Nathan Judah's Wolves tour diary: Day 2 - Big interview and some transfer action!

Alarm clock went off at 7.30am and it's a good thing it did because I was in dreamland after a long travel day.

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A quick shower, a bite of granola and we were off to our first training session of the tour.

Wolves' base is about a 25 minute drive from our Airbnb, however some of the roads are slightly narrow and rickety.

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After a couple of obligatory wrong turns, we descended onto another very good facility with the players arriving seconds behind us.

And it is a great to have a lovely handshake, hug and very quick chat with the main man Vitor Pereira.

We'll be speaking to the head coach at length over the next few weeks, but to be greeted so warmly was a lovely touch.

Vitor is an infectious character and has developed a fantastic rapport with fans and media alike - there is so much charm there, but most importantly, it's genuine.

LK: Vitor has been excellent to deal with and his hands on approach to training was great to watch. If we want to give readers as much insight as possible into the Wolves camp, we need openness from those involved and Vitor certainly has that.

It was good to see Jose Sa back and training hard - it's been a very difficult time for Wolves' number 1.

He attended Diogo Jota's wedding and his funeral, I can't even imagine what that's like for an individual.

Two more players back in full swing were Sasa Kalajdzic and Yerson Mosquera - both players were full participants in training.

And this was a demanding session, plenty of action, some tough tackling and plenty of running.

Mosquera will be looking to reclaim his place back in the side at the expense of Matt Doherty, meanwhile Kalajdzic's goal will surely be to stay fit.

With fitness comes form, and the Austrian international will be keen to provide competition for Jorgen Strand Larsen.

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Wolves players playfully argue who was victorious in the five-a-side game

Whether he stays at the club or leaves, these are important days for the striker for a number of reasons.

You can find a detailed analysis of the day's training with Liam's feature tomorrow.

LK: It's always fun to take a detailed look at a training session and pick out the important talking points. It's my fourth pre-season and you often find every manager has a slightly different way of working.

There was also the breaking development of Jhon Arias' impending arrival, which was great news for all concerned and hopefully allayed a few fears of a quiet week.

There's still plenty more business to get done, both in and out, but to break the news on our first full day was a positive start.

Following the end of the session it was back to the team hotel via a quick sandwich stop on the way.

It's pretty hard to find times to eat during pre-season as we're always on the go, but we managed to grab a bit of bread and meat to get us through the next few hours.

As the players had their lunch, we set us in a nearby hotel restaurant to prepare for a sit down interview with new £19.5m Fer Lopez! 

We're absolutely thrilled to be able to deliver his first in-depth sit down with the media, watch out for that interview coming out very soon.

For a 21-year-old, he was a delight and spoke very well with maturity and intelligence - a strong head on young shoulders.

Following his interview with Liam, it was great to record a fun section of the Wolves podcast with him on camera.

He was very funny, had plenty to say about his teammates and one person in particular - watch out for the next poddy later this week!

LK: Lopez was very impressive and it was brilliant for us to be able to do his first interview with independent media since joining Wolves - and to be able to do that in a multimedia format was a joy!

We also got to sit and have a coffee with new technical director Domenico Teti.

I'm pretty sure Domenico has multiple charged batteries on the go, because the amount of time he spends on his phone is unbelievable - hopefully that's good news for Wolves! 

He was very gracious, kind and focussed on getting the right players at the club in terms of recruitment.

It's a difficult process, but he's delighted with the set up Vitor has and the core of the squad that is here.

Teti is greatly experienced and understands positive transfer activity takes time, but rest assured, this man is working incredibly hard behind the scenes to get Vitor the right players in the right positions.

LK: Teti was very kind and gracious with his time, for a man that was glued to his phone all day! He has a good working relationship with Vitor and that can only bode well.

It was then back to Chez Keen & Judah to write up and edit all today's action before a wander out into Faro for a little bit of tapas!

Tomorrow we'll be back to training HQ with plenty of coverage to come, and you'll hear all about it....right here!

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