Lopetegui becomes tough after achieving permanence

In mid-November, when the Premier League took a break due to the World Cup in Qatar, Julen Lopetegui he took the reins of a bottom-placed Wolverhampton side with just two wins in 15 days played.

Half a year later, the Basque coach led Wolverhampton to 13th place, after achieving four victories in the last six days, and only achieved mathematical permanence three days from the end of the championship, but he was not satisfied.

Lopetegui requested a “long meeting” today with Wolves Chairman Jeff Shi to define their plans in the next transfer market for next season.

“I need a long meeting with our president (Jeff Shi). We have to be prepared to improve and take advantage of the summer. We know the level of the Premier League, so the first step is to make a decision about many players, ” said Lopetegui to press conference ahead of Saturday’s match against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

compete better

“We have to understand what will happen next year. We need to improve, we all have to be able to compete better next year, that’s all,” Lopetegui continued.

“I’m not going to talk about what will happen after the meeting… We have to be prepared because this year has been very hard and it can serve as a lesson for all of us.”

The lowest goalscoring team in the Premier

Wolves are the team with the lowest goalscoring in the Premier, with 30 goals, one less than the bottom team and Southampton were almost relegated, after suffering an attacking injury crisis that has leave it to them. leaving Sasa Kalajdzic and Raúl Jiménez absent, while Diego Costa emergency signing in September, He scored only one goal in the Premier.

“In football you have to want to increase your performance, your squad, it happens by investing. If you don’t do it, all the other teams in the Premier League will do it”, Lopetegui was sentenced.