Julen Lopetegui has touched on leaving Wolves in August.

Lopetegui quit in the final week of preseason at Molineux.

He told the Athletic: "Something changed.

"And once things changed, more than I could have thought, it was then a case of deciding what to do.

"It was not easy for me. It was a pity. I remember a lot of workers, and us too, we were crying.

"The environment and the commitment that we have created at Wolves in a short time is not normal. And I remember this with a big, heavy heart. This was special."

On what happened to make him leave, he added: "[It's] for the club, not for me. They have their reasons and I respect all of their reasons.

"They decide what they want, but they can decide this and I can decide my future and my life."