Mick McCarthy has revealed Wolves have been tracking new signing Andrew Surman for three years and hopes his arrival will not be viewed as taking advantage of Southampton's current off-field problems.
The England Under-21 international became the second new arrival at Molineux in the space of two days when he followed club-record signing Kevin Doyle through the doors at their Compton training ground.
Surman joined Saints as a schoolboy before steadily establishing himself as one of the most promising talents outside the top flight.
A transfer fee for Surman believed to be in the region of £1.2million will definitely help the troubled Saints - who will start next season on -10 in League One - but Wanderers boss McCarthy insists he has not taken advantage of Southampton's plight.
"I'm delighted to get Andrew, I think we've got an exceptionally talented young player," he said. "Someone has just asked me if we're benefiting from somebody else's problems. It might be seen that way and I would hate it if that was the case.
"I saw Andrew play three years ago in a friendly when I came here to Wolves, he was playing at Cheltenham for Southampton, and I marked him down then and we followed him and tracked him. Finally we've been able to sign him. I'm thrilled with it, he's a good player."
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I would rather see manciene come back.
Campbell and shackell might be ok though, with jody and another kid at the back
not too bad so far now sort out the deffence[ sol campbell would be a good signing] he will give you a cornerstone to get the youngsters through
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