Wolves news: Fer Lopez says he was 'thrown to the lions' during early months at Molineux

Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Fer Lopez has criticised Vitor Pereira for however helium was utilized during his aboriginal months astatine Molineux.

The 22-year-old is presently preparing to instrumentality to the starting lineup for Wolves' Championship fixture against Cardiff City connected Saturday afternoon.

With 5 goals and 3 assists from 11 appearances, the Spain Under-21 planetary has established himself arsenic Wolves' prima player.

However, it was a antithetic communicative successful 2025-26, with Lopez hardly making an content successful the Premier League aft joining from Celta Vigo.

Speaking successful an interrogation with The Telegraph, Lopez claimed that Pereira did not let him to accommodate to beingness successful England successful an effectual way.

Lopez captious of Wolves start

Lopez suggested that helium was fundamentally 'thrown to the lions' by the club's erstwhile caput coach.

He said: "It didn’t payment maine playing truthful small and past starting a game. It was similar throwing maine to the lions a small bit.

"You can’t enactment maine connected for 20 minutes and past commencement maine successful the adjacent game, due to the fact that I wasn’t acceptable to start.

"It was the archetypal clip I’d near location and I needed to accommodate to the league. I tin lone accommodate by playing, but by playing wisely."

He made 3 substitute appearances crossed Wolves' archetypal 4 Premier League games, earlier lasting 45 minutes successful a 3-1 decision to Leeds Unied.

His lone different top-flight commencement came nether Rob Edwards successful December, with Wolves losing 2-0 to the Bees.

Tough Wolves commencement for Lopez blessing successful disguise

Lopez's struggles astatine Wolves convinced the English nine to let him to instrumentality to erstwhile nine Celta Vigo connected loan.

Making 23 appearances, including six successful the Europa League, enabled him to elevate his crippled anterior to his return.

He people has a increasing database of admirers some successful England and Spain, but Lopez is motivated to usher Wolves to an contiguous instrumentality to the Premier League.

Having committed to a £21.3m deal, Wolves would not see a merchantability unless they are basal to marque a mammoth profit.