WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS want to sign Liverpool FC midfielder Jay Spearing on a season-long loan.

Wolves manager Mick McCarthy has pinpointed Spearing as he looks to augment a midfield that only narrowly avoided relegation from the Premier League last term.

The 22-year-old enjoyed a breakthrough last campaign, making 20 appearances and ending the season as a regular in central midfield in place of injured skipper Steven Gerrard.

However, the summer arrivals of Charlie Adam and Jordan Henderson, the return to fitness of Gerrard and the lack of European football may restrict Spearing’s first-team involvement in the coming months.

Spearing recently signed a contract extension and, while Liverpool have no intention of selling the diminutive midfielder, Wolves are hopeful of encouraging the Anfield outfit to sanction a temporary switch for the Wallasey-born player to continue his senior development.

Nevertheless, Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish admitted earlier this week he needs to offload a number of fringe players before continuing his summer spending spree.

Forgotten man Milan Jovanovic, who has not played for the first team since January, has held talks with Anderlecht over a move back to Belgium.