Rui Pedro Silva opens up on his Wolves return.
Rui Pedro Silva says he felt the ‘trust’ from head coach Rob Edwards as he made his Wolves return.
The assistant coach, who worked under Nuno Espirito Santo as Wolves got promoted to the Premier League and charged into the Europa League, came back to the club in early December to work under Edwards.
The pair knew each other from their previous time at the club, when Edwards was Wolves’ under-23s manager, and Silva says the boss was key in his return.
“It’s always nice to be back,” he said via the Wolves Express podcast.
“The club is really family to me, the club received me really well, the fans around the stadium, the feeling, the same environment. It’s really good to be back.
“I know Rob from before, we had good conversations talking about football since then we’ve had a good relationship.
“There was a chance from the club, from Rob. He trusts me, my skills and my experience to work alongside him.
“To be honest, it was all on him. I was depending on him. Of course the club knows me, but I’m an assistant coach and I depend on the trust of the coach.
“He thought my skills could be helpful to the team and that’s enough for me.
“The language for sure can help, because I can easily speak with the Portuguese and Spanish boys.
“Rob has worked before with the other assistant coaches, so I’ve come here to try to help and fit in the free spaces where I can be helpful.
“I try to do my best for the club and the technical staff.”
Silva was part of a hugely successful spell for Wolves, but has returned to find a team bottom of the Premier League and likely to be relegated to the Championship.
But amid a resurgence in form and performances, Silva believes Wolves will rise again in seasons to come.
“There are a lot of things that are familiar to me,” he added.
“One thing that didn’t change is the passion you feel at Molineux, you can feel the noise and passion is there. Nothing has changed about that.
“All clubs have ups and downs, good moments and bad moments, but the good thing is the club wants to do good things again and wants to put everything on track again.
“I have felt since Rob arrived at the club the feeling in the training ground is different, the boys are working really hard.
“It’s better now that we’ve had some wins and got some points, but if you go inside the dressing room, the feeling is really good.”
When he initially left Wolves in 2021, following Nuno’s sacking, Silva went on to have a spell as a manager in his own right as he took over at Portuguese side Famalicao.
He believes that experience has helped him as he went back into working as an assistant with Nuno at Nottingham Forest, and now back at Wolves.
“It was really good for me to be a manager,” he said.
“I experienced the feeling of being a manager and because I experienced that role, I can probably be more helpful and understand the moment the coach needs me to approach, where I need to step away.
“Where I need to understand his position, understand better the position of the manager and try to help more.”
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