Vitor Pereira backs Wolves to be a 'different team' when signings adapt

After losing a handful of experienced players, Wolves brought in six fresh faces this summer but they all arrived without any Premier League experience.

Having lost the opening three top flight matches of the season, Pereira admits his side would be different if he had the signings sooner, but expects Wolves to improve 'in a few weeks' once the new additions have their feet under the table.

He said: "If I have the chance to start with every player since the first day, I believe that in this moment our consistency would be different, tactically consistent, mentally consistent.

"When we are in the moment that one player comes, and after another player comes, and after another one, it's like we lost ourselves in the GPS.

"We are not all on the same page in this moment, but I believe in a few weeks it will be a different team.

"Perfect is impossible because we don't have money. Every day I can see on the TV that the clubs pay £60million, £80million or £100million.

"This is the league that we need to compete in. It means that we need to be creative. We need to understand to go for players that can do more than one position.

"If we lose this player, if we have this injury, we have another one to do it."

After failing to get a new midfielder over the line, Wolves may now have to rely on new centre-back signing Ladislav Krejci as a back-up midfielder, due to his experience playing there earlier in his career.

Pereira has welcomed his versatility but believes he will help Wolves in several ways.

"Krejci is a technical player with a very good decision with the ball to build the play," Pereira said.

"I remember the last season when Toti got an injury and it was a nightmare for me because on the left side without a left foot is a problem.

"This is a player with leadership, with experience and he can help us. In my opinion he can help us a lot.

"I need to feel that I have competition inside the team and for that reason I want to have two players fighting for the position.

"We cannot offer the positions for the players.

"It's not possible, it's about competition, competing but with good energy. Even if we bring new players, this is not the reason to offer the position.

"They must compete for the position, they must compete every day, they must show – not by words but by acts – that they are in the best condition.

"A lot of times the players that come from the bench, they can decide the game. This is the character and attitude that I want to see in my players, in my team."