Wolves look set to have a busy summer time with incoming transfers, significantly within the attacking areas of the pitch after disappointing followers within the remaining third.
Simply five groups within the Premier League have scored fewer objectives than Bruno Lage’s facet, and their high scorer, Raul Jimenez, has solely six for all the season up to now.
Having been linked with Valencia star Goncalo Guedes already this week, it appears probably that the membership will utilise their Portuguese connections to compile a shortlist of switch targets, and one other title that has been linked lately is Benfica winger Rafa Silva.
What’s the information?
In response to Portuguese sports activities newspaper A Bola, Lage stays within the 28-year-old, who has scored eight Primeira Liga objectives up to now this season, and has already made contact in a bid to take action.
Ought to Wolves signal Rafa Silva this Summer time?
The report additionally states that he might be out there for between €20m-€30m (£17m and £25m), an enormous lower on the £42m that was initially quoted by French publication Jeunes Footeux earlier this month to be the value tag set on him.
Lage wants him
With the report coming simply days after the previous Braga ace netted an “extraordinary” solo effort for Benfica, Wolves followers will likely be drooling over the concept the right-winger may play at Molineux subsequent season.
If there’s one factor assured that Rafa would convey to Lage’s workforce, it’s objectives and creativity within the remaining third, having created 17 large possibilities this marketing campaign within the league, in addition to making on common 1.6 key passes per sport.
He additionally ought to have scored lots extra objectives than the spectacular complete he has amassed already, having additionally missed 11 large possibilities for his workforce, who sit third within the league.
Gamers signed from Portugal usually fail to make the grade within the higher high quality leagues in Europe, with the likes of Gedson Fernandes, Renato Sanches and Jackson Martinez all making strikes from the nation to larger fame groups in recent times, however failing at their respective golf equipment.
Nevertheless, Wolves have usually utilised their Portuguese hyperlinks in recent times to nice success, and Rafa may comply with down the identical path because the likes of Ruben Neves, Rui Patricio and Willy Boly, who all went on to change into fan favourites after making strikes from Primeira Liga golf equipment.
On that proof, this potential acquisition might be one other masterclass from Fosun and co who’re in determined want of including extra objectives and probability creators to their armoury.
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