Mancienne heading back to Molineux

11 August 2009 17:50
The 21-year-old Chelsea defender was with England Under-21s on Tuesday for a friendly against Holland U21s in Groningen. However, he is expected to arrive at Molineux on Wednesday and pen a season-long loan deal with Mick McCarthy's top-flight new boys. Mancienne enjoyed a successful 10-match spell in the Black Country in the 2008/09 campaign, with Wolves conceding just six goals in the eight games he started. Blues coach Carlo Ancelotti has already allowed youngster Scott Sinclair to move to Wigan, and now seems set to send Mancienne out on a similar arrangement. Meanwhile, McCarthy seems unlikely to pursue any interest in former Celtic centre-back Bobo Balde, while Wolves left-back George Friend, 21, is set to sign for Millwall on a month's loan.

Source: Team_Talk