McCarthy reveals long pursuit of Surman
MICK McCarthy has revealed Wolves have been tracking new signing Andrew Surman for three years and hopes his arrival will not be viewed as taking advantage of Southampton's current off-field problems.
The England Under-21 international became the second new arrival at Molineux in the space of two days when he followed club-record signing Kevin Doyle through the doors at their Compton training ground yesterday.
The south coast outfit will start next season in Coca-Cola League One on minus 10 points, while the proposed takeover by the Pinnacle group has also fallen through leaving the club facing the possibility of extinction unless a deal can be thrashed out with another interested party.
A transfer fee for Surman believed to be in the region of 1.2million will definitely help, but Wanderers boss McCarthy insists he has not taken advantage of Southampton's plight.
"I'm delighted to get Andrew, I think we've got an exceptionally talented young player," he said.
"Someone has just asked me if we're benefiting from somebody else's problems. It might be seen that way and I would hate it if that was the case."
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