Wolves could be in the market for a new striker in the summer transfer window after Vitor Pereira eyed reinforcements in January.
Pereira combatted the market well in his first transfer window as Wolves manager, welcoming three players to Molineux in January.
Emmanuel Agbadou, Marshall Munetsi and Nasser Djiga joined the pack to strengthen the squad depth but they weren’t the only players Wolves tried to sign.
Following the close of the window, it emerged that Wolves made an effort to sign Yuri Alberto from Corinthians but a deal was not able to get over the line.
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Corinthians president confirms how much Wolves will have to pay for Yuri Alberto
Alberto is making waves in South America, scoring freely for Corinthians, for whom he netted 31 goals over the 2023/24 campaign.
The Brazilian striker has started 2025 in style with five goals in 12 appearances for his club.
Amid interest from Wolves and others, including West Ham and Inter Milan, Corinthians’ president Augusto Melo shared how much the Brazilian giants will expect from the forward’s sale.
In an interview with Benja Me Mucho, Melo revealed that Alberto has a price tag in the region of €60m, insisting that no player is for sale unless certain valuations are met.
“At the moment, Corinthians doesn’t have anyone for sale. It’s a very good squad. Unless [a club] gives €30m clean to Corinthians [for Alberto].”
What Melo meant with regard to the ‘€30m clean’ statement is that Corinthians don’t actually own the player, with his former club Zenit having 50% of his economic rights.
For this reason, Corinthians are demanding €60m for his sale in order to get a sizeable return, given the high percentage of a future sale that will go to Zenit.
As a result, Wolves would be expected to pay almost £50m for the striker, now making it a difficult deal to pull off.
Yuri Alberto transfer difficult but not impossible for Wolves
Given that the Old Gold recruited Jorgen Strand Larsen last summer, it seems unlikely that the club would then be granted the finances to pay £50m for another striker a year later.
At present, Wolves’ most expensive signing is Matheus Cunha, making a move for Alberto seemingly hard to imagine but, there could be an opening.
Due to Cunha’s release clause in his new Wolves contract, it’s expected that the Brazilian will leave in the summer, which could open the door to a new forward arriving, which could be Alberto.
Offloading Cunha would not only free up a place in the squad but also some funds, funds that Fosun will have to spend wisely to sufficiently replace the 25-year-old.