Ikeme joins Charlton on loan
Wolves have allowed third choice goalkeeper Carl Ikeme to join League One Charlton on a 28-day emergency loan.
The 23-year-old replaces ever-present Rob Elliot, who is out for six weeks after suffering a torn adductor muscle in Saturday's 1-1 draw against Gillingham. The parent club have an emergency recall for Ikeme, if Wayne Hennessey or Marcus Hahnemann are injured or ill during the month.
Ikeme, who has previously had loan spells at Stockport and Accrington Stanley, is set to make his Addicks debut at Carlisle on Saturday, one of five league games he is eligible for along with Milton Keynes Dons, Yeovil, Bristol Rovers and Southampton in the Johnstone Paints Trophy southern quarter-final - but not the FA Cup.
The 6ft 3in Castle Bromwich-bred shotstopper is the fifth Wolves player to be loaned to a League One club this season after Sam Vokes to Leeds, Danny Batth at Colchester, George Friend with Millwall and Southend and Darren Ward to Millwall.
Ikeme will encounter some familiar faces along the way, with Wolves trialist Ian Harte at Carlisle and a trio of ex-Molineux faces at MK Dons - fellow Wolves homegrown players Stephen Gleeson, Lewis Gobern and Jemal Johnson.
Boss Mick McCarthy had previously claimed he wouldn't allow Ikeme out until Matt Murray was ready to play, so the news must be good for the 28-year-old.
