Wolves fans will have been watching on with serious envy on Tuesday night as summer transfer target Goncalo Ramos fired in a brilliant hat-trick for Portugal at the World Cup.

The Benfica striker was heavily linked with a move to Molineux ahead of the season and had he made the move to the Premier League, then Bruno Lage might still be in a job.

His performances in the Portuguese Liga this season already suggested that Wolves made a big mistake in not bringing him in, as he has crashed in nine goals in just 11 top-flight appearances, averaging a superb 7.33 rating from WhoScored for his performances.

Considering Wolves' woes in front of goal so far this campaign, which have played a significant part in them being bottom of the Premier League, the Old Gold definitely would have benefited from a striker of Ramos' obvious quality at Molineux.

Any chances of signing him in January now look to be over after he announced himself on the world stage in Portugal's 6-1 thrashing of Switzerland in the round of 16 in Qatar.

Fernando Santos made the controversial decision to start the 21-year-old ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and it certainly paid off, as the youngster produced an incredible display, which suggests that he is now extremely likely to start when Portugal take on Morocco in the quarter-final at the weekend.

As per Sofascore, Ramos would earn a 9.8/10 rating for his performance, which unsurprisingly ranked him as the best player on the pitch.

Even without his three goals, the Benfica man was hugely impressive, as he registered five shots on target, two key passes and an assist for Raphael Guerreiro's goal.

For context, Diego Costa has averaged the most shots on target per game this season for Wolves with 2.7, while Pedro Neto leads the way for average key passes with 1.6, which emphasises just how incredible Ramos was on Tuesday, and how much quality he could have added at Molineux.

After such a "remarkable" display in the eyes of Gary Lineker, Wolves fans will be left wondering where they would be in the Premier League had Lage not failed to bring Ramos to Molineux during the summer.