Elokobi believes in adding experience

Defender George Elokobi believes Wolves need to add experience to their ranks to become a more 'balanced' squad.

Manager Mick McCarthy has so far continued his 'young and hungry' view on signings with the arrival of Sam Vokes, Richard Stearman and David Jones – three of 16 signings he has made aged under 24.

Chief executive Jez Moxey has already said Wolves are trying to repeat the coup of signing Paul Ince and Denis Irwin six years ago to add some know-how to the youth of the other arrivals.

Now one of the younger signings – Elokobi – agrees.

He said: "I would say definitely we need experience. Sometimes it's a good thing to have some experience in the team.

"We have had Gary Breen and Michael Gray and that can help us go a long way.

"We've also got Matt Murray coming back and that can only help us as we look forward to when the season starts.

"That said, the gaffer has signed three players who look like being very good players for the club.

"Their arrival is only going to help the team, and that's only going to help us be more balanced and focused.

"We're all looking forward to that and hopefully we haven't seen the last of the signings, I'm sure there's a couple more to come in."

The former Colchester left-back believes the new regime will benefit the club in the long term.

He said: "It's a good policy to sign players in this age bracket because everyone is hungry for success.

"Having young and hungry players helps the team as a whole. We're all striving for the same thing which is promotion to the Premier League."