Bruno Lage and Wolves 'best success story in Premier League'

Carlos Carvalhal reckons the job being done by Bruno Lage at Wolves is "the best success story in the Premier League".

Lage worked alongside Portuguese compatriot Carvalhal at Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea City before landing the top job at Molineux last summer.

Under his guidance, Wolves are currently eighth in the Premier League table - and only four points behind fourth-placed Manchester United, who occupy the final Champions League spot as things stand.

Carvalhal has revealed how he got to know Lage, after he noticed him as an unexpected spectator at his daily training sessions as Vitoria Setubal manager, before the same happened when he took over at Belenenses in 2004.

"They would be there every day, a couple of guys, watching, asking me about training and so on." the now-Braga boss told The Mirror.

"We started a little conversation and relationship. Then we moved to Belenenses and the next season, there they were again! I couldn’t believe it. I said to them: ‘you two boys!’

"We met up again and when I received the invitation to manage Sheffield Wednesday, I invited Bruno to join me. It was very interesting for him to be with me, to learn and to know that not everything is paradise."

Fast forward a few years and Lage's former mentor could not be more pleased to see what the 45-year-old has achieved so far in the Premier League.

"I’m very proud because I think it’s the best project I’ve seen so far in England because the resources he has in his hands are very limited," Carvalhal added. "It’s something amazing.

"To me, it’s the best success story in the Premier League. Of course Manchester City are doing well but everyone expected them to do that. But no-one expected Wolverhampton to be in that position and Bruno