Wolves goalkeeper John Ruddy is delighted with his new one-year deal.
With new manager Bruno Lage at the helm, the experienced goalkeeper – who has backed up Portuguese number one Rui Patricio for the past three seasons – is hoping the fresh challenge and a clean slate under new management will give him the best opportunity to see game time back on the pitch.
He told the club's website: “It's exciting for everybody. A lot has changed in the last couple of weeks, and certainly in the off-season with the new manager coming in and bringing his own approach and his own staff, and it will be interesting to see how he implements his ideas.
“He's coming into a club with a fantastic changing room, who will try and do the best that they can for him.
“We're all eager to hit the ground running and although we've got a lot of boys away on international duty at the moment, the lads who are going to be here from 5th July are going to be looking forwards to it and hopefully we can adapt to his approach fairly quickly."
On signing a new one-year deal, he also stated: “I feel I still have a lot to offer on and off the pitch, and hopefully the new manager is going to come in and give everyone a clean slate and I can show to him what I've shown in the last few years, that I deserve more game opportunities.
“The fact there's only one position in terms of goalkeeping that can be filled, it's been difficult to get past Rui and get game time, even when I felt I deserved an opportunity.
“But with the new manager coming in with his new ideas and new approach, he's going to have certain ways he wants people to play, and it's up to us as players to catch on to his ideas as fast as we can.
“Obviously, I want to play and maybe this is my best opportunity to get back on the pitch, because that is why I signed this new contact and that is what I'm here to do."
