Vitor Pereira lifts lid on 'happy' Wolves forward
Vitor Pereira insist Goncalo Guedes is happy at Wolves and remains an important member of his squad.
The forward signed in a £27.5million move in the summer of 2022 but struggled to settle in England, before leaving for Benfica on loan in January.
He rejoined Benfica the following summer before then finishing the season at Spanish club Villarreal, with the expectation that he would leave Wolves last summer.
But a move did not materialise and Guedes stayed with Wolves this season.
Now, after breaking his way back into the team under Pereira, the head coach says Guedes has the quality to impact the Premier League and is an essential part of the team.
"I don't know how he was before," Pereira said when asked about Guedes' past with Wolves.
"Guedes, he has skills to decide a game in a second. In a few seconds, he can decide a game, because he's a scorer.
"The finishing is very good, he has the power to run with the ball and to dribble and to accelerate the game in the moment.
"He knows the spaces that he needs to be to receive the ball. He knows to find these spaces.
"He needs to be focused tactically and he needs to help the team when we are defending.
"He needs to understand when he should take risks or not, because sometimes you cannot take risks.
"It's not easy to come to the Premier League and start playing, and start to perform in the first months.
"But now I can speak about the moment and he is an important player for us."
When asked if the forward is happy at the club, Pereira added: "Very happy. he's laughing every time.
"I think it's the energy. The energy in the air, it's not love in the air, but it's the energy in the air."
Pereira also hopes Guedes' ability in front of goal will help Wolves convert more chances, after missing opportunities to extend their leads in the last two games.
He said: "When one team wants to increase the level, wants to grow up as a team, it's normal that the details (need work).
"Sometimes they're missing just the last pass, the last moment, the last run, the run in the spaces that we need to attack.
"This is work - we need to work.
"We need to work the details to score more goals."
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