On his whirlwind 12 months, Lopez smiled: "It was amazing. To be able to finish seventh in a competition like La Liga was amazing. My breakthrough year, I cannot explain with words, because it was everything I had dreamed of before, when I was playing in the academy and on the B team.

Only time will tell which category Fer Lopez falls into, and whether the first new arrival of Wolves’ summer is the next Ruben Neves or Diogo Jota, another Goncalo Guedes or Fabio Silva, or somewhere in between.

Wolverhampton has signed attacking midfielder Fer Lopez from Spanish La Liga side Celta Vigo on a five-year contract. The 21-year-old Spaniard is the first summer signing for Wolves. He