Wolves midfielder Matheus Nunes is excited about the team's potential this new season.

Nunes is convinced of improvements under manager Julen Lopetegui.

“We have enough quality players to try to stay in the top eight," he said. “Look at Newcastle, nobody gave anything for them in the beginning, but look where they are now. That has to be our aim.

“I'm not the type of person to aim to be in 15th place. I think most of the players, if not everyone, have that mindset as well. We have to aim high and anything which comes is going to benefit us."

He also told the Express & Star: “It was a tough year overall, for all of us, not only for the players, but also for the club and for the fans, everybody around the club. Having a lot of Portuguese players in the team helped me a lot, people I knew before for the national team or Estoril, like Toti.

“Having these people, I knew before helped me settle in a lot, to help me get to know the club, the values, the objectives of the team – everything. Overall, it was tough because I didn't expect us to be in the relegation zone.

“I thought we had players to compete for the European championships, but it was a learning year, it taught me a lot, to be more tough, a hard worker even more because you need to keep your head up when the storm comes and that's what I tried do every time we had a loss, every time we were struggling."