Vitor Pereira sends demand to Wolves players and makes public complaint to Jeff Shi.
Vitor Pereira spoke openly and honestly with the media after Wolves’ 2-2 draw at Tottenham Hotspur.
With seven points out of nine secured so far, Pereira has enjoyed a hugely successful start to his reign as Wolves manager but the 56-year-old has several demands he wants addressed.
Old Gold chairman Jeff Shi will need to provide cash this January to keep his new head coach satisfied as Wolves are in dire need of a new centre-back. Wanderers were already light in defence but a new hamstring injury for Toti Gomes – expected to keep him out for three to four weeks – has deepened the problem.
Pereira addressed the situation during the post-match press conference at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The manager is confident that hot prospects Alfie Pond and Bastien Meupiyou will break through eventually but an immediate impact is perhaps too much of an ask. Pereira instead wants to utilise the transfer market.
Hwang Hee-chan is one of the most clinical forwards in the Premier League right now – the numbers prove it.
After enjoying a career-best league campaign in front of goal in 2023/24, many Wolves fans expected Hwang Hee-chan to really kick in 2024/25.
However, in the first half of 2024/25, the South Korean painfully struggled for form, failing to score in any of his first 13 Premier League appearances. As a result of this torrid run, Hee-chan was eventually dropped by former Wolves manager Gary O’Neil.
Since O’Neil lost his job in mid-December and was replaced by Portuguese boss Vitor Pereira, Hee-chan has begun to show some signs of life in front of goal once again.
The forward netted his side’s second in a shock 2-0 win over Manchester United on Boxing Day, before doubling his tally for the 2024/25 campaign with a wonderful sweeping effort in an impressive 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur in north London over the weekend.
Two in two for Hee Chan pic.twitter.com/xOPIg1i2N7
— Wolves (@Wolves) December 29, 2024
Hwang Hee-chan has 100% shot conversion rate in Premier League after Tottenham goal
Rather remarkably, those two goals actually came from his first two shots on goal of the season, meaning that Hee-chan now has an impressive 100% shot conversion record in the English top-flight for the 2024/25 campaign.
The South Korean was eased into shooting again with his first goal, side-footing the ball home from close range after being teed up by star teammate Matheus Cunha against Man Utd.
His second goal then came in his first start under Pereira – and first Wolves start since mid-September – against a struggling Spurs side, and showed off his ability to score from long range too as he curled beautifully into the bottom corner from 20-yards out.
