time in the run-up to the end of the window, which is just under three weeks away.

"They then have the opportunity to phone their agents and phone around and let people come and watch them."

Asked if Johnson and Ward – who has a knee injury – would also get the chance to take part in a similar game, Jackett said: "Yes. They're still here and training."