Wolves fans can have no complaints with how things are going at the moment, but there is one deal in the January transfer which a few will be scratching their heads over.
While the return of Willy Boly has meant that Ryan Bennett’s departure has not been felt hard, it still seems an odd one considering there isn’t masses amount of depth and they are essentially helping out another side for no reason.
Since joining Leicester City, he hasn’t made on appearance – or even been on the bench – for his new club. So what’s the point?
Indeed, he only made 11 appearances in the first half of the season for Nuno Espirito Santo’s team, but with finances hardly a problem for Wolves, why let him go to a team where he is going to face the exact same problems while potentially giving you one?
With Conor Coady, Willy Boly and Romain Saiss making up the back three for the last five league games, they hardly have a plethora of issues behind them. Leander Dendoncker has played there many times during Boly’s injury, and Max Kilman is also a youngster who can play there, but a couple of injuries could leave them short as they approach their most important phase of the season.
Should Ryan Bennett still be here?
No, won't be needed
Yes, we could do with him
Wolves have been pretty fortunate with injuries over the season. For proper first-teamers, Boly has been the only notable mid to long term injury, and while this kind of consistency with injuries is something which is with thanks to the medical team, as noted before by Tim Spiers, there is always an element of luck involved and players are always at risk.
However, they can never be too cautious, and considering they are knocking at Champions League qualification and the latter stages of the Europa League, it would be a shame if they are left short in the defence department for essentially giving their reserve centre back to a direct rival to be their reserve centre back.
