Wolves boss Bruno Lage insists there's been no interference over his selection of Adama Traore.
Traore was heavily linked with a move to Tottenham in the summer and a reunion with ex-boss Nuno, who has since left the club.
No transfer was forthcoming and the 25-year-old now only has 18 months left on his current deal with no breakthrough in talks that initially began during the previous campaign.
While there is no suggestion Lage has been told not to play Traore due to the ongoing contract situation, the 45-year-old insisted he would never accept such an order anyway.
“No, no, no. I don't know what happened before. But for sure I am 100 per cent free to take my decisions and that is my job," he added.
“The personality I have, I don't accept these kind of things in my role. One thing is the contract and the other thing is my ideas. If I need him to play and to win games, I will put him in again."
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