WOLVES HAVE ANNOUNCED the signing of Portugal midfielder Matheus Nunes from Sporting for a club record fee.
The Premier League club were understood to have agreed to pay Sporting an initial €45million (£38m) for the 23-year-old, with a further €5m (£4.2m) in potential add-ons.
That eclipses the £35m Wolves paid Porto for Fabio Silva – now on loan at Anderlecht – in 2020.
Nunes arrives on a five-year deal with a one-year option after two-and-a-half seasons with Sporting.
The Brazil-born player made his Portugal debut last year and has won eight caps in total, scoring one goal.
Wolves chairman Jeff Shi said on the club’s official website: “We are very happy to welcome Matheus to Wolverhampton and delighted to add another exciting young talent to Bruno’s (Lage) squad.
“Matheus has had two excellent seasons at the top level in Portugal with Sporting and is widely regarded as one of the most exciting prospects in world football, so we are thrilled that he has chosen the Premier League and Wolves as the next step in what we hope will be a fantastic career.”
For those who gave up at 10pm.
— Wolves (@Wolves) August 18, 2022
You get to wake up to news like this!
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Nunes is Wolves boss Bruno Lage’s third signing of the summer following deals for Portugal forward Goncalo Guedes, who joined from Valencia, and Republic of Ireland defender Nathan Collins, who signed from Burnley.
He will join up with the squad ahead of Saturday’s away clash with Tottenham.
Nunes said: “I’m very excited. For me, I could play tomorrow already, but I can’t because the game is Saturday, but I’m looking forward to it.
“I think the club itself (convinced him) and also I spoke to some of my team-mates because I play with them for the national team.
“The coach as well, he really wanted me and I wanted to play in the Premier League. I think it’s the right next step for me and I’m very happy to be here.”
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Premier league is rotten with money when mid table teams can spend this much and attrack really good players
@Gareth Keenan: Maybe it shows how a club like Wolves can be run correctly and show improvement every season and then attract high quality players just a thought there for you.
@Colin Cobs Coady: maybe, but the amount of money being splashed by mid table premier league teams is mental.
@Gareth Keenan: Dead right Gareth. Sad to see but such is life when you sell your soul 20+ years ago and it worsening ever since. People will complain about competition, yet Wolves, a side who came 10th as you said mid table, spent more than every club in the other Top 4 European leagues, except Bayern and Barcelona. FFP just doesn’t exist… and additionally, their total income from transfers is a measly £9m.. After spending £100m+
@Mike Kennedy: Forest are paying them the same amount for Morgan Gibbs-White so net spend is essentially zero for Wolves
@Fergus O’Connor: proves the point… Notts Forest ffs
Some money
Money
Their transfer policy is mad with the amount of Portuguese they’ve signed over the years