Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Conor Coady has said that he believes the club can "do something special" this season as they look to mount a promotion challenge.

The Midlands side have been particularly prolific in the transfer market this summer, bringing in 11 players to date, including the Championship transfer-record capture of midfielder Ruben Neves from Porto.

The club have also installed a new manager in the form of ex-Porto boss Nuno Espirito Santo as they aim to return to the Premier League for the first time since the 2011-12 season.

"The players who've come in, there's some really exciting talent there," Coady told the Wolves website. "Also there's fire in the bellies of the boys who've been here for a number of years.

"We don't want to carry on being a mid-table club. That's what we've deserved – we've not been good enough. There's a fire in the belly – they want to go on and do something special.

"We've been working very hard in pre-season. It's had to be like that because the gaffer's brought a whole new way of playing into the football club. We've listened to him. It's been a bit up and down in pre-season, we've lost a couple of games, but it's a learning curve.

"It's about passing and moving the ball, entertaining, getting the front three on the ball. You can see the movement and the quality on the ball is something different."

Wolves, who finished 15th in the Championship last season, begin their campaign at home to Middlesbrough on Saturday afternoon.