Gary O'Neil says 'talented' left-back has a future at Wolves

The Spanish defender has found himself behind Rayan Ait-Nouri in the pecking order, while an injury earlier in the season halted his progress.

Matt Doherty has also often been chosen ahead of Bueno on the left, but O'Neil is backing Bueno to improve on his six Premier League starts this season.

"I do like having wing-backs on the opposite side," O'Neil said.

"Depending on how teams press, having a right-footed left-wing-back and a left-footed right-wing-back is something that you see fairly often now and is something that I sometimes like using.

"Hugo has been unfortunate with injury firstly. When he was doing really well and pushing for starting places and then he suffered an injury, then we used Doc there a little bit and he started to do quite well.

"Then the form of Rayan has obviously been incredible.

"But I rate Hugo highly and when he came on against Nottingham Forest he gave us something.

"He undoubtedly has talent and he's going to get opportunities. He'll play a big part and is still an important part of plans."

Meanwhile, O'Neil says he will have a conversation with Yerson Mosquera after he doubled down on comments about staying in Spain.

The defender is enjoying an impressive loan spell at Villarreal, which prompted him to reveal in an interview that he wanted to stay after his loan ended.

O'Neil was asked about the situation and said the Colombian will return to Wolves in the summer, before Mosquera made his point again in a second interview and said he has told Wolves he wants to depart.

The head coach now says he will have a conversation with the 22-year-old and expects to move forward with him next season.

"I've not spoken to him, I'm fully focused on what we're doing here," O'Neil said.

"I would never judge someone on what they say to somebody else in an interview because sometimes you try and get through interviews without creating waves. Maybe when you do it in Spain you think it's more likely to stay in Spain. I'll speak to Yerson about it.

"But the statement about players that aren't 100 per cent sure they want to be here is correct. If you don't want to be here then no problem, but the solution needs to be right for the club for you to move on.

"I don't envisage that being the case with Yerson, but I will have a conversation with him around what his plans are, what our plans are and how we move forward next season."