Wolves have completed the signing of Matheus Nunes from Sporting Lisbon for £42.2m. They will pay £38m upfront with a further £4.2m in add-ons. Although personal terms are yet to be finalized, Bruno Lage is hoping to sign the midfielder in time for their weekend game against Tottenham. His transfer fee eclipses the £35m that Wolves paid for Fabio Silva two years ago.
“I really think this transfer record for Wolves is worth it. We are talking about one of the best players in Portugal these days. He will be at the World Cup for Portugal in Qatar,” Pedro Sepulveda said after Matheus Nunes completed his move to Wolves. “I really think this is one of the best midfielders nowadays in football. We have to wait now and see how he is going to react and his impact on the Premier League. But if he fits in his first season in England then we’ll talk about this player in the next transfer window. If he goes well at Wolves we can easily talk about a huge transfer in the next transfer window for another team.”
“I can tell you Southampton was in Denmark when Benfica played against Midtjylland in the Champions League [earlier this month] and Southampton had a meeting with Benfica president Rui Costa to know the price of the player and find out Benfica’s conditions to make this deal,” he added. “Wolves want the player too and some weeks ago they made an offer to Benfica and that offer was a loan, worth €5m with an obligation to buy around €30m. I can also reveal that Wolves boss Bruno Lage has already made the call to Ramos to know if he wants to join Wolves because they’ve already worked together and Lage has told Ramos he wants him at Wolves.”
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