STEVE Sidwell’s 11th-hour turning down of Wolves may have been a blessing in disguise as it ushered in a move for Jamie O’Hara.

Certainly Mick McCarthy has no regrets about how things have panned out.

Sidwell will be at Molineux with Fulham on Saturday having undergone a medical at Compton on deadline day after agreeing to move from Villa.

“Had Sidwell signed on loan, Jamie wouldn’t have come,” admitted McCarthy.

“Irrespective of how I felt, or what I said or what I did, it is one of those occasions where things have worked out right for us because we got a really good player.”

Sidwell signed a new three-year contract at Craven Cottage this week.

McCarthy revealed: “That’s why he went. He lives in London and the agreement was the rest of this season and three more.”