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title: "Wolves: Portuguese source makes promising Silva transfer claim"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wolves-transfer-rumours-rafa-silva-update-a-bola-sport-witness/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Henry Jackson"
section: "Premier League News"
published: "2022-04-24T17:45:00Z"
modified: "2022-04-24T17:45:00Z"
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# Wolves: Portuguese source makes promising Silva transfer claim

**[Wolves](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wolves-news/) could sign exciting attacker Rafa Silva in the summer window as ‘concrete’ news emerges.**

### The Lowdown: Silva shines in his homeland

The 28-year-old is enjoying a magnificent season for the Portuguese giants, proving to be a relentless source of end product in the Primeira Liga.

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Silva has [eight goals and 15 assists](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/135127/Show/Rafa) in the competition in 2021/22, also notching one apiece in the Champions League, with Benfica eventually knocked out by Liverpool.

Grabbing[18 assists](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/rafa-silva/profil/spieler/238055) in total across all cups and leagues, he’s certainly impressing.

Although the winger’s contract doesn’t [expire](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/rafa-silva/profil/spieler/238055) until 2024, it could be that a big-money offer turns Benfica’s head this summer, with [Jeunesfooteux](https://www.jeunesfooteux.com/Wolverhampton-Trincao-renvoye-au-Barca-Rafa-Silva-dans-le-viseur_a52433.html) recently claiming he could cost as much as €50 million (£42m).

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### The Latest: Wolves offer on the cards…

According to [*A Bola*](https://abola.pt/) \[via [*Sport Witness*](https://sportwitness.co.uk/wolves-much-picture-signing-indications-concrete-proposal-soon-arrive/)\], Wolves are the ‘most concrete’ club when it comes to wanting to sign Silva, in what is an exciting update.

A ‘concrete proposal’ could even arrive in the near future, further suggesting that there is genuine interest in him from the Molineux outfit, and by extension their manager Bruno Lage.

### The Verdict: Statement signing

Silva would feel like a significant signing by Wolves, at a time when Lage is looking to turn his team into both a domestic and European force.

The Benfica hero’s aforementioned numbers this season prove how relentless he is in the final third, while [25 caps](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/rafa-silva/profil/spieler/238055) for an extremely gifted Portugal squad is no mean feat either.

He’s also been described as one of Portugal’s array of ‘phenomenal attacking talent’ in the past ([Alex Goncalves, Portuguese football journalist and founder of TugaScout](https://twitter.com/Aljeeves/status/1122586774071648256)) – a tag he’s still living up to now going by his electric form.

Wolves haven’t always been the [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/)‘s most entertaining side this season, [scoring just 33 goals in 32 matches](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/table), but Silva could provide the ammunition that makes them more of an attacking threat.

***In other news, Wolves are keen on signing a player who shone at the last World Cup. Read more [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wolves-news/wolves-wanderers-eye-up-move-for-hirving-lozano/).***