Wolves were fairly active behind the scenes making deals during the recent January transfer window with Chiquinho making the move from Estoril, Hwang Hee-chan having his loan deal made permanent as well as seeing Hayao Kawabe and Sang-bin Jeong join and then loaned out.

The Midlands club also saw some of their current players head out on other loan deals, most notably with Adama Traore jetting off back to Barcelona.

While journalist Tim Spiers recently claimed that he's expecting a busy one in terms of transfer deals, with a "dynamic midfielder" apparently being on their agenda for a while, Bruno Lage could already have his ideal midfield option for next season and beyond.

On the chalkboard

As a product of Wolves' youth system, 19-year-old midfielder Luke Cundle has racked up a total of 84 appearances across the club's U18 and U23 sides, scoring eight goals and providing 12 assists along the way, highlighting the attacking ability he has.

Even though he's got four first-team appearances under his belt, the teenager, who has been praised in the past for his "outstanding" football brain by James Collins, only has 16 minutes of senior action under his belt, showing that he's on the fringes of Lage's team but not close to being a regular player for Wolves yet.

Looking ahead to next season, with Joao Moutinho's contract expiring at the end of the current campaign, there's every chance that he could be leaving Molineux, as well as Ruben Neves, who has been heavily linked with a transfer away from the club in recent weeks and months.

With that in mind, if either of those two were to leave in the summer, it could pave the way for Cundle to finally take his place in the team and potentially save the club millions in potential transfer fees to sign a replacement.

Additionally, with Leander Dendoncker only starting nine league games in the Premier League this season and his contract set to expire in the summer of 2023, his future at Molineux could also come under some speculation in the coming months.

As a result, Lage should try and give the youngster as many minutes in the Premier League as possible from now until the end of the term to get him acclimatised to the speed and physicality of the division and then look to make him a more prominent figure in the team next season.

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