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Wolves are in talks with forward Matheus Cunha about a new deal after his impressive form.
Cunha has two-and-a-half years remaining on his contract at Molineux but tying him down to a longer deal would be a major boost for Wolves as they bid to avoid relegation from the Premier League.
The Brazilian, who has 10 goals in 18 Premier League games so far this season, has been linked with a January move to Arsenal.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta admitted on Friday his team are open to January signings but his focus is on the players they currently have.
“If something is in the market that we can afford and believe can have an impact on the team, we have to be open to that possibility always,” said Arteta.
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Matheus Cunha’s corner curled into the top corner in Wolves’ victory over Manchester United last month
Cunha will miss the Premier League game with Nottingham Forest on Monday, live on Sky Sports, as well as Wolves’ FA Cup third-round trip to Bristol City the following Saturday after being handed a two-game ban following an incident with a member of Ipswich’s staff after full-time of their defeat to the Tractor Boys on December 14.
Cunha was also fined £80,000 after being charged by the FA for acting in an “improper manner”.
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Matheus Cunha has been banned for two games following an incident after full-time in Wolves’ 2-1 defeat to Ipswich in the Premier League
Wolves manager Vitor Pereira said in his press conference that Wolves need to learn how to play without Cunha for those two matches.
“We need to be ready to play with Cunha and without Cunha,” said Pereira on Friday. “We have to play as a team. We have players with different skills, different qualities, but we’ll be ready.”
Wolves working on deal for defender Agbadou
Reims’ Emmanuel Agbadou could be joining Wolves soon
Wolves are also in talks to sign defender Emmanuel Agbadou.
They are focusing their attention on the Reims centre-back after pursuing Lens’ Kevin Danso.
Agbadou is a 27-year-old Ivory Coast international. It is understood Wolves could sign more than one centre-back in the January window.
Wolves are aware of interest from Saudi Arabian club Al Shabab in Mario Lemina but there has been no approach for the midfielder, who was stripped of the club captaincy by former boss Gary O’Neil.
Pereira: Wolves must be clinical in market
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Highlights of the Premier League match between Tottenham and Wolves
Wolves head coach Pereira admits his squad is short and that the club must be clinical in the January transfer market.
Pereira has guided the Molineux club to two wins and a draw since taking over from Gary O’Neil, bringing them out of the relegation zone.
Asked by Sky Sports’ Lynsey Hooper if signings are needed this month, Pereira said: “When you come to a club and you want to connect the players and you want to give them confidence and good energy, if you start to speak about other players, about what you need, it means that this is not the right sign-up to give them.
“If I trust them, if I want to create something strong with them, I need to give them confidence.
“Of course, if you look, it’s a short squad. It means that we don’t have a lot of solutions in some positions. But it’s a chance to start to find the talents in the academy and this is good because I love to do it.
“In the market, we must be clinical. Financially, we don’t have the power to change a lot of things but we need to go one or two players.”
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