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Boss Gary O'Neil insists Wolves are still "stabilising" as they try to plot their way to Premier League survival.

The sales of Max Kilman and Pedro Neto in the summer raised almost £100m but Wolves were unable to reinvest all of it in the squad.

Last summer, they also sold Ruben Neves and Matheus Nunes to comply with Profit and Sustainability rules and even then only managed to just avoid punishment.

O'Neil was asked about emulating Saturday's hosts Fulham, who are seventh in the Premier League, but he tempered expectation as Wolves continue to find a balance between spending and surviving.

He said: "We are still trying to stabilise. After that comes the progression. We are still in that spell where we are trying to stabilise. Discussions around the progression of the club will come later on.

"The focus is on the short term and making sure we are able to be competitive and pick up enough points. Hopefully in the future we are able to progress the club."

Wolves are unbeaten in three games, beating Southampton and drawing against Brighton and Crystal Palace, and O'Neil recognises the importance of maintaining the momentum they have.

He said: "I was really pleased with the performances. We had some tough opponents. We took Liverpool to the wire, should have taken something off Newcastle and were the better side at Aston Villa for a long while.

"At Brentford [a 5-3 defeat] we fell below the level and there was a lot of work done to work out what we needed to do. We have tried to do that over the last few weeks and it's helped us.

"There is still room for improvement. We are in a decent moment, as strange as that sounds given where we are in the league, especially the pressure from the two home games [Southampton and Crystal Palace]."