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title: "Wolves: Fans react to Ruben Neves exit report"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wolves-fans-react-to-ruben-neves-exit-report/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2021-05-25T17:15:52Z"
modified: "2021-05-25T17:15:52Z"
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# Wolves: Fans react to Ruben Neves exit report

**Midfielder Ruben Neves is expected to leave Wolverhampton Wanderers this summer, according to a report from [The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/2610058/2021/05/25/wolves-new-boss-lage-the-frontrunner-but-club-mulling-options-with-35m-neves-sale-planned-to-fund-rebuild/).**

Wolves apparently need to ‘sell big’ this summer if they want to ‘buy big’ – the Midlands outfit finished 13th in the Premier League, six places down on their 2019/20 effort.

And they could fetch around £35million for 24-year-old Neves. The report adds that goalkeeper Rui Patricio is also being targeted by Roma.

Meanwhile, the future of Adama Traore, regarded as a ‘very saleable asset’, remains uncertain.

### Neves was set to bring 200 Wolves appearances in 2021/22

Wolves shelled out a [Championship record fee](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40513835) to recruit Neves from FC Porto ahead of the 2017/18 season. He’s gone on to rack up [176 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ruben-neves/leistungsdaten/spieler/225161) for the club, scoring 20 goals.

This season, he featured in [all but two](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ruben-neves/leistungsdaten/spieler/225161) of Wolves’ matches.

Intriguingly, the club’s reported price tag is considerably lower than [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ruben-neves/leistungsdaten/spieler/225161)‘s £45million valuation – he still has [two years left](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ruben-neves/profil/spieler/225161) on his contract, so it is perhaps no surprise to see fans bewildered by this latest report.

Fan feed [Talking Wolves](https://twitter.com/TalkingWolves/status/1396901207843774466) relayed the update, and here’s how supporters reacted.

### Wolves fans fume at Neves exit link

**“Absolute joke potentially selling one of our best players and 35 million is nowhere near what we should be selling him for”**

Credit: [@Andrew\_Hingley](https://twitter.com/andrew_hingley/status/1397096558529810432)

**“Ridiculous, would need 3 new midfielders then with Moutinho also going back to Portugal, and only 35 mil to spend? Laughable”**

Credit: [@AJReade](https://twitter.com/AJReade/status/1397115286696996868)

**“And so it begins. Jota V2.0 Be world class again next season somewhere else and valued 60m +”**

Credit: [@jhuttyb7](https://twitter.com/jhuttyb7/status/1397104266725273604)

**“No Jota, Neves or Nuno. That will be the heartbreaker.”**

Credit: [@Callumcocking1](https://twitter.com/Callumcocking1/status/1397136242081337349)

**“This is it, the downfall, Fosun has seriously made us weaker now with all these sellings, and it looks like selling to raise funds is actually true.”**

Credit: [@CPJ93070](https://twitter.com/cpj93070/status/1397113143143407621)

**“This would be criminal.”**

Credit: [@c\_southan](https://twitter.com/c_southan/status/1397115942614835202)

**In other news, [Henry Winter has run the rule over three managerial candidates](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wolves-news/manager-news-faria-conceicao-lage/).**