Manchester City have struck a revised final agreement to sign Matheus Nunes worth €62m (£53.2m) after overcoming a late hiccup in negotiations over the financing of the deal. Wolves have commanded a club-record sale, surpassing the £47m departure of their former captain Rúben Neves to the Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal earlier this summer.
City and Wolves came to the agreement, a deal containing no add-ons, late on Wednesday night and Nunes has travelled to Manchester for a medical before completing the move.
Wolves will receive 10% of any profit City make on the future sale of the Portugal midfielder, who made clear his desire to move after failing to report for training since Sunday, after City’s first bid of £47m was rejected. Nunes joined Wolves from Sporting in a club-record £42m deal last summer and had four years, plus a 12-month club option, to run on his contract.
The City midfielder Tommy Doyle is among a trio of new signings set to arrive at Wolves before the deadline. Doyle will have a medical on Thursday before a season-long loan move. City have inserted a cut-price €5m option to allow Wolves to make the midfielder’s move permanent but the Premier League champions stipulated that they receive a 50% sell-on fee on any profit Wolves make from a future sale.
Wolves are also set to sign the defender Santiago Bueno and the teenage winger Enso González for a combined €16m (£13.7m) from Girona and the Paraguayan club Libertad, respectively. They are also thought to be targeting another central midfielder to fill the void left by Neves before Friday’s transfer deadline. They lost out on long-term target Alex Scott, who joined Bournemouth for £25m this month.
Leicester have sanctioned a season-long move for the full-back Luke Thomas with Sheffield United. Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho could also leave the club, relegated in May, before the deadline.
