Hwang Hee-chan a key player for Gary O'Neil's Wolves side

However, O’Neil says Hwang will have questioned his role in the team this season and that the head coach has reassured the player of his importance.

“Me and Channy have spoken and he knows how important he is to me,” O’Neil said.

“Last year he probably felt his importance more because we were short and he was the most willing number nine that we had.

“This year I’m sure that maybe he’s trying to figure out where he’s going to fit, but I guaranteed him that as long as he’s playing well, he will fit and he can play anywhere along that top line.

“So he knows how important he is to us and I’m trying to get him up to speed a little bit because he’s missed a few days of pre-season.

“We need to make sure we get him up to speed. It’s really important that the target for all of these games is to get us closer to a really tough test at the Emirates.

“Channy will play a large part on Saturday against RB Leipzig to help him in his preparation.”

Meanwhile, O’Neil has bemoaned ‘silly goals’ in Wolves’ Stateside Cup defeat to Crystal Palace.

Individual errors accounted for the first two goals in the 3-1 loss.

“I think we played OK,” O’Neil said.

“We had plenty of chances and gave up two really silly goals.

“There’s a couple of lessons to learn there for the lads. The first one was maybe a bit unfortunate, the bounce of the pitch wasn’t normal and Bents maybe misjudged it slightly.

“The second one is really poor. They just boot it over our heads and no-one is ready to race and get back. There’s a bit to learn on that.

“We had some young players involved as well around the errors, so there’s plenty of time to learn from things.

“We looked like a good side for lots of it. We looked threatening and had good control. It was a good test.

“I don’t like losing, but in terms of what we came to get out of the game, it was a good exercise.”

Returning loanee Luke Cundle was also pleased with Wolves’ overall performance.

The midfielder, who has played a big part in both games so far across the pond, impressed on Wednesday evening.

“I don’t think it was a 3-1 scoreline to be honest,” Cundle said.

“We were probably the better team in both halves, definitely the first half and although they got better second half I still think we had more of the ball and created more chances.

“It’s only a pre-season game, the lads have got a lot out of it and we’re working on different things with how we press and play out from the back.

“It’s all good experience.”