WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Wolverhampton has signed attacking midfielder Fer Lopez from Spanish La Liga facet Celta Vigo on a five-year contract, the Premier League membership mentioned on Friday.
The 21-year-old Spaniard is the primary summer time signing for Wolves and follows ahead Jorgen Strand Larsen, who additionally joined the English workforce from Celta final yr.
The switch price is reportedly value 19.5 million kilos ($26 million).
Lopez made 20 appearances for Celta after making his senior debut in October, scoring 4 targets and serving to the membership to complete seventh in La Liga.
It’s a return to England for the product of the Celta academy, who spent 4 months at a college in Stowmarket in Suffolk at age 15.
“It is a tremendous alternative for my profession to play within the Premier League, and I am very pleased,” Lopez mentioned. “The membership informed me, and (supervisor) Vitor (Pereira) informed me, that they thought I used to be a very good match within the squad.”
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