Wolverhampton Wanderers are in ‘advanced talks’ to sign Shakhtar Donetsk forward Pedrinho with Goal Brazil reporting that Bruno Lage wants to reunite with his former Benfica ace in the Premier League.
Wolves are a team of fine margins.
And during a run of five defeats in nine games – a run that has ruined any hopes they may have had of gate-crashing the Champions League places – the men from Molineux have found out the hard way what can happen when you’re misfiring at one end and making mistakes at the other.
Wolves went down to successive 1-0 defeats to Newcastle United and Burnley, an absence of genuinely match-changing talent in the final third rendering them toothless up against a disciplined, deep-lying backline desperately defending a hard-earned lead.
Only four teams in the Premier League have scored fewer goals than Wolves’ 33 in 33 games this term.
So no wonder Lage wants to reunite with Pedrinho in the Black Country. The £18 million winger is the sort of unpredictable, enigmatic talent who can turn 1-0 defeats into draws, 1-1 draws into wins after all.
Is Pedrinho heading to Wolves?
According to Goal, Wolves are in ‘advanced talks’ over a deal that would see Pedrinho leave war-torn Ukraine for England. Lage is the driving force behind Pedrinho’s transfer, having been impressed by the twinkle-toed 24-year-old during their time together at the Estadio da Luz.
“He’s a player I know very well,” Lage said of the Brazil U23 ace after signing him for Benfica two years ago (TVI24).
Globo Esporte reported a couple of weeks ago Pedrinho has already agreed a summer move to an unnamed European side. At this stage, it would be a surprise if Wolves were not the mystery club in question. They are, after all, the only club who have been seriously linked with the former Corinthians kid.
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“Will Dantas, Pedrinho’s agent, made it very clear that Pedrinho’s intention is to play in the Premier League,” explains Brazilian journalist Jorge Nicola.
“There was an advanced conversation between Pedrinho and Wolverhampton Wanderers.”
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