Liam Keen and Nathan Judah have a look at six Wolves loanees and ask the key question: do they have a future in black and gold? Featuring a guest appearance from the Magic 8 Ball!
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00:00Someone, and I think a player that we are looking forward to seeing most in pre-season and you talk about the phrase of going away a boy and coming back a man, Champions League football, and that's Hugo Bueno.
00:10My goodness, Wolves, he would have played plenty of games at Wolverhampton Wanderers this season, I guarantee you.
00:15Whether that be for Vito Pereira, whether that be for Gary O'Neill, and you could quite easily have unlocked maybe a beleaguered Ryan Aignori this season further upfield.
00:24He'll be a very interesting one coming back.
00:27I think that he will want to be playing first team football. He will want to have guarantees.
00:31He will be on plenty of offers, I think, if he wasn't given that.
00:34I think that Wolves should do everything they can to make sure he stays in football.
00:39Of course, he's under contract, so he's got to stay.
00:41But at the same time, he could kick it before someone else wants to leave.
00:44I think that Vito Pereira will want to have a look at him and he gives you that balance on that left-hand side perfectly for me.
00:52I'm someone who I think could have a big impact on Wolves as soon as next season.
00:58I completely agree. In terms of contract, it's the same as Hover.
01:032028 with a year option, so Wolves are in a good position when it comes to that as well.
01:08And I'm a big fan, as I have been with some of these players on this list, of Hugo Bueno.
01:12We both felt that he probably shouldn't have left the club in the summer.
01:15There were financial incentives for Wolves, first of all.
01:19Of course, this was when Gary Newell was at the club, but there was also public comments from the manager and from Hierarchy to say he's coming back to play for us next season.
01:27We want him. And for the player, it's been a very good loan.
01:30So there have been positives to it.
01:32But I also felt he should have been at this football club and should have been playing and should have been there for competition and depth and strength in depth.
01:38But as you say, he's gone to Feyenoord. He's played Champions League football.
01:41He's played consistently and regularly for them all season. He's got four assists in all competitions.
01:45He's played on the left back of a back four and been really, really good and really dangerous at both ends.
01:52He's played against some really difficult attacking players, both domestically and in European football, done a really good job against those.
02:00And his crossing ability going forward, as it was in a Wolves shirt, is fantastic.
02:04And there's been some really good moments there as well.
02:06Now, when you look at what Wolves are going to be next season, we expect Vito Pereira to be there.
02:11We expect him to play that same system.
02:14Hugo Bueno would be one of two positions, either left wing back.
02:18And that would depend, obviously, on Reineke Norries or the situation of whether he's going to be competition there.
02:23Or I think he could play on the left of that back three where Totti Gomez is.
02:28Now, I'm not saying Totti Gomez goes anywhere because Totti's been brilliant.
02:31But I think he brings competition to that.
02:33Vito Pereira wants those wide centre backs in that three to start to break the lines.
02:39You couldn't have Matt Doherty on the left hand side.
02:41Exactly. And put crosses in. And Hugo Bueno would be fantastic in that.
02:45If they could find the right balance defensively for him, I think he'd be really, really good in that position.
02:49And taking those risks that Vito talks about.
02:51So I think Wolves would be, unless there was ridiculous money involved,
02:58not to give him an opportunity next season.
03:01And allow him to flourish because he's come through the academy, taken all the right steps.
03:06Obviously, they brought him over as a 16 year old from Spain.
03:08And I think he's been, by and large, very good.
03:11And I think there's a really, really good Premier League player there.
03:14But they've got to find the right position for him, the right system.
03:17Ensure that there's some competition there, but he can also play enough minutes as well.
03:21Because you've got to keep the player happy and playing.
03:23But I like Hugo Bueno. I really do.
03:25Magic 8 ball. That's Hugo Bueno. Go future Wolves.
03:32It is certain, says the Magic 8 ball. It is certain.
03:35You love to say it.