Wolves manager Bruno Lage has admitted he wanted Morgan Gibbs-White to stay at Molineux.

The 21-year-old made a surprise loan move to Sheffield United on deadline day.

Lage explained the move, stating: "I prefer him to stay but I need to respect the player and Morgan wants to play more. I respect, a lot, that ambition.

"I can give chances to improve in training but I don't negotiate about time on the pitch, so I couldn't make the promise and in the end the club and him took the decision to go on loan.

"The way he work and played for us in the games, and in Nottingham, I can see it is also a good decision for him and he can improve."