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title: "Exclusive: Steve Bull urges Wolves to sign fast centre-back this summer"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Jake Sanders"
section: "Exclusive"
published: "2021-05-15T16:17:04Z"
modified: "2021-05-15T16:17:04Z"
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# Exclusive: Steve Bull urges Wolves to sign fast centre-back this summer

**Steve Bull has exclusively told [The Transfer Tavern](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/) that Wolves must go all out and sign a quick centre-back this summer.**

Only the top three and Sheffield United had a better defensive record than Wolves in the Premier League last season – conceding just 40 times in their 38 matches.

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Willy Boly, captain Conor Coady and Romain Saiss were regulars in a back three played by Nuno Espirito Santo, but constant injuries to the Frenchman has left the side short at the back this time around.

Boly has played just [seven](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/willy-boly/leistungsdaten/spieler/142310) times since Christmas, with Max Kilman and even midfielder Leander Dendoncker forced to help at right centre-back.

And it’s shown in Wolves’ defensive numbers, with Santo’s team already conceding seven more goals than last term with three games still remaining.

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Wolves have improved of late, collecting 10 points from a possible 15, but the only defeat during that period was an alarming 4-0 hammering by Burnley, whilst they found themselves 3-0 down at half-time in their previous home game.

With cracks showing, Bull believes that Santo must prioritise signing another centre-back once the window opens:

He told **The Transfer Tavern**:

*“Maybe we need another defender – a quick one because, no disrespect to Kilman, Coady, Boly and Saiss, they’re not the quickest of defenders.*

*“If you play them in a three, it’s solid, if you play two of them in a four, they will get over the top, so I think we do need another defender in there.”*