Wolverhampton Wanderers have completed a £37m swoop including potential add-ons for right-back Nelson Semedo from Barcelona.
The Portugal international has signed a contract that will keep him at Molineux until June 2023, with an option to extend it to June 2025.
Wolves head coach, Nuno, Santo had to replace the Republic of Ireland international Matt Doherty who joined Tottenham on a four-year-deal last month.
Semedo, 26, won two La Liga titles and the Cope del Rey following his move to Barcelona from Benfica in 2017. He played 42 times for Barcelona last season.
“I chose Wolves because it’s a very good team that plays very good football,” Semedo tells the club’s website.
“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, however, could make his debut against West Ham on Sunday in the Premier League.
Jeff Shi, Wolves’ executive chairman says: “‘Progressive at heart’ is one of our core values at Wolves. For a member of staff, for a player, for the whole club, we are all making great efforts to progress continuously.
“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.”
Nelson Semedo officially becomes Wolves’ fifth signing of the summer transfer window following the arrivals of Fabio Silva, Fernando Marcal, Vitor Ferreira, and Ki-Jana Hoever.
Diogo Jota and Matt Doherty, however, have both left the club this summer.
