Wolves have joined West Midlands and Premier League rivals Aston Villa in the race to sign former Leicester City and current Rangers left-back Calvin Bassey this summer.
What's the story?
That's according to the Daily Record, who claim that as well as Villa, Fulham and Brentford are all keen on acquiring the 22-year-old this summer.
The Nigerian has been a revelation for Rangers since making the move to Ibrox in 2020, playing 65 times for the Glaswegian outfit, including last Wednesday night's Europa League final defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt and Saturday's Scottish Cup victory against Hearts.
Now it is believed that Wolves are amongst the frontrunners to sign the defender who may well cost around the £20m mark this summer according to Kenny Miller.
Wolves must sign Bassey
Having earned his stripes with Rangers after failing to make the breakthrough at Leicester, it appears as though Bassey is now ready to play in the Premier League.
The Nigerian never made a senior appearance for Leicester despite playing just shy of 100 games for the Foxes' youth sides and City's loss could be their Midlands rivals' gain.
With Marcal confirmed to depart this summer upon the expiration of his contract, Bruno Lage will certainly be looking to add a left-back to his squad with Jonny currently his only senior option.
In the Europa League this season, Bassey has been a colossal contributor to his side's run to the final which saw the likes of Borussia Dortmund, Braga and RB Leipzig toppled before a cruel defeat on penalties in the final.
Claimed to be "like van Dijk" as well as being "superb" by Jamie O'Hara on TalkSPORT, the left-back averaged 37.4 passes a match at an 83% accuracy whilst making 61.1 touches.
Defensively, the £6.4k-per-week earner also produced 1.4 interceptions, 1.6 tackles and 1.6 clearances as well as winning 60% of his duels.
As for Jonny in the Premier League, the Spaniard has averaged slightly fewer touches at 60.3 as well as fewer passes with 32.6 with an 83% accuracy too.
Defensively though, Bassey has recorded the more impressive statistics with the Wolves wing-back providing 0.8 interceptions, 1.9 tackles and 0.4 clearances a match.
Lage will be keen to see his side improve on this season and push for a European spot with the West Midlands outfit's poor run at the end of the season costing them a place in Europe for next season.
Therefore, adding a player of Bassey's quality will certainly be a must this summer.