JOE MASON HAS left Cardiff to join Wolves for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in the region of €3.9 million.
Plymouth-born Mason, who joins the club on a three-and-a-half-year contract, has represented Ireland at various underage levels, having qualified to represent the Boys in Green through his Mayo-born mother.
Mason leaves the Bluebirds after a five-year spell in which he managed 22 goals in 60 league starts.
“We’ve looked at him for a while, and particularly back in August, but the deal couldn’t get done,” Wolves manager Kenny Jackett said in reaction to the news.
“I like his work rate, I like his football, and I think he’s a natural to play behind the striker in my ideal 4-2-3-1 formation.”
Wolves have been on the lookout for a forward, having sold Benik Afobe to Bournemouth for a reported €13 million earlier this month.
Mason will probably be best remembered by Cardiff fans for scoring the opening goal in the League Cup final against Liverpool in 2012 — a game that they ultimately lost 3-2 on penalties.
I have heard few reports on this guy … Is he any good ?
4 million used to be quite a bit of money, in fact outside the premier league I think it still is.
Still a little bollcoks for that goal against Liverpool. That aside I wish him well. Need someone to step up to the plate for Ireland with Keane stepping aside “some day” take long and Walters “who can play striker” out of the squad and we have no one worth mentioning up top. Murphy is worth a shout but he’s 32 or 33 now so he won’t be there long. Fairly worrying times. Would be a dream come true to see another Keane come on the scene. Apologies for ranting