Nelson Semedo will take over the Wolves captaincy, Gary O’Neil confirmed in his press conference on Friday afternoon.
This week conversations were held between the head coach and Mario Lemina and it was agreed that Semedo would take the armband permanently from Saturday’s game with Ipswich Town.
O’Neil said: “The discussions with Mario were good. We get on very, very well. He’s been a big part of what we’ve been able to do here, and we have a large amount of respect for each other. Sometimes you can come out of these discussions in a really good spot, and I think that we have.
“I have a lot of respect for Mario, and what he’s still going to be able to do for us. When we get the best out of him on the pitch his level is so high, and he’s still going to play a big part for us which he’s extremely keen to do. He’ll still be around the senior group that leads the team, but at this moment we feel it’s best for Nelson to lead the group.
“The most important thing is us getting the best out of everybody – getting the best out of Mario Lemina week in, week out, the same for Nelson and the rest of the group. We dealt with it earlier in the week and the focus since has been purely on Ipswich, Mario’s ready, Nelson’s ready and the rest of the players are ready.”
