Wolverhampton Wanderers are set to make a contract offer to midfielder Ruben Neves as Bruno Lage goals to maintain the participant at Molineux for the foreseeable future.
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That’s in response to Dean Jones who was chatting with GIVEMESPORT about Wolves’ plans for the Portuguese midfielder, saying:
“Wolves would love him to stay, and they will make him an offer, but Neves, to this point anyway, hasn’t shown much willingness to actually extend his stay.”
So despite the fact that an offer appears pretty imminent, it may not be sufficient for Lage except he manages to persuade the participant to stay past 2024.
Relief for Lage?
Since signing for Wolves in 2017, the silky and battle-hardened midfielder has performed 215 matches in all competitions for the membership, scoring 25 objectives and grabbing 12 assists from primarily a defensive midfield place.
The 25-year-old led the membership again into the Premier League in his first season on the Midlands aspect after which helped them consolidate their place, ending back-to-back campaigns in seventh place earlier than ending in thirteenth underneath Nuno Espirito Santo of their first three campaigns.
Another top-half end final season in Lage’s first full marketing campaign noticed Neves chip in with four objectives, ending as their joint third highest scorer within the league while averaging a WhoScored ranking of 6.85, rating him sixth within the Wolves squad.
Following their closing match of final season, Neves was tearful and with rumours linking him to Barcelona, admitted that he must “live his football dreams” in what was a blow to the Molineux trustworthy.
He nonetheless stays on the membership, and with Lage slapping a £70m price ticket on his head, a listing of potential suitors might have considerably dwindled.
Fellow Premier League aspect Manchester United have been interested in Neves, with former United defender Rio Ferdinand lauding the midfielder as “fantastic” and there’s completely little question he could work wonders of their midfield.
Will Ruben Neves signal a new contract?
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This is exactly the rationale Lage needs the 25-year-old to remain at Molineux, and regardless of a woeful begin from the Old Gold, Neves ranks first within the squad with a ranking of 7.19 as per WhoScored, exhibiting simply how a lot of an affect he actually is.
Lage shall be decided to get the £50k-per-week earner to signal a new long-term deal and if he does, it could be a large reduction for the boss. That stated, it nonetheless seems unlikely at this stage so the Portuguese supervisor must do all he can to persuade him to vary his thoughts.