Wolves great John Richards hopes Adama Traore's Spain squad snub can work in the club's favour.

Richards is looking for him to shine in their last nine matches and show Spain what they are missing.

“Whenever a player is overlooked for international duty, there's two ways of going about it," Richards, who scored 194 Wolves goals and also played once for England, told the Express & Star

“You can get your head down, or the top players can say 'OK, fair enough, I'm going to prove how good I am'.

“It can give you that bit of impetus as there's nothing better than representing your country.

“He's probably not surprised, to be honest, as his form has mirrored that of Wolves – sort of hit and miss.

“But he's been there before and knows if he does perform, he'll be back in there.

“Wolves need him performing, too, as there's no doubt he's a quality player when on form."