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Wolves allay Mancienne fear

05 Sep 2009 - 08:46:23

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Wolves have allayed fears that Chelsea's transfer embargo problems could result in Michael Mancienne leaving Molineux.

The England Under-21 defender is on loan from the London club until the end of the season.

Reports have suggested that Chelsea could look to recall Mancienne to help cope with the transfer ban which has been placed on them by FIFA after they were found guilty of enticing teenager Gael Kakuta to break his contract with French club Lens.

But Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey is confident that the 21-year-old defender will not be heading back to Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea have an option to recall Mancienne midway through his loan spell in January.

"Obviously player contract stability is of paramount importance to everyone in the Premier League and the last thing we want is to see Michael leave," Moxey told the Express and Star.

"We've got Michael here and we'd like to keep him for the season.

"No-one should get too excited about this situation, because Chelsea are appealing and Michael is here to play football.

"We don't necessarily see this as affecting Michael's position."