Some Premier League clubs used the deadline day to the fullest (Aston Villa, Tottenham), while some did not sign anyone (Arsenal, Newcastle, Liverpool). One of the active sides were Wolverhampton Wanderers, which decided to strengthen their ranks with not one but two African players!Forget Trent, Gabriel, Gvardiol, and Stones – Algerian defender rules English footballAfter adding the Ivorian Emmanuel Agbadou from Reims approximately a month ago, Wolves yesterday went on to snatch his teammate from the Ligue 1 side – Marshall Munetsi. The Zimbabwean midfielder made his first professional steps in South Africa, representing Ubuntu Cape Town, Baroka, and Orlando Pirates.However, Munetsi made a name for himself with Reims, where he spent almost six years playing 159 games and scoring 21 goals. The 28-year-old, who made 23 appearances for Zimbabwe, was paid £16.6 million and signed a 3.5-year deal.Our deadline day deals ✍️Nasser + Marshall 🐺 pic.twitter.com/H6kZVjQgxl— Wolves (@Wolves) February 4, 2025 But that wasn’t the end of Wolves’ “shopping spree,” as they brought in an African defender as well. From the Champions League side, Serbian Red Star Belgrade, they brought in Nasser Djiga, a 22-year-old Burkina Faso international who plays as a centre-back.Djiga joined Red Star in September 2023 from the Swiss Basel, initially on loan before signing permanently with the Serbian side last July. The defender’s excellent performances in the UCL (he even scored against the Dutch PSV two weeks ago) caught the eye of several Premier League clubs, as Leicester and Nottingham Forest were also after him.##NAJAVA_MECA_8683967##Still, Wolves emerged victorious from the race, bringing Djiga for £10 million. He penned a 4.5-year contract and, alongside Munetsi and the aforementioned Agbadou, joined the rest of African crew at Molyneux Stadium – Rayan Ait-Nouri (Algeria), Mario Lemina (Gabon), and Boubacar Traore (Mali).
