Wolves boss Bruno Lage admits he's been testing players in the centre-half role.
Wolves will be left with two senior centre-backs when Romain Saiss and Willy Boly travel to the African Cup of Nations in the New Year, with Yerson Mosquera still injured.
All season they have played with a back three and Lage has revealed he is already preparing his players to fill in for the absentees, with Leander Dendoncker, Fernando Marcal and Ki-Jana Hoever the most likely to step in.
Lage said: “We are working with our players and we are very happy with them.
“We are preparing solutions and putting players in centre-back, so they have a chance to understand the position.
“My concern is when we don't have the players and they have too much time out with problems.
“I don't use it as an excuse, but if I don't have the players with me because every time they are injured, then I don't have the players.
“If they are fit and ready to play, we have a good squad and I am comfortable with them. But when we don't and we look at the bench and have some kids from the under-23s and we don't have some positions, it's harder to manage.
“How can we manage in this period of games with just three centre-backs, we don't have a chance.
“Every time we are putting the players in with little things (injuries) we are taking a risk."
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