Wolves ‘likely destination’ for player – Interest from Spain and France, but England move preferred

On Friday, we covered claims from Portugal of Wolves interest in João Palhinha. Not to be confused with Braga’s Paulinho, who Wolves are also being linked to, Palhinha is a midfielder who spent the season on loan at Braga from Sporting.

The Lisbon club don’t see a future for him with them and therefore a sale is being planned for this summer. Record report there are interested clubs in both Spain and France, but Palhinha prefers a move to English football.

Wolves are named as the ‘likely destination’ for the 25 year old, and whilst Sporting are hoping for €15m there’s a suggestion they may not be able to reach such a level.

Given that Palhinha hasn’t been able to breakthrough at Sporting, who haven’t been good for a while, and has been loaned out to both Belenenses and Braga in recent years, it’s doubtful whether he’d be able to make an impact at Wolves.

This could be a scenario which has seen the player’s agents and Sporting look for options, and land on Wolves given their recruitment from Portugal in recent years.