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Wolves' injury list the worst for Kenny Jackett

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Wolves' growing injury crisis is the worst during Kenny Jackett's two-and-a-half year tenure, the boss has bemoaned.

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David Edwards is out for three months with a broken metatarsal and new Polish signing Michal Zyro faces up to two months on the sidelines with a calf problem.

They join Jordan Graham, Bjorn Sigurdarson, Kortney Hause, Emiliano Martinez, Nouha Dicko and Razak Boukari in the treatment room.

And the injuries add pressure to the Wolves hierarchy to supplement the squad with new signings before the transfer window shuts on Monday.

Jackett, who revealed Hause is now back in full training, said: "It's a high list, as high as I've had since I've been here.

"These things happen. We work as hard as we can to prevent them but I think in these cases there isn't really anything that could have been done. In the meantime, there are opportunities for other people."

Jackett and Co have a week to assess their options, with Wolves not playing until they host Bolton next Tuesday (February 2). Does the boss envisage a busy week of transfer activity?

He said: "We'll see. Certainly people at the club are working hard. Whether it'll be a busy week I don't know."

The head coach perhaps dampened expectations further for a glut of signings by suggesting some of the club's youngsters could launch their career in the injury crisis.

He said: "Wolves is a club that works very hard at its young players, so when you do get injuries there'll be opportunities for young players, definitely.

"We have the academy and the under-21 system to supplement and make sure that when chances like this come you have players that can come through. There's many careers been made in situations like that."

Meanwhile, Wolves are closing in on the signing of 17-year-old defender Hakeem Odofin from Barnet for a fee believed to be around £100,000.