Wolverhampton Wanderers have made their first signing of the transfer window today. Yerson Mosquera has joined Wolves for a fee believed to be around £4.5m, and will be Bruno Lage’s first new arrival since he took charge earlier this month. It has been said that Lage was very much involved in the process of finding and signing Mosquera, after believing that he is a great fit for his side. Although the signing seems to have materialised out of the blue, Wolves technical director Scott Sellars has hinted quite differently.
Scott selars said: “We’ve been monitoring Yerson for quite a while, and there has been a lot of interest from clubs across Europe, including some of the biggest names in the Premier League,” he said. They all see his potential and quality, as do we, but we spoke to him about the pathway we have at the club, and he believes Wolves is the best fit for him. He’s a centre-back who’s very athletic, very aggressive, very competitive and has a great attitude to defending – he wants to defend, he wants to make tackles and headers, and has great presence in both boxes, but he’s also very good technically and very composed on the ball.”
In signing Mosquera, Wolves utilised new government rules which allow access to young talent outside the European Union. He is seen as a potential star in defence for Colombia in the future.
Scott Sellars added: “There’s evidence of Colombian players who have come in and done very well in the Premier League over the last few years. Before Brexit, we couldn’t go into South America unless it was to buy very established players. We would’ve had to wait for a player to spend time developing at another club, and for their value to go up substantially before we could bring them in. But under the new rules, we can bring these talented young players into the club earlier in their careers, develop them here by giving them minutes in the first-team and have them competing with our own players, and this way increasing their market value ourselves.”
