Former Hearts star completes Wolves transfer exit as 'great next step' secured after jumping at move

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Dexter Lembikisa has completed his latest exit from Wolves after time at Hearts.

The right-back spent the second half of last season on loan in Gorgie with Steven Naismith’s side, who finished third in the Premiership. He made 18 appearances as European league phase football was secured before returning to Wolves.

Lembikisa will now pay the rest of this season in Switzerland at Yverdon Sport, having also had time at Rotherham United last term. With a direct reference to his time at Hearts, Wolves head of professional football development Matt Jackso, says it’s an excellent loan switch for the Jamaican international.

He said: “This is going to be a different type of loan for Dexter from what he experienced last year with Rotherham and Hearts, and I’m really pleased that he’s jumped at this opportunity to expand his own horizons, in a football sense and in a living sense as well.

“The Swiss league is more technical than what he’s been used to, but he showed he can play in the Championship with that frenetic pace and intensity they have, the same with the Scottish Premiership.

“But now he’s in the situation where he’s going to a slightly more technical league where it will be slower paced for him, but he will see a variation of player up against him. He’s obviously got great international experience now as well, and he’ll continue to add to that and this just becomes another part of his football development.

“We like our boys to have as many opportunities as possible and the fact that he’s so keen to go out there and try something different shows who he is as a character and what we think of him. From my own time in Switzerland last year with Zurich, I know how well Yverdon did in the league and also how well they’ve done with Christian (Marques), who’s playing regularly for them.

“We like the boys who go out on loan to be tested, but we don’t like things to be impossible for them, and having Christian there with him will hopefully make it an easier transition at the start. They’ve played a lot of football together, they’re close as well, so it will be good from that perspective. It’s certainly not paramount for us, but it’s an added bonus in this instance.

“The club is very good and they’ve been creative with their scouting, very professional in their dealings with us, and we think it will be a great next step for Dexter.”