Wolves have now been tipped to make a huge profit on a player Nuno Espirito Santo signed in 2019.
After facing the effects of the season ticket fiasco, Wolves supporters needed some positivity on the transfer front and Gary O’Neil has delivered.
Following the confirmation of Tommy Doyle’s permanent move to Molineux in May, the Wanderers have continued that momentum into the transfer window by signing Rodrigo Gomes and Pedro Lima.
O’Neil has been hard at work getting deals over the line but in the background, there is plenty of interest in his current most saleable assets.
Matheus Cunha is wanted by Manchester United and Arsenal, Rayan Ait-Nouri has attracted further interest from Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea while Wolves rejected a £30 million bid for Max Kilman from West Ham.
The most notable exclusion from that is Pedro Neto, though, and the Old Gold have now been tipped to make a £32 million profit on the Portuguese international.
Wolves tipped to sell Pedro Neto for £50 million
Following an injury-hit campaign at Molineux, Neto has been selected to represent Portugal at Euro 2024.
The 24-year-old made an instant impact, too, grabbing the assist for Francisco Conceição’s last-minute winner against the Czech Republic on matchday one.
Wolves will be praying that Neto has a successful tournament as not only will it bump up his asking price, but it will also attract even more potential suitors.
It’s difficult to say what the wingers’ value is to Wolves, as without the injury issues you’re looking at an £80 million player, though Tony Cascarino believes he will be sold for over £50 million this summer.
Dubbing him a “top player”, Cascarino told talkSPORT: “Think of Neto being a sub (for Portugal). He is a sub! He will be sold for £50 million + in the summer. Wolves won’t be able to keep hold of him. Neto is that good of a player.”
Whilst most have accepted that this will be the transfer window Neto finally moves on, it will be interesting to see what level of interest and offers Wolves are presented with on the back of Euro 2024.
The Wanderers signed him for £18 million from Lazio in the summer of 2019, so regardless of what fee they receive, they’re going to make a massive profit on what they initially paid.
Pedro Neto’s Wolves career in numbers
Dubbed an ‘incredible’ talent by O’Neil, Neto’s career at Molineux for the last five years has been outstanding and if he didn’t suffer long spells on the injury table, it’s scary to imagine how good he would be right now.
The 8-cap Portuguese international did suffer two crippling hamstring injuries in 2023/24 but he still produced his best campaign in a Wanderers shirt in terms of numbers, scoring three and assisting 13 in 24 appearances.
That level of creativity in the final third puts him close to some of the best attacking players on the planet and Neto only played half of the games available to him.
Deserving of an opportunity to play in the Champions League, Neto may well end his career at Wolves this summer with 14 goals and 24 assists in 135 matches.