Jorge Mendes is already doing his utmost to discover a new membership for one participant who till not too long ago was on Wolves’ books.
The Portuguese agent has introduced various his purchasers to Molineux over the previous decade and represents 4 members of Vitor Pereira’s present squad – Jose Sa, Matt Doherty, Goncalo Guedes and Fer Lopez.
He’s additionally the consultant of Nelson Semedo, who’s at the moment a free agent after the expiry of his contract within the Black Nation, and the supervisor successfully confirmed to the Specific & Star this week that the 31-year-old is very unlikely to stay with the Previous Gold.
Experiences from Italy counsel that the Portugal defender may quickly be on his method to Serie A.
Mendes affords Semedo to Juventus
In line with La Stampa (through Il Bianconero), Mendes has supplied the full-back to Juventus, with whom the agent not too long ago brokered a everlasting switch for Francisco Conceicao.
Nevertheless, whereas the 59-year-old makes an attempt to safe a transfer to Turin for Semedo, the Bianconeri are understood to be concentrating on different right-backs corresponding to Nahuel Molina, Lucas Vazquez and Jonathan Clauss.
What subsequent for Mendes after resurrection at Wolves?
With Mendes looking out for a brand new membership for the 31-year-old, it appears sure that the defender has performed his final sport for Wolves after 5 years and 182 appearances.
His standing at Molineux was illustrated by him being awarded the membership captaincy halfway via final season (taking up the armband from Mario Lemina), a reward for his vastly improved performances underneath Gary O’Neil and latterly Pereira.
Such a standing appeared unlikely when he was culpable of all too frequent defensive lapses within the Bruno Lage and Julen Lopetegui days, but it surely’s to Semedo’s credit score that he succeeded in placing that troublesome interval behind him.
As famous by The Athletic‘s Steve Madeley, the full-back earned a status at Wolves as a ‘strong, ultra-professional and low-maintenance’ participant who grew to become an ‘inspirational’ presence over the previous few months.
It stays to be seen what the longer term holds in retailer for him, however with the previous Previous Gold skipper now a free agent, it leaves Pereira to resolve between Doherty, Pedro Lima and Ki-Jana Hoever amongst his present right-back choices.
