WOLVES have completed the £29million signing of Nelson Semedo from Barcelona – making him the eighth most expensive full-back in Premier League history.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s men were chasing a new right wing-back, having allowed Matt Doherty to join Tottenham for £15m.
Nelson Semedo is Wolves’ latest exciting recruitCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Semedo joins an exclusive list
And they secured their man by completing the ambitious signing of Semedo, 26, who made 42 appearances for LaLiga giants Barcelona last season.
The 13-cap Portuguese international explained to Wolves’ official website why he opted to make the switch to Molineux.
He said: “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.
“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.”
Semedo now enters an elite list, as he places eighth in the top ten most expensive Premier League full-backs ever.
Top of the pile is Manchester City star Joao Cancelo, who joined for £60m from Juventus last summer.
Kyle Walker, the man that Cancelo has struggled to displace at the Etihad, is joint-second at £50m from Spurs, alongside Manchester United star Aaron Wan-Bissaka and new Chelsea recruit Ben Chilwell.
Next is yet another City star in Benjamin Mendy at £49.2m from Monaco, while new Spurs star Sergio Reguilon places at sixth at £32m having joined last weekend from Real Madrid.
Semedo replaces Matt Doherty at MolineuxCredit: Getty Images – Getty
One place ahead of Semedo is Luke Shaw at £30m, having joined the Red Devils for that fee as a teenager from Southampton all the way back in 2014.
Ninth is another former City back-up in Danilo – having cost £26.2m from Porto in 2017.
And impressive Scottish Arsenal star Kieran Tierney is tenth, with the Gunners having paid Celtic £25m for his services a year ago.
Semedo made 124 appearances for BarcelonaCredit: Getty Images – Getty
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
