Liam Keen brings you all the latest on Vitor Pereira's pre-match press conference ahead of Wolves' trip to Southampton.
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00:00Hello, Liam Keane here. No Nathan Tudor with me again today at Compton. He is back with
00:05me for the next game pre-West Ham, which of course is just over two weeks away. But we'll
00:10take on Southampton tomorrow. Big game down at the bottom of the Premier League. I've
00:14just spoken to Vitor Pereira. Very long press conference. He was in great form. Very, very
00:19passionate, talking a lot about the defence, about needing more from Totti and Doc coming
00:24forward and crossing. Lots of really interesting tactical bits that the manager is focusing
00:28on. But some of the major news and the biggest news really, is that Wolves are pretty much
00:33injury free. Martial Manezzi came off half time after scoring his debut goal against
00:39Everton, getting an equaliser there in that 1-1 draw at the weekend. He's fit and available
00:43trained this week. Of course, Kunju will be suspended, but otherwise Wolves are fit and
00:48ready to go. No other issues amongst the squad, according to the manager today. So of course
00:53he will then have a tough decision on who plays and who features, because players like
00:57Carlos Forbes and Boubacar Touré have left themselves out of the squad recently. You
01:01would suspect they might struggle to get their way back in again for this weekend. And then
01:06of course, the decision on who starts. If I was a betting man, I would suggest that
01:11the XI that started against Everton will probably be the XI that starts at Southampton tomorrow,
01:17especially considering Manezzi is fit and available. But Pablo Sarabia had a really
01:20good impact in that game. Off the bench could certainly come in and play, but I would imagine
01:25Bellegarde, Larsen, Andrei Djalgoumis in midfield. These kind of players will keep their place
01:29ahead of tomorrow. Massive game. The manager was very complimentary of Southampton. He
01:34says that they had a fantastic first half against Liverpool, have got lots of quality
01:37and are a good team, despite the fact they are down there and struggling on the single
01:42digits in points. But Wolves have to be favourites. Wolves have got to go there and try and dictate
01:46the game and a three points would be massive towards their hopes as they are moving closer
01:51to now of staying in the Premier League this season.