Wolves plan to leave England for a few days after facing Shrewsbury in their FA Cup fourth-round replay.
Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Nuno Espirito Santo has defended his decision to take his players to a warm weather training camp this month, stressing it is “no holiday”.
The Premier League high-flyers will take on Shrewsbury Town on Tuesday night in their FA Cup fourth round replay hoping to seal a trip to Bristol City in the next round of the competition.
Wolves’ next fixture after that will be at Molineux against Newcastle United in the league, but that does not take place until Monday night.
Speaking after the win over Everton, Nuno told reporters that the Wolves contingent “need vitamin D”, according to the Shields Gazette.
In an interview with the official Wanderers website looking ahead to the Shrews clash, the Portuguese elaborated on his plans to take his players to sunnier climes for a few days.
He stressed that this will not be a holiday, and that any talks of vacation are strictly on hold until May, when the season finishes.
“Like we did last season, the schedule allowed us to go, and we go to work, to focus and to prepare for the game against Newcastle,” said Nuno. “There’s no holiday. Holiday is only in May.”
Last term, Wolves went to Marbella in Spain for a week of training and speaking to BBC Sport at the time, Nuno said it helped the squad out massively after they saw their 13-game unbeaten run ended by a 2-0 loss to Nottingham Forest.
The West Midlanders are seventh in the table, while their next league opponents are 15th in the standings and two points above the relegation zone.
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