Matt Jackson has opened up on Wolves’ recruitment.

Technical director Matt Jackson has revealed Wolves have some summer deals ‘lined up’ as he admits the club are aiming to recruit leaders and forwards.

Following relegation to the Championship, Wolves are expected to have a big overhaul of their squad with head coach Rob Edwards insisting he needs a lot of change.

During the fans’ forum at Molineux, one supporter suggested the club desperately needed leaders, wingers and forwards and Jackson was quick to agree with that assessment - while admitting that the club’s ‘communication channel’ in previous transfer windows was flawed.

He said: “You have absolutely nailed the attributes that we have identified that we need this summer, to the core of exactly what we need.

“That is exactly what we're looking for, but it has to be sustainable. We have to do it properly so that we make sure everybody's aware, everybody has their opinion.

“There's no point in recommending a player that Rob is never going to pick and that Nathan is never going to come up with the finance for. It's a waste of everybody's time.

“This communication channel is absolutely vital, that is the part that has not happened previously, that communication has not taken place properly, and that is creating the issues that we have had.”

When asked if Wolves have deals lined up, Jackson added: “We have got deals lined up and we've targets that we've had very advanced conversations with from that perspective.

“This is not a process started now, we were very aware of our situation when Rob joined the football club and Nathan took over.”

Jackson also admitted that Wolves will have some restrictions on where they can recruit from this summer due to league rules.

But he believes that will help fans relate to and connect with the squad next season.

“The plan and the goal is to get promoted straight away but we understand a lot of change has to take place,” Jackson said.

“If there isn't alignment here we're dead in the water before we start, so that discussion has been going on for months already.

“We oversee the club that we've got, we understand the finances that we've got, we work towards the targets. We have a real alignment of what we want the football club to look like and what that team that represents us and yourselves looks like as well.

“We're going to have to go back to some core basics.

“There's a three-year rolling cycle of English qualified minutes for players, that if we haven't got a certain percentage, 25 is the minimum amount, then we can't sign players who are wild card players.

“So every single player that we sign this summer has to be either English qualifying or have enough points for a work permit to join us.

“The left field recruitment areas, we can't do it.

“Second tier teams in Europe, Scandinavia, these sorts of clubs are not places that we can now recruit from, so we have to have a real understanding of the market that we're going to work in and I think that helps us because it gives us a representation out on the field that I think you will really be able to associate with.”