Matheus Nunes left Wolves on transfer deadline day – and Pep Guardiola has now revealed he has spoken to Julen Lopetegui about the player.
Guardiola spoke to the press after City’s 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday.The Spaniard had started Nunes in that game, and the Portuguese grabbed his first assist for the club with a cross for Erling Haaland.
Nunes has hit the ground running fairly quickly.
And Guardiola revealed that City actually decided to press ahead with a move for Nunes after getting word from Lopetegui.
He said: “We knew his qualities in Sporting Lisbon. And as well from Wolves. We asked Lopetegui who is a friend of ours ‘How is he?’ All the opinions were really, really good.”
It was also put to Guardiola that he had previously called Nunes one of the best players in the world.
Guardiola downplayed his own claim, but did brand him ‘an exceptional player’.
An interesting claim from Pep
It would be fascinating to know what Lopetegui said to Guardiola about Nunes.
Obviously he’s sang his praises, and City decided to press ahead with a move.
For many Wolves fans there is still a feeling of bitterness about Nunes. There is also some annoyance with Lopetegui and how he left, too.
Nunes’ behaviour at the end was really disappointing. That said, most probably didn’t expect him to stick around at Molineux for long anyway.
His sale at least meant that Wolves were able to make a handful of signings, after a real slog of a summer.