Wolves captain Ruben Neves is near a £47million move to Saudi Arabian membership Al Hilal.
The 26-year-old midfielder has been anticipated to depart Molineux this summer time and is poised to turn out to be the newest high-profile participant to move to the Middle East, the PA information company understands.
Barcelona had held a long-term curiosity within the Portugal worldwide however haven’t been in a position to get a deal over the road.
Wolves at the moment are in talks with Al Hilal for Neves, who solely had a 12 months left on his contract, with a move – which will likely be a club-record sale – more likely to be accomplished this week.
Karim Benzema accomplished a free switch to Al Ittihad this month and Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante is linked with becoming a member of him, whereas Cristiano Ronaldo moved to Al Nassr in December.
An enormous provide for Wolves would ease the monetary pressures the membership will likely be working beneath within the switch window this summer time.
They have been beneath strain to promote to keep away from breaching Premier League spending guidelines after forking out £200m this time period.
It led to doubts over Julen Lopetegui’s future however the former Real Madrid boss will keep at Molineux having acquired assurances.
Yet he’ll lose Neves, who has been central to Wolves’ success since becoming a member of from Porto in 2017.
He helped them win the Championship a 12 months later after which to 2 consecutive seventh-placed finishes within the Premier League.
The membership additionally reached the Europa League quarter-finals in 2020 – the place they have been knocked out by Lopetegui’s Sevilla – however have struggled to duplicate that success and completed thirteenth final season having been backside at Christmas.
Neves has made 253 appearances for Wolves in all competitions, scoring 30 objectives.
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