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Wolves bid for Red Star defender acceptedpublished at 12:11 3 February
12:11 3 February
Nick Mashiter BBC Sport football news reporter
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Wolves' £10m bid for Red Star Belgrade defender Nasser Djiga has been accepted.
The Premier League strugglers want another centre-back having lost out on Kevin Danso to Tottenham. They had agreed terms with Danso but had two bids rejected by Ligue 1 side Lens.
Burkina Faso international Djiga, 22, looks set to move to Molineux and join Emmanuel Agbadou as a new centre-back after Agbadou moved from Reims for £16.6m earlier this month.
Fourth-bottom Wolves have conceded 52 goals this season, the third-worst defence in the league.
What do you want on deadline day?published at 07:38 3 February
07:38 3 February
We asked you what would ensure you are satisfied this deadline day.
Here are some of your comments:
Steve: A central defender is paramount as missing out on Kevin Danso was criminal. That deal should have been wrapped up two weeks ago.
Stefan: At least a defender and an attacking midfielder. Players like Max Kilman and Morgan Gibbs-White, both of whom we sold.
Tony: We need a proven centre-half and a ball-winning midfielder who can tackle and play a pass. It's a shame we lost out to Spurs on Danso as he would have been the ideal centre half, but he got swayed by the bright lights of London.
BG: Stop chasing unrealistic targets, get business done early and back the manager. A centre-back now and a replacement for Matheus Cunha in the summer.
Chris: Further strength at the back and perhaps a defensive midfielder. We have goalscorers, now we need defensive options to keep clean sheets.
Mark: Ideally another defender as we need cover for any injuries. A must is a goalscorer because we create a lot but need to score more. We basically need an experienced finisher on the fringes at another Premier League club.
Who will move where? Follow livepublished at 07:05 3 February
07:05 3 February
It's the last day of the winter transfer window and Premier League clubs have until 23:00 GMT to complete their business.
We'll bring you all the news, views, twists and turns as the clock ticks down to deadline.
Wolves 2-0 Aston Villa - the fans' verdictpublished at 11:09 2 February
11:09 2 February
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We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Wolves and Aston Villa.
Here are some of your comments:
Wolves fans
Jon: A huge performance and a huge three points - boy did we need that! I thought we may have blown our chances when we missed a couple of golden opportunities to make it 2-0 in the first half, but they dug in and showed character to withstand a lot of pressure in the second half. Onwards and upwards, we hope!
Mike: Excellent performance in the first half, where we should have scored three or four goals. It was backs to the wall in the second half, but we defended really well and Cunha took his chance really well at the end. The first goal was brilliant team play and we ripped Villa apart for 45 minutes.
Kevin: We rode our luck at times, but it was about time we had a dodgy VAR decision go in our favour. Onwards and upwards now.
Zuhaan: A good performance from Wolves. I've been impressed with the players after Vitor Pereira's arrival - they seem so much more committed. Cunha was great as usual. Of course, there is room for improvement and we need to finish our chances better. It's a shame that a new striker hasn't been brought in, but Guedes is a good player who I'm sure will adapt well.
Villa fans
Andrew: I've been supporting them for over 50 years and it's the same old, same old, same old. They can turn up for the big games but they are not able to perform consistently. It's nice to know Unai keeps thanking us for our support, but it's simple - we all want results. Let's get tough. If the current players can't do it then get some players who can.
Cassie: Champions League? More like the Championship, the way that Villa played. Wolves shielded the ball, making Villa chase the game, creating opportunities and they could have easily been 3-0 up at half-time. I hope Emery brings in reinforcements - more quality than quantity is needed. Wolves deserved the win.
Gary: Putting injuries aside, we looked passive and tired in the first half again. Wolves were aggressive and quick in the press during the first half and they closed us down and limited our opportunities in the second half. Another predictable and disappointing performance following a Champions League fixture. Credit to Wolves - they were a better team and deserved the three points.
Russell: Serious questions need asking about the mentality of some of these players. Another dire post-Champions League performance. Only having one fit centre-back is criminal and having to play our best midfielder out of position killed us. It didn't help that the officials and VAR were making it up as they went along. Serious business needs doing over the next two days.
