Nathan Collins' move to Wolves 'a match made in heaven'

Keith Treacy and Conan Byrne believe Nathan Collins' big money transfer to Wolves will prove to be "a match made in heaven".

The Republic of Ireland defender recently left relegated Burnley to return to the Premier League for an undisclosed fee assumed to be in the region of £20.5m, which would make him the most expensive Irish transfer of all time.

Speaking on the RTÉ Soccer Podcast, former Ireland, Blackburn and Burnley midfielder Treacy said the back three system utilised by both Wolves and Ireland would allow him to slot in almost seamlessly at his new club.

"I think it's going to be a really good move," he said.

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Keith Treacy and Conan Byrne joined Raf Diallo and Rob Wright this week to talk Ireland players on the move, European games for Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers and St Pat's and the Women's Euro 2022 knockout stage.

"The reason Wolves have bought him is because he can defend properly and when you look at Bruno Lage's team, they do not concede a lot of goals.

"They don't score a lot of goals but they don't concede an awful lot of goals and that is the backbone to their success so they will try and embed him into their back three really quickly.

"And the good thing for us looking at it for Irish eyes, they're going to play a back three similar to Ireland so you would think that it's going to be, not seamless but if he does get in there he is going to be playing the Irish way so he will able to come from there into the Irish squad which not a lot of Irish players do."

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