Loan moves have been used excellently by Wolves over the last few seasons.
Jorgen Strand Larsen originally signed on loan, with his move later being made permanent. The Norwegian scored 14 Premier League goals in his first season.
Ladislav Krejci’s deal is also on loan, but the transfer is due to be made permanent next season. He already looks to be a star.
However, back in 2001, Wolves completed a loan deal for a player for just three months. They would later go on to play 185 games for the club.
Kenny Miller signed for Wolves on an initial three-month loan
At the end of the summer of 2001, Wolves made a move to sign Kenny Miller from Rangers. The transfer would only be a three-month loan for the Scottish forward.
Miller’s start to life at Molineux was excellent. He scored his first goal just two weeks after arriving at the club, in a 3-2 win against Gillingham on September 18, 2001.
Three days later, the on-loan forward had struck his second goal against Walsall. It looked to be a shrewd signing by the Old Gold, but in his fifth game, Miller broke his collarbone against Nottingham Forest.
That would be the last game of his loan spell, and after two months, he returned to Rangers.
The short time in the Old Gold was enough to impress the board and then manager, Dave Jones, and Wolves later made a move to sign him permanently in December that same year.
Wolves signed Kenny Miller for £3 million from Rangers
After two goals in five appearances, Wolves wanted to bring Kenny Miller back. A deal would eventually be negotiated for £3 million on a four-and-a-half-year contract.
After he had returned, Dave Jones said, “Kenny is a young player with a lot of potential, and we’ve got him for a good price. If he can quickly get back to where he was before his injury, everyone will be happy.”
His time at Wolves was largely a success. He scored 61 goals in 185 games across all competitions over his five-year spell.
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In his first full season as a permanent Wolves player, he scored 19 goals in the Championship, firing the Old Gold into the play-offs in the 2002/2003 season, where he would ultimately score again in a 3-0 win against Sheffield United.
His goals had sent the club back to the Premier League. The 2003/2004 season was less fruitful, scoring just two goals in 25 appearances in England’s top flight, and the Wanderers were sent straight back down.
It is worth noting that Miller was played out of position on the right wing in that season before later going central, and perhaps if he was played in his natural role more often as a centre forward, he could have scored a lot more goals.
The forward stayed for the remainder of his contract, and in the Championship his goalscoring prowess was on show again. He scored 20 goals during the 2004/2005 campaign.
The next season, he was forced out on the right wing, but despite that, he ended the season as the club’s top scorer with 12 goals. It was the third time during his five-year spell he had scored the most goals at Wolves.
He left the club in 2006 to return to Scotland, as he controversially signed for Celtic on a free transfer.