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A player who signed for Wolves last summer who is yet to play for the first-team has opened up about his first year in England.

This time last year, the situation was very different at Wolves.

The financial situation was very precarious, and players were being sold left and right in a bid to balance the books. Ultimately, the goal was to stay on the right side of PSR.

A plethora of players departed, and the club couldn’t really do too much in terms of getting new players in.

But one man who did arrive was Enso Gonzalez, a young player fans are still waiting to actually see properly for the first-team.

Gonzalez spent most of his time with the U21s last term, and he has now spoken about his move to Wolves.

Enso Gonzalez admits his first season at Wolves was tough

Gonzalez signed for Wolves in a £5 million deal from Libertad.

He put pen to paper on a six-year deal at Molineux, with the club holding an option for a further year.

He was expected to become an immediate part of Gary O’Neil‘s first-team squad. Matt Hobbs said at the time of his arrival: “He’s an exciting, young player, who will fit in well with our dressing room and within the DNA we’re trying to create. We wanted a front player who could play across the line and give us something different, and Enso is the name our recruitment team pushed.”

But it never transpired that way for Gonzalez.

He spent most of his time playing for the U21s in 2023/24 as he sought to get himself ready for first-team action.

Gonzalez eventually made his first-team debut for Wolves in May. O’Neil gave him a one-minute cameo in the penultimate game of the season against Crystal Palace.

So it perhaps wasn’t the debut season Gonzalez had been hoping for, and he admitted to WFI: “At first, it was a bit difficult for me to adapt both on and off the field, but then I got much better accustomed, and I’m working to try to repay the confidence they placed in me.

“My first season at Wolves was tough because I didn’t get to play much, but I enjoyed the moment always. My happiest moment was when I made my official debut.”

Patience required over Gonzalez

It is never easy for young players to come to big Premier League clubs and hit the ground running.

There was real optimism about Gonzalez when he signed, especially since Wolves had previously struck gold with another signing from South America, Joao Gomes.

But Gonzalez is younger than the Brazilian and far less experienced.

Patience is required with him. Clearly last season he wasn’t quite ready to feature for the first-team but hopefully he’ll make big strides in his development in the coming months. Perhaps the club could consider sending him out on loan for the upcoming season.

He is playing for Paraguay at the upcoming Olympics in Paris, and should aim to use this something to help him head into the new season in the right way.

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