Lopetegui believes Wolves haven't taken full advantage of what he brings and haven't given him the opportunity to use his talent, contacts and worth to improve the squad, and make Wolves a regular top-10 club with hopes of Europe, which is what he was told when he chose to leave a personal situation behind to manage them.

It has seemed for some time that Lopetegui would depart Wolves – it was merely a question of when. The 56-year-old had become agitated at the club's lack of activity in the transfer market, the hierarchy failing to back him after he guided them to 13th in the Premier League last season.