Matheus Nunes
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Liverpool are exploring a deal to buy the Wolverhampton Wanderers’ midfielder Matheus Nunes as per an agreement last summer when the Portugal international was close to signing for the Anfield club but the transfer did not go through.
Wolves spent around £38 million on the Brazil-born Nunes last summer, after months of Liverpool being linked with him. It is understood that Liverpool made a commitment to bid for him subsequently and that deal is still very much alive this month. Should it go through, Nunes would likely move to Liverpool at the end of this season. Although he has had a slow start to life in English football the deal is likely to be around €50 million (£44 million).
Nunes, 24, is an attacking midfielder who emerged as a major player for Sporting Lisbon over the previous two seasons. He was tracked by a number of big European clubs last season, including Manchester City. In the end he joined Wolves as a record signing with a view to moving once he had adapted to the Premier League. He has not quite been the success that Wolves had hoped.
Nunes has suffered from injuries under the previous manager Bruno Lage and then his immediate successor, the caretaker coach Steve Davis. Before the defeat to Manchester United on Saturday he last completed 90 minutes for Wolves on Sept 17 in the 3-0 home defeat to Manchester City. He has shown flashes of the form that made him such a sought-after player last summer. He made two appearances for Portugal in the World Cup, including a start in the defeat to South Korea in the team’s final group game.
Liverpool have already jumped ahead of Manchester United to make the Dutch international, and World Cup star, Cody Gakpo a major £37 million acquisition from PSV Eindhoven in the January window, a move that could cost up to £50 million eventually. Nunes is more of a long-term project but the perspective has not changed that this is a player whom the club believe has a major future at Anfield.
Liverpool and Wolves negotiated amicably the deal for Diogo Jota to go to Anfield in September 2020. The Colombian striker Darwin Nunez arrived from Benfica last summer for what was a club record deal for around £85 million. That transfer involved the Portuguese agent Jorge Mendes who would also have an involvement in the Nunes deal to Anfield should it go ahead.
Fosun, the Wolves owners, operate with a model of buying outstanding talent before selling for a substantial profit. The club is still fighting relegation under Julen Lopetegui. The two clubs face one another in the FA Cup third round on Saturday.
Wolves spent around £38 million on the Brazil-born Nunes last summer, after months of Liverpool being linked with him. It is understood that Liverpool made a commitment to bid for him subsequently and that deal is still very much alive this month. Should it go through, Nunes would likely move to Liverpool at the end of this season. Although he has had a slow start to life in English football the deal is likely to be around €50 million (£44 million).
Nunes, 24, is an attacking midfielder who emerged as a major player for Sporting Lisbon over the previous two seasons. He was tracked by a number of big European clubs last season, including Manchester City. In the end he joined Wolves as a record signing with a view to moving once he had adapted to the Premier League. He has not quite been the success that Wolves had hoped.
Nunes has suffered from injuries under the previous manager Bruno Lage and then his immediate successor, the caretaker coach Steve Davis. Before the defeat to Manchester United on Saturday he last completed 90 minutes for Wolves on Sept 17 in the 3-0 home defeat to Manchester City. He has shown flashes of the form that made him such a sought-after player last summer. He made two appearances for Portugal in the World Cup, including a start in the defeat to South Korea in the team’s final group game.
Liverpool have already jumped ahead of Manchester United to make the Dutch international, and World Cup star, Cody Gakpo a major £37 million acquisition from PSV Eindhoven in the January window, a move that could cost up to £50 million eventually. Nunes is more of a long-term project but the perspective has not changed that this is a player whom the club believe has a major future at Anfield.
Liverpool and Wolves negotiated amicably the deal for Diogo Jota to go to Anfield in September 2020. The Colombian striker Darwin Nunez arrived from Benfica last summer for what was a club record deal for around £85 million. That transfer involved the Portuguese agent Jorge Mendes who would also have an involvement in the Nunes deal to Anfield should it go ahead.
Fosun, the Wolves owners, operate with a model of buying outstanding talent before selling for a substantial profit. The club is still fighting relegation under Julen Lopetegui. The two clubs face one another in the FA Cup third round on Saturday.
Why?
We generally wait for somebody to take a punt, don’t we? The only galling thing is that it was so bloody obvious at the end of last (or at least in the close ) season that our midfielders couldn’t hack it any more— at least not every match and certainly not at the intensity required.
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Hopefully this belongs in this thread in the next days.
It's more interesting than the rumour though.
The dude in the article. The article says he’s an attacking midfielder. I don’t know the first thing about him.
I don't want him anymore, I really don't, Wolves have turned him into shit
Lol. Did you think everyone had you on 'ignore'?
@bluebell - I honestly do not think we will buy anyone more this January now that all our cripples are coming back for midfield. However, I have a horrible feeling we will actually do this signing now - only because I just read in the newspaper article that this guy:
1) Has been injured since he played in the man city game for Wolves on Sept 2017
2) He is a potential project
This describes perfectly for Klopp - Lot of time on the injury table, never quite available, fans anticipating something great but turns out to be a fucking proper let-down cunt. Yep - definitely a Klopp signing for the midfield - fits the bill guys - we have a winner for this January.
1) Has been injured since he played in the man city game for Wolves on Sept 2017
2) He is a potential project
This describes perfectly for Klopp - Lot of time on the injury table, never quite available, fans anticipating something great but turns out to be a fucking proper let-down cunt. Yep - definitely a Klopp signing for the midfield - fits the bill guys - we have a winner for this January.
Judging by recent articles and speculation, we’re potentially interested in Matheus Nunes not as a winter reinforcement (since there are now multiple stories that further signings this window are “extremely unlikely”), but as an alternative to Bellingham in the summer if we lose out to Madrid.
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Makes it all the more laughable really.
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