{"id":564822,"date":"2020-09-05T12:11:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T16:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=564822"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:37:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T23:37:46","slug":"wolves-agree-record-fee-for-fabio-silva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/05\/wolves-agree-record-fee-for-fabio-silva\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolverhampton Wanderers Complete Club Record Signing of F\u00e1bio Silva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/wolves-club-analysis-news-fixtures\/\" target=\"_self\">Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/a> have a plethora of Portuguese talent to turn to when seeking a standout performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/44bfb6c5\/Ruben-Neves\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">R\u00faben\u00a0Neves<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/f5a00fa4\/Joao-Moutinho\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jo\u00e3o Moutinho<\/a> keep things ticking over in midfield; <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/178ae8f8\/Diogo-Jota\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diogo Jota<\/a> brings both the goals and link up play; <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/7ba2eaa9\/Pedro-Neto\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pedro Neto<\/a> provides much needed youthful energy from the bench alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/7fcc71d8\/Daniel-Podence\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Podence<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And<a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/79b0d6a0\/Rui-Patricio\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Rui Patricio<\/a>, alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/b937e490\/Ruben-Vinagre\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">R\u00faben Vinagre<\/a>, helps to provide the clean sheets. Now, to add the cherry on top of the Portuguese cake, Wolves have signed 18-year-old F\u00e1bio\u00a0Silva.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1302230079678877698\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to Fabrizio Romano,<\/a>\u00a0the fee is around \u00a340 million, plus add ons. Silva has signed a deal until June 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Wolves Sign F\u00e1bio Silva<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are delighted to announce the signing of Fabio Silva for a club record fee!<\/p>\n<p>\u270d\ufe0f\ud83d\uddde<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wolves (@Wolves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wolves\/status\/1302280641954881536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">F\u00e1bio Silva: O<\/span>ne for the Future<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Porto youngster often heralded as the next big thing in Portugal mainly operates in the centre forward role. He has already gained crucial experience in the Europa League- the competition Wolves will play in this season- alongside 12 appearances in the Liga Nos where he scored on one occasion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The 18-year-old comes at a hefty price, yes, but, considering the heights he has already reached, the price should be worth it in the end. Silva will look to take the 14 goal involvements in all competitions from last season into the Premier League and Europa League with Wolves this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chance to Learn from the Best<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">F\u00e1bio Silva has the chance to learn from the best. By joining Wolves, he&#8217;ll have the opportunity to watch <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/b561db50\/Raul-Jimenez\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ra\u00fal Jim\u00e9nez<\/a>\u00a0on a daily basis and, in time, learn from him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Playing alongside the Mexican will only improve his ability, too, as he looks to break into the first team as soon as possible. Wolves will once again be a team to keep an eye on this season as they continue to build for both the present and future.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said?<\/h3>\n<p>With the deal now complete, Jeff Shi, the Executive Chairman at Wolves, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolves.co.uk\/news\/first-team\/20200905-shi-silva-the-perfect-signing-at-the-perfect-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">club website the following: <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been following Fabio\u2019s development for a long time. He\u2019s a player that you only need several minutes to see his natural football talent. In recent years, Fabio has been developing very fast and now has proven himself in Porto\u2019s first team, which is a top squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur head coach\u2019s requirement for quality is very high, but he thinks Fabio is an important signing who will help the team immediately this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe timing of this deal is similar to the timing of when we bought Ruben Neves; we\u2019ve waited for the right time to get a high-quality player at the right price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"pteSXwtcSORYM6-vX8F1fQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1201240581\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'pteSXwtcSORYM6-vX8F1fQ',sig:'QJpzo3nPGGD8TMk-KfK--niEAJHzSQUDVX_f4z-_x1s=',w:'594px',h:'391px',items:'1201240581',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wolverhampton Wanderers have a plethora of Portuguese talent to turn to when seeking a standout performance.\u00a0 R\u00faben\u00a0Neves and Jo\u00e3o Moutinho keep things ticking over in midfield; Diogo Jota brings both the goals and link up play; Pedro Neto provides much needed youthful energy from the bench alongside Daniel Podence. And Rui Patricio, alongside R\u00faben Vinagre, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3402,"featured_media":564823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,28,1,2510],"tags":[5101,6577,1118,2736,1558,1161,1555,136],"class_list":["post-564822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-transfers","category-uncategorized","category-wolves","tag-2020-2021-premier-league","tag-fabio-silva","tag-fc-porto","tag-raul-jiminez","tag-ruben-neves","tag-rui-patricio","tag-wolves","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Tom Cunningham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}