Wolves secure first January signing in key defensive area

The 6ft 4ins centre-back arrives from French club Reims in a €18million deal plus €2million in add-ons (roughly £15milllion plus £1.6million).

He has signed a four-and-a-half year deal at Wolves, with the option of an additional 12 months, and becomes the first signing under new head coach Vitor Pereira.

Chairman Jeff Shi said: “We’re delighted to welcome Emmanuel to the club. He’s a player our recruitment team have watched for a long time and Vitor agreed that he was the right player and the right character to strengthen our squad now. 

“It was important we completed the transfer early in the window to help Vitor straight away, and, like all transfers, this one took a lot of hard work from a lot of people. I hope Emmanuel has a successful career at Wolves, and he’ll have the full support of everyone during his time here.”