Hugo Bueno has joined Eredivisie side Feyenoord on a season-long loan ahead of the 2024/25 campaign.
The 21-year-old, who has played 48 times for Wolves, has joined the Champions League side in search of more regular gametime, following a disrupted campaign last time out.
Signed into Wolves Academy in 2019, Bueno broke into the first-team three years later under the temporary management of Steve Davis and James Collins, providing an assist on his Premier League debut at Crystal Palace.
Having played regularly for much of the remainder of that campaign, minutes on the pitch were limited last term, due in large part to injuries and the form of Rayan Ait-Nouri.
Capped by Spain under-21s in 2023, Bueno also scored his first senior goal in the Emirates FA Cup against Coventry City in March and signed a new contract last autumn, keeping him at Molineux until 2028.
Now, the Spainard will look to hit form with Feyenoord, last season’s Eredivisie runners up who began their new campaign last Saturday.
Sporting director Matt Hobbs said: “It’s a situation that works for all. Some people might think we’re leaving ourselves short, but we’ve got a number of players who can cover in that area of the pitch and it’s really important for us and Hugo that he goes and plays.
“Feyenoord are a club playing Champions League football, in a good league, are well known for developing players and have been great throughout. For us, it feels like the perfect club for him to go to develop and we’re looking forward to seeing him develop over the next year.
“Rayan was unbelievable last year, and Hugo was really understanding – he’s a great pro, trains hard every day, works hard, and when players are like that, and we feel it’s the right deal and right club, you want to it make happen. He played a lot, then injuries took him out the team, then we had a change of manager and Rayan hit form, so it’s an important season for him to get football.
“Picking the right team, the right environment, playing the right way was important. European football is obviously brilliant, because that’s going to test him, and it’s a club we know will look after him and give him opportunities. There was other interest, big clubs, but we felt the league and the club works well for what we wanted.
“The plan is for him to play lots and come back next year and force his way into the team, creating competition. I think everyone would accept when we’re trying to develop a player, with the minutes he got last year, it’s hard. We wanted to find a solution and he’ll come back next season and compete again, but that’s easier to do on the back of playing 40 games in another league.”
