Vitor Pereira has say on Wolves' transfer business

Although Mario Lemina is now increasingly likely to leave the club in the January transfer window, Pereira has said he does not want to lose players from the small squad amid speculation around Sam Johnstone's future.

The goalkeeper situation remains a delicate one, after the £10million summer signing lost his place to Jose Sa, who regained the number one spot.

"We have a small squad and we don't have a lot of solutions for each position," Pereira said when asked about Johnstone.

"It means that we need to keep the players and bring one or two players to help us.

"We need to bring different solutions, but not start sending players out.

"We need to have balance. I know when the market is open every team has happy players and some players that want to play more.

"We understand but in this moment we need to think about the team and ourselves, and we need everyone."

Wolves' priority this month is to sign a centre-back, with Reims defender Emmanuel Agbadou close to securing a move to Molineux.

When asked if he is confident the money will be there to make necessary additions in transfer market, Pereira gave a diplomatic answer, but did say he is keen not to sign too many players to adversely impact the confidence of the current squad, after managing an impressive first three games in charge.

"I'm not the right guy to speak about money," the head coach said.

"I believe in the words of the people, when the people say to me they will try hard to help the team with one or two players.

"We are trying. Sometimes it's about the market opportunity.

"I don't want to change a lot, especially in this period of time, because if you want to connect the group you cannot give them signals that I will change a lot.

"The club doesn't have the financial power to do it and it means we need to be clinical in each position. We'll see."

Wolves admire Palmeiras midfielder Richard Rios and could look to add a midfielder if Lemina makes his exit.