Wolves leave out Kightly

Kightly: Left out of squad

Wolves manager Mick McCarthy has left Michael Kightly out of his 25-man squad for the Premier League after the winger encountered a setback.

All Premier League clubs must submit their list of 25 players by 5pm on Wednesday and McCarthy is 'delighted' with the options at his disposal.

However, he will make do without the services of Kightly during the first half of the season as the 24-year-old continues his recovery from a knee injury.

Kightly has been experiencing problems with his patella tendons and could eventually be loaned out before returning to Wolves' plans in January.

No pressure

"We're just going to let Kights get on with it," McCarthy told the club's official website.

"He's still not quite ready to come back and there's no pressure on him - it will take as long as it takes. There's no time limit on it either.

"When he is fit, he won't have played since last November and it would be very difficult in that situation to go straight back into the Premier League.

"So when he is ready, we'll be able to discuss with him the possibility of going out on loan, which he can do before we have the chance to revise the squad in January."

McCarthy, who can call on players under the age of 21, added: "I am delighted with the squad I've got at my disposal.

"Now we've got the 25 sorted we can crack on without any interruptions until January."

Wolves' 25-man squad: Marcus Hahnemann, Wayne Hennessey, Carl Ikeme, Kevin Foley, Ronald Zubar, Richard Stearman, Jody Craddock, Christophe Berra, Steven Mouyokolo, George Elokobi, Stephen Ward, Jelle Van Damme, Karl Henry, David Jones, Michael Mancienne, Dave Edwards, Greg Halford, Nenad Milijas, Adlene Guedioura, Matt Jarvis, Stephen Hunt, Kevin Doyle, Steven Fletcher, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Marcus Bent