Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Carl Ikeme has insisted that he will fight for a spot in the first team next season.
The 26-year-old spent loan spells at Middlesbrough and Doncaster Rovers last season, but with number one stopper Wayne Hennessey out until September, Ikeme is eyeing his chance.
"The new manager has come in. It's a brave appointment by the board as he wasn't too well known over here but it's exciting times for the club," he told the Birmingham Mail.
"I don't know what his ideas are yet looking forward - and that goes for all of us. But I suppose it is a clean slate for everyone and my plan is obviously to kick on and be number one. Maybe Stale Solbakken will see things in me that previous managers have not seen, or vice versa.
"All managers have their own preferences. Obviously I want to be playing and, with knowing they want me here, hopefully I can make it happen and start playing regularly."
Wolves appointed new boss Solbakken in May.
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