{"id":77187,"date":"2023-06-19T10:55:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T10:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/19\/wolves-captain-set-to-join-saudi-arabias-al-hilal\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T10:55:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T10:55:46","slug":"wolves-captain-set-to-join-saudi-arabias-al-hilal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/19\/wolves-captain-set-to-join-saudi-arabias-al-hilal\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves captain set to join Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Neves has scored 30 goals from 253 appearances in all competitions for Wolves
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The 26-year-old Portuguese midfielder Neves had a year left on his contract.<\/p>\n

He said at the end of last season he was ambitious amid interest from Barcelona.<\/p>\n

However, Barca have not been able to come up with an acceptable offer and Neves has taken the option of becoming the latest big-name player to join the Saudi league.<\/p>\n

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Karim Benzema completed a free transfer to Al Ittihad this month and Chelsea midfielder N\u2019Golo Kante is linked with joining him, while Cristiano Ronaldo moved to Al Nassr in December.<\/p>\n

Wolves regard it as excellent business at a time where they are trying to generate funds for manager Julen Lopetegui to strengthen his squad.<\/p>\n

Neves has been central to their success since joining from Porto in 2017.<\/p>\n

He helped them win the Championship a year later and then to two consecutive seventh-placed finishes in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

The club also reached the Europa League quarter-finals in 2020 \u2013 where they were knocked out by Lopetegui\u2019s Sevilla \u2013 but have struggled to replicate that success and finished 13th last season having been bottom at Christmas.<\/p>\n

Neves has made 253 appearances for Wolves in all competitions, scoring 30 goals.<\/p>\n

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