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Al Hilal signed Ruben Neves from Wolves (Twitter)
Al Hilal signed Ruben Neves from Wolverhampton Wanderers for a reported switch price value 55 million euros
Wolverhampton Wanderers have agreed to promote Portugal midfielder Ruben Neves to Saudi Arabian facet Al Hilal, the English Premier League membership mentioned on Friday of a switch which has been reported to be value 55 million euros ($60 million).
“No different participant has made such an affect on the pitch in gold and black over the past six years having featured greater than 250 occasions in a exceptional interval within the membership’s historical past,” Wolves said in a statement.
Neves has made 253 appearances for Wolves, scoring 30 goals, since arriving in 2017.
He helped them win promotion from the Championship a year later and then to two consecutive seventh-placed finishes in the Premier League.
Wolves also reached the Europa League quarter-finals in 2020, but have struggled to replicate that success and finished 13th last season.
Thanks to its oil riches, Saudi Arabia, the conservative Gulf monarchy frequently targeted over its human rights record, has swiftly achieved a prominent role in world sports, dishing out billion of dollars in the process.
Karim Benzema joined his former Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo in moving to the Saudi Pro League earlier this month in what is expected to be just the start of a series of move for stars based in Europe.
France’s World Cup-winning midfielder N’Golo Kante also turn down a contract renewal at Chelsea to join Benzema at Al-Ittihad.
But in contrast to recent moves for players in the twilight of their careers, Neves, 26, still has his prime years ahead of him.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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