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José Mourinho believes Wolves should now be considered a Premier League team in the top six, as he prepares to bring his Tottenham team to Molineux on Sunday.
Since promotion to the Premier League in 2018, Nuno Espirito Santo’s side have quickly established themselves as European contenders.
Their first two seasons in England’s top division saw them finish seventh both times; the former long enough to qualify for the Europa League, but failed to secure European football last season after Arsenal’s FA Cup victory.
When asked if he considered Wolves a top six team, Mourinho replied: “I think so.”
The Wolves go to Sunday’s game with the Spurs in 11th place in the table after an irregular streak of form. They followed up the home win to Chelsea with a loss at Burnley on Monday.
The Portuguese coach believes that every team in the league is struggling to find consistency.
“It’s very difficult in this league to have a consistent streak,” added Mourinho. “Every game is very difficult. We were in a period where I had to play against the six best teams considered, where we played them in a row. Now people could say that you are going to have an easier streak of games. What is easier ? To the Wolves, play Fulham and Aston Villa? It is not easier.
“This is a league that we are in and we should be very happy with it and not sad because it is a fantastic league.”
Mourinho doesn’t think his compatriot Nuno should be judged on the Wolves’ current position in the league. They are in the lower half of the table, but are only six points behind the top four.
Tottenham, themselves, have dropped to sixth place, just two games after topping the table.
Mourinho added: “You look at this table and how you can analyze the coaches with this table. It changes every week and every other game.
“In a week, a team is in a certain position and after two weeks it is in a completely different position. You cannot judge the work of a coach because he is third or eighth. Everyone is there.
“Nuno is a very good coach, it doesn’t matter if Wolves is second, third, eighth or ninth. He is a very good coach.”
Lo Celso out, Ndombele fit for wolves
Mourinho confirmed Giovani Lo Celso will be absent until January, but Tanguy Ndomele is fit despite missing Wednesday night’s 3-1 win at Stoke in the Carabao Cup.
The 57-year-old has ruled out Lo Celso, who has a suspected thigh injury, from the Spurs’ next two games against Wolves and Fulham.
Ndombele was left off the roster along with Steven Bergwijn and Serge Aurier with three Premier League games in seven days on the horizon.
Mourinho said: “I was with seven guys on the bench and one day they told me I could have nine and the next day they told me at the Carabao Cup that I could only have seven.
“If I had nine he would be here. To have him here I wouldn’t have Dele Alli or anyone else. So I left some players behind. I left (Steven) Bergwijn, I left Tanguy (Ndombele), I left Serge Aurier. I left some players behind. “.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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