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Sporting have sold forward Tiago Tomás to VFL Wolfsburg for a fee of €9m plus €1.5m in add-ons, with the 21-year-old signing a five-year contract at the Bundesliga club.
Tomás spent last season on-loan with VFB Stuttgart, where he helped them avoid relegation, but financial restraints prevented a permanent move and Wolfsburg have swooped in to make his stay in German football a long-term one.
Portuguese winger Jota has left Celtic to sign for Saudi Arabian champions Al-Ittihad on a three-year contract, the club confirmed on Monday evening.
Al-Ittihad have reportedly paid Celtic a fee of close to €30m to sign the former Benfica man, who became one of the Hoops’ star players during his two-year spell in Glasgow.
Luís Castro is doing exceptional things at the helm of Brazilian outfit Botafogo in 2023, but the Portuguese could be set to quit the high-flying Rio de Janeiro club amid growing interest from Saudi Arabia.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr have targeted Castro as the man to fill their vacant managerial position and despite Botafogo moving a remarkable seven points clear at the top of Brasileirão this weekend, there is a sense that the offer could be too good to refuse.
Rúben Neves has officially signed for Saudi Arabian Pro League club Al Hilal in a deal worth €55m from Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Neves heads to the Middle East on a three-year contract which has been speculated to contain a salary of up to €25m per season. After six years at Molineux, Neves took part in an emotional goodbye video produced by the club’s website as he makes the second foreign move of his career.
Portugal international Raphaël Guerreiro was announced by Bayern Munich on Friday, joining the German champions from Borussia Dortmund on a three-year deal.
Guerreiro was out of contract this summer and upon his presentation in Munich, the Seleção man was clearly delighted to have put pen to paper at the Allianz Arena after six seasons with Dortmund.
