Wolves have seen numerous players make the move to Molineux on loan deals over the past few years such as Francisco Trincao, Willian Jose and Jesus Vallejo among others.

While some players that originally joined the Midlands club on loan have gone on to become permanent figures at Molineux such as Raul Jimenez, Hwang Hee-chan and Rayan Ait-Nouri, some end up returning to their parent clubs after a temporary spell with the Premier League club.

One example of a player that spent some time with Wolves and has since gone on to shine with their original side is 22-year-old midfielder Vitinha.

The Old Gold signed the midfielder, who has been described as "complete" by Sergio Conceicao and "special" by Jeff Shi, on a temporary basis from Porto back in September 2020 until the end of the previous season.

During his time at Molineux, the 22-year-old only made 19 appearances in the Premier League, starting five of them and failing to find the back of the net on even one occasion, providing just one assist along the way.

As well as his lack of regular goal contributions, the Portuguese international's overall performances didn't do much to impress anyone at the Midlands club, with WhoScored giving him a season rating of 6.23 making him the lowest-rated Wolves player to start more than one league game throughout the entire campaign.

While his spell in England didn't go too well, things have been much better for the midfielder back at Porto this season where he is currently picking up a weekly wage of £4.5k-per-week according to Salary Sport.

With 23 league appearances under his belt, Vitinha has managed to score two goals and provide one assist as well as earn himself a much-improved overall performance rating of 7.4, making him the third-highest rated player currently in Porto's squad according to WhoScored.

Back in October 2020, shortly after he made the move to Molineux, Transfermarkt rated the former Wolves loan man's market value at £4.5m, whereas it now stands at £21.6m, showing a massive increase of 380% since he left England.

Recent reports have now linked fellow Premier League side Liverpool with a summer move for the midfield man, meaning that should he make a return to England, he could well end up haunting his old side after failing to do the business for them during his loan spell and give them some serious nightmares.

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