Following Max Kilman’s £40 million transfer to West Ham last month, manager Gary O’Neil gave the midfielder the armband.
He was accused of having attitude issues while he was at Southampton, and in 2018 he received a driving restriction.
Lemina, however, is keen for the captaincy to highlight the person behind the footballer because he lost his father Mario Sr. in December.
“He would be quite pleased and pleased with me. He is the one who knows me the best and is aware that I have never been a horrible person. He is aware of my intense efforts to clear my record,” the 30-year-old remarked after joining.
I’m not going to say I’ve done everything the right way because I was young and really emotional, but I’ve never been a bad guy or had a bad attitude.
“If I was to talk about my career a lot of people would think I had a bad attitude. It’s never really been like that. I had some issues with some people but it’s not because I had a bad attitude.”
Lemina was given compassionate leave last December, returning to France before his father’s passing.
Kilman held up his shirt after scoring against Everton and Lemina was given a raucous reception when he made his comeback as a second-half substitute in the FA Cup win over Brentford.
It underlined his reputation at Wolves, and Lemina now feels ready to return to his best.
