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Rui Patricio: Wolves agree £16m fee with Sporting Lisbon for goalkeeper

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Rui Patricio
Patricio has played every minute of Wolves' Premier League campaign so far

Wolves have agreed an 18m euros (£16m) fee with Sporting Lisbon for goalkeeper Rui Patricio.

Patricio, 30, was one of nine Sporting players to terminate their contract following an attack by fans in May.

After the Portugal keeper signed for Wolves in June, Sporting complained to Fifa and demanded 57m euros in compensation.

"Wolves now consider the matter finalised and will make no further comment," said the Premier League club.

Patricio, who has 76 Portugal caps, has played all of the Molineux side's 10 top-flight outings this season and helped them to 10th place.

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  • Comment posted by stewart, at 02:00 1 Nov 2018

    Wolves have done not half bad, buying a full team for less than Pogba and only lie 2 points behind United !!

  • Comment posted by DJ Powelly, at 23:24 31 Oct 2018

    He wears 11 as a tribute to Carl Ikeme

  • Comment posted by No Parkruns Allowed in Wales, at 01:35 1 Nov 2018

    I bet you Atletico Madrid will pay next to nothing or nothing for the players they nabbed from Sporting Lisbon in the summer.

    They just said "Rich EPL team, let's threaten to sue them".

  • Comment posted by DancesWithWolves, at 18:21 1 Nov 2018

    Seems to be a world-class keeper, at a bargain basement fee. £70mil odd has been paid by other PL teams for keepers this year. Wolves enquired about Stoke's Jack Butland in the summer but were told £35mil wouldn't even buy his left glove. Well, Patricio has cost about half Buckland's left glove...

  • Comment posted by TKGriffiths, at 00:33 1 Nov 2018

    @1

    You've never heard of transfer windows then? He couldn't play for another team until January even if they agreed a transfer right now.

    It's not just you though, amazing how some people have obviously only read the headline and yet still make a comment as if they understand what's going on. Some think Wolves are signing a new keeper, others think they're selling Patricio. Ridiculous.

  • Comment posted by OnlySingWhenImWinning, at 14:27 1 Nov 2018

    Rightly so, for me. Still great business for Wolves, would be about £10m more in usual circumstances.
    I don't think it was a good look from Rui Patricio to leave for nothing for the people that helped develop him and other than the yobs that broke into the training ground, the Sporting CP fans supported them for years. Don't burn your bridges because you may need to go back 1 day, look at Nani.

  • Comment posted by mdc, at 18:48 1 Nov 2018

    A third of the "asking price". Good bit of business. Wolves to stay up, if not comfortably mid table. Good luck to a promoted team.

  • Comment posted by Dreddy Tennis, at 17:09 1 Nov 2018

    Wolves should never have had to pay a fee on the first place, after all Patricio was well within his rights to terminate the contract with Sporting, however it's still cheap for a top goalie.

  • Comment posted by Ourtimehascome, at 23:36 31 Oct 2018

    Bargain buy- already shown his worth. Best goalkeeper I have seen in a Wolves shirt and definitely one of the best in the world - better than Courtois

  • Comment posted by Westmoor, at 19:26 1 Nov 2018

    Awesome deal. Only Man C, Liverpool, Chelsea and Spurs have conceded fewer. Who, have spent almost a Half Billion between them sorting out their defence.

  • Comment posted by GunnerBear, at 20:54 1 Nov 2018

    Is it only me who considers that this whole fiasco may have been orchestrated, perhaps by people with vested interests, allowing a few players to walk away from Sporting on the cheap?

  • Comment posted by Mr Pele, at 21:53 1 Nov 2018

    Class act, wolves got a bargain there!

  • Comment posted by Shaibal, at 23:50 1 Nov 2018

    Sporting sacked the players so not even 18 pounds should have been given. He has been great for Wolves though.

  • Comment posted by U16601619, at 17:25 1 Nov 2018

    Disgusting owner disgusting fans, Wolves take them for all you can they deserve everything they get!

  • Comment posted by Burmabaines, at 23:01 31 Oct 2018

    Bugger. I've just shipped him out of my FPL team on the strength of this headline.Got Ryan though. Good run of fixtures now.

  • Comment posted by immortal dabbing technique , at 00:03 1 Nov 2018

    they already have a good goalkeeper don't get why they need to sign another one,,,,,,

  • Comment posted by Nercei, at 23:03 31 Oct 2018

    A goalkeeper wearing the No. 11 shirt though. I just can't...

  • Comment posted by John Jones, at 17:46 1 Nov 2018

    Expected to see him play better. He's let in some pea rollers.

  • Comment posted by U16745827, at 01:04 1 Nov 2018

    Ahhh. Another foreigner. Just what’s needed!!! NOT.

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