Defender Vadim Demidov on way to Wolves

Wolves were today closing in on £1m-rated Real Sociedad central defender Vadim Demidov.

Sources say the two clubs have agreed a fee for the 25-year-old and, although Wolves confirmed their interest in the 15-capped Norway international, they say they have not reached agreement yet.

Eintracht Frankfurt are said to be the other team in the bidding for the former Rosenborg stopper, who has also been linked with a return to the Trondheim club where he won back-to-back titles in Norway in 2009 and 2010.

But Demidov, who has been known to Solbakken since the defender was in his late teens, has been a name under consideration for some time by the new Wolves boss.

Solbakken watched him alongside his former FC Copenhagen defender Brede Hangeland in Oslo in the friendly against England in May, when Roy Hodgson kicked off his Three Lions reign with a 1-0 win.

And negotiations should go smoothly, with Latvia-born Demidov, who has a year left on his contract, being surplus to requirements at Sociedad.

He has slipped to third choice in the pecking order after appearing to have become a victim of a row at the Spanish club over claims they wanted to recruit more Basque signings.

Wolves are taking a 26-man squad to Dublin, flying out this afternoon.

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