Wolves complete £7m deal for Birmingham defender Roger Johnson

[admin]

<div class="track"><img alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.22.2/88396?ns=guardian&pageName=Wolves+complete+*7m+deal+for+Birmingham+defender+Roger+Johnson%3AArticle%3A1606331&ch=Football&c3=GU.co.uk&c4=Wolverhampton+Wanderers+%28Football%29%2CBirmingham+City+%28Football+club%29%2CTransfer+window+%28football%29%2CFootball%2CSport&c5=Not+commercially+useful%2CPremier+League&c6=Press+Association&c7=11-Jul-13&c8=1606331&c9=Article&c10=News&c11=Football&c13=&c25=&c30=content&h2=GU%2FFootball%2FWolverhampton+Wanderers" width="1" height="1" /></div><p class="standfirst">• Johnson signs four-year contract at Wolves<br />• Becomes Mick McCarthy's third summer signing</p><p>Wolverhampton Wanderers have completed the signing of the Birmingham City central defender Roger Johnson in a £7m deal.</p><p>Johnson, who has signed a four-year contract, becomes Wolves's third signing of the summer after Jamie O'Hara from Tottenham Hotspur and Dorus de Vries from Swansea City.</p><p>The Wolves manager Mick McCarthy has been a long-time admirer of Johnson and has been tracking him since the end of last season. Johnson also made it clear that he wanted to remain in the Premier League following Birmingham's relegation.</p><p>The defender moved from Cardiff to St Andrew's during the summer of 2009 in a £5m deal.</p><div class="related" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/wolves">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></li><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/birminghamcityfc">Birmingham City</a></li><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/transfer-window">Transfer window</a></li></ul></div><br/><div class="terms"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk">guardian.co.uk</a> &copy; Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html">Terms & Conditions</a> | <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/feeds">More Feeds</a></div><p style="clear:both" />
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/IFAnNUgX4wZOb9SoyUfFP2iTxT8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/IFAnNUgX4wZOb9SoyUfFP2iTxT8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/IFAnNUgX4wZOb9SoyUfFP2iTxT8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/IFAnNUgX4wZOb9SoyUfFP2iTxT8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theguardian/football/rss/~4/u7_JKipOIEk" height="1" width="1"/>

More...