Sunderland handed stark warning ahead of Wolves trip - 'Not an option'
Hugo Bueno has given Sunderland a stark warning ahead of their trip to Wolves this weekend.
Wolves defender Hugo Bueno has insisted he and his teammates will not ‘just give up’ in their final four games of the season, which should serve as a warning for Sunderland.
The Black Cats travel to Molineux on Saturday, licking their wounds following a 5-0 humiliation at home to Nottingham Forest last week. Despite that result, European qualification remains very much on the table, with the Mackems only trailing sixth by four points and seventh by three - the former still possibly enough for a Champions League berth, depending on the outcome of the Europa League.
Hugo Bueno issues Sunderland warning ahead of Wolves trip
For some, this trip to face the Premier League’s bottom side, who are already relegated with just 17 points and three wins from 34 games, will be seen as a banker for Regis Le Bris’ men. However, Wolves have beaten the likes of Aston Villa and Liverpool and drawn against Arsenal in recent months, while Bueno has warned that Rob Edwards’ side will be gunning for results in each of their remaining four Premier League fixtures.
“After the two tough games we played a couple weeks before, to come here and see the stadium full, you know you have to give everything for the fans, for the club, for all of us,” the Spanish left-back said after Wolves’ late 1-0 defeat at home to Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend. “It’s hard at the moment but the thing that we are never going to do is just give up. That’s not an option. We have four more games to go and get the best results possible.”
While Wolves cannot change their fate, they can start building for life in the Championship, where they’ll hope to secure an immediate return to the top-flight next season.
“We are building something. Of course, it is hard with all the atmosphere, environment, the situation, it’s not easy but we are training well,” Bueno added. “Every day we wake up and try to be better. Of course, the results are not coming. I think on Saturday we showed a better face of us, and we have to keep going like this, but for sure we’re building something.”