The Wolves boss has had his say on the midfielder.

Cesar Peixoto believes Tommy Doyle will be an important player for Wolves this season after taking his chance to impress this summer.

The midfielder’s Wolves future was up in the air but he has played his way into contention in pre-season matches, often playing as a number 10, but he then came on as a number eight against Port Vale.

Peixoto insists he wants to keep Doyle for the season and believes his versatility will be vital.

“He’s also important because Tommy can play as a 10, as an eight, sometimes if you need as a six also,” the head coach said.

“He came on in Marshall’s place (against Port Vale) because I think it's the time to bring the ball, he has this kind of quality, attack on one side and shifts to the other side.

“I think he's an important player for us, he’s improved a lot during the pre-season and he's a team player.

“It's important for us to have this kind of player who can play one, two or three positions per game or per week.”

Wolves’ midfield against Port Vale impressed, with Andre sitting deepest, Marshall Munetsi playing box to box and Fer Lopez scoring in a creative display as the number 10.

Peixoto was pleased with the understanding between his midfielders, as they get used to his system and demands.

“It's important for us that the three guys in the middle play and find the right space to play, the right moment to come to bring the ball for him to try to manage the game,” Peixoto said.

“Fer Lopez has this kind of quality, we try to put a lot of dynamics.

“We built with three, normally in the last games we didn’t do this a lot of times.

“I want to go step by step because if there is too much information for the players, sometimes they don't understand what they have to do at the right time.

“But I think Andre, Fer and Marshall did a good job, like they did in all of pre-season.”

A handful of senior players missed out on the squad last week and the head coach is still anticipating sales and signings in the summer transfer window.

He said: “There are going to be changes in the team for sure, players to go out and players to come, we need that.

“But some players are injured, other players came later from the World Cup and they have to have minutes, but not for all, it's not possible.

“We manage the players to play in the starting 11 and the other players will stay more time with us, know better our idea of the game, with the ball, without the ball.

“It's important to be competitive in this time of the season, start well, the season is important for us to take time to manage the situation in the market, to do our thing.”