Wolves boss Paul Lambert is attempting to turn Wolves into a promotion chasing side.
It may be a little too soon to suggest that Wolves have learned the error of their ways but the arrival of Paul Lambert has certainly added a degree of Championship nous that was so visibly lacking in the opening months of the season.
With a horde of transfers blessed with tantalising, continental names but haunted by next to no experience in the English game, Wolves failure to arrest a concerning slide cost Walter Zenga, another without a single British-based club on his CV either as a player or manager, his job.
And while the recent resurgence owes much to the excellent form of Helder Costa and Ivan Cavaleiro, the only two successful signings to arrive under the Fosun International regime, Lambert knows this division better than most and will put his vast lower league experience to good use at the perennial crisis club.
And that includes a refreshing approach to long-term planning. If Wolves are to push for the Premier League within the next few seasons, they need an identity and players with a connection to the club rather than unproven foreign imports.
“I’m keeping an eye on them. I don’t want to name names but there are some top kids in there,” Lambert told the Express and Star after watching Wolves’ Under-23s take apart Accrington in the Checkatrade Cup.
Since then, Nigerian striker Bright Enobakhare and exciting midfielder Conor Ronan have both made their first-team bows, Lambert describing the latter’s performance against Sheffield Wednesday as the best he had seen from a young player in many a year.
And now, according to HITC sources, Wolves are aiming to bring in 17-year-old winger Luke Dunn away from Brentford before he signs his first professional contract.
Clearly, Lambert is drawing up the blueprints for a long-term plan and the next generation of Kortney Hauses, Dominic Iorfas and Jack Prices will surely play a major role.
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