Wolves Under-23 manager Scott Sellars likes Nuno Santo's positive approach with young players.

Santo guided Wolves to a Championship title with a consistency that other teams in the division couldn't match throughout the entire season, so they finished with 99 points and were the only side to average more than two points per game.

The calibre of players that they brought in during the summer obviously helped because none of the other sides could dream of bringing in Ruben Neves or Jota.

However, he still gave chances to some of the younger players such as Morgan Gibbs-White and Bright Enobakhare who were involved in 34 games between them.

This was obviously noticed by Sellars because he had this to say about the first-team manager to the official Wolves site: "We're very lucky here, the manager is interested in young players."

"Regularly the players train with the first team, when the manager might need three teams for his practice, whatever he needs."

"He has been to games. There's always a member of staff there, every game we have at home. I speak to the assistant manager every day. That works really smoothly as well."

"Being in the Premier League (next season) makes our job a bit more difficult, in terms of getting our players into the first team."

The Verdict

Multiple factors have obviously had an influence on Wolves' success, but it's hard to deny that a lot of it has been due to Santo coming in.

He created an effective system for the first-team while creating a strong team ethic which allowed players to fill in when needed because of the belief that it was a collective effort.

The need for results could have resulted in him negating to use some of the younger players because of the potential mistakes they could make with it being unclear how well they would fit into the team.

Giving these players opportunities will only benefit him in the long run because he will have more options at his disposal, thereby giving his team additional depth in an important first season back in the Premier League.