Enobakhare looking Bright for Wolves

For want of a better adjective, Wolves certainly seem to have a bright prospect on their hands in a certain young Nigerian striker.

Bright Enobakhare showed flashes of his potential in a 32-minute cameo off the bench against Blackburn on Saturday.

It was his fifth substitute appearance in the Championship this season, to add to his two League Cup starts earlier in the campaign (and a debut goal versus Barnet).

Not bad for someone who's only just turned 18.

And Kenny Jackett is clearly a fan. When presented with the opportunity to talk about the club's youngsters, he rarely fails to bring up Enobakhare (or indeed highly-rated French left-back Sylvain Deslandes) and speak in glowing terms.

Jackett was pleased with Enobakhare's contribution against Rovers, in which the youngster brought a much-needed exuberance to Wolves' play.

And he feels Enobakhare doesn't look out of place in the Championship.

"Bright, despite being a youth-team player, got into good areas," Jackett told the Express & Star.

"I think he did well and showed a footballing intelligence to move and receive the ball in good areas.

"I think he's capable of going one better, as he gets stronger, to go past people and make a difference.

"He has the ability to do that and does it in training.

"It'll be interesting to see how he develops off that back of that cameo appearance.

"This season he's had seven appearances in the first team – it's good, and unusual, for an under-18.

"Hopefully he can build on that and keep improving and go on and fulfil the potential we all feel he has.

"He doesn't look out of place in the Championship. He's got the power and the football intelligence."

Enobakhare got into hot water last November after going AWOL from training for almost two weeks, leading to disciplinary action.

Wolves have been sympathetic with the youngster, though, taking into account his age and the fact he only moved to England from Nigeria aged 15.

Jackett spoke at the start of the season about sending him out on loan to gain first-team experience.

But that never materialised, with Wolves feeling his development would be aided by familiar faces and home comforts at Compton Park.

"It's an unusual situation and not quite the norm," Jackett said.

"We thought about sending him out on loan but his situation is quite unique.

"We feel it would isolate him somewhat and he isn't quite ready for that. He doesn't always know where he is when he's in Wolverhampton.

"Keeping him at Wolves has helped him as person.

"We don't want to be soft on anyone but we want to support them as well.

"I think he's got the power for the division.

"His next stage now is to come on (from the bench), get into those areas, get onto the ball, but then be driving past people, taking them into one v one situations."

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