Up until victory over Wolves, they had scored just nine goals in nine league games. Then three critical components collided and showed a glimpse of what could be a winning formula for Marco Silva: a record signing, a talented teenager and fit-again star quality.

Under-pressure Vitor Pereira branded Wolves’ performance in the 3-0 defeat at Fulham as their worst since he took over as boss.

Khan, who made his fortune from the Flex-N-Gate car parts business, took over the Jacksonville Jaguars National Football League franchise in 2012, and bought Fulham the following year from then-Harrods owner Mohamed al Fayed. He also made an unsuccessful £600mn offer for Wembley Stadium, the “home of football”, in 2018.

Vitor Pereira described Wolverhampton Wanderers’ defeat at Fulham on Saturday as “the worst performance” of his reign as pressure mounted further on the head coach and his players.

Pereira guided Wolves to a 16th-placed finish last season but they are winless in 10 Premier League matches this season.

Marco Silva suggested that injuries were to blame for Fulham ’s shaky form after they required a penalty shootout to beat League One strugglers Wycombe Wanderers in the Carabao Cup.

Fulham had their chances and equalised on 56 minutes when Sasa Lukic headed in after Raul Jimenez hit the crossbar, with Sven Botman suffering a head injury in trying to prevent the goal.

Two English Premier League sides that have had bumpy starts to the new season meet up on Saturday, as Newcastle United gets set to host Fulham.

Winless Wolves travel to struggling Fulham for a massive match at the foot of the table. BBC Sport examines some of the key talking points ahead of Saturday's fixture. Fulham results 'not good enough' Fulham's penalty shootout win in the League Cup over Wycombe Wanderers on Tuesday night helped alleviate a few of the dark clouds starting to gather