Wolves look at foreign link-up

Wolves may follow Manchester United and Liverpool by forming an alliance with a foreign club.The club will welcome a delegation from Budapest-based Hungarian First Division club Újpest FC to discuss a link-up to include exchange of players.

Last month Molineux officials, including chief executive Jez Moxey, travelled to Hungary and Wolves plan to welcome a return visit next week.

Újpest chief executive Joe Borocz, manager Lazar Szentes and sports director Sallói István will visit Molineux accompanied by four of the club's best young players, who will experience a week's training with the Wolves Academy.

Moxey said: "We've had some initial exploratory discussions in Budapest with the officials of Újpest FC and are looking forward to welcoming them to Wolverhampton.

"Our initial discussions touched on the issues of loaning players, football academies and the development of young talent, Champions League football, and scouting and recruitment in Europe. We think there may be potential for some kind of alliance.

"Liverpool have established a link with MTK Hungaria's academy which has already seen them sign some young, Hungarian players in the Liverpool first team squad and Sheffield United have a controlling interest in Ferencvaros."

During their visit, the Újpest party will watch the games against Derby and Barnsley, while the players will be integrated into the Academy.

Meanwhile, Wolves' record-breaking start to the season has been backed by a surge at the box office - after 1,000 extra season tickets were snapped up in a month.

* Carl Ikeme has been ruled out of challenging Wayne Hennessey for the Wolves No 1 spot at QPR this Saturday.