Nenad Milijas insists he can cope with the pressure of being Wolves’ first big money summer signing.

And the £2.6m midfielder also revealed how Manchester United’s Player of the Year Nemanja Vidic and fellow Serbian international persuaded him to come to England.

Milijas – Wolves’ costliest midfielder in their history – says the pressure of keeping Red Star Belgrade at the top means he can adapt to the demands of the Premier League at Wolves.

“You can’t play for Red Star Belgrade if you can’t play under pressure,” said Milijas, who won two league titles and two cups at Red Star.

“Fans want Red Star to win the league every season and if it doesn’t happen for a year, you have a problem.

“I don’t fear pressure, and I’m just putting myself under pressure to try to help Wolves make a good start.

“If we can get some good results in the first three or four games I think it will really help us.”

Milijas already has friends in the Premier League in Serbian defenders Nemanja Vidic at United and Branislav Ivanovic at Chelsea.

And it’s the United defender that played a part in the 26-year-old’s arrival in England.

“I’m very good friends with Nemanja who is a great guy and such an important player for Serbia,” he said. “I spoke with him before agreeing to move and he just told me to come.

“He said everything is great for football here and he told me ‘just come and see and after that you will stay’.”

Meanwhile, chief executive Jez Moxey has re-iterated the signing of Milijas is the first of many this summer.

Reading’s freed keeper Marcus Hahnemann is expected to be the next to put pen to paper.