Boss Nuno Espirito Santo has praised Rui Patricio's maturity as Wolves close in on a £15million agreement with Sporting Lisbon.
The goalkeeper has been at the centre of a transfer row since he walked out of Sporting, along with eight other players, in the summer.
It followed disruption at the club - which included a training ground attack on the squad by masked intruders.
Sporting accused Patricio, who won Euro 2016 with Portugal, of a breach of contract and complained to FIFA.
He joined Wolves on a four-year deal but the clubs have held positive talks and he is now likely to cost around £15million after Sporting initially wanted £50million.
Nuno said: 'He's a very mature player, a lot of experience and besides that, he's a man, he knows how to handle things.
'He can separate things and you must separate things - when you train, when you compete and all the matters which surround you, you have to go away from that and I think he can do it.'
