EARN A PERMANENT MOVE Wolves head coach Kenny Jackett today challenged new signing Michael Jacobs to nail down a permanent move to Molineux. The 22-year-old Derby left-winger signed a deal until January 2 yesterday. He was set for an early debut against his parent club today in a behind-closed-doors friendly at Compton. Jacobs is available for Saturday’s League One trip to Notts County but hasn’t been allowed to play in the FA Cup. The weekend trip to Meadow Lane is the first of nine league fixtures in which he can feature. Jackett has tracked the wideman, who packs a scorching right-foot shot but plays predominantly on the left, since his days at Northampton. He wanted to sign him when manager of Millwall, but the chairman wouldn’t meet the £300,000 asking price. Jacobs eventually joined the Rams for around £400,000 in June 2012. “It’s a loan move, but we’d love him to do well and join us permanently –that’s the idea,” said Jackett. “The length of the agreement is only until January 2 but it’s ‘with a view’, definitely. “Loans are two-fold sometimes. It might be to help you out during injuries, but it can also be a look at a potential target and this loan would run out at an ideal time with the transfer window just opening.” Jackett admits he would have liked to have signed Jacobs earlier. “We watched him a lot at Northampton and were very impressed with him,” he said. “The £300,000 fee put the chairman off slightly and then he got a very good move to Derby. I was disappointed to lose out because I felt he had a lot of potential and I’d have liked to have taken him.”
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 09:52:26 +0000