Pereira on Cunha's future, Lemina and finding 'fighters'

Wolves boss Vitor Pereira has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Arsenal at Molineux (kick-off 17:30 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Pereira could not confirm if there had been any bids for striker Matheus Cunha: "I don't know. That is a question for the club. He is my player – I think he is not for sale. This is the information from the club."

• However, he did say he had spoken with Cunha after criticising his captain for his performance against Chelsea on Monday: "He knows what I want from him as a captain. We had a conversation and everything is sorted. He is ready for the game, committed to us and ready to help the team. What we need from him is that he plays at his high level. He is very important."

• Previous captain Mario Lemina will not be involved against Arsenal but could still stay at Molineux beyond January: "I am waiting for the end of the market and we will decide what we do. If he stays here, he will be a very good player for us. He has lots of quality."

• Centre-back Toti Gomes should be available to boost Pereira's options.

• Pereira wants to return to the form that saw Wolves take seven points from his first three games in charge: "I believe in my players and our work. We are facing strong teams but we are still together, still believing and ready to play at our best level."

• Therefore, he hopes to put the defeat at Stamford Bridge behind him: "The last game was not good because we changed a lot of behaviours and that is not what I want. I want us to have identity and to play in our way – not to react to the other team."

• On how he works with different personalities to get the best out of them: "This is my job. I need to pass the confidence and hunger to them - to understand the fire in their eyes. Football is about people and we need to create good energy together with our supporters to be at our best."

• He also accepted this process takes time but is actually easier to do when in a difficult spell of results: "You can know about a person in bad moments. I'm trying to understand who are the fighters - the leaders - while in the middle of the storm."

• On title-chasing Arsenal: "Arsenal are a strong team but we need to worry about ourselves."

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