{"id":658371,"date":"2025-08-19T08:34:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T12:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=658371"},"modified":"2025-08-19T08:34:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T12:34:25","slug":"wolves-sign-jackson-tchatchoua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/08\/19\/wolves-sign-jackson-tchatchoua\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Strengthen Defence With Signing Of Cameroon International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolves.co.uk\/news\/mens-first-team\/20250819-tchatchoua-becomes-latest-new-arrival\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/a> have added a significant defensive option to their squad with the acquisition of Jackson Tchatchoua from Hellas Verona. The 23-year-old has joined on a five-year deal, marking Wolves&#8217; fourth signing of the summer.<\/p>\n<h2>Wolves Add Much-Needed Defensive Reinforcement With Jackson Tchatchoua<\/h2>\n<h3>Versatile And Pacey Addition<\/h3>\n<p>Tchatchoua, who primarily operates as a right-wing back but is equally as effective as a full back, is celebrated for his versatility. Wolves <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1957723644018454542\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> paid around \u00a310 million. Notably, he recorded the fastest speed in Serie A last season, 21.6mph, showcasing the elite physical profile that V\u00edtor Pereira values.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/08\/13\/wolves-squad-overhaul-under-vitor-pereira\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">V\u00edtor Pereira Takes Full Control With Wolves In Process of Huge Squad Overhaul<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tchatchoua steps into the void left by N\u00e9lson Semedo, who departed for Fenerbah\u00e7e at the end of his contract. His arrival will provide healthy competition for Ki-Jana Hoever, who has held the right-back spot throughout pre-season and the majority of the opening game against Manchester City.<\/p>\n<h3>A Dream Move Speaks Volumes<\/h3>\n<p>On joining Wolves, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.shropshirestar.com\/sport\/2025\/08\/19\/the-premier-league-is-one-of-my-dreams-first-words-from-new-wolves-signing-after-10m-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the defender<\/a> reflected on the move:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Premier League is one of my dreams, the history of the club, the stadium, the fans, this convinced me&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He also emphasised his own adaptability:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can play wing-back, I can play full-back, I will play the position the coach puts me on the pitch&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/08\/09\/wolves-transfer-interest-hwang-hee-chan-summer-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Wolves Attacker Sparks Transfer Interest Amid Summer Speculation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Manager Pereira gains a physically imposing and tactically flexible asset. 6&#8217;1, defensively solid, and a potential weapon from set pieces. Wolves clearly aim to rebuild identity and depth, with more potential signings, particularly in attack and midfiel,d still on the club&#8217;s agenda. Fans will be eager to see how the Cameroon international adapts to the Premier League, but all signs point to him becoming a key figure in Wolves&#8217; new-look squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wolverhampton Wanderers have added a significant defensive option to their squad with the acquisition of Jackson Tchatchoua from Hellas Verona. The 23-year-old has joined on a five-year deal, marking Wolves&#8217; fourth signing of the summer. Wolves Add Much-Needed Defensive Reinforcement With Jackson Tchatchoua Versatile And Pacey Addition Tchatchoua, who primarily operates as a right-wing back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5441,"featured_media":656176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2510,3,28],"tags":[9360],"class_list":["post-658371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wolves","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-wolves-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5441"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658371"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":658387,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658371\/revisions\/658387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}