Ronald Zubar today hinted he sees his immediate future at Wolves as he heaped praise on Roger Johnson.

The 26-year-old is into the last year of his contract but despite a bid from Turkish club Besiktas last month he is fully focused on winning promotion at Wolves.

Zubar's decision is in contrast to several of his team-mates after Michael Kightly joined Stoke while Steven Fletcher and Matt Jarvis were sealing their departures to Sunderland and West Ham respectively today for a mind-boggling £24m.

But he is happy where he is.

"I'm into the last year of my contract so I'll have to see what happens but I'm enjoying it here," said Zubar. "In the Premier League we were in and around the bottom five or six teams for three years and it isn't really something I wanted to do again.

"I prefer to be here and enjoying my football with this team because I think we can do something really interesting this season.

"This is going to be an interesting year with a new manager and new ideas.

"In the Championship Wolves are one of the favourites to go up and so we can talk about winning games again – there's a big difference about working towards something positive at the end of the season and not maybe just trying to win 10 games to stay up. That's where I am in my mind at the moment. I think everyone can see my passion for the club and I've loved it here."

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Zubar has been restricted to just 55 out of 116 League games since his £2m arrival from Marseille due to niggling injuries.

One of his main goals this term is just to remain available.

"I haven't played as many games as I'd have liked because of injuries and this season I want to focus on staying fully fit," he said.

Tuesday's 3-1 win over Barnsley meant Wolves sampled the winning feeling in front of their own fans for the first time since December 4. Like supporters fed-up of losing for so long in the Premier League, Zubar is relishing the chance to win more matches now Wolves are in the Championship.

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"It felt really good – it's been a long wait," he said. "We didn't win enough home games last season and it's really important to do better in front of our own fans.

"It was a good performance and everyone was terrific. But that's what people should expect from us, especially at home.

"We haven't done well for a couple of seasons and it's not been great for the fans.

"But they always stayed behind us and the stadium was full even if we'd lost 5-0 the game before."

Players involved in last season's relegation are doing their best to put things right and no-one is doing more than Roger Johnson to win the supporters over. Zubar recognised the transformation in his defensive team-mate and the solid performance in midweek.

"At the end I went to see Roger Johnson because he was so good he was on fire," he said. "I told him it was the best I'd seen him play and I was just really happy for him that he put in a performance like that.

"I know he's had some tough times and it's just great to see him back at that level.

"It looks like the fans are with him again and he's done it in the best way with some good performances."

Two other players catching the eye are new signings Tongo Doumbia and Slawomir Peszko.

"The staff have helped them settle in," said Zubar, who is acting as French-speaking Doumbia's unofficial interpreter.

"For Tongo there's the language barrier because he doesn't speak much English but he can learn. And he has good skills which helps. I've said to him he just needs to keep that level because he's already having a big influence. If he keeps that going he'll be one of our best players this year. Peszko and Doumbia are both clever players."

Derby arrive looking for their first win of the season and Zubar has targeted another high-tempo start which set the tone for Tuesday's win against Barnsley.

"We need the same start as on Tuesday when we started really strongly which was very different to Leeds," he said. "We were going into challenges and creating chances, we're looking forward to another positive performance."