27th February 2004

ISAAC Okoronkwo still hopes to play a part in this Premiership Season. Okoronkwo has yet to start a Premiership Game for Wolves since his summer transfer to Molineux but claims he is 'ready to go'.

Okoronkwo has struggled to adapt to life in the Premiership and the Nigerian International Defender, who recently returned from the African Nations Cup has not played in any of Wolves' Premiership Games this term.

 However Okoronkwo still has hopes of playing some role in this seasons relegation battle. "It feels good to be back at Wolves now with a run of games under my belt" Said Okoronkwo.

 "I'm getting sharper all the time, so I'll be sad if I can't break into the team now. Once you start playing it's good to continue so that the sharpness comes back 100 per cent."

"The way the Wolves team is, I've always got a chance of getting involved, but it all depends on what Dave Jones wants to do. If he wants to call on me then I'm fit and desperate to play."

 However, Okoronkwo is unlikely to play any part of the game at Leicester on Saturday. Denis Irwin, Paul Butler, Jody Craddock, Lee Naylor, Mark Clyde and Oleg Luzhny are all ahead of the Nigerian in the Molineux pecking order.

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