Wolves fourth-choice goalkeeper gives 'passionate' team talk ahead of win over Leicester

The 30-year-old, who has never played for the first team since arriving in July 2023, is behind Jose Sa, Sam Johnstone and Dan Bentley in the pecking order.

But the Welsh international has been credited for a positive impact off the pitch and Pereira has revealed the goalkeeper gave an intense team talk ahead of the 3-0 win over the Foxes.

When asked if it was tough to leave Bentley out after his performance against Manchester United last week, Pereira said: "Of course, but he has the character that I want in my side. Believe me.

"Bentley and King, they have character.

"Do you know who spoke with the players before the game today? King - and he spoke better than me, with passion.

"This is spirit, someone who hasn't played a game, but he goes there and spoke to his team-mates with energy and with words that even I can't find."

Despite the speculation over his Wolves future, Matheus Cunha put in a starring performance by notching the first goal and then assisting for both Jorgen Strand Larsen and Rodrigo Gomes.

"High quality, he's a special player," Pereira said.

"He's committed to his team-mates and committed to the club to help us do the best we can until the end of the season."

When asked how he will replace Cunha if he leaves, Pereira added: "This is the crystal ball looking at the future, but I don't have it.

"I cannot say to you that he will leave the club, I can just say he is with us, committed with us and we are happy with him."

Wolves have equalled their 1970 record of winning six consecutive top flight matches and they now travel to face Manchester City on Friday, before facing Brighton, Crystal Palace and Brentford in their final games of the campaign.

"Happiness," Pereira said when asked how he felt about winning six games in a row.

"Good football, happiness in the supporters, in the players, everything that I can ask for.

"The energy is good in the stadium between the supporters and the team, between the players, between the players and the staff and between the staff and the supporters.

"This is what we can do in football.

"We played a good game, we showed ambition and character.

"Sometimes we hurried too much, everything was fast, but this shows we have the ambition to score goals and play, not to waste time.

"We are not this kind of team, we are a team with confidence, happiness, commitment, true spirit. I'm very happy.

"Sometimes we need to go fast, sometimes we need to press high, other times we need to wait for the right moment to press, giving them the ball to counter-attack.

"It can't be fast every time, to change the rhythm of the game is the quality, sometimes fast and sometimes slow.

"This is the tactical maturity and now we are more consistent."