Matt Doherty, who had first joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2010, is happy to be back at Molineux.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers’ supporters would have been happy to see a familiar old face return to the club this summer. Full-back Matt Doherty has rejoined the Molineux outfit after spending three years away from the club. Doherty, who has signed a three-year deal, had played for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and Spanish side Atletico Madrid after leaving Molineux. He had earlier enjoyed a ten-year period at Wolves.
Matt Doherty, who had first joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2010, is happy to be back at Molineux. He spoke about seeing some of the players who were still there when he departed the club in 2020. “It’s been great. Obviously, it’s a little bit strange, seeing some old faces as well as a lot of new ones – I think there is only five players here who were there the last time, so it is a bit strange,” he was quoted as saying by the club’s website.
“But once I get training and everything like that, it will all be fine. I’d been here a long time and had some great times here as well. I still have my house here in the midlands and I’ve been able to move straight back into that, so everything has been running really smoothly. My kids were brought up here and my first was born during the first pre-season when Nuno arrived, so it’s kind of all that I’ve known really.”
Doherty is the second signing of the summer for Julen Lopetegui’s Wolves, as he spoke about his conversation with the manager and how big a role it played in his decision to join Wolves. “I spoke to him on the phone before and he was obviously a big reason why I came back. I saw him earlier on today, but it was a brief face-to-face, but I’m sure we will have some time over the next few weeks to try and get to know each other,” he explained.
Meanwhile, the right-back has spoken about where he has improved during his spell away from Wolves. “I’ve grown as a player in my confidence, physically improving again, tactically – I’ve worked with some of the best managers on the planet, so if you can’t improve with them, then you’re never going to improve. I’ve experienced some really good trips away in Europe and it was three years that I had a great time also, but I’ve managed to find my way back home,” he added.
“I always feel like I’m improving every single year. I’ve had some times when my form hasn’t been great and I’ve not been able to play as well as I would have liked, or as well as I did when I was at Wolves the first time. But I still feel like I have a lot to give and I know that I have a lot to give. Let’s hope that I’m able to keep improving under this new manager and that he can get the best out of me.”
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