Wolves transfer news: Reims defender Emmanuel Agbadou signs in £16.6m deal

Wolverhampton Wanderers person announced that they person signed Reims defender Emmanuel Agbadou.

Upon arriving astatine Molineux successful December, caller caput manager Vitor Pereira made it wide that helium was anxious to motion astatine slightest 1 new-centre-back during the January transportation window.

That led to the Wolves' recruitment squad rapidly mounting astir trying to get the services of Agbadou, who has impressed during his stint successful Ligue 1.

Although the woody has been successful the offing for implicit a week, it took until Wednesday evening for visa issues to beryllium resolved, allowing the Ivory Coast planetary to yet alert to the West Midlands.

On Thursday morning, Wolves confirmed that they had signed the 27-year-old connected a four-and-a-half twelvemonth declaration for a reported £16.6m fee.

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What person Wolves had to say?

Chairman Jeff Shi - who has been perpetually criticised for Fosun International's caller attack successful the transportation marketplace - has commented connected the value of getting a woody completed for Agbadou.

He said: "We're delighted to invited Emmanuel to the club. He's a subordinate our recruitment squad person watched for a agelong clip and Vitor agreed that helium was the close subordinate and the close quality to fortify our squad now.

"It was important we completed the transportation aboriginal successful the model to assistance Vitor consecutive away, and, similar each transfers, this 1 took a batch of hard enactment from a batch of people. I anticipation Emmanuel has a palmy vocation astatine Wolves, and he'll person the afloat enactment of everyone during his clip here."

Sporting manager Matt Hobbs added: "On paper, helium should suit the Premier League. There's plentifulness of ticks there. Obviously, you've ever got the settling successful period, and it is the hardest league successful the world, truthful it tin instrumentality time, but helium tin autumn backmost connected his cardinal attributes being akin to the Premier League.

"The information that helium was connected ours and Vitor's lists shows that he's good rounded, bully connected the ball, physically excellent, speedy and a bully personality. Then being made skipper of Reims has truly taken his crippled to the adjacent level, and you tin ne'er person capable leaders."

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Agbadou's vocation path

Agbadou arrives astatine Wolves having spent the past 4 years representing Reims and, anterior to that, Belgian broadside Eupen.

Nine goals and six assists person travel from a combined full of 144 appearances, Agbadou departing Reims with 75 Ligue 1 outings to his name.

He captained Reims connected 10 of his 14 specified appearances during 2024-25, including during a 1-1 gully astatine location to Paris Saint-Germain successful September.

Pereira indispensable present determine whether to see Agbadou successful his plans for Saturday's FA Cup necktie astatine Bristol City anterior to the travel to look Newcastle United successful the Premier League 4 days later.

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