Mick McCarthy will make a decision on the future of Wolves trialist Ian Harte after Saturday's pre-season friendly with Blackburn.

Ian is now into his third week at Wolves and having enjoyed various bits of game time at left back last night played 75 minutes in the centre of midfield during the friendly win at Walsall.

Although initially unwilling to put a timescale on the former Leeds man's stay, Mick knows he will have to make a decision after the final first team friendly before the Championship season kicks off at Plymouth on Saturday week.

"I'm going to have to give Ian a decision by the weekend," said Mick.

"He'll probably be involved against Blackburn and I'll let him know then.

"His attitude is first class - he's come in and played at left back but then he did alright in the centre of midfield last night.

"It's good to be a utility player and he can certainly handle the ball."

Ian has been playing catch-up in terms of fitness having arrived when Wolves were already a fortnight into their structured pre-season preparations.

But Mick believes he has certainly closed the gap.

"Hartey's a couple of weeks behind the rest of them in terms of his fitness but he's done well," the boss added.

"He came in to train with lads who were flying at the end of last season and then came back flying after the summer.

"He was out of his team at the end of last season but he got through 75 minutes in the middle of the park of a real competitive game last night so he'll get up to speed no problem.

"Everybody likes him, he's a great lad and has fitted in really well.

"We'll see what happens at the weekend."