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Wolves boss Nuno: Now let's win the title!

Wolves head to Bolton aiming to secure the Championship title with boss Nuno Espirito Santo saying: “Let’s win it.”

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A point is all Wolves need at the Macron today to become champions of the second tier for the fourth time in their history.

And Nuno has demanded his players don’t take their eye off the ball as they set about finishing the job.

“The title is what we want,” he said. “We’re conscious the game is going to be tough and we want to go to Bolton and perform well and compete like we have all season.

“It’s a team that is very intense with direct football, very dangerous on set-pieces.

“We have to equal that intensity and then we are able to control through talent, possession, shape and organisation.

“We are ready for it, totally. (The title is) important to everybody.

“These three games must reflect what we’ve achieved through the season.

“The work ethic they’ve showed this week cannot finish until the last day.”

Injured duo Ivan Cavaleiro and Ryan Bennett will both sit out today’s clash – but Ruben Neves is fit to play.

Cavaleiro and Neves both limped out of last weekend’s 2-0 win over Blues at Molineux. Neves has recovered and is available to face the Trotters as Wolves look to earn the solitary point they need to become champions of England’s second tier. However, Cavaleiro – who appeared to pick up a hamstring strain – is unavailable and Bennett has suffered a knock in the week.

Nuno Espirito Santo hopes the pair will still play some part of the remainder of the season, with games against Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland to follow in the next two weeks.

“Ruben is available for the game, Cavaleiro and Bennett are not available,” Nuno said. “Hopefully they’ll be involved again this season, let’s see if they can recover.

“Like we always do to all the players we respect their time of recovery. It doesn’t make sense to force or to push something that can injure the player.”