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Wolves' George Saville goes back to Brentford

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Wolves midfielder George Saville admits Brentford was the "perfect move" for him – but will be aiming to sting the Bees if selected tomorrow.

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The 21-year-old makes the first return to Griffin Park tomorrow since leaving in the summer after a successful season-long loan with Mark Warburton's side.

Saville, who was on loan from Chelsea before making a permanent £1m switch to Molineux in the summer, played 40 League games as Brentford were promoted with Wolves to the Championship.

And the Londoner is proud to have played a part in the Bees success, saying: "We got promoted and I played 40 league games so, for that stage of my career, it was the perfect move for me.

"It will be a good day. I've got nothing to prove there, I've got fond memories and enjoyed a really good season with them last year.

"It's no surprise at all to see them doing well - they've got a good manager, a great set of players and good individuals.

"The owner there is very ambitious from talks he gave us last year and they're on the up, so it's a good place to be at the moment.

"But I'm at Wolves now and our target is to get back to winning ways.

"That's my main focus now and to get three points to get back to winning ways and how we were doing at the start of the season.

"We've gone four games without a win so to put that right would be good for us.

"Nobody likes losing so it's up to us to put things right."

Wolves go to Brentford after three straight defeats conceding 10 times and four matches without a win during which time they have scored just once.

Saville is confident he and his team-mates can address the issues at both ends of the pitch.

He said: "I'm sure we can correct that. It's not always going to go our way so when it doesn't, we have to work that little bit harder and put that extra 10 per cent in on the training pitch.

"If you don't concede you can't lose so that's very important for us. On the other hand, we need to score one or two as well so it's just a mixture and a balance between the both.

"We've got a good opportunity, we've had a good week's training so we're looking forward to the game. We're just working hard to put things right."

Saville has settled well and insists he prefers the Championship to League One, even though regular football hasn't come his way so far.

He said: "It's been good, I think I prefer it so I'm just looking to get a run in the side and hopefully help the club move forward.

"I'm a box-to-box midfielder but whatever side the gaffer puts out and wherever he puts me, that's my job so I'll just do what I'm told.

"You can't slack off and competition always pushes you in training."