Wolves transfer news: Vitor Pereira targets new defender after Toti Gomes injury blow

Wolverhampton Wanderers caput manager Vitor Pereira has suggested that helium is anxious for the nine to motion a caller defender arsenic soon arsenic possible.

Pereira has worked wonders with the players that are presently astatine his disposal since replacing Gary O'Neil earlier this month.

Sunday's 2-2 gully astatine Tottenham Hotspur made it 7 points from a imaginable 9 crossed the Christmas period, moving Wolves extracurricular of the Premier League relegation zone.

However, Pereira was incapable to telephone upon Toti Gomes for the crippled successful North London courtesy of the defender sustaining a hamstring wounded successful the erstwhile fixture against Manchester United.

Wolves person already been without Yerson Mosquera since September courtesy of the centre-back suffering a superior genu wounded that volition support him sidelined for the remainder of 2024-25.

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What has Pereira said?

With Toti progressing into a enactment fig astatine Wolves, his lack is simply a stroke for Wolves who looked acold much defensively susceptible without his beingness successful the backmost 3 versus Spurs.

Speaking aft the lucifer successful the capital, Pereira acknowledged that helium wants to bring successful a caller look for the mediate of his defence.

As quoted by the Express and Star, the Portuguese said: "The young players request clip to play, this league is not easy.

"I judge that with clip the 2 young centre-backs connected the seat tin assistance us, but we are a spot short.

"We are playing with 3 astatine the backmost but I don't privation 3 centre-backs, I privation 3 cardinal defenders, I privation 1 and 1 full-back near oregon right."

As it stands, Wolves look lining up against Nottingham Forest connected January 6 with Matt Doherty, Craig Dawson and Santiago Bueno arsenic their 3 successful the middle.

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Which youngsters was Pereira referring to?

Wolves fans are inactive awaiting the archetypal elder quality of French imaginable Bastien Meupiyou who signed from Nantes successful the summer.

However, arsenic good arsenic being selected successful caller Premier League squads, the 18-year-old has featured successful Under-21s fixtures against Huddersfield Town and Leicester City respectively.

Meanwhile, 20-year-old Alfie Pond has been restricted to a 90-minute outing versus Brighton & Hove Albion successful the EFL Cup and a little quality astatine Fulham successful the Premier League this season.

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