BURY have failed in their bid to tempt Wolves' Keith Curle to Gigg Lane.
Neil Warnock had earmarked the former Manchester City captain as the ideal replacement for Chris Lucketti in a player-coach capacity.
Curle had been thinking over the move for three months but this week closed the door on a move by signing a two-year extension to his Molineux contract.
"It's disappointing because it would have been a great partnership," said Warnock.
"I'm sure he would have joined us if we'd stayed in the First Division and Wolves must be paying him a lot to stay there."
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