'I love being here... I used my heart to make this decision'published at 09:44 2 February
"Of course, there was a lot of noise around what Matheus would do," the 25-year-old, who has been linked with a move away from Molineux in the past month, told Wolves' official website., external
"I used my heart to make this decision, more than anything. It was my passion. I love being here.
"I feel so good here, with the love the fans give to me and my family. I always go to the pitch and try to give back.
"Everyone wants something more for their career, but I feel this is the moment to keep fighting and show everyone what we have."
Wolves 2-0 Aston Villa: Cunha seems set to staypublished at 20:52 1 February
20:52 1 February
Marissa Thomas BBC Sport journalist
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Wolves were in desperate need of a win and they got it against Aston Villa.
Victory moved them out of the bottom three and two points clear of Leicester City who are 18th.
Perhaps just as important as the three points were the numerous gestures from an emotional Matheus Cunha both after his goal and at full-time.
The Brazil forward has been linked with a move away from Molineux, but at the final whistle he gestured to the home fans that he was staying, before repeatedly tapping his heart and kissing the Wolves badge.
In a final gesture, Cunha blew kisses in every direction before heading down the tunnel.
Manager Vitor Pereira spoke to Sky Sports about Cunha after the match and said: "He has this quality. A special player. He has the quality to get the ball alone and to create a goal.
"He's committed with us. He knows that in the future he can play for the best teams here in England but he's committed with us.
"He has the conscience that it's very important to leave the club, if he leaves the club, in the Premier League."
'Cunha is committed with us'published at 20:31 1 February
20:31 1 February
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Wolves boss Vitor Pereira has been speaking to BBC Match of the Day about the win: "Very happy. Very proud. We played a tough game. Tactically, we played with quality. We played as a team with true spirit, working together and suffering together. I'm very happy.
"It was an important game, not only for the three points but to break this [bad run]. We know this kind of team [Aston Villa] will come strong and try everything. We organised the block. A clean sheet for us, we are happy.
"We know it's a long way and a difficult way to go. With our supporters and this spirit, we can do it."
On Aston Villa's disallowed goal: "It was a block on our player. In the moment, it looked offside. I was calm."
On Matheus Cunha: "He has this quality. He is a special player. He is committed with us. He knows that in the future he can play for the best teams in England, but he is committed with us."
'The type of win that can rally the whole club'published at 20:02 1 February
20:02 1 February
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Wolves defender Matt Doherty has been speaking to Sky Sports: "We knew how important this was after four losses in a row. The teams around us lost today. We knew that Villa had a lot of players missing. We knew it was a big opportunity and we took it.
"If you do the basics right, the results will come. We did what the manager told us. We know we are good enough to get points. Today was a good performance.
"It was a lot of defending - but that's the Premier League. You are defending to the last minute. It's the best league in world, the hardest league in world, so you have to be switched on for the whole game.
"We know how good Jose Sa is. He can make incredible saves that you would expect other goalkeepers not to make."
On whether the result can be a springboard for them: "We hope so. We know we're good enough to beat anyone on our day. This is the type of win that can rally the whole club."
Wolves 2-0 Aston Villa: Key statspublished at 19:48 1 February
19:48 1 February
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Wolves have kept three clean sheets in their eight Premier League games under Vitor Pereira, which is more than they had in their final 33 games under Gary O'Neil (2).
Matheus Cunha scored his 25th Premier League goal, making him just the second player to reach this milestone for Wolves after Raul Jimenez (40).
Wolves 2-0 Aston Villa - send us your thoughtspublished at 19:34 1 February
Sutton's predictions: Wolves v Aston Villapublished at 11:20 1 February
11:20 1 February
I would be so disappointed if Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran moves to Saudi Arabia.
Duran is 21, and coming into his prime. He could go there and earn all the money in the world but he would be leaving the best league there is, just as he has started making a splash in it.
It is his prerogative but, as a career move, I think it's the wrong one.
This situation, with Arsenal making an offer for Ollie Watkins too, must be very annoying for Villa boss Unai Emery.
He has worked hard to get the club into the Champions League, and with two good strikers he can rotate them. It has worked really well, but seemingly won't be an option for much longer.
Villa have other problems too. They are short of options at centre-half and Emery had to play a midfielder, Boubacar Kamara, there against Celtic on Wednesday night.
There are some things to be positive about, however. Morgan Rogers was absolutely superb against Celtic and is an exciting talent.
