Championship leaders Wolverhampton Wanderers signed Roderick Miranda from the Primeira Liga in the summer and he could return already with SC Braga keen.
Wolverhampton Wanderers have pulled off some truly outstanding signings in the last year and a half, with a little help from super-agent Jorge Mendes of course.
But while Diego Jota, Leo Bonatini, Ruben Neves and co have taken to English football like the proverbial duck to water, Roderick Miranda is yet to win over the Molineux faithful.
Signing from Rio Ave for £2.5 million in the summer, Miranda has featured regularly in Wolves’ backline with 15 Championship appearances to his name but, interestingly, has not started since he was bullied by Matt Smith in a 2-1 defeat away to QPR in October.
The 26-year-old looks a little lightweight and a number of shaky performances have suggested that he is simply not up to the standard required for a side hoping, and looking certain of, playing Premier League football next season.
And Portuguese publication Record even states that Miranda could return to his homeland as early as this month. It is understood that Primeira Liga side Braga want the former Benfica youngster to replace Ricardo Fereira, who is out for the rest of the season with injury.
Furthermore, with Miranda concerned that he has fallen down the pecking order at Wolves, the report adds that he would be open to an immediate return to Portugal.
It appears that Wolves maybe got this one wrong. But with Jota, Neves, Bonatini, Willy Boly and Barry Douglas looking outstanding in the Championship, they are entitled to a mistake now and again.
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