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Andy Lonergan leaves Wolves for Leeds

Goalkeeper Andy Lonergan has left Wolves and joined fellow Championship side Leeds United.

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It's believed the 33-year-old came to an agreement with Wolves to cancel his contract and has joined the Yorkshire club on a free transfer.

Lonergan signed a two year deal when joining Wolves from Fulham a year ago but didn't feature in Nuno Espirito Santo's plans.

Wolves took four keepers on their pre-season trip to Austria but Lonergan wasn't one of them, having fallen behind John Ruddy, Will Norris, Harry Burgoyne and Jack Ruddy in the pecking order.

In total Lonergan made 14 appearances for Wolves and kept four clean sheets including during the 1-0 win at Elland Road in April.

This is the second time he's signed for Leeds, having played for them 38 times in the 2011/12 season.

Lonergan takes the number of permanent departures from Wolves this summer to eight, along with Jed Wallace, George Saville, Mike Williamson, Silvio, James Henry, Jon Dadi Bodvarsson and Dave Edwards, who joined Reading for £1m yesterday.

Six senior players – Dominic Iorfa, Ethan Ebanks-Landell, Lee Evans, Joe Mason, Duckens Nazon and Paul Gladon – are out on loan, while permanent deals weren't pursued for former loanees Andreas Weimann or Richard Stearman.