What could Boilesen bring to Wolves?

Had his trials with Manchester United and Chelsea gone differently, the 23-year-old could have playing for one of the Premier League's big guns today.

With a deal agreed in principle between the two clubs and Boilesen, he must now decide whether to move from the Dutch giants to the Championship.

There are suggestions he's holding out for an offer from one of Europe's top leagues, but his representatives are thought to have been at Wolves to finalise a move.

The left-back, who can also play at centre-half, hasn't featured for Ajax yet this season owing to a contract dispute.

Capped 15 times by his country, Boilesen turned down a new deal with the Dutch giants last summer and boss Frank de Boer has refused to play him ever since.

The 6ft 1in defender is club captain at Ajax and has made 72 appearances for the club. Ajax are willing to let Boilesen move now for a relatively small fee, instead of him departing on a free transfer in June.

He's been in Amsterdam since 2009 when he joined at the age of 17. Both Chelsea and United - the latter requiring a long-term successor to Patrice Evra at the time - were both also interested.

His youth club, Brondby in his homeland, received nearly £400,000 for a player who never featured for their first-team. Ajax now stand to make a loss on him.

He chose them on the advice of Denmark team-mate Christian Eriksen, another now plying his trade in England's top-flight for Tottenham.

Performances in the next two seasons proved sporadic, as he was also turning out for the club's Under-19 and reserve teams. During that time, he made 14 first-team appearances in all competitions.

He missed the entire 2012-13 season with a troublesome hamstring injury, but became more of a regular when he proved his fitness again.

With de Boer in charge, he made 20 and 22 appearances respectively over the next two campaigns.From the time he was attached to the first-team squad, they won four straight titles.

This season has seen him left out in the cold through his contract status and Wolves are ready to bring him to the second-tier.

Is it iron-clad? Boilesen may want to keep his options open but, apart from being linked to Villa in the summer when Tim Sherwood was still boss, there doesn't appear to be any other serious takers.

Much will depend on how much the player wants to try his hand in England and Wolves, traditionally, are a name known to many worldwide.

They're taking a punt, fans will hope Boilesen does the same. And if both parties make an agreement a certainty, there could quite a player heading to Molineux.