Wolves have signed Portugal right-back Nelson Semedo from Barcelona for a fee which could rise to £37million.
The Premier League club have announced the 26-year-old has signed a three-year deal at Molineux with an option to extend until 2025.
Barcelona confirmed Wolves would pay 30million euros (£28million), plus a further 10million euros (£9million) in add-ons, for Semedo, who has earned 13 caps for Portugal and spent three seasons at the Nou Camp.
Welcome to Wolves, @_nelsonsemedo_!— Wolves (@Wolves) September 23, 2020
Semedo told the club’s website, www.wolves.co.uk: “I chose Wolves because it’s a very good team that plays very good football. Last year they did a very good season and it’s a very important team in England, in also Europe. I hope this year we can do very good things.”
Semedo is looking forward to linking up with his fellow Portuguese Nuno Espirito Santo, the Wolves coach.
He said: “Coach Nuno is a very good coach. He did very good things here in Wolves, and in other teams too. For sure I’m going to learn a lot from him.”
The move will also unite Semedo with a number of international team-mates.
He said: “I talked with some of them and they told me very good things about the club, about the team. I hope I can help them to succeed too.”
Wolves executive chairman Jeff Shi believes the signing is a coup for the club.
He said: “It’s isn’t often that we have the opportunity to sign a world-class player from a world-class club.
“Nelson’s signing shows we will never stop progressing and we are still hungry and humble in our heart.”
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