Wolves: Trotters tapped up Connolly

WOLVES have made an official complaint to the Premier League and Football Association regarding the departure of 17-year Irish defender Mark Connolly to Bolton Wanderers.

Wolverhampton Wanderers agreed a deal of compensation of £400,000 (€430,000) that could rise to £1.25m (€1.35m) for the Monaghan-born player on transfer deadline day. The club declined an offer of full and frank settlement so they could pursue what they believe to be a breach of Premier League and FA rules over unapproved communication with, and an illegal approach for a player who was a scholar at the club’s academy.

Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey confirmed: “We have lodged an official letter of complaint, supported by considerable amounts of documentary evidence, with both the Premier League and the FA.