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Neil Warnock: Me and Wolves boss Nuno are fine

Neil Warnock admits he's envious of Wolves' spending prowess as he declared his spat with Nuno Espirito Santo over.

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Neil Warnock (© AMA / Sam Bagnall)

Warnock's Cardiff host Wolves on Friday night, six months after the pair clashed with Warnock labelling Nuno a 'disgrace' and repeatedly telling him to f*** off for not shaking his hand.

"We met up at the LMA (League Managers' Association)," Warnock said today. "He’s a big bloke and he gave me a squeeze. I think it was a nice one!

"I’ve already shaken hands with him. I spoke to him last year. It’s not all about money and he did a good job last year. I’ve always liked Wolves.

When asked if Nuno has 'learned English etiquette', Warnock replied: "I haven’t a clue, I have enough things to worry about!

"It’s always easier to tell people where they’re going wrong, than doing things on the touchline.

"It’s a ruthless industry but we’re lucky to be in it."

Warnock has previously made disaparaging comments about Wolves' spending prowess under Fosun.

He says he's jealous of their cash, but doesn't necessarily agree that Wolves are under more pressure to win because of it.

"It’s a different type of pressure," Warnock said.

"When you spend £100m, you have pressure. But you also have top players. I wouldn’t mind a bit of that pressure.

"But there’s only 20 teams so everyone’s under pressure.

"We’re a little bit different in that we’re always on the catch up, trying to improve it every six months.

"They’ve got different ambitions to us. They know how tough it will be."

Warnock turns 70 on Saturday and he said it would be the perfect birthday present to beat Wolves the night before.

"Yeah it would be," he said.

"We’ve had some good games against Wolves so been looking forward to it, not my birthday so much."