Teenager Vukova could be Ait-Nouri’s dream replacement under Vitor Pereira

Wolves edge your way deeper into Premier League the relegation zone, losing 2-1 to Ipswich at Molineux in their huge relegation play-off.

Ipswich took an early lead through a Matt Doherty own goal, before Mateus Cunha equalized in the 72nd minute, only to undo their hard work with another conceded goal from a set piece, this one coming in the 94th minute to hand Ipswich all three points.

Everything heated up after the final whistle, so Ryan Ait-Nouri making up for Wolves’ poor performance by picking up a second yellow card after the whistle.

All this culminated Gary O’Neil’s dismissal, for which several Wolves players in particular can be held responsible.

Ait-Nouri’s performance against Ipswich

Ait-Nouri is widely regarded as one of Wolves’ most important players and his performance before the Ipswich winner showed why. 23 year old won eight of his ten duels on the groundmade four tackles in the game, completed his only dribble attempt and made one key pass.

However, after tempers flared at the full-time whistle, he will now serve a suspension for their next game, which will prove to be another hurdle for Wolves to overcome as they also have to look for a new manager at this point .

With Old Gold already missing defenders such as Yerson Mosquera due to injury, their defense needs an overhaul to solve this Ait-Nouri suspension problem.

Fortunately for them, this summer they signed an extremely talented young and dynamic defender, who could finally make it to the Premier League.

Substitute Ryan Ait-Nouri from Wolves

Wolves have signed 17-year-old Brazilian defender Pedro Lima a fee of around £8.5 million from Sport Recife in the summer transfer window, beating Chelsea to the signature who were also interested in the youngster.

Now 18-year-old Lima has only he made two appearances since joining the clubboth in cup competitions, yet to debut in the Premier League.

But with Ait-Nouri now set to miss the Leicester City game through suspension, Wolves will need to overhaul their backline, giving them the perfect opportunity to finally unleash their teenage sensation in the Premier League, adding that extra technical quality to the side.

The stats this season show the creative impact of the Wolves full-backs on the game, with both players contributing more than one shot per 90, more than four shot creation actions between them per 90, and both showing good progressive numbers for their position as they are involved in all phases for the side.

Lima should do that again, being able to get forward and provide creativity in the attacking third, but also work back and engage defensively, something he has already shown in his two appearances for Wolves this season in the EFL Cup.

Many gather with Ait-Nouri interest from top six clubs such as Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelseathis would be the perfect opportunity to release Lima to see how the rest of your side is doing. It would also give them a chance to see if Doherty on the left works effectively enough long-term, should Ait-Nouri ever leave.

From the Molineux side is working on an agreement to hire Vitor Pereirathis has to be something he tries right away if he walks in the door.