Nuno Espírito Santo arrived at Wolves on 31 May 2017 and led the club to the Premier League with four games still remaining. Following two highly-successful seasons in the top flight, Wolves announced that Espírito Santo would be leaving the club by mutual consent at the end of the 2021 season. The news was met with a wealth of disbelief from Wolves fans and his artwork was commissioned directly after the announcement.