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Wolves eye two January signings

Wolves are eyeing Jonjo Shelvey and Ross McCormack for January loan raids.

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Wolves are eyeing Jonjo Shelvey and Ross McCormack for January loan raids.

Liverpool midfielder Shelvey is currently on loan at Blackpool, where he has scored five goals in seven games since making his Tangerines debut at the start of October.

Striker McCormack has bagged nine goals in 10 Championship games for Leeds this season.

Manager Mick McCarthy saw the pair in action for opposite sides when he watched Blackpool's 5-0 win at Leeds on November 2. With McCarthy unlikely to be armed with big funds in January, he is looking at possible loans.

And he had chance to ask Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish about 19-year-old Shelvey the next day at Sir Alex Ferguson's 25th anniversary dinner.

"We'll be looking to do something in January, definitely," said McCarthy.

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