Five left-field Wolves signings to rival Duckens Nazon

1 Eddie Stuart

Signed from Johannesburg Rangers, 1951

Foreign players were very much a novelty back in the 1950s, but South African defender Stuart would become one of the most successful overseas imports in Wolves' history.

Stuart gave up a job in a bank to join Stan Cullis's all-conquering team, going on to make more than 320 appearances and winning three league titles.

He later suffered abuse due to the apartheid regime and Cullis judged his performances dwindled, meaning he didn't play in the 1960 FA Cup final.

2 Rafael Villazan

Signed from Recreativo Huelva, 1980

There was a mini influx of South Americans in the English game in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Wolves' equivalent was Uruguayan defender/midfielder Rafael Villazan.

His transfer from Huelva took four months to negotiate and Villazan finally arrived for £140,000 in May 1980 after a couple of trials.

Regarded as a bargain buy, Villazan spoke no English but boss John Barnwell insisted: "Football is international. He'll soon learn."

He made 27 appearances in two years at the club.

3 Sami Al-Jaber

Signed from Al-Hilal, 2000

The 'Alan Shearer of the Desert' caused an international kerfuffle when he became the first Saudi Arabian to play abroad during an unlikely five-month loan stint in 2000.

Al-Jaber had netted 44 in 80 internationals and 220 from around 400 club matches, but failed to find the net in five Wolves games.

"All we ask is that he be given a chance...if they don't want him, let him come home," Prince Khalid from Al-Hilal pleaded. "I put my head on the line to let him go." Colin Lee, though, was not for turning and Al-Jaber soon left.

4 Isaac Okoronkwo

Signed from Shakhtar, 2003

"What I liked about him most was his hunger – he has not come here to hang around." So said Dave Jones after signing Nigerian World Cup defender Okoronkwo from Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk on a free.

Unfortunately 'hanging around' was precisely what Okoronkwo spent most of his year at Molineux doing. He didn't feature in the Premier League until the following April and despite playing the final eight games was released that summer."Isaac took a very long time to settle," Jones understated.

5 Guilherme Finkler

Signed from Juventude, 2006

The Brazilian midfielder was Mick McCarthy's first ever signing as Wolves boss.

He had impressed during a trial, scoring twice against Hednesford in pre-season. But a season-long loan was cut short in February with him having not made a first-team appearance.

"He's great when he's got a free roaming role when playing 4-3-3 or 4-5-1 but unfortunately for him we don't generally play that way," McCarthy said, raising the question of why on earth Finkler was signed in the first place.