{"id":654219,"date":"2025-04-30T08:56:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=654219"},"modified":"2025-04-30T08:56:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:56:20","slug":"wolves-semedo-contract-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/04\/30\/wolves-semedo-contract-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I Think It’s Possible’: Wolves Eye Important Contract Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Liam Keen<\/a> of the Express and Star reports, contract talks with N\u00e9lson Semedo have offered fresh hope of extending his stay at Wolverhampton Wanderers. The 31-year-old right-back, whose current deal expires this summer, has confirmed a willingness to stay, presumably if a new contract can be agreed upon.<\/p>\n

‘Yes, We’re Still In Conversations And I Think It’s Possible’ \u2013 N\u00e9lson Semedo Open to Wolves Stay<\/h2>\n

Portuguese Full-Back Open To Extending Molineux Stay As Contract Talks Continue<\/h3>\n

Despite rumours that several clubs are interested in Semedo’s services, his comments suggest he is not seeking an immediate exit. Wolves manager V\u00edtor Pereira<\/a> is also keen to keep his captain at the club beyond the summer.<\/p>\n

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Semedo is one of the club’s highest-paid players, which may be a sticking point for the club’s ownership, as they have one of the lowest annual wage bills in the Premier League, currently ranking 16th.<\/p>\n

Key Player Under Pereira<\/h3>\n

Current Wolves boss Pereira views Semedo as a key figure in his squad’s future. The Portuguese full-back has been a regular in Wolves’ 3-4-2-1 system, offering a blend of experience, leadership, and technical reliability. Semedo currently wears the captain’s armband for the West Midlands outfit – a role that reflects his importance both on and off the pitch.<\/p>\n

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Wolves lost several captains in recent transfer windows, including Conor Coady, R\u00f9ben Neves, Maximilian Kilman, and Mario Lemina. Retaining Semedo’s services would provide much-needed continuity and leadership.<\/p>\n

Semedo’s Wolves Journey<\/h3>\n

Semedo joined Wolves from Barcelona in 2020 for \u00a327 million and became a mainstay at Molineux. He has made 161 appearances in the Premier League, keeping 29 clean sheets, assisting 8 times, building a reputation for his defensive work rate, and providing support in attack. Among his highlights are helping the team to win six top-flight games in a row for the first time since 1970 and scoring in a 3-2 FA Cup victory over Brentford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Leadership Wolves Can’t Afford To Lose<\/h3>\n

While no formal agreement has been reached, Semedo’s public desire to stay and the manager’s desire to keep him give hope of a resolution. As the club captain, his presence offers stability and leadership that Wolves cannot afford to lose.<\/p>\n

Having already seen several key leaders depart in recent years, keeping Semedo could anchor Pereira’s project and help lead the squad with consistency and authority. A renewed deal could benefit both club and player, both on and off the pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Liam Keen of the Express and Star reports, contract talks with N\u00e9lson Semedo have offered fresh hope of extending his stay at Wolverhampton Wanderers. The 31-year-old right-back, whose current deal expires this summer, has confirmed a willingness to stay, presumably if a new contract can be agreed upon. ‘Yes, We’re Still In Conversations And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5441,"featured_media":654251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[2510,3,7188],"tags":[1189],"class_list":["post-654219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wolves","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-nelson-semedo"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654219","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\/5441"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654219"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":654252,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654219\/revisions\/654252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}