Wolves eye Andre Almeida summer swoop

Wolverhampton Wanderers are contemplating a bid for a low-cost midfield goal this summer season.

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That’s based on a report by Portuguese publication Jornal de Noticias (by way of Sport Witness), who declare that Bruno Lage’s facet may effectively be on the hunt for lower-cost signings amidst studies that the Molineux facet “want to usher in funds” earlier than they’ll make an official supply for Matheus Nunes.

Ought to Lage’s facet’s reported wrestle for funds this summer season, Vitoria de Guimaraes’ 22-year-old midfielder Andre Almeida has reemerged as a possible goal with the report stating that the Wolves boss and Fosun have “taken an curiosity.”

Almeida is valued between €4m (£3.4m) and €6m (£5m).

The brand new Moutinho

The “intriguing” Almeida – as dubbed by Zach Lowy – may shortly be built-in throughout the Previous Gold first group having featured 31 occasions for the Liga Portugal facet in 2021/22.

Ought to Wolves transfer for Almeida this summer season?

His common of 2.4 profitable dribbles per 90 is healthier than Joao Moutinho and Ruben Neves’ averages mixed – with the Wolves pairs’ 0.5 and 0.9 respective averages totalling 1.4 profitable dribbles per recreation. Almeida’s returns are literally round that of a winger, along with his common final time period additionally beating the likes of Daniel Podence, who registered 2.1 per fixture.

Lage’s facet lack a progressive central choice that may constantly progress the ball. Almeida would permit them to be extra direct within the attacking transition and permit them to construct on the measly complete of 41 massive possibilities created – a metric that ranked the Portuguese supervisor’s outfit because the fourth-worst within the Premier League final season.

His consistency as a main-stay within the coronary heart of the engine room may see him grow to be a Moutinho-like presence and wouldn’t solely supply Lage a way of future-proofing his facet however would additionally act as an instantaneous methodology of bolstering competitors for first-team locations in Wolves 2022/23 marketing campaign.

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