But while Villa have got goals in them, I am just not sure they will keep Wolves out.
Villa have not won any of their past six games straight after a Champions League tie, and I don't see this week being any different.
Wolves are on a horrible run of four successive league defeats, with 10 goals conceded and just one scored, so even a draw would be a boost for Vitor Pereira's side.
Pereira must also be worried about losing his main goalscorer, Matheus Cunha, before the transfer window shuts on Monday. I am not sure whether Cunha will stay, but I think Wolves will get a point here.
Pereira on injuries, transfers and derby pridepublished at 14:42 31 January
14:42 31 January
Holly Bacon BBC Sport journalist
Wolves boss Vitor Pereira has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Aston Villa (kick-off 17:30 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Pereira said Jorgen Strand Larsen, who went off against Arsenal, is out with a muscle injury.
On whether he will change his system because of that injury, Pereira said: "If we build a system, build a style of play or a game model around one player that will be a disaster for us. We must improve our qualities, our dynamic in our game mode, the way that we start to work since the first day. We can play with another striker, different qualities, different connections with the other players, different movements."
He added that Boubacar Traore has flu.
On January and transfers, he told reporters: "Our priority is still the same, a midfielder and a centre-back. The club is working on it, I hope, until the end of the window and we can bring someone."
Pereira was asked if he would be comfortable with what he has if they can't bring someone in and said: "If I stay like this I will do my best for sure but the club knows that we need to increase the level."
Speaking about Matheus Cunha Pereira said: "He is doing good work, trying to come back to his potential and I'm happy with the work. I hope he can help us in the next game."
He was also asked about his midfield options, with Joao Gomes suspended, and said: "I will play with another one [midfielder] and the player will try to do for sure the best to help us."
Pereira says he hopes Wolves can make their supporters proud: "I play in my career a lot of derbies, big derbies and every time when I go to a country they say to me 'this is the most incredible derby in the world'. Of course I understand. It's important for us to play with our supporters. I hope we get a good result and hope that we can make proud our supporters."
Pereira's midfield Gomes dilemmapublished at 16:37 30 January
16:37 30 January
Mike Taylor BBC Radio WM reporter
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If somebody writes the TV miniseries version of this Wolves season, one of the episodes will begin in the home dressing room at Molineux just before 16:00 GMT on Saturday.
The second half against Arsenal is about to begin. The young actor playing Joao Gomes will look up at the Vitor Pereira character and say something like: "Don't worry gaffer. I'm in control - I've got this."
Fade to a slow-motion shot of Gomes being tempted into just one more tackle, then burying his head in his hands, then to Pereira in the technical area, tearing at the air as if trying to burn off his frustration by ripping an invisible phone directory in half.
Pereira described the half-time scene wistfully afterwards, but took care to speak up for his young midfielder.
"Joao Gomes is a fantastic player - a team player," he said. "Every time we learn lessons in life, football is the same. He wants to help the team every time, but it's football in the moment - it's difficult to control.
"I asked him, even during the second half: 'Joao, keep calm, don't take risks.' But in the end, it's football."
There was some criticism of Pereira afterwards, but this seemed a little unkind. Yes, just like in a cliched TV show, the elements that put the main character in jeopardy seemed in hindsight too obvious to ignore: the contentious red card for Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly setting the whole game on edge, the earlier caution for Gomes, his naturally aggressive style, the urgency to grab the chance to beat 10 men... So replace him before it happens.
But would Wolves' hope of seizing that chance not have been weakened by withdrawing Gomes, who is clearly now their leading midfielder in the system Pereira wants to use?
"We need as soon as possible another midfielder, with the skills and qualities to play with two midfielders," said Pereira. "Tommy Doyle is a very good midfielder, but usually plays with three. [Jean-Ricner] Bellegarde can play as a midfielder - with three. To cover the pitch and play in the way I want to play with two is difficult. We need another solution."
Unless a signing is made quickly, Pereira may have no choice but to find another way on Saturday, with Gomes suspended.
This is the drama of life near the bottom of the league. Every decision is more pressured, every choice is a dilemma and the margin for error slimmer by the week.
Listen to full commentary of Wolves v Aston Villa at 17:30 GMT on Saturday on BBC Radio WM's FM frequencies
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