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Nuno on Leo Bonatini: "Sometimes players are left behind"

Nuno Espirito Santo admits it's been hard to leave out striker Leo Bonatini, suggesting the player has done 'everything he can' to try and force his way into the first team.

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Bonatini is likely to leave the club, probably on loan, before Thursday's 11pm transfer deadline.

He hasn't played since a substitute appearance against Spurs on November 3.

Nuno said Wolves would 'wait and see' on a possible move, but intimated it wasn't down to a lack of effort on Bonatini's part.

"The situation of Leo is different, he hasn't had too many minutes, he's not involved at this moment with the team," Nuno said.

"We have to wait and see.

"Sometimes it's hard to make these kind of decisions. Sometimes the player does everything that he can, it's just sometimes your game plan, what you want, the way you want to proceed and grow, the ideas that you have, sometimes some players are left behind. And it's tough.

"But sometimes it's the reality. We are here to support all the players.

"If they're not involved it doesn't mean the player isn't doing everything he can."