Vitor Pereira's impact at Wolves as first January deal confirmed

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A look at the current at Molineux.

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00:00Charlie, looking at Wolverhampton at Wunderers now, obviously, it's not been the least interesting season.

00:08Obviously, you've changed your manager already and lots of different feelings and thoughts from fans.

00:15There have been stages where they were certain that they could be staying up.

00:19There's been stages where it looks like they've been dead and buried.

00:22But obviously, the new manager comes in and he makes an initial impact, a great win away at Leicester City.

00:29Recording some clean sheets as well is so important.

00:34It looks like he's certainly shored things up at the back.

00:37But how has Vitor come in and made this initial impact?

00:42It's something that possibly the foreign players are taking a liking to as well.

00:48The likes of the Jose Sarr, Sam Johnson situation seems to be sorted.

00:53Sarr seems to be back with a bit more confidence as well.

00:56So, he's clearly having the desired impact so far.

01:00It probably helps, doesn't it, that he's Portuguese and so many of these players in this Wolves squad are Portuguese-speaking,

01:06whether they be Portuguese themselves or Brazilians.

01:08You've got Spaniards in there as well.

01:09Uruguayan and Santi Bueno, a big South American outlet at Wolves.

01:13So, it's understandable that they've got that backing immediately from the manager.

01:17And the relationship's being built up already.

01:19Mateus Cunha seemed to love Gary O'Neill, in fairness.

01:22They had a good relationship between them, a good bond.

01:24But in these early days, it's been a difficult period for Cunha with his investigation from the FA for an alleged incident against Ipswich Town.

01:31He was then found guilty for that.

01:33Too much ban, but the manager, Vitor Pereira, has guided him through that.

01:36And his man-management skills, you can't judge them too much because it's early days.

01:41But as he's shown kind of throughout his career in so many different countries, his adaptability is fantastic.

01:46And he's showing that already at Wolves.

01:48Of course, the 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest, not ideal.

01:52But in that match, Wolves had so many chances.

01:55Jorgen Strand-Larsen could have had a hat-trick.

01:57There are other opportunities as well in both halves of that game.

02:00And had they been tucked away, then Wolves potentially could have got a point for all three.

02:05It was just one of those evenings, and the 3-0 really flattered Forest.

02:08A very Nuno Espirito Santo performance, you could probably say, about that one.

02:12But yeah, I think Vitor has settled in well, as I say, building those relationships initially.

02:16And already a bond with the fan base, which is so, so important.

02:20Just quickly, on January, the business is needed to be done.

02:25It looks like defence is going to be a key area where they're looking to improve.

02:30Yeah, so Emmanuel Agbadoo is a centre-back from the French Ligue 1 division.

02:35He's coming in for around £20 million or just under.

02:39He should be really important for Wolves, actually.

02:41Coming in with lots of physicality, a bit of pace as well, quite a lot of height.

02:45That's something that Gary O'Neill moaned about, was a lack of that.

02:48So many set-piece goals conceded this season.

02:50Agbadoo, hopefully, will be in the Wolves squad for the rest of the season

02:54and should boost them in that department.

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