Wolves boss Rob Edwards has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Sunderland at Molineux Stadium (kick-off 15:00 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
- On Joao Gomes being linked to clubs like Atletico Madrid: "We have some good individual players and I know that there is going to be some interest if they're going to leave. If they do, it will be right for the football club, as well as the individual. Someone like Joao is a really talented player, but we will see what happens with him as an individual."
- Edwards said: "What I think is really important this time, and I think it's important to say it as well because we've lost really talented players in the past, is making sure we're really good in the market so that when we do lose some of our good players, we're bringing in some really good ones as well."
- On his players' state of mind after being relegated: "It's a difficult situation, but I think we are getting the most of the group. Every day they are coming in and giving it their absolute all. Again, from when we first came in to now, the training levels are through the roof. They have given it everything and that side of things can't be questioned."
- He added: "Certain bits can be, bits of quality here and there, and of course, there are always things we can improve on, I'm not saying we are perfect, not at all, but the lads have given everything and I need to stress that."
- Edwards' said the recruitment is going to be "everything" moving forward.
- He added: "We have had one window, where we did a lot of work in that time but there's going to be more that needs doing in the summer. It's going to be really important. Everyone wants to snap their fingers, and get it all perfect straight away but this was always going to be a challenging job and it's going to take a while to get it to where we want it."
In our initial reporting, we incorrectly quoted Edwards as saying: "What I think is really important this time, and I say this time, because we have lost really talented players in the past, and we have been really good in the market to bring in good players to replace them." The second bullet point above has now been corrected.
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