Leo Bonatini appears to have no future in the Premier League at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The president of Vitoria Guimaraes has confirmed to Noticias ao Minuto that a deal to sign Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Leo Bonatini on loan will include an option to buy next year.
After two years at Molineux, Bonatini’s Wolves career appears to have come to an end.
Not only has the Brazilian striker fallen behind Raul Jimenez and summer signing Patrick Cutrone in the pecking order, he has also scored just once in his last 39 games in all competitions – and that includes an ill-fated loan spell in the Championship with Nottingham Forest.
Mais Futebol broke the news earlier that Bonatini was set to move to Portugal, joining Vitoria Guimaraes on loan. But, if president Miguel Pinto Lisboa is to be believed, a permanent switch to the Estadio Alfonso Henriques is also on the cards.
“Leo Bonatini will be at Vitoria on loan with a purchase option,” he said.
Vitoria have joined Wolves in the Europa League group stages after beating Romanians FCSB in the final round of qualifying.
The Conquerors, who haven’t done much conquering in recent years, finished an impressive fifth in the Primeira Liga last season and they will be praying that Bonatini can rediscover the sort of form that once made him the Championship’s most feared marksman – well, for a few weeks at least.
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