10 Sep 2026 09:50:53
Sant Bueno is off to Club America on season-long loa with option to buy for 10 mill euros.
11 Sep 2026 21:24:34
Apparently, the option to buy is for £6m. That's shockingly poor business even by Fosun standards. It's not that I even especially rated Bueno. It's more that we signed him for £10m, and he's now spent three seasons in the Prem, with a total of 70 apps in said league, and has somehow dropped in price by almost half.
We really are such a poorly run club in terms of transfers. How many other clubs have players which go down in value despite increased Prem experience?! Pathetic. ?
12 Sep 2026 10:38:02
BB first of course I have to agree with you that Wolves transfer business - with the exception of the Lop window - has been pretty poor since Seville.
Secondly even though Bueno was the tallest dwarf last year and somehow not only played regularly - making a substantial proportion of those 70 appearances - but even won the POTS award he is simply not good enough to play in the Prem or even the top end of the Championship other than in a highly structured system that mitigates his lack of pace and power.
Thirdly the transfer fees and wages outside of the Prem are a fraction of those paid in the Prem - of the top 20 fee payers in Europe this summer 14 were Prem teams - and Wolves sadly took that to extremes and hugely over paid in both wages and fee for Buneo, (and sadly since Seville numerous others!!).
Consequently it is no surprise that Wolves are struggling to find anyone willing to pay anything like the amount they paid. As Wolves have done with numerous players this summer.
It is also no surprise that the players, who even after relegation clauses are still on far more than they should be/would be in any other league, are not keen to take transfers.
It is a total mess but numerous years of poor dealings where never going to be resolved in one window and Wolves will be paying the price for this incompetence for several years to come.
Sadly if Wolves are not promoted this year that price may be high!