Soccer:Wolves striker Andy Keogh has told manager Mick McCarthy he "100 per cent" wants to sign for Leeds on a permanent basis once his loan expires early next month.

It is Keogh’s third loan spell away from Molineux, after playing for Cardiff and Bristol City last season, since his last appearance for Wolves 16 months ago.

Keogh feels he has fallen so far out of favour under McCarthy his only chance of salvaging his career is to leave the club he joined for €750,000 from Scunthorpe almost five years ago.

And the 25-year-old Republic of Ireland international is desperate to remain with Leeds, the club where he started out as a trainee in 2003.

With Keogh’s loan expiring on January 2nd, he told the Yorkshire Evening Post: “I love the club and in an ideal world I’d like to stay. It’s up to the club (Leeds), and my agent will start speaking to them soon and to Wolves to see what the story is and we’ll just go from there. I’ll listen to what they have to say.

“Leeds is a great club. It’s the first club I signed for as a youngster and holds a place in my heart. I’m really enjoying my time here and it’s a great dressing room. We’ve also a really good chance of going up.”