Wolves' recruitment over the last few seasons has been second-to-none - signing the likes of Ruben Neves and Joao Moutinho for a combined £20m is smart, smart business.

Although it hasn't always gone their way...

What was the word?

In the last January transfer window, the Midlands outfit were linked with a move for wing wizard Jarrod Bowen whilst he was ripping it up for Hull City in the Championship.

The Athletic's Tim Spiers reported at the time: "They are admirers of Jarrod Bowen at Hull City but the forward would cost £20 million."

He would go onto sign for Premier League rivals West Ham for that exact fee, so the decision to turn their nose up at that sort of price is now certainly looking like a massive mistake.

Perhaps a surprise considering the Old Gold had been monitoring him ever since his breakthrough at non-league Hereford United.

One that got away?

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The 23-year-old somewhat made a decent impact in his maiden half-season in east London, providing one goal and four assists as the Hammers narrowly escaped relegation.

Now settled, Bowen has become one of David Moyes' most lethal options in attack and Wolves know all too well about that having been truly stung by him earlier this season.

Per WhoScored, the winger has scored three goals in nine appearances whilst also averaging 2.2 shots, 0.9 dribbles and 0.8 crosses per game.

Two of those strikes came against Nuno's men, where he rated out as SofaScore's Man of the Match (8.2). He absolutely gave Conor Coady (5.9) and Romain Saiss (6.2) nightmares.

Football.London graded his display a 9/10 and said: "[Bowen] took his goal superbly, composing himself before curling past Rui Patricio to give the Hammers the lead.Right place at the right time to tap home his second of the game. Should have had a hat trick."

Bowen is now valued at £25.2m by Transfermarkt, an increase of 25% on what the Irons paid for him in January - and that's finally starting to look like an absolute steal.

His former Tigers boss Grant McCann regularly waxed lyrical about his potential during his time in Yorkshire, dubbing the maestro an "exceptional talent" who is often "unplayable."

Without Diogo Jota, Nuno could've done with a player like Bowen in the side. He would've taken some pressure off of Raul Jimenez in terms of goalscoring.

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