Fer Lopez Edges Toward a January Exit as Wolves Weigh Loan Options
So right now, there’s quite a bit of noise around Fer Lopez and his future at Wolves, and honestly, it’s starting to feel like his January departure is becoming almost inevitable. The situation has unfolded pretty quickly, and when you look at the bigger picture, it’s clear why the conversations are happening the way they are.
Fer Lopez arrived at Wolves in the summer with a real sense of excitement. The club paid close to £20 million for him after he left his boyhood side, Celta Vigo, and he spoke openly about how tough that decision was but how eager he was to embrace the Premier League challenge. And to be fair, his pre-season was promising. Even though Wolves didn’t get results, Lopez showed his technical quality, creativity, and flashes of exactly what the club hoped they were buying.
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But once the season actually got going, things just didn’t click. Despite all the expectations, he hasn’t been able to secure a proper place in the team. He’s made only seven appearances across all competitions and just one start in the Premier League. Under Vitor Pereira, he struggled to get minutes, and even after Rob Edwards came in, nothing really changed. Add to that a minor adductor injury that’s kept him out of the last two matches, and his season has felt like a stop-start cycle with no real momentum.
Because of that, Wolves have now been exploring a loan move for January, especially since the club wants him getting regular game time—something he’s clearly not getting at the moment. A return to Celta Vigo has already been discussed, and what’s interesting is that reports from Spain suggest Lopez is so eager to go back that he’s even willing to take a significant wage cut to make it happen. That alone tells you how strongly he feels about getting his career back on track, and also how little prominence he feels he has at Wolves right now.
There’s also the point that Wolves could, in theory, use someone with Lopez’s creativity. The team has had noticeable issues in that area, and he’s shown in glimpses—like that assist for Ladislav Krejci against Leeds—that he does have something valuable to offer. But the chances just haven’t come consistently, and with AFCON around the corner thinning the squad further, the timing of a loan is raising eyebrows among fans.
Still, all signs suggest Wolves expect him to leave once the transfer window opens. It’s a move that might help Lopez reset his season, even if it’s a slightly awkward look for a club that just invested heavily in him a few months ago. But from his perspective, the desire to play—and to feel important again—seems to be driving everything now.
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