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No right move for Wolves' Aaron McCarey

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Boss Kenny Jackett admits Wolves could not find the right opportunity to send goalkeeper Aaron McCarey out on loan.moreThe 23-year-old was set to go out in a temporary move before the loan cut off last Thursday.

But fellow home-grown shot-stopper Jon Flatt went to Chesterfield instead as second choice to Tommy Lee and was on the bench in their 1-0 win against Walsall on Saturday.

McCarey would have gone out but the chance wasn't there for him to be a No 1.

The former Republic of Ireland Under-21 international hasn't played a competitive game since January 2014, when he was loaned to York and was out for five months following back surgery in October.

And Jackett said: "There wasn't anything for him. The only one that came about was Jon Flatt going to Chesterfield as a back-up.

"That one wouldn't have been quite right for Aaron. It's been a slightly frustrating season for Aaron with the injury, but the most important thing is he's got over the injury and is fully fit and OK.

"He's mobile and it doesn't look like that's going to inhibit him going forward.

"If he could have got some first-team experience to the end of the season that would have been great, but unfortunately it wasn't the right club in the right situation for him.

"He's a young man with a good future as a goalkeeper and he'll play under-21s football for the rest of the season."

Committed - Boss Kenny Jackett sees a bright future for Wolves with the facilities they have for producing players.

Meanwhile, Jackett insists recruitment is everything as Wolves continue to look to youth to shape their future.

Three academy scholars – Harry Burgyone, Tendai Matinyadze and Aaron Hayden – were rewarded with their first professional contracts last week.

The head coach is determined to promote as many academy graduates as possible to the senior ranks – if they are good enough.

And the Molineux gaffer stressed the most important factor is bringing in the right players, as opposed to simply having the best coaches.

He said: "At a professional level, you're as good as your recruitment. You have to get that right.

"Get your recruitment wrong and your coaching right and you probably still won't produce players, so recruitment is a basis for everything you do and has to be good.

"Once you get that recruitment right, maybe then the likes of Rob Edwards (Under-18s coach), Scott Sellars (Under-21s coach) and Sean Parrish (professional support coach) come into their own if they have the talent to work with in the first place."

But Jackett believes Wolves have the right facilities to attract top players of the future.

He said: "Certainly the set-up here, the structure and the facilities the players have are top class.

"The club work very hard to make sure everything is provided to produce or give people the opportunity to turn themselves into top-class footballers."

Jackett revealed cosmetic plans are in place to develop Compton, adding: "They're actually going to knock the media room through next to the physio room – actually seal that and extend the gym into that area.

"It's a room that's had a multi-use over the years. We work hard at continuing to make sure we get the most out of our players.

"We want to make sure they're as fit and prepared as possible and get the least amount of injuries to our squad. You do need luck with injuries, but also you make your own luck."

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