{"id":53713,"date":"2026-03-24T01:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=53713"},"modified":"2026-03-24T01:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:45:17","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmunetsi-chirewa-and-cos-departure-affected-wolves-admits-bueno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/24\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmunetsi-chirewa-and-cos-departure-affected-wolves-admits-bueno\/","title":{"rendered":"Munetsi, Chirewa and co&#8217;s departure affected Wolves, admits Bueno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Wolves defender Hugo Bueno has admitted that the January departures of key players, including Zimbabwean duo Marshall Munetsi and Tawanda Chirewa, left the squad weakened during a crucial phase of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Munetsi completed a loan move to Paris FC in Ligue 1, while academy graduate Chirewa, who had been steadily breaking into the senior team, joined Barnsley FC in EFL League One. Both players moved on loan deals until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Bueno acknowledged that the exits disrupted the team\u2019s balance, with the replacements failing to immediately fill the gap left behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a bit difficult for us because we were quite weakened, and I don\u2019t think we brought in what was needed to replace them,\u201d Bueno told Agencia EFE in Spain, as cited by <em>The Express and Star.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard, however, emphasised that unity within the squad has helped them remain competitive despite the setbacks, with the team showing signs of improvement in recent performances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite that, the team is very united, and we\u2019re all pulling together to get through this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that staying up is very difficult, but we have to take it one game at a time and win every game we can.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to get as many points as possible, and hopefully we can achieve our goal of staying up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wolves have been battling to climb away from the relegation zone, with consistency proving elusive following the mid-season changes to the squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Munetsi #Chirewa #cos #departure #affected #Wolves #admits #Bueno<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wolves defender Hugo Bueno has admitted that the January departures of key players, including Zimbabwean duo Marshall Munetsi and Tawanda&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2146,4307,10134,4546,6718,1888,1845,2860],"class_list":["post-53713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-admits","tag-affected","tag-bueno","tag-chirewa","tag-cos","tag-departure","tag-munetsi","tag-wolves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53715,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53713\/revisions\/53715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}