Newly promoted Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers are close to completing the signing of Reading forward Kevin Doyle for £6.5 million. Doyle’s signing is a club record for Wolves in terms of the highest transfer fee paid for a player – more than twice the previous record of £3 million which was paid to sign Kenny Miller and Ade Akinbiyi. For Reading also, it is a club record for the maximum transfer fee received for a player beating £5.5 million Stoke paid for Dave Kitson last season.
A host of Premier League clubs were interested in Doyle, who had an impressive couple of seasons in the top-flight with Reading scoring 19 goals over two seasons. Everton, Sunderland, Aston Villa, Bolton and Fulham were all interested in the Republic of Ireland international, but Mick McCarthy moved quickly and triggered the transfer clause in Doyle’s contract. Wolves have already bolstered their squad with new signings Nenad Milijas and Marcus Hahnemann as they prepare to ward off relegation in the 2009-10 Barclays Premier League season. Dave Edwards, Sylvain Ebanks-Blake and Joey Craddock have all been handed contract extensions too.
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