Defender Jody Craddock has pledged his commitment to Wolves for another year by penning a new deal.
Club captain to stay at Molineux until end of next season
Defender Jody Craddock has pledged his commitment to Wolves for another year by penning a new deal.
The 34-year-old club captain, who made his 500th career appearance last season, has agreed a 12-month contract which will keep him at Molineux until the end of next term.
And Craddock, who joined Wolves from Sunderland for £1.75million in July 2003, is thrilled to still be playing Premier League football.
Fantastic
"It's brilliant to get the contract sorted and signed. It's another year for me at Wolves, which is fantastic," Craddock told Wolves'
official website.
"A couple of years ago, I thought I might have been dropping down the leagues, but I'm still at Wolves, we are still in the Premier League and I couldn't have asked for anything better for my career.
"I was at Sunderland for six years and now I'm going into my eighth season at Wolves, so I have not moved around all that much.
"I love being at this club and it's nice not to keep moving from club to club.
"I'm proud of what I've achieved at Wolverhampton Wanderers in my career here and hopefully there is more to come."
Craddock, who was loaned out to Stoke in 2007, admits last season he began to think he would be a back-up player, but is pleased to have maintained such a major role.
"I was very pleased with the season just finished," he added.
"I'm a bit older now and probably didn't quite know how I would do back in the Premier League, in the same way as the younger lads who hadn't played there before.
"I wouldn't say it wasn't a problem because it was tough and I had to work very hard to maintain my standards.
"Hopefully I have proved a few people wrong and proved something to myself as well."
Thanks
Craddock is looking forward to continuing working under manager Mick McCarthy, adding: "The manager has always been straight down the middle with me.
"He's always played the team he thinks is best for any particular game on that day.
"I think he appreciates the amount of work I put in during the week, and it's paid off for me. I can only thank the gaffer for that.
"He sent me out on loan, but he brought me back, whereas some managers might have just let me go at that stage because they had made the decision, and it's all looked up for me ever since."
