How’s Vini Souza faring with Wolfsburg?

Vini Souza left Sheffield United for Wolfsburg final 12 months. However his maiden season in Germany hasn’t blown anybody away.

Sheffield United followers grew to like Vini Souza who actually confirmed his class within the Championship final season. He featured 38 occasions within the league and it at all times appears to be like like he would go away finally, and Wolfsburg signed Souza for a price within the area of £12million.

The Brazilian central midfielder bossed video games within the Championship final season. However he’s steadily fallen down the pecking order in Germany having featured relatively sporadically in 2026 thus far, with 5 appearances and 6 video games being an unused substitute.

Vini Souza’s Bundesliga stats vs Championship with Sheffield United

Souza has began 15 occasions in 17 appearances for Wolfsburg this season. He’s needed to share his position in midfield, however his stats are additionally considerably down from his final season at Sheffield United as nicely, notably his passing and defending stats.

With SUFC, Souza was in every single place in midfield. He was beginning assaults, transitions, and sweeping up within the midfield space. And it reveals in his stats from final season which had a excessive variety of tackles-per-game and ball recoveries, together with an enormous variety of touches of the ball and passes.

Sheffield United’s massive drawback after Vini Souza

Sheffield United mentioned goodbye to numerous helpful and skilled gamers final summer time, while additionally getting numerous deadweight off the books in what was a really vital clearout.

However dropping Souza was a blow, albeit an inevitable one it appeared, and he was by no means really changed. No less than not by anybody with the identical skillset and qualities as he.

Tahith Chong got here in however hes extra of an attacking-minded midfielder. Alex Matos got here in in midfield however has barely featured. Djibril Soumare has obtained blended opinions too.

Sydie Peck has loved an honest season and Gustavo Hamer too, though he’s not carried out as ell as everybody is aware of he can and Chris Wilder has questioned Hamer’s type this season on a couple of event.

Now with Hamer trying set to depart Sheffield United this summer time, it’ll as soon as once more open up an enormous void within the midfield and it’ll show powerful to fill, particularly so with Sheffield United not having as many assets as they as soon as did, and maybe not with the ability to entice the high quality gamers they as soon as might.

It’s been a tricky season for SUFC and it’s not been getting any simpler.