Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves has spoken of the support he received from Sevilla coach Julen Lopetegui at Porto.

Wolves and Sevilla are to meet in the Europa League quarterfinal in Germany.

Neves recalled: “In Portugal in 2014, it wasn't usual to see coaches giving minutes to Academy players and he arrived at Porto and put me to play at 17-years-old, so he's a very special coach for me.

“Tomorrow, I will want to beat him because I want Wolves to go through, but he's a very special coach and I'll be saying thank you to him because he started my career.

“He's a great coach who works really well. He wants to play very good football with a high press on the opponent, so it will be really hard for tomorrow.

“We need to be ready for that, but they need to be ready for us as well, because we showed already that we have a great squad, that we have a great team and that we can do really good things. I think it will be a great game to watch."