There is a new speed demon at Wolves, with Matheus Nunes coming in as the seventh fastest player in the Premier League in 2022/23.
The midfielder did not have the best of debut campaigns for Wanderers.
Nunes was the marquee signing of the summer for Wolves in 2022, arriving from Sporting CP for around £42 million all-in.
Fans were extremely excited to see him in action.
He was supposedly going to bring really quality to a midfield that had been crying out for a bit of attention.
In the end, Wolves fans only really got to see glimpses of Nunes’ talent.
The star struggled for consistency, and for many the jury is still out on him.
But one thing that is seemingly in no doubt at all now, is just how quick Nunes actually is across the ground.
Matheus Nunes named seventh fastest Premier League player of 2022/23 as Adama Traore misses top 10
The Premier League have today revealed the quickest players in the division last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the fastest player in the league last term was Manchester City’s Kyle Walker. He was clocked in a game at 37.31km/h.
Brennan Johnson, Mykhailo Mudryk, Anthony Gordon, Darwin Nunez and Arnaut Danjuma then follow.
After Danjuma it’s Wolves star Nunes, who was clocked at 36.32km/h – just 1km/h slower than Walker.
He’s one place ahead of Erling Haaland.
Denis Zakaria and Reiss Nelson complete the top 10.
Interestingly there is no sign of Adama Traore, who carries a reputation for being one of the fastest footballers in the world.
Matheus Nunes’ pace can be a real weapon for Wolves
This is extremely impressive from Nunes, and actually somewhat surprising.
Watching him, he never really gives the impression that he is super quick.
But clearly he has a fantastic burst of pace on him and what’s good about Nunes is that he is actually also very fast when in possession of the ball. He carries it really well and is difficult to stop.
This pace of Nunes’ can be a real weapon for Wolves.
But it can be difficult for him because with him being a central player, things can get congested in midfield and space can be minimal compared to out on the wings.
Perhaps this is a reason Julen Lopetegui has been happy to deploy him out wide.