Wolves youngster set for chance to impress at Brighton

The midfielder was subject of interest from former loan club Stoke in the summer, who had a £500,000 bid rejected.

A move did not materialise and Cundle stayed with Wolves, after impressing head coach Gary O’Neil in pre-season.

With a difficult run of fixtures, Wolves’ priority is picking up points in the Premier League and with a West Midlands derby at Villa coming up this weekend, O’Neil is set to ring the changes in the cup tonight.

As a result, Cundle could be set to play tonight as O’Neil is eager to give him a chance.

“He’s training with us every day and training well,” O’Neil said.

“He has a big task ahead of him and he wants to play. To play here he needs to be better than Tommy, Mario, Joao and Andre.

“If he doesn’t quite get to that, he needs to be really good around the place and train well.

“I’m sure we’ll be able to get him minutes and cup games will help him. Training with the group will help him too.

“He has quality, he’s not just making up the numbers, it’s just whether we can push him enough to challenge those midfielders who we know are excellent.

“Especially with Bouba being out for a little while, I’m pleased to have him, I like what he brings and I like him around the place.

“He’ll be knuckling down and seeing how far up the midfield pecking order he can push himself.”

The signing of Andre has also seen Cundle drop down the pecking order, while Boubacar Traore is currently sidelined with a knee injury.

Depending on his game time in the next few months, Cundle could depart in January with several clubs monitoring him.