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title: "Wolves: £8.5m Rafa Mir windfall expected"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wolves-8-5m-rafa-mir-windfall-expected/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2021-08-09T09:15:30Z"
modified: "2021-08-09T09:15:30Z"
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# Wolves: £8.5m Rafa Mir windfall expected

**Wolverhampton Wanderers may make around €10m (£8.5m) rather than the initially-reported €15m (£12.8m) from the impending sale of Rafa Mir.**

That’s according to the print edition of Spanish paper Mundo Deportivo (via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/wolves-player-sign-another-club-negotiations-well-advanced/)).

### The lowdown

The 24-year-old is poised to leave Molineux to join reigning La Liga champions Atletico Madrid. He [had entered the final year of his contract](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/rafa-mir/profil/spieler/361254) with the Midlands outfit, so he would be able to leave on a free transfer next summer.

Mir was wanted by Atletico off the back of a [13-goal season](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/spanish-la-liga/top-scorers) on loan at relegated SD Huesca in 2020/21.

Wolves have only made one sale so far this summer, offloading goalkeeper Rui Patricio to Roma for a fee of [£10.35m](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/wolverhampton-wanderers/transfers/verein/543). They’ve also sent five players out on loan.

### The latest

[Marca](https://www.marca.com/futbol/atletico/2021/08/06/610ce91122601da3068b4608.html) had claimed that the deal would cost Atletico €15m (£12.8m), but Mundo Deportivo reported that it will be ‘close’ to €10m (£8.5m), albeit with potential bonuses.

Negotiations between the two clubs are ‘well advanced’, and personal terms have been long been agreed. As a result, he’s ‘about to sign’ for Los Rojiblancos.

Mir will reportedly join up with his new team-mates this week even though he represented silver medallists Spain at the Olympic Games. (Mundo Deportivo, via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/wolves-player-sign-another-club-negotiations-well-advanced/))

### The verdict

It’s a shame that Wolves couldn’t extract more money up front for a player who’s still just 24 years old and who underlined his talent by banging in the goals for a relegated side. The sale seems mostly to be a consequence of his contract situation.

On the other hand, it does at least represent a healthy profit on the [£1.8m](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/rafa-mir/transfers/spieler/361254) they paid to Valencia back in 2018, while Mir had only [played for Wolves four times](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/rafa-mir/leistungsdaten/spieler/361254), so most fans will probably be content with the money they’ve banked from his transfers.

**In other news, [many Wolves fans slammed this defender’s display at the weekend](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wolves-news/romain-saiss-celta-vigo/).**