"It's important" - Cesar Peixoto hails Wolves leaders as young stars continue to flourish

Cesar Peixoto has been pleased with how the senior leaders at Wolves have helped cultivate an environment for young players to blossom at Molineux.

Wolves retained the likes of Jose Sa, Toti Gomes and Andre following relegation and added Kieran Trippier and Raul Jimenez over the summer.

Meanwhile, youngsters such as Fer Lopez, Rodrigo Gomes, Nasser Djiga and Mateus Mane have all enjoyed strong starts in the Championship.

Peixoto highlights importance of Wolves’ leaders

“It’s important. We work with our experienced guys and young guys the same way,” the Wolves boss explained.

“The experienced guys have an important task inside the dressing room to talk with the younger players. I talk with them.

“They know how to stay with the ball, how to stay without it. I think this brings confidence to the younger players.

“They know if they make a mistake I am not going to kick them because of that. They know I will only be angry if they lose the ball and don’t react, if they don’t put in the right effort for the team.

“This kind of environment and team spirit is important and helps the young players to stay confident and play well.”

“Deserve a rest” - Peixoto on international break

Wolves signed off for the international break with a 1-0 success over Black Country rivals West Brom last weekend and Peixoto is looking to use the window without games as an opportunity to “rest”.

“Yes, but I think we deserve a rest. The players have put a lot of effort in the past few weeks. This week we had three games in a row. We had to manage the minutes of the players,” he added.

“The players deserve the rest after a strong win. But we are going to work to come back as strong as possible. We have a lot of games in a row after we come back from the international break. We will stay well.”