Wolves announced the signing of Portugal right-back Nelson
Semedo from Barcelona on Wednesday for a fee that could rise to £37 million.
The Premier
League club said the 26-year-old had signed a three-year deal at Molineux, with
an option to extend until 2025.
The Portugal
international, who made 124 appearances for Barcelona, joins Nuno Espirito
Santo's side after three seasons at the Nou Camp.
Barcelona
said Wolves would pay 30 million euros ($35 million, £27.6 million) plus 10
million euros more in "variables".
"FC
Barcelona would like to publicly express their gratitude to Nelson Semedo for
his commitment and dedication and wishes him all the best for the future,"
the club said in a statement.
Semedo told
the Wolves website he had chosen the club because they were a quality team that
played good football.
"Last
year they had a very good season and it's a very important team in England, in
also Europe," he said. "I hope this year we can do very good
things."
Semedo is
looking forward to linking up with his compatriot Nuno and a number of
international team-mates at the club.
He said:
"Coach Nuno is a very good coach. He did very good things here at Wolves,
and at other teams too. For sure, I'm going to learn a lot from him."
Wolves
executive chairman Jeff Shi said the signing was a coup for the club, who
finished seventh in the Premier League last season and reached the
quarter-finals of the Europa League.
"It's
isn't often that we have the opportunity to sign a world-class player from a
world-class club," he said.
"Nelson's
signing shows we will never stop progressing and we are still hungry and humble
in our heart."
Earlier this
month Wolves signed teenage Portuguese forward Fabio Silva from Porto for a
club record fee of 40 million euros and have also added young Liverpool
defender Ki-Jana Hoever to their squad.
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