Ruben Neves, in a farewell video for Wolverhampton Wanderers fans, was moved to tears on more than one occasion. Presumably, he was crying all the way to the bank.
The Portuguese midfielder’s wages at Al Hilal are likely to be in the £300,000-a-week area, comfortably more than three times what he was earning in the Premier League. Neves was a supporters’ favourite at Molineux and understandably so. He was a smashing player and seemed to be an all-round nice guy.
But notice the past tense. He has signed for the Saudi Pro League and will now be forgotten by everyone outside of the Saudi kingdom. And Neves has not long turned 26.
