Wolves boss opens up midfield options and difficult pre-season

Wolves were keen to sign a midfielder all summer but ended the transfer window without signing one, leaving Pereira short of options.

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde has been the next in line behind Joao Gomes and Andre, while defender Ladislav Krejci has played there earlier in his career, and Pereira will need to get creative to get Wolves through until the January window opens.

"I need to find solutions inside the squad," the head coach said.

"It was not possible (to get) a midfielder at the level we needed. 

"I heard about a lot of midfielders, but I spoke about a midfielder with the profile that I think the team needs.

"If you cannot find this profile, I cannot ask my club to buy a player without the profile that I want.

"In the end it was not possible, not it's time to find solutions.

"It's not a time to complain about the market or the squad, this is not my personality and I don't like to do it. I will do my best.

"I need to find the solutions inside and I think it's possible to do it.

"In the next window we'll see if it's possible to do our work earlier."

Meanwhile, Pereira admits Wolves' late deals in the window impacted his pre-season plans and that Wolves must now pick up points during their adaptation period.

"I feel that the club tried to do the best with the conditions that we have, to give this squad balance and competition in every position," Pereira added.

"For me, the worst thing was that we started work and pre-season with players who knew they would leave the club.

"After one player came, two or three weeks went and another player came, then another month for another player. 

"I think we are paying a little bit of this bill (now), but I understand the market. The timing of the market is not our timing.

"In the end, pre-season was not the pre-season I imagined to do.

"Now, we need to connect everybody, playing games in the league, to fight for points. We'll try to do our best.

"I really believe we have a good squad, good people with good personalities and every day I am pleased with training.

"I believe that in some weeks we can build this strong team again. During this time we need to get points and resist."